Igbos Unlikely to Participate in Elections While Nnamdi Kanu Is Detained – Ejimakor

Aloy Ejimakor, the lawyer for Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), says that a lot of Igbo young people don’t want to vote in any elections as long as Nnamdi Kanu is still in Sokoto’s correctional center.

Ejimakor said this while talking about why the “City Boy” movement, a group that supports President Bola Tinubu’s re-election in 2027, didn’t get much support in Nigeria’s Southeast.

Remember that the “City Boy” movement chose Obinna Iyiegbu, a well-known hotelier and businessman, as its Southeast Coordinator?

But the last events put on by the “City Boy” movement in Imo State were not successful.

Ejimakor wrote on 𝕏 that his research on recent political events in the Southeast showed that the movement was having a hard time because many young people in the region weren’t interested in politics.

He says that Kanu’s continued imprisonment is the main issue that is affecting people’s political views in the area.

He said, “Based on what I’ve found, the City Boys movement quickly failed in the Southeast because most Igbo youths don’t want to vote in any elections that will happen while Mazi Nnamdi Kanu is in prison.”

“For them, and for now, that’s the #BigElephant in the room.”