In an ëX Twitter message of 21st March, former Aviation Minister, Osita Chidoka, warns his igbo kinsmen on the coming 2027 elections.
Biko, in this election season, I appeal to all Igbo political gladiators: campaign freely, support whomever you wish, but leave Ndigbo as a collective out of your statements.
Do not question our collective choices. From 1960 to date, Ndigbo have consistently voted in line with what we believe to be our interest.
The Igbo people have never operated as a monolithic political bloc directed by any single voice or authority.
We have no central parliament that determines a unified electoral position.
Our strength has always resided in the independence of thought and the agency of our people.
Our voting patterns reflect our understanding of our interests, shaped by history and lived experience.
That history is not a light one.
It carries the weight of displacement and adaptation; the scars of the transatlantic slave trade; the disruptions of colonial rule; the trauma of pogroms; the devastation of civil war; and the persistence required to navigate structural constraints in its aftermath.
Yet, we endured. We overcame. And more importantly, we rebuilt.
It is therefore important that, even in moments of political contestation, we approach our collective identity with respect and responsibility.
What may be described today as political setbacks must be situated within the broader historical arc of a people defined by resilience, enterprise, and renewal.
Let us not, in the urgency of present contests, diminish that enduring story.
I appeal to all: engage robustly in politics, but allow Ndigbo the dignity of agency.
Respect our long arc of survival.
Respect our right to choose.
Respect the wisdom of our people.
Uche bụ akpa onye ọbụna; onye ọ bụla na-ebu nke ya.
As a people, we are guided by Uche, Uchu, and Egwu Chukwu.
Osita Chidoka
21 March 2026
