If Northerners were like Igbos there won't be a Nigeria today, says Junaid Mohammed

Dr Junaid Mohammed 

Former member of the House of Representatives in the Second Republic, Dr. Junaid Mohammed, has said that North will not handover power to Igbos who have a history of killing leaders of other people.

He said that if the Northerners had the kind of mindset the Igbos have there won't be a country called Nigeria today.



Mohammed said this In an interview with DAILY INDEPENDENT. 

When asked to advice on power shift to southeast in 2023 he said, "Well, it is up to Nigerians to make such a decision but, what I know and, as far as I am concerned, there was a time the South West people also marginalized themselves and insisted very stubbornly, in being perpetual party at opposition. Now, the South East people took the decision upon themselves to be against everybody and be only for themselves.

"Besides, people who are asking to be entrusted with power, they must give us concrete examples of what they will do with power. Mark you, I am a Northerner and a very proud Northerner. I apologize to no one for being a Northerner.




"But let me tell you, if Northerners have the kind of mindset that the Igbos have, there will never be this Nigeria because over night, those we live with, those who lived with our leaders, civilians, political and military, were massacred overnight by the Igbos.

"So, if we adopt that attitude, I assure you, it will be very difficult for any Northerner to support, vote for or endorse an Igbo candidate.

"And, before we give power to them, they must demonstrate to us that they are trustworthy. We are not going to give power to people who have a history of killing other people’s leaders.


He continued, "If you lost your father or an uncle in that 1966 tribal coup, some of us have not forgotten. We lost relations and then, demanding to be given power as a right as what some so called Nigerian democrats do. In a democracy all over, people ask and cajole others to be given power and by giving assurances.

"Saying it our turn is not a democratic argument. So, if they want to go and fight the North or the rest of the country because they are not been treated, as they say; fairly, so be it.



"If you kill somebody without subjecting him to due process, is that fairness? And, look at their language?