Why Do Igbos Often Oppose Their Own Presidential Candidates?

Have you noticed that whenever an Igbo figure seeks the presidency, the loudest opposition often comes from within the Igbo community? I remember when Alex Ekwueme challenged Obasanjo’s second term bid, and Dr. Kema Chikwe openly backed “continuity” despite Ekwueme’s credentials. In 2023, Charles Soludo led the charge against Peter Obi, even though Obi was widely seen as the strongest contender. Now in 2027, Kenneth Okonkwo seems to be repeating the same pattern. Could this envy explain the extreme measures—charms, poison, other forms of diabolism—sometimes used in our villages? Jealousy and malice exist across Africa, but why is it that when political power is at stake, Igbos often run the fiercest campaigns against their own? We never saw a northern counterpart campaign against Buhari, nor did many Yorubas oppose Tinubu so vehemently after four years. Clearly, something is going wrong with how Ndigbo handle internal power struggles.

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