Obafemi awolowo of the action group was indeed a wise politician. He introduced some of the most genuis means of campaigning into the nigeria political system, one of which was his helicopter campaign.

When nigeria was set to have it's first general elections, campaigning was in full gear. Nigeria is terribly divided into the north, west and east, each group had their political big wig. Sir ahmadu bello to the north, nnamdi azikiwe to the east and chief awolowo to the west. Chief awolowo was determined to win but he knew the votes of the of the west alone would'nt give his party a parliamentry majority so he decided to take a piece out of the biggest voting block in the country, THE NORTH. Were sir ahmadu bello reigned supreme and had no worries because he was sure of a parliamentry majority were his annioted candidate, tafawa balewa will be prime minister?

Chief awolowo saw this division in the country and wondered how he'll take a slice of the northern vote. Then he came up with the helicopter idea, in 1960's nigeria, a helicopter was a rare sight for most nigerians, the glamour and appeal of it drew large crowds. So that was the part chief awolowo followed. He got a helicopter and started flying into major northern cities and towns. Whereever he went with his helicopter drew large northern crowds, the specter of chief awolowo arriving and leaving campaign rallies in his helicopter drew large cheering crowds, flyers and posters were also dropped from the helicopters to large scuffuling crowds fighting to get one of the paper from above.

Sir ahmadu bello initially called chief awolowo's helicopter campaign a desperate attempt for votes and said it will fail but later as the crowds grew and the news flew around the north, sir bello grew concerned. Chief awolowo puta lot of work into his helicopter campaigning but at last as sir bello predicted, a helicopter was no match for the loyalty northerners feel to their region, sir ahmadu bello's NPC won a parliamentary majority and alhaji sir tafawa balewa became prime minister with nnamdi azikiwe as governor general. Though chief obafemi awolowo's helicopter campaign did'nt give his action group a parliamentary majority, it was a clear case of creativity and genius not found in nigerian politics and some say is the same creative example most western politicians of today are following when they produce bags of rice with their faces on it or recharge cards branded with their campaign logo.

Now some politicians have made 'Crying in public' their new method of getting votes!
They know themselves!

homesteady: Now some politicians have made 'Crying in public' their new method of getting votes!
They know themselves!

Lol..... Those who bliv they can win votes by Noisemaking, abi?

Now our politicians use thugs to get our attention.

homesteady: Now some politicians have made 'Crying in public' their new method of getting votes!
They know themselves!

Pls be specific.
Are you asking for it ? Boko Patrona will koboko your behind.




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Beginning of time tynnnnnza!

Papa Awo!!

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That election was the beginning of massive rigging and manipulation.
The end result was the characters who were rigged into power ,were later involved in the massive under development of the country
The end product is what you have now.

homesteady: Now some politicians have made 'Crying in public' their new method of getting votes!
They know themselves!

Crying and threats.

No one dares campaign with helicopter this present day. I imagine Jonathan on a helicopter campaigning in Borno state. The end result with be terrible.

Meanwhile,i heard Awolowo during his campaigns with helicopter threw money from the helicopter down to people? How true is this please?

berem: No one dares campaign with helicopter this present day. I imagine Jonathan on a helicopter campaigning in Borno state. The end result with be terrible.

Meanwhile,i heard Awolowo during his campaigns with helicopter throws money from the helicopter down to people? How true is this please?

Andy Uba threw biscuits from a heli at the last Anambra elections.

goldfish80:
Andy Uba threw biscuits from a heli at the last Anambra elections.

WTF!! what kind of biscuits? Cabin biscuits or Mcvities biscuits? Lord knows what he'll throw this time around! Maybe Sweets and chewing gum. LOL!!

berem: WTF!! what kind of biscuits? Cabin biscuits or Mcvities biscuits? Lord knows what he'll throw this time around! Maybe Sweets and chewing gum. LOL!!

They were ordinary branded biscuits with a picture of him doing the Hi5.. LoL