Ovamboland:


was mbadiwe a NPC or AG man if he was in politics in the first Republic?

Ovamboland:


revisionist and bare faced lies, the intent of throwing bombs on a fully packed casino is not to kill anyone in deed

Ovamboland:


hearing from one side when my friends mother told us what happened that night in the casino. She lived across the road in Yaba and wasn't allowed to go due to some domestic chores and saw the smoke column from the cinema and later visited the site. This is consistent with newspaper reports of the period. Yet you talk of one side? Very wicked and insensitive

Ovamboland:


Yet he wanted to be premier of western region, and became bitter when he lost out and was only placated whenever he was given premiership of the East. Pan-African indeed, why didn't he bid to be Ghana first president since you claimed he got them their independence?
He had enough common sense not to try that.
Yet he did not initially install TOS Benson or Ogunsanya Yoruba leaders in NCNC as premier in the east. He choose a native of the East. So there was no indegene good enough in his party to be premier? Thank God it never happened, I can imagine what Easterner will be saying today

WetinConsignMe:


It was 20 pounds not 10. And it was not Awo's policy.
A committee of learned economists and monetary experts recommended the policy. Awo was neither an economist nor a monetary expert, he was a politician.

WetinConsignMe:


I actually think these were very great men, except maybe Ahmadu Bello, for his extremely divisive utterances. Awo didn't hate Igbos or anybody. I don't think he was even a tribalist as such, rather a pragmatist.

DanseMacabre:
Am I mad that I'll start reading this rambling episode on an early Sunday morning, when I know it's way far from the truth?



Nigeria's problem started with the amalgamation of 1914.


Then the problem was exarcebated when black gold was discovered in the Southern part, with Northerners at the helm of affairs.



We're still hurtling down the bottomless abyss of chaos since these two events.

DanseMacabre:
Am I mad that I'll start reading this rambling episode on an early Sunday morning, when I know it's way far from the truth?



Nigeria's problem started with the amalgamation of 1914.


Then the problem was exarcebated when black gold was discovered in the Southern part, with Northerners at the helm of affairs.



We're still hurtling down the bottomless abyss of chaos since these two events.

Ovamboland:


How much effort did Unogo put in to ensure Zik become the first premier in the North he hails from and the birth region of Zik.

You don't see the absurdity of a northerner crying the west did not allow his eastern boss become premier

PrecisionFx:



Awolowo was the minister for finance that time, remove the politics outta this talk.

Ovamboland:


How much effort did Unogo put in to ensure Zik become the first premier in the North he hails from and the birth region of Zik.

You don't see the absurdity of a northerner crying the west did not allow his eastern boss become premier

Ovamboland:


How much effort did Unogo put in to ensure Zik become the first premier in the North he hails from and the birth region of Zik.

You don't see the absurdity of a northerner crying the west did not allow his eastern boss become premier

9jaDoc:


Yeah, even if u were a billionaire b4 the war they still give u not more than 20£ and they think it's fair

Ovamboland:



Substitute what Zik said to ibos with Sardauna saying same thing about fulani to an arewa gathering and tell us you agree with him as a Nationalist.

Am sure you join to condemn Sardauna for saying they intend to dominate the south by dipping Koran in the sea, bunch of hypocrites

Ofemannnu:



All the people who had money in banks that were in the west and North got that money back because there
were records, the 20pounds story is a political
gimmick used to paint Yoruba/Awo bad and that
my friend is what is .......

GhanaMustGoo:

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The premier of the East was also a non-Igbo. He didn't WANT.to.be premier of the West. It was just the best platform from which to fight the British. The East was not. Also that's where he was based. The aim was independence, the British must go. GET THAT INTO YOUR THICK SKULL. The aim was not to be president or premier of anywhere.

GhanaMustGoo:


My.friend Biafran money had a pegged value. U could have given.people say, half the value. You yourselves said people changed their Nigerian.money into Biafra.
Instead £20!! At the same time Gowon was saying Nigeria was drowning in money.

GhanaMustGoo:


My brother it us not.only Mbadiwe. Everybody alive then.KNEW what happened. And it was widely acknowledged. 70 years later u r giving spins and half truths

GhanaMustGoo:


No.bombs were.thrown.on.casinos. Stop lying. The intent was never to conquer the west and u know it. The intent was to sow discord and give the West excuse to secede or overthrow Gowon

GhanaMustGoo:


Your friend's mother is lying. Produce the newspaper reports

GhanaMustGoo:

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The premier of the East was also a non-Igbo. He didn't WANT.to.be premier of the West. It was just the best platform from which to fight the British. The East was not. Also that's where he was based. The aim was independence, the British must go. GET THAT INTO YOUR THICK SKULL. The aim was not to be president or premier of anywhere.

GhanaMustGoo:


Tribalism no go let u see sense. Lagos was the seat of power, the North was not. All those people wanted was.independence and they understood Zik was leading it. I bet u if North was capital he would have been.elected premier of North.

GhanaMustGoo:


If Kano were.seat of Govt Zik would have been.elected premier of North.The premier of the East was also a non-Igbo. He didn't WANT.to.be premier of the West. It was just the best platform from which to fight the British. The East was not. Also that's where he was based. The aim was independence, the British must go. The aim was not to be president or premier of anywhere.

Ofemannnu:



All the people who had money in banks that were in the west and North got that money back because there
were records, the 20pounds story is a political
gimmick used to paint Yoruba/Awo bad and that
my friend is what is unfair.Igbos who had nothing who were in the majority(poor people are always more than the rich especially in African societies) were given a new lease of life with the 20 pounds which was quite big at that time unlike #20 and the rich ones went back to collect their monies..remember that a very few people kept their monies in banks during this period.I think it was a humanitarian gesture by Awo because if left to the North,those poor Igbo's wouldn't have gotten a kobo because they were rebels.The rich and educated ones who kept their monies in the banks surely got back their money and the poor were made rich. 20 pounds were not beans in the olden days o.

Ovamboland:


He knows a Yoruba man will not go physical on him over his thoughts unlike some others, they are more reasonable than that. At best they will correct your wrong statement with facts

T9ksy:



[i] Oh that Sardunna's interview with the Bbc they call "hate speech" towards the ibo hence the Jan 15th coupists had to snubbed the man's life out.

Same speech was made by Akintola around 1964 wherein he was sentising his yoruba people of the domineering and greedy nature of our so called brothers, east of the Niger river. Consequently, Akintola too had to suffer the same fate as the sardunna.

Akintola's campaign speech is on youtube and the guy layed bared their greedy propensity.

In fact, this was what made Akintola to run off north and form alliance with the NPC thereby losing the monopoly the ibos had in the public service ............[ /i]

Ovamboland:


Your lying teeth will not let you realise the motion for independence was not moved by Zik or anybody in his tribal party, it was an AG man from Midwest, Enahoro that moved the motion. That's a direct response to the lie on this thread that Zik was the father of independence. Was he dozing and forgot his independence fight once he got his premier seat?

T9ksy:




Most of the ibos that left yorubaland took thrir money with and deposited it into the biafran bank. I wonder how much did ojukwu gave backnto them before running off to Abidjan with his favourite merc and 10 tons of suitcases?

Ovamboland:


Stop your lies Enahoro who moved the motion for independence was not a premier anywhere. I see it was not tribalism to keep an easterner as premier of the East not a westerner or northerner. And it was not tribalism to chase an efik man from the seat for an Ibo man

9jaDoc:


My friend, here are things we know for a fact (every other thing is lies, conjectures, twisted truth, innuendos):
1)Awo was thinking tribe right from UK (started Egbe Omo Oduduwa)
2) If Zik were thinking like Awo he would have started "Nzuko Umu Ndiigbo".
3) But the last thing on Zik's mind was Igbo. He started his revolutionary activities in US focused on Africa and black people, not Igbo.
4) Zik started a newspaper in Ghana with which he helped fight for Ghana's independence: WEST AFRICAN Pilot. He later brought it to Nigeria.
5) Awo started a paper a decade later focused on Ibadan called Tribune
6) Zik was born in Zungeru, was based in the West and spoke all major Nigerian Languages.
7) Awo was born in Yoruba land, based in Yoruba land and only spoke Yoruba (besides English)

HOW DARE YOU COMPARE THESE TWO PEOPLE??
HOW DARE YOU!!!!!!

Ovamboland:


Why did he not place Unogo as eastern premier, or one Abubakar or whatever. Many Nigerians fought for independence without been premier, stop spinning stories.
Zik didn't want to be premier but sulked and could not get over been denied that seat.
What would he have done from Ibadan as premier that he could not do from Enugu, can you list them here? And Yoruba are duty bound to stare in awe as Zik Carried out his Independence manovers known only to his tribal skull?

What you guys will never accept you dish out to others. Did Zik offer the premier seat in the east as a trade of if wants the western seat for a greater good? No he wants all for himself alone while you lot expect Awo to stand aside and watch as a looney.