Adunni Oluwole (1905-1957) was a Nigerian pre-independence politician and human rights activist who vehemently opposed independence. She was born in Ibadan, Oyo State and was raised in Aroloyo, Lagos State. She was an itinerant preacher whose talent in public speaking contributed to her fame. She delved into politics in 1954, and founded the Nigerian Commoners Liberal Party. She died in 1957 after a brief illness.
Early Life And Education
Adunni Oluwole was born in Ibadan in 1905 to the family of an Ibadan warrior. After some family squabbles, her mother moved with her and her siblings to Aroloya, Lagos where they lived close to St. John's church. Adolphus Howells, the Vicar, contributed to the family's development while they remained in the area. She lived with Howells, who enrolled her in St. John's School, Aroloya.She however returned to her mother after her primary education.
From 1925 to 1932, Oluwole took part in leadership and dramatic roles in St. John's church. As a youth, she wrote a play for the Girl's Guild which was directed by the nationalist Herbert Macaulay. She went on to establish the first female-owned professional theater in Western Nigeria.
Oluwole soon after became an itinerant preacher. She vehemently opposed bringing dead bodies into the church for funerals, claiming to have seen a vision from God saying that He was God of the living not the dead. Her public speaking prowess gained her a vast audience and increased her popularity.
Political Career
Oluwole's foray into politics began with the general workers strike of 1945; moved by the plight of the poor, she supported the workers, mobilizing women supporters and donating monetary gifts though she was not a rich woman.In 1954, she founded the Nigerian Commoners Liberal Party, the majority of whose members were men. Barely five months after it was established, it won a seat in Ikirun, Osun North, defeating the NCNC and AG.
Oluwole was an anti-independence activist and opposed the vote for independence when a date was first proposed in 1956. Her reasons were that the politicians who were given power abused it and were simply African colonialists. Her message resonated with the rural people and they came to be known among Yoruba-speaking groups as "Egbe Koyinbo Mailo" which translates to "The White Man Must Not Go". The party was short-lived as it had to be shut down due to low funding.In 1955, she went before the Olubadan in Ibadan to air her political views, but she was shut down by Adelabu Adegoke who called her a harlot and threatened to hit her with broomsticks. She was later banished from Ibadan and relocated to Akure where she continued to spread her anti-independence message.Oluwole was also an advocate for women's rights and she continuously demanded women's participation in politics in constitutional conferences.
The truth of the matter is that since the 1960 independence flag went up, Nigeria has not known real peace or seen development. The late Afro Beat King Fela Anikulapo in another seeming post-humus agreement with Adunni sang in “Just Like That”:
“White man rule us many years we get electricity constantly"
"Our people take over dem come build Kainji Dam Since dem build the Dam no electricity for town”
Recently we experienced a nationwide blackout occasioned by the collapse of the national grid in the midst of our national greed. Adunni should be laughing at us hereafter as we queue,sweat and shuffle at filling stations 60 years after independence in a country that is the sixth largest exporter of crude but cannot refine petroleum products for her domestic consumption.It only has the capacity to destroy refineries being operated by militants in the creeks instead of asking them how they get the refineries to work. Gen.Oduoye once said that Biafra that was not a fully formed country did not experience fuel shortage or a scarity throughout the period of the civil war!
Nigeria is Africa's largest economy and the continent's biggest oil producer,But it is a country where more than half the population lives in poverty, and 60% of the urban population cannot afford the cheapest house.There are also some very rich Nigerians indeed and the gap between rich and poor is all too clear to see in the country's largest cities.There's certainly a widespread perception that inequality is getting worse."Nigeria has a long history of mismanagement, corruption and disregard for due process" that has contributed to the high number of people living in poverty,
As for the gap between rich and poor, Nigerian economist Bismarck Rewane estimates that only 5% of the population controls roughly about 40% of Nigeria's wealth.Poverty-reduction policies do exist, he says, but they are not backed up by the political will or the good governance to implement them.

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Probably the little corruption that she witnessed during the brief self rule from 1952 influenced her opposition

This one tried to save Nigeria,.. Nigeria has no business ruling themselves as it will always end in tears..divide this country to day for every family to stand as a country nothing will still change.
We are naturally,very wicked creature.soneone will loot even money he does not need just make sure others don't have a life.
We would have been far better in the hands of the colonial masters...