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#NigeriaDecides2023: Last update of March 18 general elections

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March 18, 2023

kevin 'Jakpor

LIVE Updates Of #NigeriaDecides General Elections

23:36

Insight to the election in Anambra State
CKC Ward 1
Polling Unit 008: CKC Onitsha
APC — 2
APGA — 22
LP — 92
PDP — 25
YPP — 2

Polling Unit 007
APC — 1
APGA — 26
LP — 107
PDP — 34
NNPP — 1
YPP — 2

Polling Unit 009
APC — 2
APGA — 17
LP — 47
PDP — 17
YPP — 2

Polling Unit 020
APC — 0
APGA —10
LP — 30
PDP — 9

Onitsha North, Ward 14: Post Office
Polling Unit 004
APC — 18
APGA — 13
LP —55
PDP — 10
Accord —1
ADC — 1
ZLP —1
APM — 1

Polling Unit 003
APC — 1
APGA — 23
LP — 33
PDP —12
NNPP —1
A — 1

Polling Unit 011
APC — 7
APGA —17
LP — 30
PDP —10
A —1
APM — 1

Pulling unit: 058
Word: D, Kiri Kiri town
Local government: Amowo odofin.
Units 058

Governorship
LP: 122
APC: 10
PDP:4

State Assembly
LP: 117
APC: 9
PDP:6

Polling Units 026
Governorship
LP: 112
APC: 10
PDP: 0

State Assembly
LP: 108
APC: 13
PDP: 1

Polling Units 052
Governorship
LP: 174
APC: 6
PDP:1

State Assembly
LP: 153
APC: 7
PDP: 7

Polling Units 027
Governorship
LP: 70
APC: 11
PDP: 2

State Assembly
LP: 65
APC: 12
PDP: 5

POLLING UNIT 021
HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY
PDP 2
APC 44
LP 131
Void 12

GOVERNORSHIP
PDP 1
APC 41
LP 138
Void 8

LP’s Edeoga in the early lead in what looks like a landslide victory in Enugu
(1) Igbo Eze South LGA… LP won
(2) Igbo Eze North LGA… LP
(3) Igbo Etiti LGA …… LP
(4) Udenu.…. LP
(5) Nsukka… LP
(6) Uzo Uwani …..LP
(7) Isi Uzo …. LP
(8) Enugu North LGA… LP
(9) Oji River ….. LP
(10) Enugu South…. LP

Waiting Results:
(1) Udi
(2) Aninri
(3) Ezeagu
(4) Awgu
(5) Enugu East
(6) Nkanu East
(7) Nkanu West

So far:
Onitsha North 1- LP
Onitsha North 11- LP
Nnewi South 1 – YPP
Nnewi South 2 – YPP
Nnewi North – YPP
Onitsha south 1 – LP
Onitsha South 2 – LP
Idemili North – LP
Aguata 1 -Lp

22:57

CROSS RIVER GOVERNORSHIP RESULT
Obudu LGA, Begiading ward,
PU primary school Ohong, Cross River state
APC :79
PDP:150
LP :2
NRM:1
ADP:1
ADC:1
Invalid:1

STATE ASSEMBLY
APC: 35
PDP: 193
NRM: 1
LP: 3
APP:1

LAGOS GOVERNORSHIP RESULT
LGA: ETI OSA
PU: 011, IGBOGUSU
APC: 107
LP: 43
PDP: 1
VOID: 5

STATE ASSEMBLY
LGA: ETI OSA
PU: 11, IGBOGUSU
APC:108
LP: 42
PDP: 2
YPP: 2
ADC: 1

LAGOS GOVERNORSHIP RESULT
Jandor wins his polling unit
LGA: OJO
PU: 001, OSOLU SEC, SCHOOL, IREWE
ADP: 01
APC: 66
LP: 01
PDP: 87
Accredited voters: 162

KWARA GOVERNORSHIP RESULT
Moro LGA, Abati Alara ward, LGEA School Elekoyangan PU 005
APC: 149
LP: 1
PDP: 109
SDP: 9
Total registered voters: 902
No of accredited voters: 291

KADUNA GOVERNORSHIP RESULT
PU053, LEA Primary School, Iridi, Gonin Gora, Chikun LGA
APC- 5
LP: 8
PDP: 280
No. of registered voters: 460
Accredited voters: 300
Valid votes: 295
Rejected votes: 5

ABIA GOVERNORSHIP RESULT
LGA: Aba North
Ward: Osusu I
PU: Osusu Rd. Pri. Sch. Prem XII
APC: 0
APGA: 4
LP: 27
PDP: 11
YPP: 1

21:25

LAGOS GOVERNORSHIP RESULT
PU 021, Cooperate Drive, Ikoyi, Eti-Osa LGA.
APC: 42
PDP: 4
ADP: 1
LP: 53
Accredited voters: 100
Total Valid votes: 100

OGUN GOVERNORSHIP RESULT
LGA: Abeokuta South
Ward: Erunbe/ Oke Ijeun
PU: Open Space Inf Of Omoyayi’s House
A: 0
AAC: 1
ADC: 45
APC: 48
PDP: 58

OGUN GOVERNORSHIP RESULT
LGA: Abeokuta South
Ward: Ibara II
PU: Open Space Near Fidelity, Ibara
A: 0
AAC: 0
ADC: 21
APC: 47
PDP: 69

LAGOS GOVERNORSHIP RESULT
PU021, Cooperate drive, Ikoyi, Eti-Osa LGA, Lagos state.
APC: 42
PDP: 4
ADP: 1
LP: 53
Accredited voters: 100
Total Valid votes: 100

LAGOS ASSEMBLY RESULT
PU 021, Cooperate drive, Ikoyi, Eti-Osa LGA, Lagos state.
APC: 51
PDP: 5
LP: 44
Accredited voters: 100
Total Valid votes: 100

ABIA GOVERNORSHIP RESULT
LGA: Aba North
Ward: Osusu I
PU: B.T.C School Premises I
APC: 0
APGA: 8
LP: 185
PDP: 24
YPP: 12

BENUE GOVERNORSHIP RESULT
Mbadede ward, PU002, Vandeikya LGA, Benue state.
APC: 183
PDP: 3
LP: 0
Accredited voters: 186
Valid votes: 186

ENUGU RESULTS
Igbo Eze North LGA, PU Umuonehe Primary school 008. ESSODO WARD 1, Enugu state
GOVERNORSHIP
APC 12
PDP 125
LP 14
ANPP 2
Invalid votes 2

STATE ASSEMBLY
LP 14
APC 2
PDP 126

NASARAWA GOVERNORSHIP RESULT
Hausa primary school, Keffi LGA, PU code 003, Nasarawa state
NNPP 2
APGA 1
LP 1
NRM 4
ADP 2
PRP 1
SDP 10
APC 141
PDP 318
Invalid votes 3

OGUN GOVERNORSHIP RESULT
LGA: Abeokuta South
Ward: Ake I
PU: St.Peters School Ake
A: 0
AAC: 2
ADC: 17
APC: 82
PDP: 58

ENUGU GOVERNORSHIP RESULT
PU 005, Achi Agu ward 1, Oji-River LGA.
APC: 1
APGA: 2
NNPP: 2
PRP: 2
ZLP: 1
APP:1
ADC: 2
PDP: 69
LP: 131
Registered voters: 895
Accredited voters: 221

ONDO ASSEMBLY RESULT
PU06, Ward 03 Mahin, Ilaje LGA, Ondo state
APC: 60
PDP: 66

LAGOS GOVERNORSHIP RESULT
Ward 021, Cooperate drive, Ikoyi, Eti-Osa LGA, Lagos state.
APC: 42
PDP: 4
ADP: 1
LP: 53
Accredited voters: 100
Total Valid votes: 100

LAGOS ASSEMBLY RESULT
Ward 021, Cooperate drive, Ikoyi, Eti-Osa LGA, Lagos state.
APC: 51
PDP: 5
LP: 44
Accredited voters: 100
Total Valid votes: 100

LAGOS ASSEMBLY RESULT
PU021, Cooperate drive, Ikoyi, Eti-Osa LGA, Lagos state.
APC: 51
PDP: 5
LP: 44
Accredited voters: 100
Total Valid votes: 100

ENUGU GOVERNORSHIP RESULT
LGA: Udenu
Ward: Obollo-Etti
PU: Akanugu Village Hall
APC: 0
APGA: 3
LP: 37
PDP: 73

OGUN GOVERNORSHIP RESULT
LGA: Abeokuta South
Ward: Ijaye/ Idi-Aba
PU: Open Space Near Folaranmi HS I
A: 1
AAC: 2
ADC: 13
APC: 33
PDP: 42

OYO GOVERNORSHIP RESULT
Ward 4, PU15, Gate, Ibadan north LGA, Oyo state.
APC: 37
PDP: 135
AP: 01
Accredited voters: 173
Total votes cast: 173

ADAMAWA GOVERNORSHIP RESULT
PU007, Bamboi, Yola south LGA, Adamawa state
APC 260
PDP 90
PU014, Bamboi, Yola south LGA, Adamawa state
APC 86
PDP 37

BENUE GOVERNORSHIP RESULT
Mbadede ward, PU007, Vandeikya LGA, Benue state.
APC: 273
PDP: 3
LP: 1
Accredited voters: 280
Valid votes: 280

EBONYI GOVERNORSHIP RESULT
Otika Town Hall 1, 08 Enuagu Ward, Onicha LGA
A – 1
APC – 64
APGA – 10
LP – 2
PDP – 38

SIM FUBARA WINS POLLING UNIT
Sim Fubara, the PDP governorship candidate in Rivers state, has won his polling unit by a landslide.
PDP: 186
SDP: 1
APC: 00
LP: 00

BENUE ELECTION RESULTS
PU051 Vandeikya LGA, Benue
GOVERNORSHIP
APC: 342
PDP: 1
LP: 0

STATE ASSEMBLY
APC: 336
PDP: 4
LP: 2

ADAMAWA GOVERNORSHIP RESULT
FINTIRI WINS 3 OUT OF 4 POLLING UNITS NEAR GOVERNMENT HOUSE
PU001, New government house, Gwadabawa, Yola north LGA, Adamawa
APC: 85
PDP: 71
PU012, new government house, Gwadabawa, Yola north LGA, Adamawa
APC: 79
PDP: 80
PU010, new government house, Gwadabawa, Yola north, Adamawa
APC:100
PDP: 94
PU009, new government house, Gwadabawa, Yola north, Adamawa
APC: 79
PDP: 94

OYO GOVERNORSHIP RESULT
MAKINDE WINS HIS POLLING UNIT
Ward 11, PU01, Abayomi Iwo-Road in Ibadan north LGA.
APC: 28
PDP: 174
AP: 05
LP: 03
Registered voters: 750
Accredited voters: 215
Total votes cast: 215

OYO GOVERNORSHIP RESULT
Ward 11, PU39 Abayomi, Iwo Road, Ibadan north LGA, Oyo state.
APC: 19
PDP: 231
AP: 03
LP: 00
Accredited voters: 257
Total votes cast: 255

KANO GOVERNORSHIP RESULT
LG: Gwale
Ward: Dorayi
PU: BUK old site 003
APC: 98
NNPP: 139
PDP: 14
LP: 0
PU: 026
APC: 55
NNPP: 96
PU: 004
APC: 45
NNPP: 53
PU: 001
APC: 59
NNPP: 102
PU: 002
APC: 49
NNPP: 93

There was pandemonium in Governor Nyesom Wike’s polling unit in Obio-Akpor, Rivers State, as soldiers shoot thugs running away with ballot boxes.

The thugs appeared suddenly, shot sporadically and ran away with ballot boxes.

18:29

State: Katsina
LGA: Kusada
PU: 012, Dan gamau TV center
Ward code: Boko ward 23
GOVERNORSHIP ELECTION
APC: 44
PDP: 38
PRP: 2
NNPP: 0
LP: 0
Invalid vote: 1

STATE ASSEMBLY
APC: 45
PDP: 41
PRP: 0
NNPP: 0
LP: 0

KANO GOVERNORSHIP RESULT
LGA: Faggae
Ward: Ado Bayero Square
PU 062, Sabon Gari East
APC: 16
NNPP: 4
SDP: 1
ADC: 1
PDP: 0

SANWO-OLU WINS IN TINUBU’S POLLING UNIT
State: Lagos
LGA: Ikeja
Ward: Alausa
PU: 085
APC: 43
PDP: 0
LP: 5
NRM: 1
Invalid: 1
Accreditated voters: 50

LAGOS GOVERNORSHIP RESULT
LGA: Eti-Osa
Ward: Victoria Island II
PU: Water Corporation Rd. Opp. Enterprise Hubs
APC: 3
PDP: 2
LP: 3

LAGOS GOVERNORSHIP RESULT
LGA: Alimosho
Ward: Ipaja South
PU: Daru Salam School/ Ejigbo Block
ADC: 0
APC: 6
LP: 0
PDP: 0

LAGOS GOVERNORSHIP RESULT
LGA: Oshodi/ Isolo
Ward: Oke-Afa/ Ejigbo
PU: Junction of Adebayo Oyelana/Demuren/Ailegun Road
ADC: 2
APC: 48
LP: 89
PDP: 0

LAGOS GOVERNORSHIP RESULT
LGA: Oshodi/ Isolo
Ward: Oke-Afa/ Ejigbo
PU: 49, Aigbedion Street
ADC: 0
APC: 26
LP: 7
PDP: 2

LAGOS GOVERNORSHIP RESULT
LGA: Ojo
Ward 3: Ajangbadi
PU: Open Space within Owojobi Str.
APC: 12
PDP: 0
LP: 1
NNPP: 0
BP: 0

OYO GOVERNORSHIP RESULT
Ward 5, PU65 Bodija Ashi, Ibadan north LGA.
APC: 09
PDP: 56
AP: 0
Accredited voters: 185
Total votes cast: 65

CROSS RIVER GOVERNORSHIP RESULT
L.G.A: Obudu
Ward: Begiading
Polling unit: primary school Ohong
APC :79
PDP:150
LP :2
NRM:1
ADP:1
ADC:1
Invalid:1

HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY
APC: 35
PDP: 193
NRM: 1
LP: 3
APP:1

ENUGU GOVERNORSHIP RESULT
LGA: Udenu
Ward: Imilike
PU: Amagu Village Hall
APC: 0
APGA: 0
LP: 16
PDP: 1

ADAMAWA GOVERNORSHIP RESULT
FINTIRI DEFEATS AISHA DAHIRU BINANI AT ATIKU’S POLLING UNIT
PU012, Ajiya ward, Yola north LGA
APC: 150
PDP: 163

SANWO-OLU WINS HIS POLLING UNIT
(Unit 006, Ward E3, Eiyekole, Lagos Island)
GOVERNORSHIP RESULT
APC – 121
PDP – 01
LP – 02
Accord – 02

STATE ASSEMBLY
APC – 120
PDP – 03
LP – 02
Accord – 01

ALIA HYACINTH WINS POLLING UNIT AS BENUE ELECTION RESULTS TRICKLE IN
PU052, Mbangur-Mbailiv, Mbadede council ward, Vandeikya LGA, Benue.
GOVERNORSHIP RESULT
APC: 420
PDP: 1
LP: 0
Invalid: 1

STATE ASSEMBLY
APC: 419
PDP: 3
LP: 0
Accredited voters 422
Total votes cast 422
Valid votes 421
Invalid 1

In the meantime, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has commenced the transmission of election results to the IReV platform.

Results from some polling units in Lagos, Zamfara and Rivers have been uploaded.

16:30

HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY RESULT
State: Lagos
LGA: Ikeja
Ward: Alausa
PU: 085
APC: 43
LP: 5
PDP: 0
APGA: 1
Invalid: 1
Accreditated voters: 50

HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY RESULT
State: Edo
LGA: Igarra
Ward: Akoko Edo 1
PU: 16
APC: 54
PDP: 88
APP: 1

LAGOS GOVERNORSHIP RESULT
LGA: Oshodi/ Isolo
Ward: Oke-Afa/ Ejigbo
PU: 11, Ojoola Street
ADC: 0
APC: 49
LP: 23
PDP: 1

LAGOS GOVERNORSHIP RESULT
LGA: Oshodi/ Isolo
Ward: Ishagatedo
PU: Junction of Godwin Omonua/ Daddy Adediran Street
ADC: 0
APC: 17
LP: 46
PDP: 0

LAGOS GOVERNORSHIP RESULT
LGA: Oshodi/ Isolo
Ward: Ishagatedo
PU: Junction of Oluseye/ Ire-Akari Road
ADC: 0
APC: 9
LP: 1
PDP: 0

16:19

Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu wins in Desmond Elliot’s Polling Unit

GOVERNORSHIP
APC: 100
LP: 14
PDP: 3

LAGOS GOVERNORSHIP RESULT
LGA: Alimosho
Ward: Ipaja South
PU: Daru Salam School/ Ejigbo Block
ADC: 0
APC: 6
LP: 0
PDP: 0

LAGOS GOVERNORSHIP RESULT
LGA: Alimosho
Ward: Ipaja South
PU: Oluwatobi Street, Shodiya Junction, Cele
ADC: 0
APC: 6
LP: 2
PDP: 0

LAGOS GOVERNORSHIP RESULT
LGA: Alimosho
Ward: Ipaja South
PU: Front of BLK. 32/33 Gowon Estate
ADC: 0
APC: 0
LP: 0
PDP: 1

HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY RESULT
State: Taraba
LGA: Jalingo
Ward: Barade, PU:047
APC:09
LP: 41
SDP: 12
PDP: 91

LAGOS GOVERNORSHIP RESULT
LGA: Eti-Osa
Ward 2: Victoria Island II
PU: Entrance of Samuel Adedoyin Str.
APC: 0
PDP: 0
LP: 3
NNPP: 0
ADC: 0

LAGOS GOVERNORSHIP RESULT
LGA: Ibeju/Lekki, LGA
Ward 7: Iwerekun II
PU: Open Space at Elemoro Royal Market Bogije
APC: 29
PDP: 0
LP: 44

LAGOS GOVERNORSHIP RESULT
LGA: Ibeju/Lekki, LGA
Ward 6: P1, Iwerekun I
PU: Ologunfe Junction Awoyaya
Election cancelled

LAGOS GOVERNORSHIP RESULT
LGA: Ojo
Ward 3: Ajangbadi
PU: Open Space at House 60 Aka Road
APC: 18
PDP: 0
LP: 15
NNPP: 0

HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY
APC: 104
LP: 15
PDP: 3

LAGOS GOVERNORSHIP RESULT
LGA: Ojo
Ward 3: Ajangbadi
PU: Open Space within Agbekoko Street
APC: 2
PDP: 0
LP: 7

15:41

Results trickle in from some polling units in Oshodi/Isolo LGA

CROSS RIVER GOVERNORSHIP RESULT

L.G.A: Obudu; Ward: Begiading
Polling unit: primary school Ohong

APC :79
PDP:150
LP :2
Invalid:1

HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY

APC: 35
PDP: 193
NRM: 1
LP: 3
APP:1

OYO GOVERNORSHIP RESULT
Ward 5, PU65 Bodija Ashi, Ibadan north LGA.
APC: 09
PDP: 56
AP: 0
Accredited voters: 185
Total votes cast: 65

LAGOS GOVERNORSHIP RESULT
LGA: Ojo
Ward 3: Ajangbadi
PU: Open Space within Owojobi Str.
APC: 12
PDP: 0
LP: 1
NNPP: 0
BP: 0

15:25

Persons suspected to be APC thugs have attacked Arise News crew and brutalised the journalists at Elegushi, the polling unit near Oba’s Palace.

The thugs also seized their drones used for covering the election process, all in the presence of Police officers!

Police operatives came around to salvage the situation but the fate of the journalists is yet unknown as they were taken to an unknown location.

https://twitter.com/ARISEtv/status/1637107364519112704?s=20

More details will follow…

13:30

APC Thugs attack polling unit at Peace Estate, opposite, Iba House Estate, Ojo Barracks and made away with two BVAS machines.

Allegedly, one of the thugs is the Baale around there.

Meanwhile, Jaffa boys are not allowing voting in Agboroko, near LASUOJO, Lagos. They threatened that if people come out and vote against APC, they will be dealt with aggressively.

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INEC official announces INEC instructed them not to announce or upload/transmit result at the polling unit at Ayetoro Primary School, Aguda, Lagos.

The NYSC ad hoc staff said INEC did not give them password for the BVAS machine

The @inecnigeria in Lagos is not interested in the votes. They will find anyway they can to produce the result they want. pic.twitter.com/2jkQMkYcGP

— Chidi Odinkalu, CGoF (@ChidiOdinkalu) March 18, 2023

13:11

Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate, Mr. Peter Gregory Obi votes in Anambra State.

Peter Obi wrote:

“At about 11.20am this morning, I exercised my franchise by casting my vote in my polling unit. My dear wife Margaret also voted. I encourage every registered Nigerian voter, who have not yet voted to go and do so.”

Actress Chioma Akpotha has just been attacked by APC thugs at her polling unit in Lagos.

Actress Chioma Akpotha has just been attacked by APC thugs at her polling unit in Lagos. #LagosDecides2023 #NigeriaDecides2023 pic.twitter.com/3IEOrYVcs5

— Jaypee (@JaypeeGeneral) March 18, 2023

12:33

Lagos State Labour Party (LP) governorship candidate, Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, casts his vote.

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Babajide Sanwo-Olu wrote:

“I have just exercised my right to vote as a resident of Lagos State. It’s an important responsibility we all share in building the future of our beloved state and country. I urge all eligible voters to come out and make their voices heard.

“Security officials are at every polling unit to ensure the safety of voters, let us coperate with them and vote peacefully.

“Remember, our votes count, and every vote matters.”

Bola Ahmed Tinubu wrote:

“I just joined other Nigerians in exercising my civic duty in the ongoing governorship and state assembly elections. I encourage you all to go out and vote peacefully.”

12:22

VIDEO: INEC official publicly declaring that they won’t upload from an unidentified polling unit.

In Lagos, @inecnigeria is not pretending about the fact that they are a wholly-owned subsidiary of @OfficialAPCNg pic.twitter.com/QndcVBMasR

— Chidi Odinkalu, CGoF (@ChidiOdinkalu) March 18, 2023

12:05

Voting in progress at Lagos Mainland LGA, Ward 09, PU 009, St Agnes Alagomeji Pry School Lagos State.

Polling Unit 007, Ward 1 in Ijebu North Local Government Area, Ogun State fully activated and ready for accreditation and voting at 7.30am today.

Polling Unit 011, Registration Area 06 in Tarka Local Government Area, Benue State activated at 6.30am today.

08:15

By 7am today, INEC officials began setting up Polling Unit 010, Yola North Local Government Area in Adamawa State.

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Analysis

Nigeria is radicalizing the Igbo, one injustice at a time ~ by Abolaji Rasaq

Published

3 months ago

May 21, 2025

kevin 'Jakpor

There’s something about persecution that does two things to a people: it either breaks them, or it makes them beasts of survival.

For centuries the Jews… they were hunted, hated, and humiliated by empires. But they didn’t vanish.

They evolved. They adapted. And today, the Jews are arguably the most powerful tribe in the world economically, intellectually, and politically. Ruthless when necessary.

They are unapologetic about their survival. Now, look at the Igbo. A tribe known for industry, resilience, and brilliance.

A people who just want to live, do business, and thrive. But Nigeria doesn’t want that. Nigeria wants control.

Nigeria wants submission. And the one thing the Igbo have never known how to do is bow. And that’s the real issue.

So what does Nigeria do? It sidelines them. Isolates them. Provokes them. Bombs their villages under the guise of security.

Locks up their agitators. Shuts down their businesses. Mocks their pain. Ignores their history. Prevent them from voting. Play politics with their education. Sponsored bigotry on them.

And then Nigeria pretends to be surprised that there’s growing radicalization in the East?

Let me be clear: The Igbo didn’t start this fire. Nigeria did.

And history, the very same history we keep refusing to learn from, has shown us that when you keep pushing a tribe that knows how to survive, they evolve into something stronger, something unstoppable.

It’s happened before. With the Jews. Europe tried to exterminate them. Instead, they became the backbone of global finance, media, tech, and diplomacy.

You don’t touch a Jew today without consequences. You don’t push them to the wall and expect them to stay quiet.

Now Nigeria is doing the same to the Igbo, pushing, prodding, provoking.

But here’s the warning: when you push an animal to the wall, it doesn’t stay calm. It fights back. It bites. And this time, when it bites, don’t act shocked.

But this isn’t just about the Igbo solely. Nigeria has perfected the art of creating monsters, then acting surprised when they bite.

The Niger Delta? Radicalized. The region was exploited for oil, polluted beyond repair, and ignored until their youths picked up arms.

The Fulani terrorists? Radicalized. Left behind by the same government that claimed to represent them, now manipulated by religion and resentment.

The Almajiri? Radicalized. Abandoned by an elite that used their poverty as a vote bank and then left them to rot.

The Agbero? Radicalized. Uneducated, weaponized, and unleashed as tools of political chaos.

Even the middle class is slowly being radicalized, not with guns, but with hopelessness. That, too, is a ticking time bomb.

A nation cannot continue to marginalize its most brilliant tribe and expect peace.

The Igbo are not docile. They are not quiet. They are not forgetful. They are survivors, and survivors don’t beg for space forever. At some point, they take it.

The Igbo didn’t set out to be radicals. They were made into one by a country that won’t stop seeing their confidence as a threat.

You can’t keep pretending unity means silence. You can’t keep preaching peace while planting injustice.

The Igbo are not asking for too much, they just want to live, build, and grow.

But if you insist on turning their dignity into defiance, their enterprise into enmity, and their survival into sedition, then you are creating a monster.

And if history has taught us anything, it’s this: when a persecuted people decide that survival is no longer enough, when they decide to stop running and start resisting, they don’t just fight back. They win.

Nigeria must understand this: you cannot keep pushing people into a corner and expect submission.

When you back a lion into a wall, don’t expect it to purr. It will roar. It will claw. It will tear through anything standing between it and freedom.

So here’s the final warning, for those who still care to listen: Nigeria is radicalizing the Igbo.

But worse, Nigeria is radicalizing everyone. And it won’t end well.

When the fire spreads, when the rebellion multiplies, when the beast we created begins to fight back, don’t act shocked; no tribe will be left untouched.

Don’t pretend it wasn’t preventable. We all made it happen. You don’t corner a lion and expect peace.

Abolaji Rasaq is a public affairs analyst.

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Igbo Corner

Crisis hits Nnewi over Uruagu PG election, as BoT members protest, resign

Published

4 months ago

May 9, 2025

kevin 'Jakpor

Palpable crisis is brewing in Nnewi over the election of the President General of Uruagu Community in the industrial town of Anambra State, with a business mogul and owner of Organiser Plc., Chief Innocent Okoli, accused of upsetting the apple cart.

The crisis has led to protests and resignation of members of the Board of Trustees (BoT).

One of the resignation letters sighted by News Band was from a legal practitioner, J. N. Obi, Esq.

Barrister Obi, until his resignation served as the Secretary of the Executive Committee and member, Uruagu Board of Trustees.

Tendering his resignation letter, Obi cited brazen violation of the Constitution of Uruagu Nnewi Community Development Union.

The letter was referenced OB/03 /296/2025, dated May 8, 2025, and addressed to His Highness. Obi A. C. Obi (Ogidi IV).

In the letter entitled “Letter of resignation as member, Board of Trustees (B.O. T) Uruagu Nnewi. Obi announced his resignation based on the following reasons:

Article 8. 9 (a) of the Constitution of Uruagu Nnewi Community Development Union. 2022 (As Amended) states and I quote:
“The Board shall “Ensure the observance of this Constitution”.
Article 14.4 of the Constitution of Uruagu Nnewi Community Development Union 2022 (As Amended) states and I quote:
“Each ward shall submit a list of the Electors In writing to the Secretary General of the Union, one month before any election.
“The submission of the list of the Electors shall be done by the Ward Chairman In consultation with the Ward’s Obi.”
“The election sought to be conducted on Saturday, 10th day of May 2025, did not comply with the above provisious as it was on the Union’s general meeting of the I3th day of April 2025 that the expiration of the tenure of the Executives was announced.”

The legal pratictioner, however, noted that the election to be held on May 10 will not be up to one month.

He, therefore, resigned his membership of B. 0. T for failure to abide by the above provisions of the Constitution as stated above.

On his part, the former President General of Uruagu Nnewi, Chief Ambassador Charles Nwonye, decried series of illegalities in the proposed election championed by Chief Okoli.

He recalled the efforts of past and present stakeholders to ensure that Uruagu Nnewi Community Development Union is recognised as a legal and responsible entity in the state.

He, however, speaking in a voice note obtained by Diaspora Digital Media (DDM), regretted:

“It’s very, very unfortunate that those counsels that instituted Uruagu Development Union are no longer alive.

“They were the ones who were known for speaking out the truth. But at the same time, we will not all keep quiet.

“I, hereby, wish to bring the following to the attention of all Uruagu indigenes, scattered all over Nigeria and in the diaspora that four years ago, a similar thing happened.

“Uruagu Nnewi Constitution was also flagrantly violated four years ago.

“At the end, a lot of stakeholders asked the former Executive Committee to resign and leave en masse.

“The Constitution, however, allowed them to recontest.

“The Executive Committee then honourably resigned and no one of us recontested, ushering in a new Executive Committee.

“They argued that following the election, the Constitution will be amended to correct all the flaws and ensure no such flagrant abused repeats itself.

“They went for the election and what happened there was the same illegality we’re talking about.

“Some of our youths went and connived with mischief makers, disrupted the election and declared the present Executive Committee members winners.

“The youths stood by them in their misguided thoughts that the Executive Committee members enjoy special gains in the office.

“They disrupted the election and ensured that the present crop of Executive Committee members was ushered in.

“The election was heavily flawed and rigged in favour of Eloka Ike and Innocent Okoli, but we let go and left peacefully.

“The new Executive Committee promised to preside for only four years and leave, but we are currently seeing the same illegalities.

“I dare ask: Should Uruagu be known only for illegalities? I thought Ndi Uruagu are smart people?

“I have observed that there are certain individuals who are hell-bent on ensuring that the Uruagu leadership fails.

“They seem bent on destroying all our efforts, acting as agents of chaos and destruction.

“How can one man gather a bunch of Umuezeagu indigenes and take them to the court, claiming that they sued the union to court?

“They deceived the High Court and got a frivolous injunction against Uruagu people, all in the name of election!

“When I got this information, I knew that something was wrong.

“How can someone, after serving a tenure fraught with irregularities, fight his way to a second tenure against the people’s wish?

“I want to make it clear to all the delegates in the so-called election that it will not be possible to make an illegality legal.

“Anyone who casts a vote in that sham election is an agent provocateur, as well as a villain.

“Let it be on record that I denounced the so-called election founded on illegality and fraud and all participants, be it a delegate or participant in any manner is an enemy of the people.”

Chief Okoli and other responsible people of Nnewi leadership could not be reached for comment at the moment of this publication.

More details will follow…

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Celebrity/Entertainment

Late Mbaise monarch—Eze Nwabueze Ugorji to be buried May 22, 2025

Published

5 months ago

March 14, 2025

kevin 'Jakpor

The remains of HRH Eze Stephen Nwabueze Ugorji, Orji Ukwu 1 of Lorji Nwekeukwu Autonomous Community in Aboh Mbaise Local Government Area, will be laid to rest on Thursday, May 22, 2025.

The late Eze Ugorji will be buried in his palace at Orji Ukwu Estate, Lorji, following a Catholic funeral Mass at St. Andrews Catholic Church, Lorji.

News Band was informed that His Excellency the Catholic Bishop of Ahiara Diocese, Bishop Okezuo Nwobi, has been invited to officiate at the ceremony.

Bishop Nwobi, it was learnt, has also accepted the family’s invitation to officiate at the funeral rites of the late grand traditional ruler.

This information was provided to members of the press in Owerri by the Opara Eze (First Son of the Eze), former Commissioner for Homeland Security and Vigilante Affairs, Dr. Ugorji Okechukwu Ugorji.

His Lordship Bishop Okezuo Nwobi, the Catholic Bishop of Ahiara Diocese (Mbaise) and Eze Nwabueze Ugorji’s First Son, Dr. Ugorji Okechukwu Ugorji

“The family is grateful to His Lordship for granting us a rare request to officiate at a funeral on a Thursday,” Dr. Ugorji said.

“Our father will feel honored and appreciated because he was not just a devoted Catholic, he shouldered the building of the St. Andrews Catholic Church at Lorji until his death,” the former commissioner added.

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Igbo Corner

EXCLUSIVE: Ngozi Orabueze dissolves Biafra Govt In Exile as Simon Ekpa may spend longer time in prison

Published

6 months ago

February 13, 2025

kevin 'Jakpor

Dr. Ngozi Orabueze has abruptly dissolved the Biafra Government In Exile following secret information that his former boss, Simon Ekpa may not be coming out from Finnish detention in a hurry.

News Band reported that Mrs. Orabueze, a former Chief of Staff to Mr Simon Ekpa, the self-acclaimed Prime Minister of Biafra Government In Exile, toppled his principal after he was thrown into prison for promoting violent agitation and terrorism in the Southeast of Nigeria.

Ekpa’s trial is scheduled to start in May 2025.

Ngozi, a former chairperson of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Atlanta, United States in a statement on Wednesday, announced the dissolution of Biafra Government In Exile.

She said all assets of the Biafra Republic Government In Exile and it’s affiliates shall be transferred to the secretary of the State of the United States of Biafra.

Orabueze also directed all officers of the former exile government to report to their counterpart with the United States of Biafra for reassignment.

The statement reads, “It is resolved that the Biafra Republic Government In Exile (BRGIE) is hereby dissolved as it’s reason for the existence has been superceded by the November 29, 2024 Declaration of the restoration of the Independent United States of Biafra

“All assets of the Biafra Republic Government In Exile and it’s affiliates(BRGIE corporation ID: D237527271) shall be transferred to the secretary of the State of the United States of Biafra.

“All officers of the former exile government shall report to their counterpart with the United States of Biafra for reassignment. All activities of the Biafra Republic Government In Exile shall cease as of February 15, 2025”.

Meanwhile, an insider source in the movement reliably told News Band that Ngozi decided to dissolve BRGIE after receiving intel that Simon Ekpa might spend longer time in prison.

The source also revealed that the Nigerian government is doing everything within it’s power to nail Simon Ekpa for all his atrocious acts in the SouthEast region.

So, the only way to keep the agitation going in the absence of Ekpa is to dissolve BRGIE.

“Yes, Ngozi Orabueze dissolved the Biafra Republic Government In Exile so as to be fully in charge of the assets belonging to the movement. With the way the Nigerian government is going about the case of Simon Ekpa, he may spend longer time in prison”, the source said.

Moreover, before now, Orabueze has been at war with some arrowheads of the separatist movement who refused to acknowledge her authority.

This however, has led to series of fights, accusation and counter accusations among the agitators.

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Igbo Corner

A tribute to Mrs. Roseline Udu Eze

Published

7 months ago

January 29, 2025

kevin 'Jakpor

We celebrate the life of Mrs. Roseline Udu Eze, a devoted wife, mother, grandmother, and pillar of strength.

Her unwavering love, kindness, and selflessness left an indelible mark on all who knew her.

Though we mourn her passing, we take solace in the legacy she leaves behind and the cherished memories we hold. Rest peacefully in the arms of the Lord, dear Roseline.

You will forever be missed.

May her soul rest in perfect peace.

Amen.

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