Aloy+Emeka:

I feel you but they were born to rule na and not to go to school.  Ask yourself why Nnamdi Azikiwe was myopic enough to sign such contract with the North. It shows that  even though he was a very noble and intelligent man but he never really understood the underlining factors controlling the Nigerian polity. How will holding on to power help them catch up with the south in terms of education and development?. Awolowo wouldn't have agreed left for him alone instead make oyibo hold the power till further notice.

Dede1:

It appears you have the tendency to grab historical facts on the wrong end. I am not writing this post to defend Nnamdi Azikiwe’s political short-sightedness. But given the hindsight of the era in question, it was political expedience on the part of NCNC to form alliance with the NPC. Now, you should understand it was not east against north or west. The Awolowo you have favorably cited in your post was also sent political emissaries to both north and east. At least, Azikiwe did not send any team to the north for stealthy negotiation. 

Again, the northerners have never proclaimed before anybody in Nigeria that they were “born to rule”. The phrase “born to rule” tagged on the northerners were perpetuated by the idiotic southerners who joined the northerners to precipitated war of attrition against Biafra.

Before the civil war, it was much unheard in Nigeria to refer northerners as born to rule. This nonsensical jargon, “born to rule”, crept into Nigerian political lexicon after Nigeria/Biafra civil war when the western, some sections of Midwestern and eastern regions elevated the northerners to the position of ruler-ship in Nigeria.

Dede1:

It appears you have the tendency to grab historical facts on the wrong end. I am not writing this post to defend Nnamdi Azikiwe’s political short-sightedness. But given the hindsight of the era in question, it was political expedience on the part of NCNC to form alliance with the NPC. Now, you should understand it was not east against north or west. The Awolowo you have favorably cited in your post was also sent political emissaries to both north and east. At least, Azikiwe did not send any team to the north for stealthy negotiation. 

Again, the northerners have never proclaimed before anybody in Nigeria that they were “born to rule”. The phrase “born to rule” tagged on the northerners were perpetuated by the idiotic southerners who joined the northerners to precipitated war of attrition against Biafra.

Before the civil war, it was much unheard in Nigeria to refer northerners as born to rule. This nonsensical jargon, “born to rule”, crept into Nigerian political lexicon after Nigeria/Biafra civil war when the western, some sections of Midwestern and eastern regions elevated the northerners to the position of ruler-ship in Nigeria.

Aloy+Emeka:

You cannot identify sarcasm, eh?. Born to rule was a post-Biafra slogan. As a matter of fact, it started during Abacha's regime and kano state used that on their number plates for a while before the Federal govt stopped them. Why you are taking it so serious beats me.

Again, Awolowo was born a tribalist and he understood tribal politics more than Azikiwe whether you like it or not. The Yorubas have a history of conflict with hausa/Fulani which is dated back to 18th Century so they are in better position to tell you whether to trust a Northerner or not. Azikiwe foolishly believed that it is better to carry everybody along and as long as we get independence, we can easily sort out our differences. Awolowo knew from day 1 that it's not going to happen; Ojukwu also understands about tribal politics but Azikiwe like Herbert Macaulay belived that it is possible for Africa to become one under one ruler like the United States and it doesn't matter where the ruler came from. Not in my generation.

Katsumoto:

That is just plain ignorant. You need to educate yourself.

The Awolowo you have favorably cited in your post was also sent political emissaries to both north and east.

I repeat, Awolowo was the greatest tribalist of all time in African HISTORY. If you don't like my perception, go suck a lemon.

Haba, my brother. take a chill pill now. That's your opinion and you know what they say about opinions? You are entitled to your opinoins just as I am, to mine.

IMHO, zik is a slimy git who is worse than a tribalist with his nationalism bunkum but whoever don't like my opinion, don't have to suck on anything, unless they want to.