Over the years, I've heard so many non-South Easterners claim that the south east is the weakest link in the political structure of Nigeria. Meaning they're politically irrelevant.

Recently, the son of the sitting Governor of Kaduna state El Rufai made a mockery comment about the South East saying the number of votes in a single local government in Kano state is larger than the entire south east. What this implies is that even if every man, woman, boy and girl in the entire south east vote a particular candidate, the votes from Kano state alone would easily cancel it...this is a very myopic reasoning if you ask me.

I would want to clarify that notion of most northerners who feel the SE has no voting power.

The South East remains the only geopolitical zone in Nigeria which has a considerable number of her indigenes across the 36 States.

Those of you in Lagos can confirm that during festive seasons when Igbo traders travel to the South East, large busy markets like balogun on the island and other markets in Lagos are usually empty. There's free flow of traffic during that period that alone should tell you something.

The total number of South Easterners residing in the entire Lagos alone are over 3 million, minus other states in the south west which when you add you'll come up with a similar figure. Even during elections in Lagos, the agberos target areas like Okota and other areas, which are known to have a very high Igbo population and disrupt elections there. Why because they're aware that our numbers can politically destabilize whatever plans they have. If we're as politically irrelevant as they say, why should they be so concerned about us?

The Kano El Rufai was boasting about has hundreds of thousands of Igbos, when you add Abuja and other northern states, you'll be counting them in millions. And in South South states like Delta, Rivers and Bayelsa, about 30% of their entire population are made up South Easterners (anyone who has lived in these states wouldn't deny this)

If you add the total number of South Easterners scattered across Nigeria to the number of the ones living in the south east it's enough to politically destabilize any opponent they choose to vote against.

No tribe in Nigeria has such political advantage. Cos to even see a yourba man here in the east is very scare. There are hausas who do menial jobs but there number cannot creat any political threat for any South Eastern politician.

If you tell me the the Igbos aren't as crazy as the northerners when it comes to elections I won't argue with you. In 2019 I know how I had to drag my flat neighbors to come out and vote. Most saw it as a public holiday to sit at home and enjoy themselves.

If you tell me that our politicians in the South East are selfish and greedy, I wouldn't argue with you, cos it's an open secret...even while APC and the presidency are pushing for a southern candidate, our greedy and shameless South Eastern politicians are stepping down for northerners.

But if you tell me that we're politically irrelevant, I wouldn't agree cos we have all it takes to rally behind any candidate of our choice. We're just too greedy and selfish to realise it. That's why the north has the upper hand cos while we Southerners fight amongst each other, they unite themselves, infiltrate our camp and use the greedy ones among us to further disunite us. This is why the south will continue to be behind the North.

Note: I'm not campaigning for any presidential candidate, I'm only addressing the popular belief that we South Easterners are politically irrelevant in the Nigerian political system.

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Ppl treat you they way you treat yourself. Respect yourself, and they must respect you. And the other way round.

U are right

When its time to vote. Go home to vote, so that people can notice. There is no way to know who is who when you vote outside your states

If the only reason you align in one direction is to 'wicked' the next man, those who are aware will know how to control you remotely.

No part of Naija dey irrelevant. Na only mumu and swegbe pesins dey repeat that nonsense. The only part of Naija wen dey irrelevant politically na graveyard. Tinubu wen no go southeast go chop dust on the 8th.

ednut1:
When its time to vote. Go home to vote, so that people can notice. There is no way to know who is who when you vote outside your states

You blame Americans and Europeans for racism yet you treat your fellow Nigerian worse. How do you mean go home to vote? Must I be in the south east before my vote counts.

If you school in Europe or North America with the hopes of getting a job and you're told to go back to your country to work so that you can develop your continent how would you feel? I'm sure you would be on Twitter to share your painful experience with white racists.

But here in your own country you do worse to your fellow country man...Does relocating to any part of Nigeria as a Nigerian require any form of Visa or identification? If everyone must remain in his region in order to know who is who, why don't we just spilt, why decieve ourselves with a fake unity. Judge yourself.

CrazyMan:

You blame Americans and Europeans for racism yet you treat your fellow Nigerian worse. How do you mean go home to vote? Must I be in the south east before my vote counts.

If you school in Europe or North America with the hopes of getting a job and you're told to go back to your country to work so that you can develop your continent how would you feel? I'm sure you would be on Twitter to share your painful experience with white racists.

But here in your own country you do worse to your fellow country man...Does relocating to any part of Nigeria as a Nigerian require any form of Visa or identification? If everyone must remain in his region in order to know who is who, when why don't we just spilt, why decieve ourselves with a fake unity. Judge yourself.

igbos even have osu n freeborn among them,what do u have to say about that?

Reality3080:
igbos even have osu n freeborn among them,what do u have to say about that?

Osu is an abolished practice. I can confidently tell you that no state in the whole south east practices it again.

Any story you read about Osu would be decades ago, anyone who tells you that such thing is still active today is only saying so out of hatred for the south east. I've been living here for years and I can tell you that I haven't met one Osu person in my entire life.

I see Peter Obi becoming the next president of Nigeria.

This I have seen.

CrazyMan:

Osu is an abolished practice. I can confidently tell you that no state in the whole south east practices it again.

Any story you read about Osu would be decades ago, anyone who tells you that such thing is still active today is only saying so out of hatred for the south east. I've been living here for years and I can tell you that I haven't met one Osu person in my entire life.

do u realize a thread graced front page this year as regards a family saying no to a marriage cos of d osu whatever n mind u d village was named n the state n igbos commented

Guy u can believe whatever u want but u are guilty of what u accuse others of

CrazyMan:

You blame Americans and Europeans for racism yet you treat your fellow Nigerian worse. How do you mean go home to vote? Must I be in the south east before my vote counts.

If you school in Europe or North America with the hopes of getting a job and you're told to go back to your country to work so that you can develop your continent how would you feel? I'm sure you would be on Twitter to share your painful experience with white racists.

But here in your own country you do worse to your fellow country man...Does relocating to any part of Nigeria as a Nigerian require any form of Visa or identification? If everyone must remain in his region in order to know who is who, why don't we just spilt, why decieve ourselves with a fake unity. Judge yourself.

unfortunately this is how data and algorithm works. The major voters from SE are outside. Politicians looking at the stats dont focus on south east. Igbos in lagos are engaged thru the markets, Import and export societies. Tinubu will not go to igbo land to find delegates or votes. But he will reach out thru his daughter or people like ben akabueze and that dustbin man. Reality is reality, its not always ideal

El Rufa'i's son comment aside. It is an outright display of arrogance.

You have raise some good points but despite your observations SE has less voting population compare to other regions of the country.

But for me what really make SE seems politically irrelevant is the failure to build bridges; you have so far been unable to forge political alliance that could give you political advantage.

Reality3080:
do u realize a thread graced front page this year as regards a family saying no to a marriage cos of d osu whatever n mind u d village was named n the state n igbos commented

Guy u can believe whatever u want but u are guilty of what u accuse others of

My brother, any story you hear about Osu in this our generation is a lie from the pit of hell.

Remember this is Nairaland, anyone can cook up any story and it can make the front page.

I've personally asked an aged uncle about it and he explained everything about Osu to me, how it started and how it ended. It was the missionaries who brought Christianity to the south east that ended it.

As I'm typing this, there's no village in the South East that observes such practice.

So is only igbos that travel to village during festive periods, yorubas don't travel abi, others don't travel abi.

Abeg getat.

ednut1:
When its time to vote. Go home to vote, so that people can notice. There is no way to know who is who when you vote outside your states

Don't worry Peter obi would show it relax

Golan007:
If the only reason you align in one direction is to 'wicked' the next man, those who are aare will know how to control you remotely.

Thought that was politics of interest ?

Reality3080:
igbos even have osu n freeborn among them,what do u have to say about that?

You are very right. And up till today, Osus can't have anything to do with freeborms

You knew you wanted the Presidency but you spent years Killing your People and Campaigning for Biafra

ednut1:
unfortunately this is how data and algorithm works. The major voters from SE are outside. Politicians looking at the stats dont focus on south east. Igbos in lagos are engaged thru the markets, Import and export societies. Tinubu will not go to igbo land to find delegates or votes. But he will reach out thru his daughter or people like ben akabueze and that dustbin man. Reality is reality, its not always ideal

And is it the delegates who will determine the out come of the election or the voters?

The delegates can elect him in the primaries, but the masses which comprises of Igbos are the ones he's counting on to put him in Aso Rock. That's the reality even he cannot ignore.

bahaushe1:
El Rufa'i's son comment aside. It is an outright display of arrogance.

You have raise some good points but despite your observations SE has less voting population compare to other regions of the country.

But for me what really make SE seems politically irrelevant is the failure to build bridges; you have so far been unable to forge political alliance that could give you political advantage.

Oga tell me how south east would build bridges I really want to hear

Support others ? I would like to hear who has supported others more than Igbos

Michael004:
So is only igbos that travel to village during festive periods, yorubas don't travel abi, others don't travel abi.

Abeg getat.

You clearly didn't get my point. Yourbas travel but since the majority of them are in the South West, they move within their region.

Igbos living outside their region are the ones I'm referring to.

CrazyMan:

Osu is an abolished practice. I can confidently tell you that no state in the whole south east practices it again.

Any story you read about Osu would be decades ago, anyone who tells you that such thing is still active today is only saying so out of hatred for the south east. I've been living here for years and I can tell you that I haven't met one Osu person in my entire life.

Stop lying and deceiving yourself bra. Last year or 2. A couple committed suicide with the suicide letter because of issue of OSU and Diala when they were not allowed to marry themselves.

It is a common practice.

I am sure if you are lucky not to be OSU, you can't dare marry one of them.

And if you are OSU, then say it with your full chest that you are proud to be OSU.

mrvitalis:

Thought that was politics of interest ?

But you have no interest.

It is not self preservation, it is not ideology, it is not alliance and it is not independence.

Today you are republicans, leftists Tomorrow, Progressives the day after.

Northerners are your enemies , Benue are cowards, South South are daft, Yorubas are backstabbers etc.

Only good people are Igbos and MUST have right of first refusal on any issue.

CrazyMan:

My brother, any story you hear about Osu in this our generation is a lie from the pit of hell.

Remember this is Nairaland, anyone can cook up any story and it can make the front page.

I've personally asked an aged uncle about it and he explained everything about Osu to me, how it started and how it ended. It was the missionaries who brought Christianity to the south east that ended it.

As I'm typing this, there's no village in the South East that observes such practice.

You can keep deceiving yourself, not we that know the truth.

This happened in okija Anambra in September 2020.

To govern igbos no easy and pdp made it easier to govern them, through a form of democracy which the igbos know and understand. But the cow head in the desert brought in khakhisto-plutocracy and that made things worse now the igbos are on fire

Michael004:
Stop lying and deceiving yourself bra. Last year or 2. A couple committed suicide with the suicide letter because of issue of OSU and Diala when they were not allowed to marry themselves.

It is a common practice.

I am sure if you are lucky not to be OSU, you can't dare marry one of them.

And you are OSU, then say it with your full chest that you are proud to be OSU.

I'm done arguing with you!

You clearly haven't been to the south east so it's obvious that your persistency on this topic drives towards one objective which is Mockery

Do have pleasant day ahead.

CrazyMan:
Over the years, I've heard so many non-South Easterners claim that the south east is the weakest link in the political structure of Nigeria. Meaning they're politically irrelevant.

Recently, the son of the sitting Governor of Kaduna state El Rufai made a mockery comment about the South East saying the number of votes in a single local government in Kano state is larger than the entire south east. What this implies is that even if every man, woman, boy and girl in the entire south east vote a particular candidate, the votes from Kano state alone would easily cancel it...this is a very myopic reasoning if you ask me.

I would want to clarify that notion of most northerners who feel the SE has no voting power.

The South East remains the only geopolitical zone in Nigeria which has a considerable number of her indigenes across the 36 States.

Those of you in Lagos can confirm that during festive seasons when Igbo traders travel to the South East, large busy markets like balogun on the island and other markets in Lagos are usually empty. There's free flow of traffic during that period that alone should tell you something.

The total number of South Easterners residing in the entire Lagos alone are over 3 million, minus other states in the south west which when you add you'll come up with a similar figure. Even during elections in Lagos, the agberos target areas like Okota and other areas, which are known to have a very high Igbo population and disrupt elections there. Why because they're aware that our numbers can politically destabilize whatever plans they have. If we're as politically irrelevant as they say, why should they be so concerned about us?

The Kano El Rufai was boasting about has hundreds of thousands of Igbos, when you add Abuja and other northern states, you'll be counting them in millions. And in South South states like Delta, Rivers and Bayelsa, about 30% of their entire population are made up South Easterners (anyone who has lived in these states wouldn't deny this)

If you add the total number of South Easterners scattered across Nigeria to the number of the ones living in the south east it's enough to politically destabilize any opponent they choose to vote against.

No tribe in Nigeria has such political advantage. Cos to even see a yourba man here in the east is very scare. There are hausas who do menial jobs but there number cannot creat any political threat for any South Eastern politician.

If you tell me the the Igbos aren't as crazy as the northerners when it comes to elections I won't argue with you. In 2019 I know how I had to drag my flat neighbors to come out and vote. Most saw it as a public holiday to sit at home and enjoy themselves.

If you tell me that our politicians in the South East are selfish and greedy, I wouldn't argue with you, cos it's an open secret...even while APC and the presidency are pushing for a southern candidate, our greedy and shameless South Eastern politicians are stepping down for northerners.

But if you tell me that we're politically irrelevant, I wouldn't agree cos we have all it takes to rally behind any candidate of our choice. We're just too greedy and selfish to realise it. That's why the north has the upper hand cos while we Southerners fight amongst each other, they unite themselves, infiltrate our camp and use the greedy ones among us to further disunite us. This is why the south will continue to be behind the North.

Note: I'm not campaigning for any presidential candidate, I'm only addressing the popular belief that we South Easterners are politically irrelevant in the Nigerian political system.

You guys v population more than 50 countries worldwide. But your problem is self pride & not being objective. Igbos play politics of hatred most times. Cos I m your enemy today doesn't mean I ll be your enemy tomorrow.

Michael004:
You can keep deceiving yourself, not we that know the truth.

This happened in okija Anambra in September 2020.

Lol...so you went to their house, confirmed their corpses and saw the letter. You've forgotten that any crazy blogger can write anything and post it just to get traffic.

Don't believe everything you read on the internet until you've confirmed it personally.

CrazyMan:

I'm done arguing with you!

You clearly haven't been to the south east so it's obvious that your persistency on this topic drives towards one objective which is Mockery

Do have pleasant day ahead.

You see, imagine, you can't even be proud to say it that you are a proud OSU.

Even OSUs will claim DIALA.

We understand the rejection bro.