Beyond Buhari’s sectarian Administration. ~ By Eke O Eke

The emergence of APC as the ruling party in Nigeria via the north west alliance was predictable.

What was not known is the extent to which the alliance would be anti Igbo and how far Buhari’ ethnic prejudice would be compel him to punish us.

It is not unusual in a multi-ethnic democracy for two or ethnic groups to Align to gain power. What is unique about the Buhari led APC is extent it is has deviated from norms by violating the constitution, disregard the rule of law and pursue sectarian agenda.

It is the targeting of Igbos for punishment that has changed the tempo of Nigerian politics and driven home the need to restructure Nigeria.

By giving in to his ethnic prejudices against Igbos, Buhari did an irreparable damage to Nigerian unity, and made restructure of Nigeria inevitable.

The world has learnt an important lesson, no one can share power as equal with the northern Nigerian and northern Nigerian leaders have a toxic Islamic agenda. It is a lesson we must find the best way to benefit from.

The right response at this time is not to demand for Biafra. It offers opportunities for Igbos to recalibrate our politics by focusing on Igbo centric politics of development of the region.

The aim should simply be to make Igbo region the best region to live and do business in Nigeria.

Once we put in place the right policies and government, it will not matter which party is in power in Nigeria and investors will pour into our region. We need to address our local politics but think global.

It is however our responsibly to fight for the factors that will make this possible, like opening up Port Harcourt and Calabar sea ports and granting Enugu, Calabar and port Harcourt Airport the same status as Lagos, Abuja and Kano airports. These are achievable no matter what the north thinks. The tactics is to win small battles at a time.

We need to focus on getting our politics right. With Buhari very unwell, the north will re approach the west with a new deal struck and very little will change.

It is up to us to play the right politics by electing the people,with the right, knowledge, understanding and passion to get the best for our people in Nigeria and prepared our people for the future.

It is up to us to find ways to benefit from this wide spread distrust of the north with power and the present Nigerian realities.

Eke 8/05/2017