To:
His Excellency, Senator Hope Uzodimma
Executive Governor of Imo State
Government House, Owerri
And to:
Leaders of all Political Parties, Traditional Institutions, Elders, Opinion Leaders, Youth Organizations, Civil Society Groups, and Critical Stakeholders Across Imo State.
Your Excellency,
I write with deep respect, patriotic concern, and historical urgency on behalf of the sons and daughters of ISU Clan, one of the oldest and most politically marginalized blocs within Orlu Zone and Imo State at large.
ISU Clan is made up of Isu, Nkwere, Nwangele, Njaba, and the greater half of Orlu Local Government Area. Geopolitically, socially, culturally, and historically, these areas form a united political civilization whose contributions to the development of Imo State remain undeniable.
Within Orlu Zone, there exist four major political and cultural blocs:
Oru Clan
Ideato Clan
Orsu Clan
ISU Clan
Yet, despite its numerical strength, intellectual contribution, electoral value, and historical significance, ISU Clan has remained tragically excluded from the core architecture of power in Imo State.This silence can no longer continue.
The Painful Arithmetic of Political Exclusion:
Orlu Zone is made up of twelve Local Government Areas. If one removes the political spread and influence of ISU Clan — which consists of four and a half Local Government Areas — what remains is merely seven and a half LGAs.
Yet, the irony of history is that the same ISU Nation that constitutes such a strategic demographic and political force has remained one of the least represented in the distribution of power and opportunities.
For decades, ISU Nation has watched from the sidelines while others negotiate power, share appointments, determine political direction, and dominate state structures.
This is not equity.
This is not justice.
This is political isolation. A state cannot preach unity while systematically silencing a major bloc of its people. The Greek philosopher Aristotle once warned: “The worst form of inequality is to try to make unequal things equal.”
When fairness disappears from governance, resentment quietly replaces loyalty.
Isu Nation Has Paid Its Price for Imo State:
Our people have served Imo State faithfully in academics, governance, public service, business, religion, diplomacy, and community development. Isu sons and daughters have defended political parties with uncommon loyalty and delivered electoral victories across administrations.
Yet history records painfully that Isu Nation has remained largely absent from the highest circles of political authority.
The marginalization is visible: Isu Nation has struggled to produce:
A Governor of Imo State
A Deputy Governor
A Senator not to talk of a ranking Senatorial authority
A Speaker of the Imo State House of Assembly
A Chief of Staff to Government House
An Attorney General of the State
Major federal appointments proportionate to our contribution
Strategic party leadership positions across dominant political structures:
No society remains stable when a people continuously feel politically invisible. Nevertheless, I Commend Governor Hope Uzodimma
Your Excellency, we acknowledge the infrastructural development your administration has undertaken across Imo State. Roads, reconstruction projects, and institutional reforms have given many communities renewed hope. The Isu nation commend your courage and political resilience.
But history will remember leaders not merely for roads and buildings, but for whether they healed injustice and united divided political communities. The philosopher John Rawls argued that: “Justice is the first virtue of social institutions.” Without justice, development loses moral meaning.
2027 Must Not Repeat the Old Political Mistakes: As political permutations for 2027 begin quietly across the state, I humbly issue this appeal respectfully but firmly:
ISU Nation must not be ignored again.
We call on: The ruling party Opposition parties
Political stakeholders
Governorship aspirants
National party leaders
Elders and kingmakers
to begin sincere political engagement with ISU Clan.
We are fully prepared to negotiate and build alliances with both Owerri Zone and Okigwe Zone in the spirit of equity, balance, and political stability.
The time has come for a new political equation in Imo State — one that recognizes fairness instead of inherited exclusion.
My position Is Simple and Just:
I therefore humbly appeal that all major political parties should seriously consider choosing their:
Deputy Governorship candidates
Senatorial candidates
Key executive appointments
Strategic campaign structures
from ISU Clan.
This is not a demand born out of desperation.
It is a legitimate call for inclusion.
No democratic system survives when entire political blocs are treated as spectators in their own state.
ISU Nation does not seek domination.
We seek belonging.
We seek representation.
We seek fairness.
We Refuse to Remain Politically Homeless
The continued isolation of ISU Nation is dangerous not only to our people but to the future unity of Imo State.
A politically excluded people eventually lose faith in the system.
We therefore say clearly and peacefully:
We need a voice.
We need inclusion.
We need equity.
We reject political injustice.
The future of Imo State must be built on balance, fairness, and mutual respect among all blocs and clans.
Conclusion:
History Is Watching
As 2027 approaches, history will ask every political actor in Imo State one simple question:
When the cries of ISU Nation for justice became louder, who listened?
This is the moment to correct decades of imbalance. This is the moment to heal political wounds. This is the moment to prove that Imo State truly belongs to all.
May wisdom guide our leaders. May justice preserve our unity.
And may fairness become the foundation of the next political era in Imo State.
Respectfully Submitted,
Prof. Protus Nathan Uzorma
Secretary, Orlu Elders Council
Vice President, Orluzurumee.
On behalf of the Sons and Daughters of ISU Nation.
