Aloy Ejimakor, the lawyer for Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), says that many Igbo young people will not vote in any elections as long as Kanu is in Sokoto’s correctional center.
Ejimakor said this while explaining why the “City Boy” movement, which supports President Bola Tinubu’s re-election in 2027, didn’t get very far in Nigeria’s Southeast.
Remember that the “City Boy” movement chose Obinna Iyiegbu, a well-known hotelier and businessman, as its Southeast Coordinator. He is also known as Obi Cubana.
The “City Boy” movement’s last events in Imo State, on the other hand, were not successful.
Ejimakor wrote on 𝕏 about recent political events in the Southeast and said that his research showed that the movement was having a hard time because many young people in the region weren’t interested in electoral politics.
He says that Kanu’s continued imprisonment is the main thing that is affecting people’s political views in the area.
He wrote, “From what I’ve learned, the City Boys movement failed quickly in the Southeast because most Igbo young people don’t want to vote in any elections that happen while Mazi Nnamdi Kanu is in jail.”
“For them, and for now, that’s the big elephant in the room.”
