{"id":201814,"date":"2022-07-07T13:38:45","date_gmt":"2022-07-07T12:38:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=201814"},"modified":"2022-07-07T13:38:45","modified_gmt":"2022-07-07T12:38:45","slug":"north-under-northerners-became-worse-nnamdi-kanus-lawyer-blasts-kwankwaso-over-anti-igbo-comment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/07\/07\/north-under-northerners-became-worse-nnamdi-kanus-lawyer-blasts-kwankwaso-over-anti-igbo-comment\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;North under northerners became worse&#8217; &#8211; Nnamdi Kanu&#8217;s lawyer blasts Kwankwaso over anti-Igbo comment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Aloy Ejimakor, the Special Counsel for Nnamdi Kanu who is the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has slammed the presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso over his alleged anti-Igbo comment.<\/p>\n<p>Recall that the former Kano state governor had claimed that Igbos are good in business but are at the &#8220;bottom in politics&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>The statement was made by Rabiu Kwankwaso in Gombe while inaugurating the state\u2019s NNPP office.<\/p>\n<p>Kwankwaso said northerners would not vote for Labour Party\u2019s presidential candidate, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/07\/06\/2023-presidency-peter-obi-opens-up-on-choice-of-running-mate\/\">Peter Obi<\/a> because of the agitations for a separate state of Biafra in the region.<\/p>\n<p>He also dismissed the possibility of becoming the running mate to Obi in the 2023 presidential elections, saying the South-East region would stand a better chance with him as the presidential candidate and Obi as his running mate.<\/p>\n<p>The NNPP and Labour Party were having discussions to form an alliance and present a presidential candidate between them for the next general elections.<\/p>\n<p>Since Kwankwaso made the comments, there have been reactions coming from every quarter including Mr Obi himself, who described the statement of the former governor as the reason &#8220;100 million Nigerians are in poverty&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>However, Ejimakor who took to his Twitter handle on Thursday morning to condemn the comment asked why South-East candidates score highest in the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) and Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), while northerners are the least performers in the examinations.<\/p>\n<p>He also asked why the South-East region enjoys a high Human Development Index while the North wallows at the bottom of the table despite the efforts of former Presidents Olusegun Obasanjo and Dr Goodluck Jonathan.<\/p>\n<div class=\"block-story-object block-story-object-twitter\">\n<p>He noted that under President Muhammadu Buhari, a northerner, the situation in the North instead of getting better became worse.<\/p>\n<p>Ejimakor said on his Twitter handle, @AloyEjimakor, \u201cAccording to Kwankwaso, the North is the grandmaster in politics &amp; Southeast is a learner.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"block-story-object block-story-object-twitter\">\u201cWhy then is SE highest in WAEC, JAMB &amp; Human Development Index while the North is lowest?<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"block-story-object block-story-object-twitter\">\u201cAnd why did these indices improve in the North under OBJ (Olusegun Obasanjo) &amp; GEJ Goodluck Jonathan) but plummeted under GMB (Muhammadu Buhari)?\u201d<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Aloy Ejimakor, the Special Counsel for Nnamdi Kanu who is the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has slammed the presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso over his alleged anti-Igbo comment. 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