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Muller actually started personal training earlier as he wanted to bulk up.

Van Gaal wants to use him as the main striker to accomodate Toni Kroos as attacking midfielder and he needs to be more muscular to handle European Central defender.

I personally think Muller would initially struggle as a main striker but over time, He would adjust

Katsumoto:
So now, Awo is responsible for the January 1966 coup? And Awo is also responsible for producing military dictators?

The Military coup of 1966 was linked to the crisis in the west. And Awo's willingness to embrace a military boy as VP showed he just wanted power at any cost. How can a democrat and intellectual like Awo rubberstamp a government like Gowon's who had no ideological and constitutional standing

If Awo had been less selfish or sought redress legally and constitutionally instead of the "wetie" and arson that prevailed things would have been different in this country.

Many people were terrorised by Awo led A.G and Adedibu-like people that they had to run into the Government house in Ibadan and turned the place into a mini refugee camp, these were the stuffs that led to the military intervention of 1966 and we slid into the pit.

The military coup of 1966 brought several military guys who had no business in governance into it and they ravaged the country for over 30yrs afterwards

Jarus:
Head or tail, Dayokanu or Katsumoto, this thread has been very enlightening. We thank God Becomrich did not see it, or else . .  .
Much respect to both Awo and Akintola defenders, as everybody has been able to marshal his points, devoid of insults.

I, for one, still hold Awo in high regard, but I will not join those that see Akintola as a traitor.

This is my own point too.  grew up reading Awo is good Akintola is bad.

I read things by myself, asked questions even though my father forbade political discussions at home(Especially First Republic ones).

I found out that the Awo thing was more like a myth. Awo is great but not as much as we think Akintola has been demonised by the media and the Awo sympathetic group since Awo himself outlived Akintola for over two decades

So what was the Awolowo legacy? Chief Awolowo*s
policies resulted in a chain reaction that led to the
military overthrow of civilian governance in Nigeria,
the civil war and the eventual emergence of a latter
day Northerner who was arrogant, domineering and
greedy. The Hausa leaders whom the military boys
butchered in January 1966 were humble, principled,
cultured and very pleasant. It is a great pity that
they did not live to impart their noble qualities on
those who eventually succeeded them.

This is one thing I stand by. If Awolowo had played his cards differently and has been more matured, We would never have witnessed demons like IBB, Abacha, OBJ and co rule this country

Awo would rather serve under a semi Illiterate 29yr old soldier than work with Ahmadu Bello as long as he has access to Power. That shows his obsession

After the civil war, I was passing through Abeokuta
and I decided to drop in on the Alhaji and exchange
views on the eventual outcome of things. I received
the greatest shock of my life; I can not find adequate
words to describe the squalor in which I found Chief
Adegbenro, at a time when Chief Awolowo whom he fought
and sacrificed so much for, was Federal Minister of
Finance and Deputy Head of the Federal Military
Government.

That buttresses the selfish streak in Awolowo, While he was Federal Minister of finance and defacto VP under a 29yr old soldier, His loyalist were living in abject penury

Katsumoto:
Now that explains it better.
Akintola rallied politicians who were not reckoned with in the West. Tell us, how many elections did TOS Benson, Akinloye, Akinjide, Fani-Kayode, Rosiji win in the West? After the 66 coup, how many of these people were even heard of again? I knew you had to biased for a reason, now I know what that reason is. Some of the articles that you posted were written by Yomi Akintola, Ladipo Akintola, and Fazil Ope-Agbe, an Akintola leuitenant.

And for your information TOS Benson joined NNDP after having disagreements with Michael Okpara in NCNC.

My grandmother is from the same compound as Akintola and used to tell us how they would see Awolowo coming to their compound to visit Akintola regularly in the 40's and 50's when the going was good.

She was a trader and moved to the North with her husband as typical of Ogbomosho people and became very involved in Plateau politics.

She was a prominent political figure in her locality in Plateau State/ Nasarawa State( Akwanga). She was an ally of Solomon Lar who actually sent represntatives to my naming ceremony in the South West.

She was a major supporter of Bagudu Hirse NRC candidate in Plateau gubernatorial election of 1992. Bagudu Hirse lost to Fidelis Tapgun.

She died in 2000.

My dad never allowed us to be political and the only thing he told me was how he escaped from Adeyemi College in Ondo at the peak of Operation Wetie by Awolowo loyalist. He had Ogbomosho tribal marks and was easily spotted.

I dont belong to any political party never voted and I consider myself a supporter of AC, AD etc (See Fasholas campaign thread here on Nairaland) my research are just basically an academic exercise and revealed the truth about the myths sorrounding Chief Jeremiah Oyeniyi Obafemi Awolowo

The pattern of killings left nobody in any doubt that
the coup was meant to give the Ibo tribe the supremacy
over the rest of Nigeria which their politicians had
been unable to achieve in the political arena. It was
trumpeted that the army stepped in to remove corrupt
politicians but nobody has been able to explain how
army officers like Brigadier Ademulegun, Brigadier
Maimalari, Colonel Shodeinde, Col. Largema, Col. Pam
etc could pass for corrupt politicians. As for the
murdered politicians, Sir Ahmadu Bello, Sir Abubakar
Tafawa Balewa, Chief S. L. Akintola and Chief F. S.
Okotie-Eboh, I present this article as a challenge to
anybody to catalogue sins exclusive to them which
could not be found in any Ibo politician, none of whom
lost a single hair of their head.

Any doubt as to the intention of the coup was laid to
rest when Ibos trooped out on the streets in the North
singing war songs jubilating over the death of the
Sarduana and praising their sons who committed the
murders; that tactless behaviour led to the massacre
of hundreds of them in the streets of Kano and other
Northern cities.

A few hours after the confirmation of the deaths of
the Northern and Western political and military
leaders Mr. Cyprian Ekwensi, Director of Information
rang and told me Fazil, I'm back; you people don't
understand the caliber of people you are dealing
with. He had been sent on compulsory leave and
directed to resume as Chief Librarian at the Old
Secretariat, Marina.

A diversion: The last paragraphs shed some light on the Easterners outlook then and the remote causes of the civil war.

So why didnt TOS Benson join the A.G why did he join NNDP? He found that Awolowo was impossible to work with

Katsumoto:
DayoKanu,

You are posting articles which cite opinions and not facts. That is still allowed as it permits us to analyse Awo's leadership style. Many great leaders have autocratic styles. Balewa was PM but he was taking orders from Bello who was regional leader. You started this thread with the objective of discussing Akintola's perceived betrayal; I believe I have addressed that.

Katsumoto.

Most of the stuff you posted are also opinion of people too I wasnt born during the first republic and I depend on what I read.

I have read a lot in support of Awolowo that potrays Akintola in bad light. I grew up believing this. I actually thought to myself that I need to find out more for myself.

If I have read 10 articles 8 would be lauding Awolowo 1 neutral and 1 lauding Akintola. I decided to find out for myself

If you look at it critically, Anyone would notice that in that crisis, Akintola was the more matured person, He was the one who was wronged by a domineering and selfish friend.

I listened to one man who was telling how Chief Awolowo met with party faithfuls on the aftermath of his loss to Shagari in 1979 and was planning to disrupt the government.

One young man behind just raised his hand and asked if Awolowo can lead the uprising and they can start from Ikenne.

Awo cursed the man immediately. That was his leadership STYLE

When the Action Group broke up into the Awolowo
faction and the Akintola faction, the N.C.N.C. rallied
round Akintola and contributed largely not only to
Awolowo's downfall, but also to his imprisonment. With
Chief Awolowo temporarily incapacitated, the N.C.N.C.
believed that Western Nigeria would fall into its lap
like an over ripe apple. The N.C.N.C. had the wrong
but widely accepted notion that Chief Awolowo was the
only power to be reckoned with in the West and with
his departure, they (the N.C.N.C.) could just march in
and take over.

It therefore, came as a great shock to the N.C.N.C.
when every notable Yoruba leader rallied to the
support of Chief S.L. Akintola. Yoruba political
stalwarts like Chief Richard Akinjide, Chief
R.Fani-Kayode, Prince Made Lamuye and a host of others
saw in Chief Akintola the type of leader the Yorubas
needed and decamped from the N.C.N.C. to join him in
the NNDP. Even Chief T.O.S. Benson, a national Vice
President of the N.C.N.C, after a brief hesitation,
also crossed over to accept Chief Akintola's
leadership.
Akintola's legacy was that he reconciled Yoruba
leaders who were considered irreconcilable under Chief
Awolowo's leadership.

When Chief Akintola's N.N.D.P. took the Yorubas to
their rightful place in the  federal government, Chief
Ayo Rosiji became Federal Minister of Information,
Chief Richard Akinjide became Federal Minister of
Education, Chief A.M.A. Akinloye was Minister of
Industries, other Ministers I cannot quite remember
their portfolios were Prince Made Lamuye and Victor
Lajide.

The N.N.D.P. Ministers mentioned above represented a
bridge between the federal government and the core
Yoruba elements of Western Nigeria as against the
Lagos Yorubas whom Chief T.O.S. Benson and Chief J.M.
Johnson catered for.

This shows S.L Akintola was a rallying point for Yoruba politicians compared to Awolowo who was fighting everybody. Akintola was the more matured person and leader.

TOS Benson Vice president in NCNC even decamped to NNDP.

I first heard about this when I was in OAU ife when one lecturer from Ilesha told me how bad Awolowo was, I thought he was blaspheming the Legendary Awo but when he explained some things, He was a supporter of Chief Fadahunsi of the NCNC from Ilesha

I never knew much about Akintola aside what my grand-mother told me but reading all these makes me even more proud to be from the lineage of the 8th Aare Ona Kakanfo of Yoruba land

ain we must consider the fact that Chief Awolowo
contested the election to the Federal House of
Representatives against the majority wish of his
party, the Action Group.

The party wanted him to go to Lagos only if they were
in a position to form the Federal Government in which
case an elected member would step down and he would go
in by way of bye election.

Chief Awolowo rejected the advice that as a national
leader he should not go to Lagos to rub shoulders with
the lieutenants of his fellow national leaders, Sir
Ahmadu Bello and Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe, unless he was
going there as head of government. He rejected that
sound advice.

Did you see evidence that Awolowo kicked against the party advice and went against all advise to Lagos to battle Sardaunas slave.

The problem with Chief Awolowo is that he was obsessed
with leadership. He could not function except as a
boss and would refuse to serve in any situation that
does not confer on him absolute and unquestionable
power and leadership.

Excellent Points. Because Akintola went about his case in a very matured manner while Awolowo was the more violent one made people to think of Awolowo as larger than Life

Chief Obafemi Awolowo was
appointed leader of the Action Group because his
comrades and colleagues perceived that being named
leader meant so much to him. I challenge anybody to
declare that Chief Awolowo was head and shoulders
above the other founding fathers of the Action Group.

As a leader of the Action group, Awolowo rather than
function as primus inter pares, blew himself up as
the sole guardian who alone knew what was good for
every Yoruba man, woman and child. The mistake of
Chief Akintola and other great Yoruba leaders was that
they allowed Chief Awolowo to claim for himself as a
person all the great programmes and achievements of
the party. For the sake of peace and harmony, they
allowed Chief Awolowo to present himself as a forest
rather than as a tree in the forest.

Katsumoto take note of the part in BOLD

It is time we woke up to the fact that every
achievement, every stride taken by Western Nigeria in
the first republic was the handiwork of the Action
Group rather than of the man Awolowo. It follows
therefore, that every Western Nigerian who had cause
to be grateful to Awolowo should equally be grateful
to Chief S.L. Akintola and other Yoruba leaders of the
Action Group without whose collaboration and input the
successes arrogated to Chief Awolowo would not have
been possible. Take Chief Ayo Rosiji, for instance. He
was recognized within the Action Group as the party's
master planner and strategist, so much so that Chief
Awolowo personally nicknamed him the professor.

I wish to emphasise that all that was done for and in
Western Nigeria, were not Awolowo's personal
'achievements but that of the Action Group as a party.

Before Independence, the federal parliament was Chief
S. L. Akintola's turf where he performed the duties of
Leader of Opposition intelligently and effectively
with a joviality that earned him the love, respect and
admiration of a wide spectrum of Nigerians cutting
across regional, tribal and political boundaries.

Chief Awolowo within weeks of his arrival in the
Federal House of Representatives created for himself
the image of someone with a chip on his shoulder whose
mission in the parliament was to do battle with other
parties whom he perceived as his irreconcilable
enemies. The other parties responded in kind by going
out of their way to slap him down, cut him down to
size and rub his face in the mud. The fact that the
leader of the Yorubas could be so trampled upon gave
other tribes the courage to kick the Yorubas around
like football.

When Chief Akintola left the federal parliament to
become Premier of Western Nigeria he went with a
reservoir of goodwill from the constructive,
effective, and contagious humour with which he had
conducted his opposition. Yoruba public servants in
the federal service found him easier to complain to,
than the unyielding Chief Obafemi Awolowo

http://www.dawodu.com/agbe1.htm

Also during behind the scenes negotiations to form the
Federal Government that would usher in Independence,
Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa risked the displeasure of
Sir Ahmadu Bello by proposing a national government.
Chief Awolowo insisted that he could only serve in a
government headed either by himself or Dr. Azikiwe. He
implied by his stance that the Northerners were
inferior and should not be at the helm of affairs even
though they won the greatest number of seats in the
National Assembly. The problem with Chief Awolowo was
that he ignored the fact that our Constitution
provided that we practice democracy and not
meritocracy.

With the foregoing analysis it is easy to see why the
Yorubas in federal establishments did not see Chief
Awolowo in the same way the Yorubas of the Western
Region saw him. While he was being hailed as a great
benevolent and provident leader in Western Nigeria,
the Yorubas in Lagos and in federal establishments all
over the country felt abandoned.

The truth is now coming out here

Again we must consider the fact that Chief Awolowo
contested the election to the Federal House of
Representatives against the majority wish of his
party, the Action Group.

The party wanted him to go to Lagos only if they were
in a position to form the Federal Government in which
case an elected member would step down and he would go
in by way of bye election.

Chief Awolowo rejected the advice that as a national
leader he should not go to Lagos to rub shoulders with
the lieutenants of his fellow national leaders, Sir
Ahmadu Bello and Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe, unless he was
going there as head of government. He rejected that
sound advice.

http://www.dawodu.com/agbe1.htm

We can see how Awolowo's overbearing ambition led to his humiliation in Lagos despite being warned by Party leaders not to go to Lagos unless he was going to head a government.

Sardauna sent his boy-boy, But Awolowo chose to go and battle a boy-boy when the main man was chilling in Kaduna/Sokoto

This post is being used to malign the person of Chief Awolowo, Akintola was a political heavyweight not doubt, but he was too ambitious.

What do you mean by he was too ambitious? Can you give us actions that suggest he was too ambitious? And what was wrong

So, we were writing papers for him in Oke-Ado, Ibadan every two weeks. So, those were the papers that Awolowo then took to the party and Akintola was opposed to it. Akintola said if a man had agbada, he must not have buba. If he had buba, he must not have sokoto. That was exactly what caused their problem. Akintola had become premier by then, so he said why should Awolowo be organising people to write philosophy for the party. That when Awo was premier, they were writing for him as premier and that since he (Akintola) had assumed the premiership, they should be writing for him. He felt that Awo was out to undermine him, and said no, things could not continue like that.

This quote actually showed what the issue was, The part in bold showed how overbearing Awo was. Akintola was premier yet Awo was doing a lot of covert stuff to undermine him.

If you are made a governor and another an-ex governor was giving orders (Almost similar to Tinubu-Fashola) Would it be reasonable for ppl to expect fashola to just be a stooge of Tinubu?

The point is Akintola refused to be a stooge of Awolowo. Since they are equally educated its an insult to take orders from anyone. An Aare Ona Kakanfo for that matter.

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Enjoy

[flash=500,400]http://www.youtube.com/watch=/v/o7zjhYKkOW0[/flash]

Katsumoto:
The cross-carpeting issue happened in 1951, well before Akintola was Premier. Besides, Akintola was never leader of the AG. Its obvious that you are not too conversant with the events of that era.

After Akintola was sacked by Sir Aderemi and Adegbenro appointed, Akintola called Balewa. A state of emergency was declared, Adegbenro was sacked as premier and Aderemi was sacked as governor and Dr Majekodunmi was appointed as administrator. Awo was then sent to prison on trumped up charges. Akintola subsequently won the case in court.

Please stop being naive about this issue. The NPC controlled govt did everything possible to hold onto power. The cencus in 62 was so flawed that it was cancelled. The election in 1965 was equally rigged in Akintola's favour.

That is the main point, Akintola won in court. He followed legal and lawful recourse whenever any issue arose while Awo and co resorted to violence and civil disturbance with the help of Adedibu and co

4play and Sagamu.

What are the evidence that the girls are overaged

To further show you where Adedibu learn his trade of thuggery from

A masked A.G supporter was said to have taken over a radio station at gun point when the Premier S.L Akintola was to give a speech and given the reporters his own tapes to play.

That definitely where the thuggery of Adedibu and co had their roots

While Akintola was following the rule of law to the letter, the other side was breaking it everyday

Katsumoto:
Again, your argument shows you are not too informed about the episode. Adedibu was a leuitenant of Akintola.

How can Adedibu a member of the AG be a lieutenant of Akintola in the NNDP? Is this part of the demonise Akintola propaganda? While Akintola was alive, Adedibu was never a member of NNDP.

Secondly, Akintola won in court after Rotimi Williams had been barred from representing Sir Adesoji Aderemi. Why was Rotimi Williams, the finest lawyer of any generation prevented from arguing the case for the AG. Yes Akintola believed in the rule of law after aligning with Balewa and Bello who ensured that the result went his way with Awo in prison.

Rotimi Williams was barred from court for what reason? definitely there is a legal explanation for it. If Rotimi Williams was barred he as a lawyer should seek redress in court instead of the AG instigating their Adedibu supporters to "wetie"

Are you from Oyo state? Cos it sounds like you are biased.

I am from Oyo State. And point to any of my statements that biased.

If you believe that Awo was aligning with Ghana to attack Nigeria, then you will believe anything. Operation wettie symbolised the people's displeasure with being put under the control of someone who appointed by Balewa.

Balewa appointed Akintola? I thought he was made premier by the AG and when he had problems within the party sought redress from the court and won

So was balewa the leader of the AG who made him Premier or Balewa was the Judge who gave a decision in his favour.

A.G thugs carried out what can be termed as the will of the upper echelon. Akintola never encouraged any of such.

In the cross carpetting issue, why didnt the Akintola led A.G tell people to go wettie of NCNC members? Rather they sought a constitutional way of getting the upper hand instead of Arson that the party resorted to after Akintola left it.

Another point is that Akintola was a person who believed in the rule of law.

He sought redress in the court time and again and he won while the Awo faction resorted to war and riots (wetie) I guess this was where Adedibu learnt his trade.

Its on record that Awo because of his overwhelming desire to rule was aligning with the Ghanaian people to attack the country and he was jailed for it. Whether its true or trumped up, The case remained till date.

The Akintola group went to court which is the right channel and won while the Awo group went on the streets employing people like Adedibu to wetie

Jarus:
Interested in this topic, but posting from phone, can't post long.
I think we Yoruba are being unfair with this man. He should command the same respect with Awolowo. Due to the blind loyalty of our fathers and grandfathers to Awo, when the misunderstanding btw Awo and SLA broke out in 1963, SLA was portrayed as a traitor, and demonized. My Dad was also a core Awoist and I grew up hearing all sorts of tale about how SLA betrayed Awo, and grew up hating SLA myself. But a dispassionate study of pre-independence and first republic politics convinced me that SLA was not as bad as portrayed and Awo not as saintly as we are being told. The story of Akintola conniving with the northerners was exaggerated. With due respect to Awo, especially as he is to me the most visionary leader in Nigeria's history, selfishness was his bane.
He wanted to eat his cake and have it. In the north, Ahmadu Bello sent Tafawa Balewa to the centre while he remained the regional leader. Awo left regional premiership for his deputy, SLA, went to seek power at the centre but lost out, now he wanted his premiership back, leading to the 1963 political unrest in the 'wild,wild west', there was mass violence, arson, war songs, etc, and since Awo was more respected and had larger followership, public opinion and sympathy were in his favour,and SLA seen as a traitor, a belief that has been successfully transferred up to this generation.
In fact some of the visionary projects known today as Awo's legacy, like Unife,Cocoa House, first TV station in Africa etc were Akintola's ideas, according to some people, I don't know how true that is.
My main point is SLA deserves equal respoect in Yorubaland like Awo.

Spot on Jarus.

Ahmadu Bello held forte in the Northern region and sent his servant Tafawa to the Federal level, Awolowo chew the bait and went to battle with someone who was inferior to Bello just because he wanted to rule.

The point against Akintola was that he didnt step down for Awolowo when Awo lost in Lagos.

Ati ti oje bo olosa lowo, O ku baba eni to yoo bo.

Akintola on the hand was a political love-peddler and an opportunist, I would not like to have such as a friend because when the tide turns against me he would jump ship and jump ship he did.

This doesnt make sense at all can you expatiate and relate this to Akintola's actions "jump ship" how? opportunist how? Love peddler How?

How was Akintola an opportunist in a party he was leader and Premier?

If anything, Akintola followed all the rules, when he had any problem he went to the court to seek redress as a well learned man. Theother side resorted to wetie, violence and arson

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With all you have said,

I do not think Chief Akintola did something all that untoward. He was Premier. The buck stops on his table, and he should take responsibilities for the failure or otherwise of his actions. One would not expect him to take orders from Chief Awo even when he became premier. The whole thing should have been sorted out in an election. But nobody had the patience to wait. It is noteworthy that Chief Akintola never had any issues with Chief Awolowo before he became the premier. In other words, Chief Akintola was a loyal deputy.

Chief Awolowo's ambition caused all the problem. Infact it caused the problem of Nigeria as it is now. And it was a noble ambition. But once he lost out at the federal level, he should have laid low. You wont expect a full grown politician like Chief Akintola to kow tow when he is in charge. Many of the AG programmes like the building of the university in Ile Ife was undertaken under his watch. But they were AG programmes and Chief Awo chaired many of the committees.

I am sure Chief Awolowo himself can not come out and say Chief Akintola did anything wrong in principle

Dont tell me say una wan dey trophyless for pre season

waiting for Katsumoto

This is what Akintola's sins are

They align with the Northerners and with their help, win the court case in 63 and rig the elections in 1965. Its no surprise that the same individuals who went with Akintola were never accepted by Yoruba people and kept aligning with Northerners. Akinloye, Akinjide, Rosiji were all NPN stalwarts in the 2nd republic

Akintola was Awolowo and AG leader, How come he needed to align with the Northerners? What made him align with the Northerners? Was it the Northerners that made him party leaders pre-1959? You are skipping some important points

Akintola as at 1959 was party leader of the AG by 1962 he needed support of the Northerners to win a court case,

What happened in between that made a party leader need the help of the Northern leaders, Why and How did he fall out of favour?

Fact was Adedibu was an AG member he was never a NNDP member so I would think Adedibu probably was in AG and Awolowos camp rather than in Akintolas

Ola Olabiyi,

Thank you very much. I was waiting for them to open the main issue but they have dribbled around it.

Akintola's main crime was that he did not vacate the position of the Premier.

Have we asked ourselves in that situation who was being unreasonable?

KnowAll:
[size=14pt]Akintola factor breed the seed of discontent in Yorubaland. The last thuggish brigand in that motley crew of professional election riggers and creator of fear in the populace was the famous Adedibu of late, the death of Adedibu was the final blow of a secessionist group who don't believe in conformity and are almost always in alley with the Hausa / Fulani.

Unfortunately the man that made use of the last remininant of these political machinery in gaining political relevance today is Alao Akala. But with the death of Adedibu,  Akala has renegade from the Akintola school of thought and thrown his support behind Jonathan. It is this formidable political machinery that IBB was banking on in launching his campaign in Ibadan but since the Governor of the day is not in support of his candidacy it will be a tall order for IBB despite  Akala's differences with the Alaafin and the Olubadan, clearly just doing the maths I do not see how Akala is going to win the election come 2011, but don't be suprised Akala has learnt from the Akintola school of thought where the boldest man carries the day.

I must be cautious about hastily concluding on Akala turning his back on this formidable political machinery, one thing I do know and I can swear on is Oyo state is one state I know that elections would be be rigged come rain OR sunshine in 2011 that is because Akala has turned the Akintola bravado into his own advantage, his annoucing earlier this week that there is no opposition in Oyo State and that he would sweep the poll is a coded message to Jonthan that he has  the wearweathal to pull a victory from the jaws of defeat provided the presidency provides all the necessary logistics , just the way OBJ used to do it,  backing  Adedibu up to the hilt.

I am afraid Akintola's legacy is one legacy we Yoruba's can do without.[/size]

In all you said you havent stated what Akintola's sins are

How did the leader of AG become all these things you attached with him.

How you managed to associate Adedibu with Akintola is ingenious

Adedibu was an Action Group member and I am not sure he joined the NNDP which Akintola founded. How you now managed to link Akala also with Akintola deserves a nobel prize in conspiracy theories

For Gods sake tell us how Akala and Akintola are related