Nigeria: There Was Amalgamation Agreement, But May No Longer Be Enforceable — OCJ Okocha, SAN.
Notable Outcome July 21, 2021.

(By Iheanyi Ezinwo) – For awhile, the news had been making the rounds that the amalgamation of Nigeria in 1914 was based on an agreement signed by some Nigerians and colonial officials but not many claim to have seen the document.

However, reacting to the specific claims of one Prince Eniola Joseph Ojajuni, former NNPP Governorship candidate in Ondo state during 2020 elections, that six Nigerians signed the document, Hon. O.C.J.Okocha, Senior Advocate of Nigeria and past national president of Nigeria Bar Association, said the claim was true, but added that the agreement may no longer be enforceable.

“That statement by Prince Eniola Joseph Ojajuni is true to the extent that the six gentlemen named signed the Amalgamation Agreement.

” Be that as it may, the Independence granted to Nigeria by the British Government in 1960 created a fundamental change of circumstances which rendered the agreement unenforceable.

“REBUS SIC STANTIBUS is the Latin maxim for the principle of Law which holds that all agreements are concluded with the implied condition that they are binding only as long as there are no major changes in the circumstances”, the legal giant concluded.

Recall that, Prince Joseph Ojajuni’s Revelations, which were widely circulated in the social media indicated that,

“Only 6 Nigerians signed the Amalgamation Document In 1914, namely, HRH Maiturare Sarkin Mussulumi and Sultan of Sokoto;
Usuman Dan Maje, who later became Emir of Kano;
Sir Kitoyi Ajasa, a lawyer;
HRH Oladugbolu, Alaafin of Oyo;
HRH R Henshaw, Obong of Calabar and
Abubakar Shehu of Borno”.

According to Prince Ojajuni, the location of the signing of d amalgamation document was Zungeru, in the present day Niger State which served as the capital of the British Protectorate of Northern Nigeria from 1902 until 1916.

Prince Ojajuni further claimed that the Edict, which was also signed by 22 British colonial officials expired in 2014.

“The document stated that after 100 years, each party can re-evaluate and determine if they want to continue together or go their separate ways”, he concluded.

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Noted

Nigeria has long been expired!

Good to know

Good! Now can we all go our separate ways!?

Nigeria has become a sick joke!

They can only delay it but it can't be denied.

Little wonder the strong desire for separation is so prevalent.
Little wonder the Fulani fought tooth and nail to power. They obviously agree the country has expired and have resumed their conquest.

nthony10:
They can only delay it but it can't be denied.

Little wonder the strong desire for separation is so prevalent.
Little wonder the Fulani fought tooth and nail to power. They obviously agree the country has expired and have resumed their conquest.

It was renewed in 1979, then Amended in 1999:

(1) This Constitution is supreme and its provisions shall have binding force on the authorities and persons throughout the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

(2) The Federal Republic of Nigeria shall not be governed, nor shall any persons or group of persons take control of the Government of Nigeria or any part thereof, except in accordance with the provisions of this Constitution.

(3) If any other law is inconsistent with the provisions of this Constitution, this Constitution shall prevail, and that other law shall, to the extent of the inconsistency, be void.

2. (1) Nigeria is one indivisible and indissoluble sovereign state to be known by the name of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

(2) Nigeria shall be a Federation consisting of States and a Federal Capital Territory.

3. (1) There shall be 36 states in Nigeria, that is to say, Abia, Adamawa, Akwa Ibom, Anambra, Bauchi, Bayelsa, Benue, Borno, Cross River, Delta, Ebonyi, Edo, Ekiti, Enugu, Gombe, Imo, Jigawa, Kaduna, Kano, Katsina, Kebbi, Kogi, Kwara, Lagos, Nasarawa, Niger, Ogun, Ondo, Osun, Oyo, Plateau, Rivers, Sokoto, Taraba, Yobe and Zamfara.

(2) Each state of Nigeria, named in the first column of Part I of the First Schedule to this Constitution, shall consist of the area shown opposite thereto in the second column of that Schedule.

(3) The headquarters of the Governor of each State shall be known as the Capital City of that State as shown in the third column of the said Part I of the First Schedule opposite the State named in the first column thereof.

(4) The Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, shall be as defined in Part II of the First Scheduled to this Constitution.

More revelations still coming...Nigeria is a gonner! gonner!! gonnest!!!

The north should stop forcing Nigeria down our throat!

Where is the agreement? Let them produce it so we can review it our selves

Buckeyemedia1:
It was renewed in 1979, then Amended in 1999[/b]:

(1) This Constitution is supreme and its provisions shall have binding force on the authorities and persons throughout the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

(2) The Federal Republic of Nigeria shall not be governed, nor shall any persons or group of persons take control of the Government of Nigeria or any part thereof, except in accordance with the provisions of this Constitution.

(3) If any other law is inconsistent with the provisions of this Constitution, this Constitution shall prevail, and that other law shall, to the extent of the inconsistency, be void.

2. (1) Nigeria is one indivisible and indissoluble sovereign state to be known by the name of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

(2) Nigeria shall be a Federation consisting of States and a Federal Capital Territory.

3. (1) There shall be 36 states in Nigeria, that is to say, Abia, Adamawa, Akwa Ibom, Anambra, Bauchi, Bayelsa, Benue, Borno, Cross River, Delta, Ebonyi, Edo, Ekiti, Enugu, Gombe, Imo, Jigawa, Kaduna, Kano, Katsina, Kebbi, Kogi, Kwara, Lagos, Nasarawa, Niger, Ogun, Ondo, Osun, Oyo, Plateau, Rivers, Sokoto, Taraba, Yobe and Zamfara.

(2) Each state of Nigeria, named in the first column of Part I of the First Schedule to this Constitution, shall consist of the area shown opposite thereto in the second column of that Schedule.

(3) The headquarters of the Governor of each State shall be known as the Capital City of that State as shown in the third column of the said Part I of the First Schedule opposite the State named in the first column thereof.

(4) The Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, shall be as defined in Part II of the First Scheduled to this Constitution.

Your Nigeria is a fraud that can't last unless the state allows the different ethnic groups who are the original inhabitants determine their future.

By the way your number 2b(1) is a fools paradise because one law overides any law, which is the right for self determination and self defense;
All it takes is a disaster of a person at the helm of affairs to remind everyone why they should seriously take their future in their hands.