Aloy Ejimakor, 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 2027 re-election, didn’t get much support in Nigeria’s Southeast.
Ejimakor said in a statement posted on X on Thursday that his research showed that the movement was having 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 prison.
Ejimakor wrote, “From my investigations, the City Boys movement quickly failed in the Southeast because most Igbo youths are not interested in any general elections that will be held while Mazi Nnamdi Kanu is in prison.”
He also said that Kanu’s continued 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 said that the movement’s outings in Imo State were not very successful.
