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No Evidence Igbo People Hate Yoruba People or Want to Rule Nigeria

“- Adepoju Adeyink... Follow @WE_AR_ALL_WEI... Every bonafide Yoruba child knows not to vote for an Igbo man, come rain, come shine Better for Fulani to be killing us than for Igbo to rule igbo hate us, we don't care about their good intentions to fix Nigeria They want to fix Nigeria just to gloat at PBAT VOTE YORUBA 11:50 05 Feb 26· 4,319 Views”
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Confidence: High Checked on June 12, 2026

Summary

Anti‑Igbo sentiment does exist in parts of Nigeria and some Yoruba individuals have expressed reluctance to vote for Igbo candidates, but there is no evidence that every Yoruba child is taught to reject Igbo candidates. The claim that this is a universal, culturally mandated belief is unsubstantiated.

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bbc.com
  • Could Nigeria's careful ethnic balancing act be under threat?

    The presidency vehemently denies the accusation. There have long been fears that members of one ethnic group would come to dominate key positions – and this means that presidential appointments are closely scrutinised whenever they are announced.

aljazeera.net
brookings.edu
  • Was Nigeria’s presidential election fair? | Brookings

    So, one cannot actually say that Tinubu won the Rivers State election until and unless, you know, the recount of the votes cast as requested by the opposition candidates is done. So, while you know, INEC, or the Independent National Electoral Commission, has declared Tinubu as the winner of the election in Rivers State, I think that is still disputed. With respect to Lagos, I think that what happened was basically that people just wanted change in Lagos. And over time, the ethnic composition of Lagos had changed significantly, that non-indigenous Yorubas, who have been outnumber the indigenous of the state.

reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk
hrlibrary.umn.edu
acjol.org
  • Igbophobia In Lagos And Nigeria 2023 Elections: Myth Or Reality: J

    come out to vote during the gubernatorial election because they were Igbo (Igbo History ... From Kemi O. Magaji with the handle @MagajiKemi: Labour Party recruited Gbedebo Chinedu Rhodes-Vivour (A.K.A. GRV) to hijack Lagos for · the Ibo people. GRV is their governorship candidate. GRV mother is NKECHI, an Ibo · woman, GRV wife is Ifeyinwa also Ibo from Anambra state. Yoruba youths please resist

en.wikipedia.org
  • Anti-Igbo sentiment - Wikipedia

    Sisi Yemmie, a popular Nigerian YouTuber and her husband, both of Yoruba origin, were also victims of this ethnic profiling as they were prevented from voting as a result of their appearance, which was deemed "Igbo".

csis.org
  • Identity, Insecurity, and Institutions in the 2023 Nigerian Elections | CSIS

    Firstly, on the grounds of ethnicity, the 2023 election presents a situation where the three leading presidential candidates—Ahmed Bola Tinubu of the APC, Atiku Abubakar of the PDP, and Peter Obi of the LP—are from the Yoruba, Fulani, and ...

  • Nigeria Elections 2023: What To Watch For | CSIS

    And of the Yoruba and Igbo candidates that represent the south, they are Yoruba. Therefore, they will vote for the Yoruba candidate. So another is also the issue of if your candidate is competent, if they can lead you into the future. All of that is sort of secondary.

cmonionline.com
  • The Igbo — Yoruba Mistrust by Chukwuemeka Oluka | cmonionline.com

    This happened in the Aguda, Surulere ... the Yoruba, the next majority population in the area are the Igbo. So, one could hazard a guess as to who was told to go home. Also in 2015, the Oba of Lagos, Rilwan Akiolu was reported to have warned Igbo residents in Lagos that the consequences of not casting their vote for Akinwunmi Ambode, his chosen candidate in the April ...

nairaland.com

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