In recounting the political history of Nigeria, Zaid Ayuba, National President of the Arewa Youth Consultative Council, notes that under the First Republic, the Igbo people of the South-East and the northern region were political partners. This is according to a report published in the Sun. He claims that the Igbo people “drifted away” from that union, though, and draws a comparison between politics and marriage, emphasizing the need of finding common ground with one’s spouse. CONTINUE FULL READING>>>>>
He said, “If you follow the antecedent of Nigerian political history, you will realize that in the First Republic, the northern part of Nigeria was an ally of the South-East. It was the Igbo who along the line drifted away from the political nature of Nigeria. Politics is a marriage; you cannot afford to marry someone who does not have the same ideology as you. The Igbo can produce a president in Nigeria; nobody has ever say they can not.” CONTINUE FULL READING>>>>>
