IGBOS, IF WE WANT POWER IN NIGERIA, WE MUST UNDERSTAND POWER.

 

Before you start reading, I want you to take a very good look at this picture.

What do you see?

In that picture is the secret of political power.

*You cannot insult Nigeria in the morning and expect to become President at night.*

*You cannot call the country a zoo and expect to become Inspector General of Police tomorrow.*

Politics is not therapy. 

It is alignment.

Let’s speak facts.

Since 1999, Nigeria has had Presidents from the: 

• South-West – Olusegun Obasanjo

• North-West – Umaru Musa Yar'Adua

• South-South – Goodluck Jonathan

• North-West – Muhammadu Buhari

• South-West – Bola Ahmed Tinubu

*Power in Nigeria rotates through negotiation, coalition, and elite consensus — not anger nor sense of entitlement.*

Even during the First Republic, Nnamdi Azikiwe became President in 1963 not by isolation, but through alliance with the Northern People's Congress.

Politics is mathematics.

You cannot openly despise: 

• The President

• The ruling party

• The Nigerian state

And still expect federal appointments, security leadership, or presidential tickets.

*Who do we think we're?*

Is it that most of us are duüuumb or we're pretending to be so?

Don't you know you can't eat your cake and have it?

*You can't make yourself an enemy of everyone and expect everyone to ENTRUST their safety to you.*

*Are we actually okay as we think we are?*

That is not how power works anywhere in the world.

The Yorubas negotiated. 

The North consolidates. 

The South-South aligned.

But many Igbos? 

We want moral victory instead of strategic victory.

You don’t win power by emotional speeches. 

You win power by building bridges — even with people you disagree with.

Do you think Hausa/Fulani and Yorubas love each other?

Never!

But they've found a way to work together.

If you want: 

• President

• Senate President

• Service Chiefs

• Police IG

• Real federal influence

Then build alliances. 

Join structures. 

Influence from inside.

*Politics is not about who shouts the loudest.*

It is about who sits at the table when decisions are made.

You cannot hate the system and expect the system to reward you.

Power respects strategy — not sentiment.

If this offends you, good. 

Serious conversations are never comfortable.

Nigeria is not going anywhere.

*The question is: Will we master the game — Or keep complaining about the referees?*

*Written by*

Ugoji Maximillian Teacher of systems. Translator of power. Builder of Elite mindset. Speaker, Author and Entrepreneur.

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