Subject: The North Is Not Well — The Lies Around You Will Bury Your 2027 Ambition and Threaten National Stability.
Your Excellency,
1. The Dangerous Deception: “All Is Well in the North
Mr. President, you are being lied to. The men and women you entrusted with appointments, lucrative postings, and billions in patronage are telling you “the North is calm” and “2027 is sealed.” It is a lie. They are collecting your money to deceive you, not to defend you. Their only project is their pocket. They will not be on the ballot in 2027 — you will.
The truth is this: the situation in Northern Nigeria is unbecoming, unbearable, and unbelievable. It changes like a chameleon, and it is turning against you daily. The economic hardship, the insecurity, and the attitude of government toward the North have created a political wave that is harsh, hostile, and different from 2023.
2. The Ground Reality You Are Not Being Told
A. Economic Collapse: Fuel subsidy removal without cushion has destroyed the northern economy. Transport has tripled. Food is unaffordable. Markets are dead. Farmers cannot farm. Traders cannot trade. The North is the poorest region, yet it received the heaviest blow. There is no federal development footprint to show. No rail. No power. No roads. No industries. Your allies say “it’s temporary.” The masses say “we are finished.”
B. Insecurity as Daily Routine: Banditry, kidnapping, and terrorism have normalized death in the North. From Sokoto to Borno, Niger to Taraba, people are killed, women raped, villages sacked, children out of school. IDP camps are full. Thousands are homeless and wandering. The governors and security chiefs you rely on cannot enter half their states without battalions. Yet they tell you “we are in charge.” You are not.
C. Political Alienation: The “Lagosization” of federal power — relocation of agencies, skewed appointments, budget bias — has sent one message: the North is secondary. The North hears it. The North is responding. The North does not forget.
3. Why Your 2027 Structure Will Collapse
1. Your Defenders Will Abandon You: Anytime from now, governors, senators, and representatives will face their own survival. They will defend themselves, not you. They cannot campaign on empty stomachs, insecure roads, and displaced constituents. By the present maneuvers, over 80% of those you entrusted with your political weight cannot defend you in 2027. They have no moral capital left.
2. The Religious Leaders Have Left: The clerics who worked for you in 2023 have been vehemently disappointed. They are now firing from pulpits and minbars. Their sermons are now warnings. The few who still try to speak for you risk humiliation, disgrace, and rejection. The pulpit is no longer yours.
3. The Masses Have Changed: The attitude of the northern masses toward this government is now one of anger, not apathy. 2023 was hope. 2027 will be judgment. You cannot rig the hunger of 80 million people. You cannot appoint away the grief of widows and orphans.
4. The Warning: Do Not Force 2027
Mr. President, if the government attempts to force or rig the 2027 election, the situation will be hectic and may degenerate into a war scene. The North is a powder keg. Poverty is the powder. Insecurity is the match. A rigged election is the spark. No country survives when its largest region feels conquered, not governed.
You cannot rule people you refused to help. You cannot buy the loyalty of a people you abandoned. Money cannot win this time. Appointments cannot cover this wound.
5. Honest Advice: Act Now or Face the Impact
1. Return to the North Immediately: Not for campaign, but for governance. Visit IDP camps unannounced. Drive Abuja-Kaduna road without convoy. Sleep in Zamfara. Let reality hit you, not reports.
2. Declare a Security and Economic Emergency in the North: Deploy resources, not speeches. Suspend all non-essential projects and redirect funds to food security, rural protection, and resettlement.
3. Sack the Liars Around You: The men telling you “all is well” are your biggest enemies. They are eating your money and killing your legacy. Replace them with truth-tellers, even if the truth hurts.
4. Show Development, Not Patronage: One completed federal project in each geo-political zone of the North before 2026 ends will speak louder than 1,000 appointments.
5. Restore Federal Character: End the perception that Nigeria is being governed from Lagos. The federation must be seen to be fair, or it will not stand.
6. Conclusion: This Is Not a Threat. It Is a Timeline.
Your Excellency, this is not from an enemy. This is from the street. 2027 is not like 2023. The chameleon has changed color. If you do not address the North now, the North will address you in 2027. And the impact may not favour you, or the country.
The time to act is not next year. It is now.
Respectfully submitted for your urgent attention.
A Concerned Voice from the North
On behalf of the hungry, the homeless, and the unheard.
