Daniel Bwala, President Bola Tinubu’s Special Adviser on Policy Communication, described Lagos State as “a no-man’s land,” citing its diversity and the fact that Tinubu lost there despite being from the Southwest .
Obidients—supporters of Peter Obi and the Labour Party—responded with visible enthusiasm. Online forums such as Nairaland lit up with assertions like, “Tinubu lost in Lagos to Peter Obi in 2023 with a wide margin. Fact!” . Many interpreted Bwala’s statement as confirming Lagos’s status as a blend of identities, a space dominated by Nigerians regardless of ethnic roots.
Response threads reinforced this view:
“So the Igbos have been proven right by Tinubu’s spokesman.”
“Lagos is and remains no man’s land.”
“It depends. The demographics support it.”
Obidient sentiment echoes a broader narrative: Lagos belongs to all Nigerians, not just Yorubas. Bwala’s remark—intended to suggest Lagos’s neutrality—was seized as symbolic support for the inclusive, pan-Nigerian message championed by Peter Obi’s movement
