₦airaland Forum

1nice:
"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."

What is your own definition of injustice and exclusion?

Has any Igbo candidate ever been stopped from contesting in any presidential election?
If your answer is NO, it means you have no moral justification to talk about exclusion or injustice.

If you want Nigeria system to be reconstituted such that each region will be allowed to produce president on a turn-by-turn basis, kindly put pen to paper and write to the SE law makers in the national assembly to forward a bill in that regard.

The last election was by far the only time I have seen a serious and reputable/marketable Igbo candidate (Mr Peter Obi) contesting in a presidential election. Even though he didn't win, we all know he gave a good fight and he can always try harder next time.
But you guys want power to handed over to Igbos because they have tried for once.
It is not done anywhere bro. You keep fighting/trying until you get what you want.

owobokiri:
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..

Stop living in the past. We are talking about recent events. What did you achieve with the 2 years sit at home?

Even the Igwe's dare to say peem during the 2 years lock down by some illiterate kids

1nice:
"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."

Dont waste your time. You stand a better chance of winning over a fulani with this kind of solid political arguments, than with someone from the south west. Actually, being willing to politically marginalise the south east, seem to be the major goal of any South west APC politician. A former federal minister of works from the Southwest once boasted about how he rwfused ro do roads in the south east! They wear such sinister abilities on their chests like a badge of honor..

Almost every politically conscious soul in the southwest seem to think that politics is the only thing that they can convincingly claim to have beaten the easterners at, and as such a symbol of pride. They cant get tired of mocking the east.. Once in a while, you hear of the fulani talking of power going to the south east, you can hardly hear any "important" southwest politician talk like that. Not even the inconsequentials like the one you quoted..

It gives them a sadistic source of pride to see the igbos struggle politically or economically. Why? I don't know. Push them hard to know why and they start talking of Nzeogwu and Ifeajuna . Even when northerners like Babangida have moved on, those who were never the direct intended targets of the coup are still here yapping around a hundred years after.. Even the south south are not spared. Convenient excuse to mask their pri-mi-tive disdain for other groups
To me it's either just fear or inferiority complex..

Bulabarians doing overtime to push in massive division tactics before 2027!

ee nor go work!

We are united in peace and unity!

it is APC vs Nigerians in 2027

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.

Stop opening your big mouth every time. Politics is not your personal emotions. Stop making Ndigbo a laughing stock.

Nothing will happen.

Well this war will be Fulani vs Igbos. Cos it will not be Tinubu that will deny igbos in 2027 it will be Atiku and the ADC

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

Thank you brother,they worship and adore cowards while turning around and accusing other of been coward

Some idiot made a video expressing an opinion and people are already igbo over the opinion of another man. Igbo have never told you they want war or are interested in 2027.

Seen what is this madness?

What's coming to Lagos ....pray it doesn't come

21lucky:
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.

nzogbu nzogbu politics played by you people has been you people problem and nobody to blame. 2027 will come and tinubu will win and nothing will happen. Who hold you people to contest. Atiku is busy forming coalyor benefit from it and you guys sit down somewhere else and want to demand the ticket. Funny poeple. Maybe Tinubu should even step down and give Orji kalu in 2027. Una never see anything yet.

1nice:
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.

They will kill you igbos in any war which I don't pray for anyway. Only small display in 2023, na cry una dey. Nzogbu nzogbu politics has killed you people and it is nobody's fault but yours.

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.

thank you. Tinubu didn't get it easily and they even mocked him that he won't win the primaries. Igbos think politics is all about emotion. They are unable to access the presidency and now threatening war and succession but their brother s aguyi ironsi, ojukwu killed many boys of Isaac boro and jailed him and to be about to be executed before the dimka coup. They were enjoying then but why our oil in south south was been denied and when we wanted republic, the animals said no but they want us to pity them.

21lucky:
Stop making noise.
You talk without thinking or are you hungry to eat ewedu and amala

he said the reality. Una too make noise. Nmandi kanu said alot and today he is been locked up. You people even boasted then that if he is caught Nigeria will burn. Abi the burning is it the destruction of igboland by your people.

The grand conspiracy against the Yoruba especially in Lagos must be exposed.
I can't say much here... Igbo brethren your enemy is in Abuja and Sokoto...leave Lagos out of your war

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.

You and who wants to fight war?
Put your energy in convincing Nigerians that Peter Obi is the best candidate to move Nigeria forward don't spoil his campaign with ipob mentality and empty war threat.Please never you again create this type of thread in the name of ndi Igbo.

jogojogo:
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.

Precisely.

Ojiofor:
You and who wants to fight war?
Put your energy in convincing Nigerians that Peter Obi is the best candidate to move Nigeria forward don't spoil his campaign with ipob mentality and empty war threat.Please never you again create this type of thread in the name of ndi Igbo.

Indeed. I don't agree with your views or talk always but you come across to me to be someone who is objective and progressive overall.

The bolded is the right response because these are the guys attracting animosity and enmity towards Igbos to then turn around and make it seem others "hate" Igbos and "mean them harm" for "no reason".

This is a democratic exercise . How can you threathen others with another civil conflict as if war is something anyone should ever contemplate let alone use as a tool of blackmail?

Furthermore, talks like that is disrespectful to the those who suffered tragically, directly or indirectly, over the last civil war that was unnecessary, IMO, if calm heads and reasoning had prevailed.

It is the turn of the South. Not Igbos. It will always be the turn of the South or North. When it is the turn of the South then Igbos should negotiate with other southerners if they wish to exclusively produce the Southern candidate.

Ditto for the turn of the North. It is for Northerners to agree, by amicable and negotation-based consensus, where to microzone the ticket to .

"For every action, ther is an equal and opposite reaction". Igbos cannot continue to operate in disdain for this fundamental consideration of life to then always shout they are victim of "hatred, marginalisation and persecution" from others.

Threatening, insulting and publicly villifying Yorubas will not make them cede Southern Presidential slot to Igbo.

Rather it will harden their resolve to stand against those who , by their bitter word and threats, are appearing hateful, disrespectful and disdainful of Yorubas.

While i think igbos should be given a chance to rule....i totally disagree with that civil war narrative.there will be no war in nigeria whether an igbo man becomes or doesn't become nigeria president in d next 20yrs

Ojiofor:
You and who wants to fight war?
Put your energy in convincing Nigerians that Peter Obi is the best candidate to move Nigeria forward don't spoil his campaign with ipob mentality and empty war threat.Please never you again create this type of thread in the name of ndi Igbo.

There is a saying "the truth is bitter"
The truth is that if igbos do not get Nigeria presidency in 2027 then another Civil War in Nigeria is unstoppable. Because you can not tell igbos to wait until 2031 or 2035.

Never in your life open your mouth to tell me the type of thread to create in the name of ndi Igbo.

ch214:
There is a saying "the truth is bitter"
The truth is that if igbos do not get Nigeria presidency in 2027 then another Civil War in Nigeria is unstoppable. Because you can not tell igbos to wait until 2031 or 2035.

Never in your life open your mouth to tell me the type of thread to create in the name of ndi Igbo.

This is not about waiting till 2035

Iboes will NEVER be president
EVER
You are right

The TRUTH IS BITTER

Iboes are not among

Dalohad:
Stop opening your big mouth every time. Politics is not your personal emotions. Stop making Ndigbo a laughing stock.

Nothing will happen.

Close your big mouth and stop talking about matter bigger than you.

People like you are the ones making ndigbo a laughing stock.

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

Go and take your malaria drugs

Igbo don't even make top 5 richest men in Nigeria more less in Africa.

Trading isn't investment take note!

jogojogo:
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.

You will explain tire.
Any attempt to deny igbos the presidency in 2027 will be resisted and the rest will be history.

aribisala0:
This is not about waiting till 2035

Iboes will NEVER be president
EVER
You are right

The TRUTH IS BITTER

Iboes are not among

Go and take your malaria drugs

ch214:
Go and take your malaria drugs

Dry
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.

kedeojo:
he said the reality. Una too make noise. Nmandi kanu said alot and today he is been locked up. You people even boasted then that if he is caught Nigeria will burn. Abi the burning is it the destruction of igboland by your people.

You go explain tire.