This write-up is in response to the interview granted by the highly respected leader of the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF), Pa Unongo that the late sage, nationalist and former premier of the defunct Western Region of Nigeria ,Chief Obafemi Awolowo was responsible for the introduction of tribal politics in Nigeria.

I wish to unequivocally state here that this is further from the truth. This is not to say that the elderstateman is a liar, as I believe he sincerely spoke based on the information available to him.

We in the southwest who have a good sense of our national history have always known that the late Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe was never the nationalist many people had always wanted us to believe he was because of the many things he did in the then Western Nigeria which were unknown to many people. But we always tried to keep quiet about these things in order not to malign the memory of our great men and for the sake of peace and national unity.

However, when a voice like that of the respected statesman comes casting us, the Yoruba people in bad light as a people responsible for tribal politics in Nigeria, we are left with no choice than to defend our name and integrity and set the record straight.

First, Awolowo did not start tribal politics in Nigeria, Azikiwe actually did.

It all started after Herbert Macaulay , a Yorubaman handed over the reins of the leadership of the National Council of Nigeria and the Cameroon (NCNC), Nigeria's first nationalist political party to Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe, an Igboman without rancour. No tribalism. No sooner had Azikiwe took over the rein of the political party than he started filling all the strategic posts in the party with people with people from the Eastern region especially people of Igbo extraction. This essentially transform a once national party into an Eastern or Igbo party. In the process, Chief Obafemi Awolowo and his followers were forced out of a political party founded by a Yorubaland by an Igbo man . This was when the seed of tribal politics was sown by no other person but Azikiwe himself. The Action Group(AG) was founded by Awolowo as a result.

Apart from the above incidence, Azikiwe was using his national political influence to fill most federal positions in the federal civil service mainly with Igbo people in nowhere else but Western Region.That was at a time when the Western region indigenous people, the Yorubas could conveniently field four for every one qualified candidates the Igbo people could muster. A case in point was when about 104 lecturalship positions was made available at the University of Ibadan, the capital if Western Nigeria, and Azikiwe used his influence to ensure that Easterners got 94 of the 104 positions.

These and many other covert actions of Azikiwe in the Western region cost him the premiership as the Yorubas realized before it was too late that he could not be trusted.

Typical afonja coward. A northerner said something bad about Awo and instead of him to condemn the northerner, he turns round to attack Azikiwe and Igbos. You can't bring yourself to criticize your Hausa Fulani masters even when they insult you right? Stupid OP

itchie:
Typical afonja coward. A northerner said something bad about Awo and instead of him to condemn the northerner, he turns round to attack Azikiwe and Igbos. You can't bring yourself to criticize your Hausa Fulani masters even when they insult you right? Stupid OP

Here we go again

rlauncher:
This write-up is in response to the interview granted by the highly respected leader of the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF), Pa Unongo that the late sage, nationalist and former premier of the defunct Western Region of Nigeria ,Chief Obafemi Awolowo was responsible for the introduction of tribal politics in Nigeria.

I wish to unequivocally state here that this is further from the truth. This is not to say that the elderstateman is a liar, as I believe he sincerely spoke based on the information available to him.

We in the southwest who have a good sense of our national history have always known that the late Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe was never the nationalist many people had always wanted us to believe he was because of the many things he did in the then Western Nigeria which were unknown to many people. But we always tried to keep quiet about these things in order not to malign the memory of our great men and for the sake of peace and national unity.

However, when a voice like that of the respected statesman comes casting us, the Yoruba people in bad light as a people responsible for tribal politics in Nigeria, we are left with no choice than to defend our name and integrity and set the record straight.

First, Awolowo did not start tribal politics in Nigeria, Azikiwe actually did.

It all started after Herbert Macaulay , a Yorubaman handed over the reins of the leadership of the National Council of Nigeria and the Cameroon (NCNC), Nigeria's first nationalist political party to Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe, an Igboman without rancour. No tribalism. No sooner had Azikiwe took over the rein of the political party than he started filling all the strategic posts in the party with people with people from the Eastern region especially people of Igbo extraction. This essentially transform a once national party into an Eastern or Igbo party. In the process, Chief Obafemi Awolowo and his followers were forced out of a political party founded by a Yorubaland by an Igbo man . This was when the seed of tribal politics was sown by no other person but Azikiwe himself. The Action Group(AG) was founded by Awolowo as a result.

Apart from the above incidence, Azikiwe was using his national political influence to fill most federal positions in the federal civil service mainly with Igbo people in nowhere else but Western Region.That was at a time when the Western region indigenous people, the Yorubas could conveniently field four for every one qualified candidates the Igbo people could muster. A case in point was when about 104 lecturalship positions was made available at the University of Ibadan, the capital if Western Nigeria, and Azikiwe used his influence to ensure that Easterners got 94 of the 104 positions.

These and many other covert actions of Azikiwe in the Western region cost him the premiership as the Yorubas realized before it was too late that he could not be trusted.

Don't waste your time on unongo, he is becoming senile.

Attack the message and not the messenger, is what OP wrote true or not ? If not state otherwise

History, once again prove me right!
where were Falae/afenifere to come and defend un-defendable?

itchie:
Typical afonja coward. A northerner said something bad about Awo and instead of him to condemn the northerner, he turns round to attack Azikiwe and Igbos. You can't bring yourself to criticize your Hausa Fulani masters even when they insult you right? Stupid OP

counter what he said!

unongo is a shameless elder,northerner was primer of north,easterner was premier of east,why didn't zik want the westerner to be the premier of western region?

[s]

itchie:
Typical afonja coward. A northerner said something bad about Awo and instead of him to condemn the northerner, he turns round to attack Azikiwe and Igbos. You can't bring yourself to criticize your Hausa Fulani masters even when they insult you right? Stupid OP

[/s]Typical ipob piglet. So because a northerner said what is wrong, we should go and carry stick and fight. Typical pig that cannot reason after drinking urine. They don't have any back up to defend themselves. Instead of calling name, why don't you debunk him with fact. Well as expected, what typical pig should do. No one should surprise.

@op, You are saying the naked truth that we all know, that is why I love awolowo for not allowing him. Once you don't allow them to have their way, they will hate you and will start their victim cry. Those people are pathetic in nature. We will never allow them with rubbish.

abdelrahman:
counter what he said!

For where, you won kill am. He got no brain to counter him. Rather, he want us to carry gun n fight the northerners because of wrong accusation. He thought everyone will reason like pig he is.

were is your attack going. .


as i went through the heading and down to the details i found out that the same Awolowo tribalist blood flows in the writer vien just here him.."This
write up is referenced to ariwa leader pa unongo. ..."
but see the topic: "Azikiwe many sins... "
The ariwa attack the yorubas. . .... .the Igbos receive the counter attack...

This guy is dem confuse.....

Michael004:
For where, you won kill am. He got no brain to counter him. Rather, he want us to carry gun n fight the northerners because of wrong accusation. He thought everyone will reason like pig he is.

na so dem dey do,well i don't blame him,i blame that shameless elder called unongo,i know he was saying this to pls his masters!

Michael004:
[s][/s]Typical ipob piglet. So because a northerner said what is wrong, we should go and carry stick and fight. Typical pig that cannot reason after drinking urine. They don't have any back up to defend themselves. Instead of calling name, why don't you debunk him with fact. Well as expected, what typical pig should do. No one should surprise.

@op, You are saying the naked truth that we all know, that is why I love awolowo for not allowing him. Once you don't allow them to have their way, they will hate you and will start their victim cry. Those people are pathetic in nature. We will never allow them with rubbish.

A moronic idiot you are. As a typical brainless afonja whose brain was mined at birth, you couldn't even comprehend the little post I made. A northerner made an uncomplimentary remark about Awo and instead of the OP who is obviously your fellow brainless afonja to take up any issues he has with the person who made the comment, he turns around to attack Igbo people. That's the way your cowardly race think upside down. A man insults your leader and you leave him and go and fight someone who is jejely on his own. What kind of dunderheaded fools reason the way u guys do?

abdelrahman:
counter what he said!

What is there to counter? An empty headed buffoon comes to spew a load of hogwash and I'm supposed to waste my time arguing with the fool? I am content with pointing out the stupidity of a man who leaves the person who insulted him to go and pick up a fight with another person who is on his own

itchie:


A moronic idiot you are. As a typical brainless afonja whose brain was mined at birth, you couldn't even comprehend the little post I made. A northerner made an uncomplimentary remark about Awo and instead of the OP who is obviously your fellow brainless afonja to take up any issues he has with the person who made the comment, he turns around to attack Igbo people. That's the way your cowardly race think upside down. A man insults your leader and you leave him and go and fight someone who is jejely on his own. What kind of dunderheaded fools reason the way u guys do?

So, to your typical pig brain that has roll with poto. What he said does not go to unogo or whatever you called him. Or your pig eye can't see and your brain can't comprehend the topic of the op. How do want want him to attack him if he does not mention those involved. Like I said, am not surprised, you reason just like the typical pig you are. Keyboard Mike Tyson race.

itchie:


What is there to counter? An empty headed buffoon comes to spew a load of hogwash and I'm supposed to waste my time arguing with the fool? I am content with pointing out the stupidity of a man who leaves the person who insulted him to go and pick up a fight with another person who is on his own

Bros, go find one corner sit. You get not brain to debate him.

Michael004:
So, to your typical pig brain that has roll with poto. What he said does not go to unogo or whatever you called him. Or your pig eye can't see and your brain can't comprehend the topic of the op. How do want want him to attack him if he does not mention those involved. Like I said, am not surprised, you reason just like the typical pig you are. Keyboard Mike Tyson race.

Fvck off dotard!! An Imbecilic nincompoop like you ain't worth my time. You and your band of ill educated, fable peddling blockheads can go and drink the Mediterranean for all I care.

rlauncher:
This write-up is in response to the interview granted by the highly respected leader of the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF), Pa Unongo that the late sage, nationalist and former premier of the defunct Western Region of Nigeria ,Chief Obafemi Awolowo was responsible for the introduction of tribal politics in Nigeria.

I wish to unequivocally state here that this is further from the truth. This is not to say that the elderstateman is a liar, as I believe he sincerely spoke based on the information available to him.

We in the southwest who have a good sense of our national history have always known that the late Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe was never the nationalist many people had always wanted us to believe he was because of the many things he did in the then Western Nigeria which were unknown to many people. But we always tried to keep quiet about these things in order not to malign the memory of our great men and for the sake of peace and national unity.

However, when a voice like that of the respected statesman comes casting us, the Yoruba people in bad light as a people responsible for tribal politics in Nigeria, we are left with no choice than to defend our name and integrity and set the record straight.

First, Awolowo did not start tribal politics in Nigeria, Azikiwe actually did.

It all started after Herbert Macaulay , a Yorubaman handed over the reins of the leadership of the National Council of Nigeria and the Cameroon (NCNC), Nigeria's first nationalist political party to Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe, an Igboman without rancour. No tribalism. No sooner had Azikiwe took over the rein of the political party than he started filling all the strategic posts in the party with people with people from the Eastern region especially people of Igbo extraction. This essentially transform a once national party into an Eastern or Igbo party. In the process, Chief Obafemi Awolowo and his followers were forced out of a political party founded by a Yorubaland by an Igbo man . This was when the seed of tribal politics was sown by no other person but Azikiwe himself. The Action Group(AG) was founded by Awolowo as a result.

Apart from the above incidence, Azikiwe was using his national political influence to fill most federal positions in the federal civil service mainly with Igbo people in nowhere else but Western Region.That was at a time when the Western region indigenous people, the Yorubas could conveniently field four for every one qualified candidates the Igbo people could muster. A case in point was when about 104 lecturalship positions was made available at the University of Ibadan, the capital if Western Nigeria, and Azikiwe used his influence to ensure that Easterners got 94 of the 104 positions.

These and many other covert actions of Azikiwe in the Western region cost him the premiership as the Yorubas realized before it was too late that he could not be trusted.

Why lie? Awolowo was never in NCNC.

Yorubas did not dump Azikiwe. Awolowo did.

itchie:


Fvck off dotard!! An Imbecilic nincompoop like you ain't worth my time. You and your band of ill educated, fable peddling blockheads can go and drink the Mediterranean for all I care.

You aren't worth an infinitesimal of my time as well cos I discovered have been engaging brainless zombie since. Won't reply urine drinker like you again. Useless swine.

Michael004:
You aren't worth an infinitesimal of my time as well cos I discovered have been engaging brainless zombie since. Won't reply urine drinker like you again. Useless swine.

Jackass!! You know what swine do? They go foraging for rotten food just like your kinsmen are famed for foraging at night for rotting skulls. I don't even know what you're doing here. It's night time, go and look for some skulls to mine. Dunce!!

rlauncher:
This write-up is in response to the interview granted by the highly respected leader of the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF), Pa Unongo that the late sage, nationalist and former premier of the defunct Western Region of Nigeria ,Chief Obafemi Awolowo was responsible for the introduction of tribal politics in Nigeria.

I wish to unequivocally state here that this is further from the truth. This is not to say that the elderstateman is a liar, as I believe he sincerely spoke based on the information available to him.

We in the southwest who have a good sense of our national history have always known that the late Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe was never the nationalist many people had always wanted us to believe he was because of the many things he did in the then Western Nigeria which were unknown to many people. But we always tried to keep quiet about these things in order not to malign the memory of our great men and for the sake of peace and national unity.

However, when a voice like that of the respected statesman comes casting us, the Yoruba people in bad light as a people responsible for tribal politics in Nigeria, we are left with no choice than to defend our name and integrity and set the record straight.

First, Awolowo did not start tribal politics in Nigeria, Azikiwe actually did.

It all started after Herbert Macaulay , a Yorubaman handed over the reins of the leadership of the National Council of Nigeria and the Cameroon (NCNC), Nigeria's first nationalist political party to Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe, an Igboman without rancour. No tribalism. No sooner had Azikiwe took over the rein of the political party than he started filling all the strategic posts in the party with people with people from the Eastern region especially people of Igbo extraction. This essentially transform a once national party into an Eastern or Igbo party. In the process, Chief Obafemi Awolowo and his followers were forced out of a political party founded by a Yorubaland by an Igbo man . This was when the seed of tribal politics was sown by no other person but Azikiwe himself. The Action Group(AG) was founded by Awolowo as a result.

Apart from the above incidence, Azikiwe was using his national political influence to fill most federal positions in the federal civil service mainly with Igbo people in nowhere else but Western Region.That was at a time when the Western region indigenous people, the Yorubas could conveniently field four for every one qualified candidates the Igbo people could muster. A case in point was when about 104 lecturalship positions was made available at the University of Ibadan, the capital if Western Nigeria, and Azikiwe used his influence to ensure that Easterners got 94 of the 104 positions.

These and many other covert actions of Azikiwe in the Western region cost him the premiership as the Yorubas realized before it was too late that he could not be trusted.

This is a mindset of a person who is totally brainwashed with tribal propaganda and inertly refused to read wide.

igbodefender:
Yorubas did not dump Azikiwe. Awolowo did.

but you agreed that zik favoured the igbo in western region?

itchie:


A moronic idiot you are. As a typical brainless afonja whose brain was mined at birth, you couldn't even comprehend the little post I made. A northerner made an uncomplimentary remark about Awo and instead of the OP who is obviously your fellow brainless afonja to take up any issues he has with the person who made the comment, he turns around to attack Igbo people. That's the way your cowardly race think upside down. A man insults your leader and you leave him and go and fight someone who is jejely on his own. What kind of dunderheaded fools reason the way u guys do?

What's this dumb saying?

Why would he attack Unongo for his opinion? All he did was to debunk the basis of Unongo's opinion and you can do that to his as well if you feel you're not okay with his opinion.

No wonder people say Osu and stupidity are quite synonymous!

itchie puta wa, u don murder these rat here

igbodefender:


Why lie? Awolowo was never in NCNC.

whoever posted this should be floogged awo was never in ncnc...see as d post de cause dragging among pple...ignorance is strength

abdelrahman:
but you agreed that zik favoured the igbo in western region?

No he did not. Yorubas that voted for him are not fools. The truth is Yorubas are sophisticated voters. Awolowo brought tribalism into Nigeria. Yorubas knew that if Zik did not try they could always vote him out but Awolowo put tribalism into the whole issue.

I respect Awolowo as a brilliant leader, but truth must be said.

OGHENAOGIE:
whoever posted this should be floogged awo was never in ncnc...see as d post de cause dragging among pple...ignorance is strength

The OP didn't do his research well before rushing to post falsehood as if it is truth. He should keep his head low in shame.

It was also zik who filled Northern Nigeria with Igbo workers, right?

Mu.mu
Dullard
President Buhari

igbodefender:


No he did not. Yorubas that voted for him are not fools. The truth is Yorubas are sophisticated voters. Awolowo brought tribalism into Nigeria. Yorubas knew that if Zik did not try they could always vote him out but Awolowo put tribalism into the whole issue.

I respect Awolowo as a brilliant leader, but truth must be said.

Yoruba men in the assembly house never voted him. The Ibadan independent group and other small parties voted for Awolowo. Foolish Zik already thought he had them in the bag because they've always voted for his party. Lol.

diadem10:


Yoruba men in the assembly house never voted him. The Ibadan independent group and other small parties voted for Awolowo. Foolish Zik already thought he had them in the bag because they've always voted for his party. Lol.

You are talking of the cross carpeting. Why didn't Awolowo just let the parties alone after the election?! Awolowo usurped the mandate of the Yoruba people by breaking Zik's coalition.

Yoruba that voted for Zik's list were not fools. They knew they could easily vote him out him if he tried any nonsense.