Ashes and charred metal are what mostly remain of the electoral office in Ojoto in southeastern Nigeria.
People shop at a market in Onitsha, Nigeria, on February 24, 2023, on the eve of the Nigerian presidential elections. Early this month, armed men scaled the walls and passed the barbed wire before throwing Molotov cocktails through the windows. A gas canister exploded, all but destroying the building.
That has fed extremist views about secession for the region where a majority of people are Igbo, one of Nigeria’s three main ethnic groups along with Hausa in the north and Yoruba to the southwest. Exasperated by recent cash shortages, the 42-year-old woman added: “I will not listen to the promises of the others who only talk with their mouth. I will vote with my eyes.”Since Nigeria’s return to democracy in 1999, no Igbo has been elected head of state, further accentuating the feeling of marginalisation in the region.
“The others, they can’t lead us. How a man of 70 something lead us? We need someone that is very buoyant and full of energy.” “The majority will vote for Atiku. It’s his time to go, he has the experience. Things are going to change. With him, everything will be better.”
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