{"id":170790,"date":"2025-07-22T18:46:55","date_gmt":"2025-07-22T17:46:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/2027-no-votes-without-nnamdi-kanus-release-igbo-youths"},"modified":"2025-07-22T21:16:49","modified_gmt":"2025-07-22T20:16:49","slug":"2027-no-votes-without-nnamdi-kanus-release-igbo-youths","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/2027-no-votes-without-nnamdi-kanus-release-igbo-youths","title":{"rendered":"2027: No votes without Nnamdi Kanu\u2019s release \u2014 Igbo youths"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The All Igbo Youth Forum, a pressure group, has issued a stern warning that Igbo youths will boycott the 2027 general elections unless the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, is released by the administration of President Bola Tinubu.<\/p>\n<p>The forum\u2019s National President, Chief Chinedu Obilor, disclosed that the group had suspended a planned protest after engaging in discussions with the Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr Benjamin Kalu.<\/p>\n<p>According to Obilor, Kalu assured the forum that dialogue with the President regarding Kanu\u2019s release was ongoing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe believe the President will listen to the cry of Ndigbo and release Kanu,\u201d Obilor said.<\/p>\n<p>He reiterated that the forum\u2019s position remains firm, stating, \u201cthey cannot leave Nnamdi Kanu and be talking of 2027.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Obilor said the group had resolved to give the Deputy Speaker a further two months to engage with President Tinubu on the matter. He stressed that Kalu must take the demand for Kanu\u2019s release to the President as a matter of urgency.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf they fail, we will march 10 million strong to Abuja and dare them to jail us all,\u201d he vowed.<\/p>\n<p>Obilor questioned the continued detention of Kanu, despite the release of other agitators and suspected terrorists across the country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf they feel they will use Nnamdi Kanu to do politics, we will not agree,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The forum\u2019s president expressed the group\u2019s preparedness to mobilise mass protests against what they described as unjust detention.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ll mobilise 10 million Igbo youths to march and tell the government we won\u2019t vote if Kanu is not released,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>He also condemned what he termed the exclusion of Igbos from recent federal political appointments, describing it as unacceptable marginalisation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow can we say we\u2019re one Nigeria when Igbo people are always excluded?\u201d he asked.<\/p>\n<p>Obilor criticised northern interest in the 2027 presidency, calling it unjust and provocative.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAny coalition that won\u2019t cede the ticket to the South will not fly,\u201d Obilor warned.<\/p>\n<p>He argued that the North had enjoyed eight years under former President Muhammadu Buhari, and it was now time for the principle of equity to be upheld.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe South must complete its eight years before power returns North,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Obilor expressed disappointment in some Igbo leaders, accusing them of sabotaging Kanu\u2019s cause.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSome of them are behind Kanu\u2019s plight and they are deceiving the President,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>He urged President Tinubu to listen to Igbo youths rather than political elites from the South-East, warning that failure to do so could result in unexpected political consequences in 2027.<\/p>\n<p>He cautioned the President against relying on politicians who lack grassroots legitimacy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe who live here with our families have the real followers,\u201d Obilor added.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The All Igbo Youth Forum, a pressure group, has issued a stern warning that Igbo youths will boycott the 2027 general elections unless the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, is released by the administration of President Bola Tinubu. The forum\u2019s National President, Chief Chinedu Obilor, disclosed that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":170789,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,29,28,14,2660],"tags":[3523,254,625],"class_list":["post-170790","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-head-lines","category-homepage-english","category-policy","category-to-homepage","tag-igbo-youths","tag-nigeria","tag-nnamdi-kanu"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>2027: No votes without Nnamdi Kanu\u2019s release \u2014 Igbo youths - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The All Igbo Youth Forum, a pressure group, has issued a stern warning that Igbo youths will boycott the 2027 general el ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/2027-no-votes-without-nnamdi-kanus-release-igbo-youths\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"2027: No votes without Nnamdi Kanu\u2019s release \u2014 Igbo youths\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The All Igbo Youth Forum, a pressure group, has issued a stern warning that Igbo youths will boycott the 2027 general el ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/2027-no-votes-without-nnamdi-kanus-release-igbo-youths\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-07-22T17:46:55+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-07-22T20:16:49+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/07\/sm_1753202935.433844.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/2027-no-votes-without-nnamdi-kanus-release-igbo-youths#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/2027-no-votes-without-nnamdi-kanus-release-igbo-youths\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"2027: No votes without Nnamdi Kanu\u2019s release \u2014 Igbo youths\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-07-22T17:46:55+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-07-22T20:16:49+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/2027-no-votes-without-nnamdi-kanus-release-igbo-youths\"},\"wordCount\":478,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/2027-no-votes-without-nnamdi-kanus-release-igbo-youths#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/07\/sm_1753202935.433844.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"igbo youths\",\"Nigeria\",\"Nnamdi Kanu\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"head lines\",\"homepage-english\",\"Policy\",\"to-homepage\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/2027-no-votes-without-nnamdi-kanus-release-igbo-youths#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/2027-no-votes-without-nnamdi-kanus-release-igbo-youths\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/2027-no-votes-without-nnamdi-kanus-release-igbo-youths\",\"name\":\"2027: No votes without Nnamdi Kanu\u2019s release \u2014 Igbo youths - 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