One Great Nigeria or One Great Biafra. Who Will the Igbo Youth Follow?
The anticipated release of Nnamdi Kanu, possibly, isn’t shaping up to be just a legal breakthrough, it smells of a calculated political chess move. Once again, the Southeast is being lined up for a familiar dilemma: Biafra or Presidency? Nnamdi Kanu’s release will be timed so closely to the period when Peter Obi is slowly but steadily emerging as the most unifying Igbo figure on Nigeria’s national stage
In 2023, despite the “Obidient” movement’s energy, the political structure of Nigeria resisted change. Still, for once, Igbos rallied around one name: Peter Obi, a man not demanding a country of his own, but a better country for all.
Now, with 2027 on the horizon, whispers of Kanu’s release are growing. And if it happens close to the election, the timing would be too perfect to be dismissed as coincidence.
Will the pro-Biafra sentiment once again pull hearts away from national dialogue and elections? Or is this yet another case of “let them fight among themselves so they never rise together”?
Make no mistake, Nnamdi Kanu is a symbol of resistance, and his courage is not in question.
But one must ask: who benefits most from his return right now?
Is it the masses? Or the same political puppeteers who keep playing the Igbo people like cards on a table?
They have tried to sabotage Mr. Peter Obi in every possible way and failed repeatedly. They accused him of distributing food in an event, criticized his absence over Buhari’s burial, and tried to paint him as unpatriotic or elitist. But none of these attempts stuck. None of them broke his stride or his support base.
Now, what if there was a move so powerful, so emotionally charged, that it could finally do what these other tricks couldn’t?
Enter Nnamdi Kanu.
His potential release, strategically timed before the elections, could be the final and most effective blow to Mr Peter Obi’s political momentum. Not through direct attack, but through division.
Because nothing would be a worse political nightmare for Peter Obi than to see the Igbo youth, his strongest base, fractured once again between the dream of Biafra and the promise of a reformed Nigeria.
Will the youth remain united in political participation?
Or will emotions drown strategy and reopen old wounds?
Will the passion for separation override the patient work of national transformation?
This isn’t just about freedom for Nnamdi Kanu. It’s about strategy, timing, and calculated disruption.
When Nnamdi Kanu is finally released and make no mistake, he will be released, we will find ourselves standing at the edge of a painful, historic choice. Who shall we follow?
Will it be Mr. Peter Obi, the face of a peaceful revolution, the symbol of hope for One Great Nigeria where the Igbo voice is heard through ballots, reforms, and democratic strength?
Or will it be Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, the fiery prophet of One Great Biafra, who has carried the scars of resistance and awakened a generation to a vision of separation and sovereignty?
Both men are Igbo. Both are deeply loved. Both represent something greater than themselves. But let us be brutally honest. Nigeria’s political elite knows this, and they are watching.
They’ve tried everything to cripple Mr. Peter Obi. Yet he keeps rising. He keeps uniting. And that’s what frightens them.
So now, they’re reaching for their final card; the release of Nnamdi Kanu. And this one might actually work. Because nothing shakes a rising people more than division from within. They don’t need to defeat Peter Obi directly, they just need us to fight among ourselves.
And what better way than to split the youth, ignite tribal emotion, and force us to choose between two dreams? This is not just a political move. This is psychological warfare.
This is about confusing a generation with two righteous causes, knowing that in our confusion, we might cancel both.
So I say it again:The release of Nnamdi Kanu is the one strategy they can use against Mr. Peter Obi and it will work, if we are not careful.
It’s a chess move. A masterstroke. And the only thing more powerful than their strategy is our unity.
So when that time comes, and it will come, ask yourself:
Are we going to fight one another?
Or are we going to fight the system that keeps us poor, broken, and divided?
Choose wisely. Because they’re counting on us to fail again, just when political unity seems within reach, fueled by Peter Obi’s calm, strategic, and inclusive revolution, a new wedge is being silently sharpened.
Could this be the government’s masterstroke to dilute the Igbo political momentum?
Could some “elders” in the corridors of power be banking on Igbo disunity to maintain the status quo?
We stand at the crossroads again.
Now we have the two most loved Igbo figures with two different beliefs. One believes in building one great Nigeria; the other dreams of one great Biafra. Both dreams are beautiful. Both dreams are powerful. Both dreams are valid. Now, will you be for One Nigeria or One Biafra?
Should the Igbo youth pursue Biafra or invest fully in Nigerian politics?
Can both movements exist without sabotaging each other?
The choice is coming soon, lets be ready. It may not be easy. But it will be ours to make.
Rev fr Prince Chidi Philip
