Two Igbos, One Ticket: NDC Floods Lagos Reps, Assembly Races as Yorubas Cry Foul – “We Saw What Ondo Governor’s Wife Did”

Francis Barthlomew Chima is running for Ajeromi-Ifelodun Federal Constituency. Thomas Victor Onwubiko is gunning for Amuwo Odofin Constituency 1 in the Lagos State House of Assembly. Both men are Igbo. Both want to represent Yoruba people in Yoruba land. Both are flying the flag of the NDC, Peter Obi’s new party.

The question on the lips of angry residents is simple: where are the Yoruba candidates? Why are outsiders the ones being positioned to speak for us in Abuja and Alausa?

Let us tell you why this frightens us. We have seen this movie before. A former Ondo State governor’s wife, an Igbo woman, sat in Yoruba land and was accused of siphoning our resources to the East. While our children suffered, her people ate. While our roads decayed, her hometown flourished.

That is the blueprint. Get into power on the back of Yoruba votes. Channel resources back East. Repeat.

Now the NDC is trying the same trick. They flee dilapidated Eastern states where factories have shut down, schools have collapsed, and roads have disappeared. They come to Lagos for greener pastures. Yorubas welcome them. We do not burn their shops. We do not chase them away.

But now they want to rule us. They want our political seats. They want to sit in our councils and decide how our money is shared.

This is not about hate. It is about justice. It is about ensuring that those who share our blood, our struggle, and our future are the ones sitting in positions of power.

Lagos is not no man’s land. Ajeromi is not a free zone. Amuwo Odofin belongs to the Yoruba people. If the NDC cannot field qualified Yoruba candidates, the people will.

2027 is around the corner. And the message is loud and clear: no more outsiders parading as our representatives. No more Ondo repeats. No more stealing our resources to build the East while we suffer.

We will vote for our own.