I write to congratulate Ike Okonta on his wonderful analysis. It is the best I have read, since the current intensification of media attention on the Nigerian elections.

But I am curious as to why Okonta totally left out any serious mention of the fate and possible role of the Igbos in the emerging scenarios he painted?

This ethnic group, hitherto one of the so-called tripod on which the country stood, has suffered untold marginalisation and denial of rights since the end of the civil war. Have they become so irrelevant that they no longer count in the calculus of Nigeria's political evolution?

Thanks again for a wonderful piece. I hope Obasanjo and his foreign and domestic minions are paying attention.

Sincerely,
Innocent Ukabam