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IGBOS, IF WE WANT POWER IN NIGERIA, WE MUST UNDERSTAND POWER.

Before you start reading, I want you to take a very good look at this picture.

What do you see?

In that picture is the secret of political power.

You cannot insult Nigeria in the morning and expect to become President at night.

You cannot call the country a zoo and expect to become Inspector General of Police tomorrow.

Politics is not therapy.

It is alignment.

Let’s speak facts.

Since 1999, Nigeria has had Presidents from the:

• South-West – Olusegun Obasanjo
• North-West – Umaru Musa Yar'Adua
• South-South – Goodluck Jonathan
• North-West – Muhammadu Buhari
• South-West – Bola Ahmed Tinubu

Power in Nigeria rotates through negotiation, coalition, and elite consensus — not anger.

Even during the First Republic, Nnamdi Azikiwe became President in 1963 not by isolation, but through alliance with the Northern People's Congress.

Politics is mathematics.

You cannot openly despise:

• The President
• The ruling party
• The Nigerian state

And still expect federal appointments, security leadership, or presidential tickets.

Who do we think we're?

Is it that most of us are duüuumb or we're pretending to be so?

Don't you know you can't eat your cake and have it?

You can't make yourself an enemy of everyone and expect everyone to ENTRUST their safety to you.

Are we okay?

That is not how power works anywhere in the world.

The Yorubas negotiated.

The North consolidates.

The South-South aligned.

But many Igbos?

We want moral victory instead of strategic victory.

You don’t win power by emotional speeches.

You win power by building bridges — even with people you disagree with.

Do you think Hausa/Fulani and Yorubas love each other?

Never!

But they've found a way to work together.

If you want:

• President
• Senate President
• Service Chiefs
• Police IG
• Real federal influence

Then build alliances.

Join structures.

Influence from inside.

Politics is not about who shouts the loudest.

It is about who sits at the table when decisions are made.

You cannot hate the system and expect the system to reward you.

Power respects strategy — not sentiment.

If this offends you, good.

Serious conversations are never comfortable.

Nigeria is not going anywhere.

The question is: Will we master the game — Or keep complaining about the referees?

Ugoji Maximillian Teacher of systems. Translator of power. Builder of Elite mindset. Speaker, Author and Entrepreneur.


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If you understand where Nigeria is headed at the moment then you would wish even the 6 months Ironsi spent in office was deleted.

Please find out from Northerners what exactly is happening in the north, dont rely on news doctored in the media media. Nigeria is about to ....

"Who told you we want presidency?

We want Biafra",

I must disagree with the OP.

Clearly, the proven pathway to power is to fling insults with maximum volume and zero restraint. The wider the mouth and the harsher the delivery, the faster the political ascent.

What has the power profit the common man . Even if Obi becomes president today. I can bet my both balls, the life of an average ibo man won't improve.

Make una hustle and forget Nigerian politicians.

Build relationships and do away with a sense of entitlement otherwise known as emilokan!

OP
If your Tribesman is President, it will NOT change your life or Region automatically.

Goodluck Jonathan did not make Ijaws Millionaires.
Even Tinibu now, we still have million of Poor and Struggling Y0rubas.

All these Igbo or Tribal presidency talk is Silly.

enemyofprogress:
IGBOS, IF WE WANT POWER IN NIGERIA, WE MUST UNDERSTAND POWER.

Before you start reading, I want you to take a very good look at this picture.

What do you see?

In that picture is the secret of political power.

You cannot insult Nigeria in the morning and expect to become President at night.

You cannot call the country a zoo and expect to become Inspector General of Police tomorrow.

Politics is not therapy.

It is alignment.

Let’s speak facts.

Since 1999, Nigeria has had Presidents from the:

• South-West – Olusegun Obasanjo
• North-West – Umaru Musa Yar'Adua
• South-South – Goodluck Jonathan
• North-West – Muhammadu Buhari
• South-West – Bola Ahmed Tinubu

Power in Nigeria rotates through negotiation, coalition, and elite consensus — not anger.

Even during the First Republic, Nnamdi Azikiwe became President in 1963 not by isolation, but through alliance with the Northern People's Congress.

Politics is mathematics.

You cannot openly despise:

• The President
• The ruling party
• The Nigerian state

And still expect federal appointments, security leadership, or presidential tickets.

Who do we think we're?

Is it that most of us are duüuumb or we're pretending to be so?

Don't you know you can't eat your cake and have it?

You can't make yourself an enemy of everyone and expect everyone to ENTRUST their safety to you.

Are we okay?

That is not how power works anywhere in the world.

The Yorubas negotiated.

The North consolidates.

The South-South aligned.

But many Igbos?

We want moral victory instead of strategic victory.

You don’t win power by emotional speeches.

You win power by building bridges — even with people you disagree with.

Do you think Hausa/Fulani and Yorubas love each other?

Never!

But they've found a way to work together.

If you want:

• President
• Senate President
• Service Chiefs
• Police IG
• Real federal influence

Then build alliances.

Join structures.

Influence from inside.

Politics is not about who shouts the loudest.

It is about who sits at the table when decisions are made.

You cannot hate the system and expect the system to reward you.

Power respects strategy — not sentiment.

If this offends you, good.

Serious conversations are never comfortable.

Nigeria is not going anywhere.

The question is: Will we master the game — Or keep complaining about the referees?

Ugoji Maximillian Teacher of systems. Translator of power. Builder of Elite mindset. Speaker, Author and Entrepreneur.


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Sorry, unfortunately there is no one to control the 'mob'. Until the region is able to get someone who the mob listen to and who is reasonable himself and knows these things you are saying.

The two people from that side that the mob can listen to: One is a weakling, the other is not being reasonable and strategic.

Can't you people stop all this senseless talk.
The Fulanis that are killing Nigerians all over the place can have power but the igbos can't because they are insulting Nigeria.what kind of senseless talk is this.
Were the yotubas not insulting Nigeria after June 12.did the current president not say he did not believe in one Nigeria at the time.who did the yotubas negotiate with before Nigeria decided to hand over power to Obasanjo in 1999.even at that yorubas didn't not support him.Even the Ijaws,who did they negotiate with before Obasanjo chose Jonathan as VP to Yaradua against the more popular and Charismatic Odili.
If only INEC and yakubu has done the right thing in 2023,all this nonsense talk would have been buried long time ago.

Continue trying to build alliance, continue consolidating, continue aligning with nonsense. I hope you can see where Nigeria is now?

The senseless killings, the nepotism, the oppression, the subjugation, the corruption, the insecurity and the economic downturn and the poverty; they are as a result of all those things you have mentioned, instead of looking at competence and antecedents you have chosen to depend on nuisance value.

Its has now become about how much money can be thrown around and how many promises can be traded.

Unfortunately, this is the reality and nothing is changing anytime soon. The system is broken, the people are damaged mentally and psychologically. They have absolutely no idea what good leadership feels like, they have never experienced it. So even if a good leader comes, they'll call him weak.

Nigeria continues on its path towards an unavoidable implosion, but they aren't aware.

You are typing this nonsense because tribalistic tinubu is in power.

Let me warn you after tinubu it will take the yoruba multiple decades to smell the presidency then your mouth will be shut up.

For your information, there is nothing special that tinubu or any yoruba did to assume power except betrayal.
Tinubu betrayed the south by aligning with the buhari group and the north to remove Goodluck Jonathan.
He also sold out his people by keeping quiet all through the buhari poor regime, even when the fulani herdsmen were murdering and destroying the south west including killing the daughter of a south west leader pa fasoranti. Such selfish servitude can never equate to political masterpiece, and the Igbos can never stoop so low for power.

The yoruba cried bitterly and lamented everywhere seeking sympathy over the Abiola June 12 issues, it was out of sympathy that the north allowed their trusted Man -Friday, General obasanjo to take the mantle of leadership already pencilled down for Dr Alex Ekwueme, a south Easterner.

Never fool yourself thinking that we don't know history.

In Nigeria politics the Igbos have been closer to power than the yorubas even with the civil war. Go and ask your father's or read history.

At some point in the past the yorubas were accusing the Igbos of always aligning with the north. We are going back to that era post tinubu.
'Hand shake across the niger' was a yoruba initiative to woo the Igbos and south south pretending to want power back to the south, now they have the power, they want the power for themselves alone insulting and abusing other Southerners claiming that they are political masters.
Betrayal of trust, bribery, and servitude are now political masterpiece, Very unfortunate.

All the bragging and stupid noises these small boys e'rats are making today because of 30k stipend and a laptop will soon end and turn to bitter lamentation.

PETER OBI is coming to power

Please don't make racist and tribalistic comments on this thread

Justnation:
You are typing this nonsense because tribalistic tinubu is in power.

Let me warn you after tinubu it will take the yoruba multiple decades to smell the presidency then your mouth will be shut up.

For your information, there is nothing special that tinubu or any yoruba did to assume power except betrayal.
Tinubu betrayed the south by aligning with the buhari group and the north to remove Goodluck Jonathan.
He also sold out his people by keeping quiet all through the buhari poor regime, even when the fulani herdsmen were murdering and destroying the south west including killing the daughter of a south west leader pa fasoranti. Such selfish servitude can never equate to political masterpiece, and the Igbos can never stoop so low for power.

The yoruba cried bitterly and lamented everywhere seeking sympathy over the Abiola June 12 issues, it was out of sympathy that the north allowed their trusted Man -Friday, General obasanjo to take the mantle of leadership already pencilled down for Dr Alex Ekwueme, a south Easterner.

Never fool yourself thinking that we don't know history.

In Nigeria politics the Igbos have been closer to power than the yorubas even with the civil war. Go and ask your father's or read history.

At some point in the past the yorubas were accusing the Igbos of always aligning with the north. We are going back to that era post tinubu.
'Hand shake across the niger' was a yoruba initiative to woo the Igbos and south south pretending to want power back to the south, now they have the power, they want the power for themselves alone insulting and abusing other Southerners claiming that they are political masters.
Betrayal of trust, bribery, and servitude are now political masterpiece, Very unfortunate.

All the bragging and stupid noises these small boys e'rats are making today because of 30k stipend and a laptop will soon end and turn to bitter lamentation.

PETER OBI is coming to power

Stop this talk about betrayal. Nobody is in a contract with anybody to keep supporting them. Any politician or member of the electorate is free to align as they wish. Going by population, Yoruba should not be less than thirty percent in any government, by output, it should be more and if they feel shortchanged, their leadership can align as they wish. That isn't betrayal.

enemyofprogress:
IGBOS, IF WE WANT POWER IN NIGERIA, WE MUST UNDERSTAND POWER.

Before you start reading, I want you to take a very good look at this picture.

What do you see?

In that picture is the secret of political power.

You cannot insult Nigeria in the morning and expect to become President at night.

You cannot call the country a zoo and expect to become Inspector General of Police tomorrow.

Politics is not therapy.

It is alignment.

Let’s speak facts.

Since 1999, Nigeria has had Presidents from the:

• South-West – Olusegun Obasanjo
• North-West – Umaru Musa Yar'Adua
• South-South – Goodluck Jonathan
• North-West – Muhammadu Buhari
• South-West – Bola Ahmed Tinubu

Power in Nigeria rotates through negotiation, coalition, and elite consensus — not anger.

Even during the First Republic, Nnamdi Azikiwe became President in 1963 not by isolation, but through alliance with the Northern People's Congress.

Politics is mathematics.

You cannot openly despise:

• The President
• The ruling party
• The Nigerian state

And still expect federal appointments, security leadership, or presidential tickets.

Who do we think we're?

Is it that most of us are duüuumb or we're pretending to be so?

Don't you know you can't eat your cake and have it?

You can't make yourself an enemy of everyone and expect everyone to ENTRUST their safety to you.

Are we okay?

That is not how power works anywhere in the world.

The Yorubas negotiated.

The North consolidates.

The South-South aligned.

But many Igbos?

We want moral victory instead of strategic victory.

You don’t win power by emotional speeches.

You win power by building bridges — even with people you disagree with.

Do you think Hausa/Fulani and Yorubas love each other?

Never!

But they've found a way to work together.

If you want:

• President
• Senate President
• Service Chiefs
• Police IG
• Real federal influence

Then build alliances.

Join structures.

Influence from inside.

Politics is not about who shouts the loudest.

It is about who sits at the table when decisions are made.

You cannot hate the system and expect the system to reward you.

Power respects strategy — not sentiment.

If this offends you, good.

Serious conversations are never comfortable.

Nigeria is not going anywhere.

The question is: Will we master the game — Or keep complaining about the referees?

Ugoji Maximillian Teacher of systems. Translator of power. Builder of Elite mindset. Speaker, Author and Entrepreneur.


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Let's hear word. Power has not helped those who have had it in past. Its even them that have brought Nigeria to the sorry state it is today

enemyofprogress:
IGBOS, IF WE WANT POWER IN NIGERIA, WE MUST UNDERSTAND POWER.

Before you start reading, I want you to take a very good look at this picture.

What do you see?

In that picture is the secret of political power.

You cannot insult Nigeria in the morning and expect to become President at night.

You cannot call the country a zoo and expect to become Inspector General of Police tomorrow.

Politics is not therapy.

It is alignment.

Let’s speak facts.

Since 1999, Nigeria has had Presidents from the:

• South-West – Olusegun Obasanjo
• North-West – Umaru Musa Yar'Adua
• South-South – Goodluck Jonathan
• North-West – Muhammadu Buhari
• South-West – Bola Ahmed Tinubu

Power in Nigeria rotates through negotiation, coalition, and elite consensus — not anger.

Even during the First Republic, Nnamdi Azikiwe became President in 1963 not by isolation, but through alliance with the Northern People's Congress.

Politics is mathematics.

You cannot openly despise:

• The President
• The ruling party
• The Nigerian state

And still expect federal appointments, security leadership, or presidential tickets.

Who do we think we're?

Is it that most of us are duüuumb or we're pretending to be so?

Don't you know you can't eat your cake and have it?

You can't make yourself an enemy of everyone and expect everyone to ENTRUST their safety to you.

Are we okay?

That is not how power works anywhere in the world.

The Yorubas negotiated.

The North consolidates.

The South-South aligned.

But many Igbos?

We want moral victory instead of strategic victory.

You don’t win power by emotional speeches.

You win power by building bridges — even with people you disagree with.

Do you think Hausa/Fulani and Yorubas love each other?

Never!

But they've found a way to work together.

If you want:

• President
• Senate President
• Service Chiefs
• Police IG
• Real federal influence

Then build alliances.

Join structures.

Influence from inside.

Politics is not about who shouts the loudest.

It is about who sits at the table when decisions are made.

You cannot hate the system and expect the system to reward you.

Power respects strategy — not sentiment.

If this offends you, good.

Serious conversations are never comfortable.

Nigeria is not going anywhere.

The question is: Will we master the game — Or keep complaining about the referees?

Ugoji Maximillian Teacher of systems. Translator of power. Builder of Elite mindset. Speaker, Author and Entrepreneur.


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Igbos are not Yorubas that want power even if it destroys Nigeria

Igbos could have deputized Buhari... He came to igbos first we rejected him because he was incompetent

Obi can easily deputize atiku and there would be no path way for Tinubu to win

Stop sounding like Yorubas did one crazy political calculations

You just threw moral compass away

Would Yorubas he proud they brought in Buhari and Tinubu in 50 years ?

lawani:
Stop this talk about betrayal. Nobody is in a contract with anybody to keep supporting them. Any politician or member of the electorate is free to align as they wish. Going by population, Yoruba should not be less than thirty percent in any government, by output, it should be more and if they feel shortchanged, their leadership can align as they wish. That isn't betrayal.

So are you really happy your people voted Buhari and Tinubu?

Igbos know Obi deputizing atiku would give them presidency easily but at what cost? We are not like you people... We want progress not power

If a middle-aged chicken is in the zenith of power in Nigeria and the country flourishes, I'm okay

Power is not a shadow neither is it the object that cast the shadow. Begin to look at those who control the light source

Have Biafrans accepted OSU people?
https://www.nairaland.com/8568640/biafrans-accepted-osu-people-charity

Another piece of garbage.

When southeast voted for Obasanjo, Yar Adua, Jonathan and Atiku. That was not alliance and building bridge?

Nonsense and ingredients.

whatmoreng:
What has the power profit the common man . Even if Obi becomes president today. I can bet my both balls, the life of an average ibo man won't improve.

Make una hustle and forget Nigerian politicians.

one or two ego massaging projects. Then one or two igbo targetted interventioms. Something they can get at grassroot from state/lg with a fraction of the federal aggression. Same for Yorubas, Hausas.

What is SW or South as a whole getting under uncle Yekini?
What did north get under their unblemished Buhari?

Few interventions and projects.

mrvitalis:
So are you really happy your people voted Buhari and Tinubu?

Igbos know Obi deputizing atiku would give them presidency easily but at what cost? We are not like you people... We want progress not power

I never supported any of them but I am happy that Tinubu is doing in Abuja what he did in Lagos which is wean Nigeria off dependence on oil and gas. That is the main problem with Nigeria and how Nigeria is different from neighbouring countries. I have been preaching this online for almost two decades. I am an onlooker who prefers Nigeria to break up. I will like to see if an Atiku Obi combination can dislodge the current government.
No government can be worse than Buhari's government who printed tens of trillions of naira then borrowed billions of dollars at high rate just to sell in the country to prop up naira value, He was selling dollars at half the free market value to his cronies

lawani:
I never supported any of them but I am happy that Tinubu is doing in Abuja what he did in Lagos which is wean Nigeria off dependence on oil and gas. That is the main problem with Nigeria and how Nigeria is different from neighbouring countries. I have been preaching this online for almost two decades. I am an onlooker who prefers Nigeria to break up. I will like to see if an Atiku Obi combination can dislodge the current government.
No government can be worse than Buhari's government who printed tens of trillions of naira then borrowed billions of dollars at high rate just to sell in the country to prop up naira value, He was selling dollars at half the free market value to his cronies

What exactly has Tinubu done in Abuja please name 2

mrvitalis:
What exactly has Tinubu done in Abuja please name 2

Last year non oil revenue was greater than oil revenue and that has not happened for maybe fifty years or almost. If that is the only achievement, I rank him higher than all Presidents and heads of state since the end of the civil war. This is what I have been campaigning for online since 2007

Igbos do not want power bros. What has power profited the average northerners and average southwesterner?

Igbos want a functional, progressive, free, fair, honest, and transparent society where everyone has equal opportunities to explore their potentials. A society where competition would be fair. This is exactly what many northerners, Agbadorians, Agbadoists, and APC supporters do not want.

lawani:
Last year non oil revenue was greater than oil revenue and that has not happened for maybe fifty years or almost. If that is the only achievement, I rank him higher than all Presidents and heads of state since the end of the civil war. This is what I have been campaigning for online since 2007

That was because our oil revenue are going to subsidies for petrol

You think there is no more subsidies? Lol
We are paying more subsidies today than ever in our history

You have AI right.. Ask it to tell you how much a refinery need to sale petrol per litre to break even.. It's around

₦1350 to ₦1450

So do the maths

lawani:
I never supported any of them but I am happy that Tinubu is doing in Abuja what he did in Lagos which is wean Nigeria off dependence on oil and gas. That is the main problem with Nigeria and how Nigeria is different from neighbouring countries. I have been preaching this online for almost two decades. I am an onlooker who prefers Nigeria to break up. I will like to see if an Atiku Obi combination can dislodge the current government.
No government can be worse than Buhari's government who printed tens of trillions of naira then borrowed billions of dollars at high rate just to sell in the country to prop up naira value, He was selling dollars at half the free market value to his cronies

And Tinubu is doing better than buhari? So the Nigerian economy and Nigerians are better now than during Buhari’s regime?

mrvitalis:
Igbos are not Yorubas that want power even if it destroys Nigeria

Igbos could have deputized Buhari... He came to igbos first we rejected him because he was incompetent

Obi can easily deputize atiku and there would be no path way for Tinubu to win

Stop sounding like Yorubas did one crazy political calculations

You just threw moral compass away

Would Yorubas he proud they brought in Buhari and Tinubu in 50 years ?

Watch what they will say in the next 10 years. They know that an Obi would disgrace tinubu and bubari if he rules the country, just like Otti is disgracing Orji Uzor, T.A. Orji, and Ikpeazu. This some Yorubas would never want.

Many Yorubas would vote Peter Obi any day, any time. Nevertheless, others prefer nigeria to be the way is now where criminality, fraud, corruption, etc is the order of the day.

People that keep talking about ethnic Presidency that has gotten nobody no where