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Nigeria is at a crossroads once again. The storm clouds are gathering, and if the nation refuses to act decisively and justly, a second civil war may be inevitable. The exclusion of the South East — the homeland of the Igbo people — from the highest office in the land is pushing Nigeria to the brink. If the Igbo are denied the presidency in 2027, the consequences could be catastrophic. Not just politically, but existentially.


The scars of the 1967–1970 Biafra War have never truly healed. Over 3 million Igbos were killed in a war triggered largely by marginalization, ethnic violence, and the fight for justice and inclusion. Yet, 54 years later, the Igbo people have still never been allowed to produce a democratically elected president of Nigeria.

Despite being one of the three major ethnic groups in the country — alongside the Hausa-Fulani and the Yoruba — the Igbos remain politically sidelined at the national level.

Yoruba presidency: 1999–2007 (Olusegun Obasanjo)

Hausa-Fulani presidency: 2007–2023 (Umaru Musa Yar’Adua, Muhammadu Buhari)

South-South (Ijaw): 2010–2015 (Goodluck Jonathan)

South East (Igbo): Never


This systematic exclusion is not just unjust — it is unsustainable.

The South East may be the smallest of Nigeria’s six geopolitical zones by land mass, but the Igbo people are one of the most widely spread, industrious, and economically impactful ethnic groups in Nigeria.

Igbos control over 60% of Nigeria’s informal trade and business in major cities — Lagos, Kano, Abuja, and beyond.

The region has some of the highest literacy and school enrollment rates in the country.

Igbo Nigerians lead in the diaspora, sending billions in remittances annually and promoting Nigeria’s image globally.

It is politically dangerous and morally indefensible to keep such a group excluded from the presidency while expecting peace and unity.


The rise of pro-Biafra separatist movements like IPOB is not random — it is a direct reaction to decades of marginalization. When a people feel unheard and unwanted, they seek to leave. IPOB, MASSOB, and others have gained traction because the Nigerian state continues to treat the South East as second-class citizens.

Denying the region the presidency in 2027 will radicalize millions of young Igbos already disillusioned with the country. This will turn agitation into full-blown rebellion. And this time, it won’t just be a political crisis — it could be an armed insurrection.


A nation cannot survive when it is built on selective inclusion. You cannot call for unity while promoting exclusion. Every region in Nigeria must have a sense of belonging. Every major ethnic group must see itself represented in the highest office.

Zoning and rotation have been used to maintain balance — North and South taking turns.

The North has ruled for 14 of the last 24 years.

The South West and South South have had their turns.

It is only just that the South East should take its rightful place in 2027.


If zoning is abandoned now that it's the South East’s turn, it will be seen — rightly — as a deliberate strategy to keep Igbos perpetually excluded. That perception will destroy whatever fragile unity still exists in Nigeria.


Nigeria’s youth — more than 60% of the population — are not blind to ethnic injustice. Many young people from all over Nigeria supported Peter Obi, an Igbo man, in the 2023 election, seeing him as a symbol of hope and change. Despite not winning, the message was clear: the South East has national appeal and leadership capacity.

To deny the region in 2027 is to betray a generation looking for fairness. Youth anger in the South East, if left to boil over, will not be limited to protests. It could evolve into an uncontainable security nightmare for Nigeria.

The first civil war was fought with limited weapons and international awareness. A second civil war will be fought in a 21st-century Nigeria filled with armed non-state actors, widespread internet activism, drone technology, and porous borders. A war today will not stay in the East. It will burn across Nigeria and likely draw in foreign interests.

It is better to give justice and preserve peace than to suppress justice and ignite war.


2027 is a moral test for Nigeria. If equity, justice, and national cohesion still matter, the Igbo people must produce the next president. This is not a threat — it is a warning grounded in history, current reality, and future consequence.

To continue to exclude the Igbos is to choose the path of instability, chaos, and perhaps disintegration.

Let us not wait for another war to realize what could have been prevented with wisdom.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TEg41EDGZws&pp=ygUtSWdib3Mgc2hvdWxkIG5vdCBiZSBkZW5pZWQgcHJlc2lkZW5jeSBpbiAyMDI30gcJCcEJAYcqIYzv
2027; Denying Igbo Presidency Is Unfair, Obasanjo Speaks as he throws support for Igbo candidacy.

Small yansh self dey shake

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Please take a moment to write a quality post with at least 40 characters

Nzobu! Nzobu! Nzobu!! Nzobu! Nzobu! Nzobu!! What a funny thread. 😂😂😂😂

Collapse! 😮😮😮

That story does not sell again. Heard it a million times.

GodPunishOsu:
Small yansh self dey shake

Not enough original content
Please take a moment to write a quality post with at least 40 characters

Yoruba and Igbo, which one get the smaller yansh?

Go and take your malaria drugs

CoronaVirusPro:
Collapse! 😮😮😮

That story does not sell again. Heard it a million times.

You go explain tire.

Go and eat some food, hunger is making you not to think before talking.

Softmirror:
Nzobu! Nzobu! Nzobu!! Nzobu! Nzobu! Nzobu!! What funny thread. 😂😂😂😂

Everything is jokes to careless people like you.
People like you would see fire and say fire is funny until you put your hands into the fire before you will understand wether it is funny or not.

21lucky:
Yoruba and Igbo, which one get the smaller yansh?

Go and take your malaria drugs

We both know whose general ran away during the war nah

who want to cause the war.where is agbero chairman noise is too much for this country,seems like Nigerians had adjusted.please Tinubu come and increase the dollar and fuel so everyone can get busy again.no be person that chop belleful they look for fight.

ch214:
Nigeria is at a crossroads once again. The storm clouds are gathering, and if the nation refuses to act decisively and justly, a second civil war may be inevitable. The exclusion of the South East — the homeland of the Igbo people — from the highest office in the land is pushing Nigeria to the brink. If the Igbo are denied the presidency in 2027, the consequences could be catastrophic. Not just politically, but existentially.


The scars of the 1967–1970 Biafra War have never truly healed. Over 3 million Igbos were killed in a war triggered largely by marginalization, ethnic violence, and the fight for justice and inclusion. Yet, 54 years later, the Igbo people have still never been allowed to produce a democratically elected president of Nigeria.

Despite being one of the three major ethnic groups in the country — alongside the Hausa-Fulani and the Yoruba — the Igbos remain politically sidelined at the national level.

Yoruba presidency: 1999–2007 (Olusegun Obasanjo)

Hausa-Fulani presidency: 2007–2023 (Umaru Musa Yar’Adua, Muhammadu Buhari)

South-South (Ijaw): 2010–2015 (Goodluck Jonathan)

South East (Igbo): Never


This systematic exclusion is not just unjust — it is unsustainable.

The South East may be the smallest of Nigeria’s six geopolitical zones by land mass, but the Igbo people are one of the most widely spread, industrious, and economically impactful ethnic groups in Nigeria.

Igbos control over 60% of Nigeria’s informal trade and business in major cities — Lagos, Kano, Abuja, and beyond.

The region has some of the highest literacy and school enrollment rates in the country.

Igbo Nigerians lead in the diaspora, sending billions in remittances annually and promoting Nigeria’s image globally.

It is politically dangerous and morally indefensible to keep such a group excluded from the presidency while expecting peace and unity.


The rise of pro-Biafra separatist movements like IPOB is not random — it is a direct reaction to decades of marginalization. When a people feel unheard and unwanted, they seek to leave. IPOB, MASSOB, and others have gained traction because the Nigerian state continues to treat the South East as second-class citizens.

Denying the region the presidency in 2027 will radicalize millions of young Igbos already disillusioned with the country. This will turn agitation into full-blown rebellion. And this time, it won’t just be a political crisis — it could be an armed insurrection.


A nation cannot survive when it is built on selective inclusion. You cannot call for unity while promoting exclusion. Every region in Nigeria must have a sense of belonging. Every major ethnic group must see itself represented in the highest office.

Zoning and rotation have been used to maintain balance — North and South taking turns.

The North has ruled for 14 of the last 24 years.

The South West and South South have had their turns.

It is only just that the South East should take its rightful place in 2027.


If zoning is abandoned now that it's the South East’s turn, it will be seen — rightly — as a deliberate strategy to keep Igbos perpetually excluded. That perception will destroy whatever fragile unity still exists in Nigeria.


Nigeria’s youth — more than 60% of the population — are not blind to ethnic injustice. Many young people from all over Nigeria supported Peter Obi, an Igbo man, in the 2023 election, seeing him as a symbol of hope and change. Despite not winning, the message was clear: the South East has national appeal and leadership capacity.

To deny the region in 2027 is to betray a generation looking for fairness. Youth anger in the South East, if left to boil over, will not be limited to protests. It could evolve into an uncontainable security nightmare for Nigeria.

The first civil war was fought with limited weapons and international awareness. A second civil war will be fought in a 21st-century Nigeria filled with armed non-state actors, widespread internet activism, drone technology, and porous borders. A war today will not stay in the East. It will burn across Nigeria and likely draw in foreign interests.

It is better to give justice and preserve peace than to suppress justice and ignite war.


2027 is a moral test for Nigeria. If equity, justice, and national cohesion still matter, the Igbo people must produce the next president. This is not a threat — it is a warning grounded in history, current reality, and future consequence.

To continue to exclude the Igbos is to choose the path of instability, chaos, and perhaps disintegration.

Let us not wait for another war to realize what could have been prevented with wisdom.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TEg41EDGZws&pp=ygUtSWdib3Mgc2hvdWxkIG5vdCBiZSBkZW5pZWQgcHJlc2lkZW5jeSBpbiAyMDI30gcJCcEJAYcqIYzv
2027; Denying Igbo Presidency Is Unfair, Obasanjo Speaks as he throws support for Igbo candidacy.

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Please take a moment to write a meaningful post with at least something resembling common sense
This will make the forum more interesting for everyone.

GodPunishOsu:
We both know whose general ran away during the war nah

You yorubas like boasting as if you yorubas can fight any tribes in Nigeria and win.
Yorubas can not win any tribes in Nigeria when fighting.

aribisala0:
Not enough sensible content
Please take a moment to write a meaningful post with at least something resembling common sense
This will make the forum more interesting for everyone.

Who is this one making senseless comment and making noise on this thread.

This thread is full of sensible content.

Yes of cause, are they not part of Nigeria or they are from Togo

Stop threatening Nigeria with war. We have since evolved that phase.

No body is stopping Igbos from becoming the president and no body will give it to them on a Plata of gold 🪙

Nigeria is a jungle where everybody fights for everything. It is all man for himself in this part of the world.

Tinubu didn't get to aso rock easily, buhari had to contest for several years before he became president.

But Igbos wants Nigeria to give them power out of pity or out of the fact that they have not provided any democratically elected president since independence.
Kilewerk!

You guys must strategize and get what you want. Else, you will remain marginalized and segregated till God knows when.

All these threat of war and separation can't change anything.

ch214:
Nigeria is at a crossroads once again. The storm clouds are gathering, and if the nation refuses to act decisively and justly, a second civil war may be inevitable. The exclusion of the South East — the homeland of the Igbo people — from the highest office in the land is pushing Nigeria to the brink. If the Igbo are denied the presidency in 2027, the consequences could be catastrophic. Not just politically, but existentially.


The scars of the 1967–1970 Biafra War have never truly healed. Over 3 million Igbos were killed in a war triggered largely by marginalization, ethnic violence, and the fight for justice and inclusion. Yet, 54 years later, the Igbo people have still never been allowed to produce a democratically elected president of Nigeria.

Despite being one of the three major ethnic groups in the country — alongside the Hausa-Fulani and the Yoruba — the Igbos remain politically sidelined at the national level.

Yoruba presidency: 1999–2007 (Olusegun Obasanjo)

Hausa-Fulani presidency: 2007–2023 (Umaru Musa Yar’Adua, Muhammadu Buhari)

South-South (Ijaw): 2010–2015 (Goodluck Jonathan)

South East (Igbo): Never


This systematic exclusion is not just unjust — it is unsustainable.

The South East may be the smallest of Nigeria’s six geopolitical zones by land mass, but the Igbo people are one of the most widely spread, industrious, and economically impactful ethnic groups in Nigeria.

Igbos control over 60% of Nigeria’s informal trade and business in major cities — Lagos, Kano, Abuja, and beyond.

The region has some of the highest literacy and school enrollment rates in the country.

Igbo Nigerians lead in the diaspora, sending billions in remittances annually and promoting Nigeria’s image globally.

It is politically dangerous and morally indefensible to keep such a group excluded from the presidency while expecting peace and unity.


The rise of pro-Biafra separatist movements like IPOB is not random — it is a direct reaction to decades of marginalization. When a people feel unheard and unwanted, they seek to leave. IPOB, MASSOB, and others have gained traction because the Nigerian state continues to treat the South East as second-class citizens.

Denying the region the presidency in 2027 will radicalize millions of young Igbos already disillusioned with the country. This will turn agitation into full-blown rebellion. And this time, it won’t just be a political crisis — it could be an armed insurrection.


A nation cannot survive when it is built on selective inclusion. You cannot call for unity while promoting exclusion. Every region in Nigeria must have a sense of belonging. Every major ethnic group must see itself represented in the highest office.

Zoning and rotation have been used to maintain balance — North and South taking turns.

The North has ruled for 14 of the last 24 years.

The South West and South South have had their turns.

It is only just that the South East should take its rightful place in 2027.


If zoning is abandoned now that it's the South East’s turn, it will be seen — rightly — as a deliberate strategy to keep Igbos perpetually excluded. That perception will destroy whatever fragile unity still exists in Nigeria.


Nigeria’s youth — more than 60% of the population — are not blind to ethnic injustice. Many young people from all over Nigeria supported Peter Obi, an Igbo man, in the 2023 election, seeing him as a symbol of hope and change. Despite not winning, the message was clear: the South East has national appeal and leadership capacity.

To deny the region in 2027 is to betray a generation looking for fairness. Youth anger in the South East, if left to boil over, will not be limited to protests. It could evolve into an uncontainable security nightmare for Nigeria.

The first civil war was fought with limited weapons and international awareness. A second civil war will be fought in a 21st-century Nigeria filled with armed non-state actors, widespread internet activism, drone technology, and porous borders. A war today will not stay in the East. It will burn across Nigeria and likely draw in foreign interests.

It is better to give justice and preserve peace than to suppress justice and ignite war.


2027 is a moral test for Nigeria. If equity, justice, and national cohesion still matter, the Igbo people must produce the next president. This is not a threat — it is a warning grounded in history, current reality, and future consequence.

To continue to exclude the Igbos is to choose the path of instability, chaos, and perhaps disintegration.

Let us not wait for another war to realize what could have been prevented with wisdom.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TEg41EDGZws&pp=ygUtSWdib3Mgc2hvdWxkIG5vdCBiZSBkZW5pZWQgcHJlc2lkZW5jeSBpbiAyMDI30gcJCcEJAYcqIYzv
2027; Denying Igbo Presidency Is Unfair, Obasanjo Speaks as he throws support for Igbo candidacy.

More reason to reject your tribal agenda

You made worse threats over Nnamdi Kanu .

Godfullsam:
Stop threatening Nigeria with war. We have since evolved that phase.

No body is stopping Igbos from becoming the president and no body will give it to them on a Plata of gold 🪙

Nigeria is a jungle where everybody fights for everything. It is all man for himself in this part of the world.

Tinubu didn't get to aso rock easily, buhari had to contest for several years before he became president.

But Igbos wants Nigeria to give them power out of pity or out of the fact that they have not provided any democratically elected president since independence.
Kilewerk!

You guys must strategize and get what you want. Else, you will remain marginalized and segregated till God knows when.

All these threat of war and separation can't change anything.

"Your comment perfectly demonstrates the mindset that has kept Nigeria stagnant: rewriting history, masking systemic injustice as 'competition', and mocking legitimate grievances of an entire region as entitlement. Let me address your points clearly.

No one is threatening Nigeria with war—but when people demand equity and inclusion in a so-called federation and are continually met with hostility or dismissal, you interpret it as war because you benefit from the injustice.


The Igbos are not begging for presidency out of pity. We are demanding it as a matter of justice, fairness, and balance. Nigeria, if truly one nation, should reflect all its people in power—not just rotate it between a few regions while pretending it's meritocracy.


Yes, Tinubu and Buhari fought for power, but they had strong regional structures, alliances, and the system’s blessing. You conveniently ignore the institutional sabotage, media bias, and calculated marginalization that Igbo candidates have always faced.


If Nigeria is truly 'a jungle' where ‘everyone fights for everything,’ then don’t cry foul when others decide they’re done playing a rigged game. Separation and restructuring become valid options when inclusion is ridiculed.


You speak of 'strategizing', yet ignore that every time the Southeast aligns politically, they are labeled enemies of the state. Is it strategy or systemic exclusion you're defending?



So no, it's not about being 'given' anything on a platter of gold. It’s about confronting the hypocrisy of those who preach unity but practice exclusion, and who use jungle logic to justify oppression.

You may find comfort in your tribal echo chamber, but know this: Nigeria cannot thrive on lies, injustice, and the arrogance of the loud."

DomPerignon:
More reason to reject your tribal agenda

You made worse threats over Nnamdi Kanu .

Nigeria belongs to all of us, not just the yorubas and northerners. Wanting fairness and equity isn't a 'tribal agenda'—it's a call for justice and national unity. Every Nigerian group, including the Igbo, has a right to aspire to the presidency. Threats of civil war help no one. We should be discussing nation-building, not fueling division. As for Nnamdi Kanu, the law should handle his case, not emotions or ethnic bias.

Tochitee:
Nnmadi Kanu once said if a line in my cloth is touched , Nigeria will burn, it will be the end of Nigeria ! Now this is his second year in kuje now only his household has collapsed. His Nnzobue youth he’s relying on are scared to talk!
I command the best army in west Africa, who is Gowan?? He’s a boy, finally scampered in Mrs Chinyenye’s dresses to Ivory Coast when fire touched his redundant ass.

Stop making noise.
You talk without thinking or are you hungry to eat ewedu and amala

All you want is Igbo presidency not good governance. We need Exo presidency, Amnag presidency, ibibio presidency, Ebira presidency e.t.c
Igbos are not the only tribes in Nigeria.

GodPunishOsu:
We both know whose general ran away during the war nah

Let me help you with a picture to drive home your post.

Even Trump who is a bully still had to contest an election to win presidency. Over 100 political parties exist in Nigeria which are enough platforms for anyone or group to aspire to become president and I don’t think there are any barriers for such aspiration and pursuit.

Total hogwash. The only argument that is meritorious is that 2027 is the turn of the South.

Meaning any Igbo wishing to be President should find a good Party platform to use challenging Tinubu while the North should be impressed upon to do the honorable thing and stay out of contesting in 2027 completely.

That is what should happen ideally. Meaning Igbos would be best served warning the North to do what is honourable rather than acting like confused lemmings making empty threats in the wrong direction because they are scared to confront their Fulani masters.

If Igbos are not bold enough to demand Fulanis step aside for them, then they must never think they can threathen Tinubu and Yorubas to do so either when 2027 is still the turn of the South to include Tinubu who is a Southerner.

ch214:
Nigeria is at a crossroads once again. The storm clouds are gathering, and if the nation refuses to act decisively and justly, a second civil war may be inevitable. The exclusion of the South East — the homeland of the Igbo people — from the highest office in the land is pushing Nigeria to the brink. If the Igbo are denied the presidency in 2027, the consequences could be catastrophic. Not just politically, but existentially.


The scars of the 1967–1970 Biafra War have never truly healed. Over 3 million Igbos were killed in a war triggered largely by marginalization, ethnic violence, and the fight for justice and inclusion. Yet, 54 years later, the Igbo people have still never been allowed to produce a democratically elected president of Nigeria.

Despite being one of the three major ethnic groups in the country — alongside the Hausa-Fulani and the Yoruba — the Igbos remain politically sidelined at the national level.

Yoruba presidency: 1999–2007 (Olusegun Obasanjo)

Hausa-Fulani presidency: 2007–2023 (Umaru Musa Yar’Adua, Muhammadu Buhari)

South-South (Ijaw): 2010–2015 (Goodluck Jonathan)

South East (Igbo): Never


This systematic exclusion is not just unjust — it is unsustainable.

The South East may be the smallest of Nigeria’s six geopolitical zones by land mass, but the Igbo people are one of the most widely spread, industrious, and economically impactful ethnic groups in Nigeria.

Igbos control over 60% of Nigeria’s informal trade and business in major cities — Lagos, Kano, Abuja, and beyond.

The region has some of the highest literacy and school enrollment rates in the country.

Igbo Nigerians lead in the diaspora, sending billions in remittances annually and promoting Nigeria’s image globally.

It is politically dangerous and morally indefensible to keep such a group excluded from the presidency while expecting peace and unity.


The rise of pro-Biafra separatist movements like IPOB is not random — it is a direct reaction to decades of marginalization. When a people feel unheard and unwanted, they seek to leave. IPOB, MASSOB, and others have gained traction because the Nigerian state continues to treat the South East as second-class citizens.

Denying the region the presidency in 2027 will radicalize millions of young Igbos already disillusioned with the country. This will turn agitation into full-blown rebellion. And this time, it won’t just be a political crisis — it could be an armed insurrection.


A nation cannot survive when it is built on selective inclusion. You cannot call for unity while promoting exclusion. Every region in Nigeria must have a sense of belonging. Every major ethnic group must see itself represented in the highest office.

Zoning and rotation have been used to maintain balance — North and South taking turns.

The North has ruled for 14 of the last 24 years.

The South West and South South have had their turns.

It is only just that the South East should take its rightful place in 2027.


If zoning is abandoned now that it's the South East’s turn, it will be seen — rightly — as a deliberate strategy to keep Igbos perpetually excluded. That perception will destroy whatever fragile unity still exists in Nigeria.


Nigeria’s youth — more than 60% of the population — are not blind to ethnic injustice. Many young people from all over Nigeria supported Peter Obi, an Igbo man, in the 2023 election, seeing him as a symbol of hope and change. Despite not winning, the message was clear: the South East has national appeal and leadership capacity.

To deny the region in 2027 is to betray a generation looking for fairness. Youth anger in the South East, if left to boil over, will not be limited to protests. It could evolve into an uncontainable security nightmare for Nigeria.

The first civil war was fought with limited weapons and international awareness. A second civil war will be fought in a 21st-century Nigeria filled with armed non-state actors, widespread internet activism, drone technology, and porous borders. A war today will not stay in the East. It will burn across Nigeria and likely draw in foreign interests.

It is better to give justice and preserve peace than to suppress justice and ignite war.


2027 is a moral test for Nigeria. If equity, justice, and national cohesion still matter, the Igbo people must produce the next president. This is not a threat — it is a warning grounded in history, current reality, and future consequence.

To continue to exclude the Igbos is to choose the path of instability, chaos, and perhaps disintegration.

Let us not wait for another war to realize what could have been prevented with wisdom.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TEg41EDGZws&pp=ygUtSWdib3Mgc2hvdWxkIG5vdCBiZSBkZW5pZWQgcHJlc2lkZW5jeSBpbiAyMDI30gcJCcEJAYcqIYzv
2027; Denying Igbo Presidency Is Unfair, Obasanjo Speaks as he throws support for Igbo candidacy.

Rubbish
Absolute Runbish.
Ipob don tire?
Election is a democratic process.
Arrogance is what denied the Igbos presidency.
No tact, no strategy, no diplomacy
Only hatred, toxicity and arrogance.

Smiles. You can't threaten anyone. You locked yourself at home for 2 years without other regions blinking

Lol. OP, so Obi’s presidency isn’t about a new Nigeria again? It didn’t take too long for you to reveal your tribal agenda

helinues:
Smiles. You can't threaten anyone. You locked yourself at home for 2 years without other regions blinking

But you locked yourselves out in exiles with NADECO all over the world for almost a decade and no one blinked.. Some of your wards hyjacked a plane to force the hands of Abacha, but that only incurred more hot bullets..

Sometimes, you guys from the South West should learn to face your own political quests in the country and allow others face theirs. It is not a must that you must destroy others just to build yourselves.

The fulani has ruled this country like some wayward pirates for almost a century without necessarily being as uncouth and as selfish as the southwest..

You don't necessarily have to stand on top of others to stand taller..