The problem that Sam Amadi and people who think like him have is that, they criminally and intentionally disregard the ethnic differences and the volatility of the Nigerian state. That same mistake cost the Igbo nation a lot in the first republic due to the myopia of people like Zik. Firstly, the people who control political power control the culture and traditional authority of a state. If an Igbo man becomes the governor of Sokoto state, that means the Sultan of Sokoto the great grandson of Uthman Dan Fodio and the head of the caliphate is under the political and spiritual authority of an Igbo man and a catholic. That Igbo man can dethrone and give out commands to the Sultan of Sokoto. Furthermore, an Igbo man becoming the governor of Bayelsa, will automatically control the oil wealth of the Ijaw nation and might even stop any empowerment to the indigenous Ijaw people of Bayelsa. Political leaders in Nigeria are not just leaders, they are the cultural preservers of a people. Lastly, the creation of the 12 state structure and balkanization of the 3 regions by Gowon was due to the agitation of the ethnic minorities who wanted political control and sovereignty over their ancestral homeland. What Sam Amadi is suggesting is not patriotism, he is trying to weaponise the nomadic nature of the Igbo people as a leverage to project power outside the South east via the instruments of democracy.