Aloy Ejimakor, who is the lawyer for Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), has explained why the “City Boy” movement, which supports President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s re-election in 2027, didn’t work in Nigeria’s Southeast.
Ejimakor said in a statement on X on Thursday that his research showed that the movement had a hard time because many young people in the area were not interested in politics.
He says that a lot of Igbo young people don’t want to vote in any general elections as long as Nnamdi Kanu is still in Sokoto’s correctional center.
Ejimakor wrote, “From what I’ve learned, the City Boys movement quickly failed in the Southeast because most Igbo youths don’t want to vote in any general elections while Mazi Nnamdi Kanu is still in prison.”
He said that Kanu’s ongoing imprisonment is the main thing that is affecting people’s political views in the area.
He wrote, “For them and for now, that is the #BigElephant in the room.”
Remember that the “City Boy” movement chose Obinna Iyiegbu, a well-known hotelier and businessman known as Obi Cubana, to be its Southeast Coordinator.
Reports say that the movement’s outings in Imo State were not successful.
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