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Enemyofpeace:
Kemi Adeosun the first female Vice President and the best Nigeria ever had. It is unfortunate that they ganged up to remove you

What do you mean by first female VP Nigeria ever had?

Frigga13:
What’s the number for?

What number are you talking about?

Deadlytruth:
First Nigeria Regional Elections:
Western Nigeria 1951 Elections
Matthew Mbu and history:

Ambassador Mathew Mbu is a well-
respected Nigerian. But in this piece,
veteran journalist, Mr Felix Adenaike
challenges some of his claims about
Nigeria's past 'Falsehood may have
its hour, but it has no future' -
Francois D. Pressense

In what seemed his 48th
independence anniversary gift to
Nigerians, Dr. Matthew Tawo Mbu,
politician, lawyer and diplomat, gave
The Nation an interview run in its
October 1 edition addressing some
political issues in Nigeria of which he
had been a key player. Among
others, he spoke on the Western
Nigeria election held in 1951, two
generations ago, and repeated the
claim of the National Council of
Nigeria and the Cameroon (NCNC)
that it won that poll, but had been
robbed of victory. Then as now, Dr.
Mbu did not provide any evidence to
substantiate the NCNC claim.
Dr. Mbu said of that election held on
24 September 1951 that: "Dr.
Nnamdi Azikiwe was betrayed by the
Western Region of Nigeria, not by
the electorate, but by the leaders.
The NCNC won the election against
the Action Group (led by Chief
Obafemi Awolowo), but the Action
Group introduced what was
unknown to Nigerian history",
namely, "carpet crossing. They
Action Group bought members of
the NCNC to join the Action Group
after these people had won election
on the platform of the NCNC. Zik, the
leader of a majority party in the
Western Region became the Leader
of Opposition overnight".
Reminded by the interviewer that the
late Chief AMA Akinloye had
maintained in his lifetime that he
and his group had contested the
election on a neutral platform from
the NCNC, Dr. Mbu said: "That is his
version. He is entitled to say what he
wants to say. I don't want to say ill of
the dead. He knew he was NCNC and
his group was NCNC. Adelabu
remained NCNC. He stuck on to
NCNC till he died".
The late Dr. Kingsley Ozumba
Mbadiwe said in his autobiography,
Rebirth of a nation, among others
that: "But in pursuance of the policy
of creating a political climate healthy
enough to make one a citizen
wherever he lived, Dr. Azikiwe
contested and won the general
elections in 1951 into the Western
House of Assembly. To stultify this
policy of one Nigeria in favour of his
tribally-based philosophy, Chief
Awolowo got some elected members
to cross carpet from the NCNC to his
AG side. Zik the victor lost. And
Awolowo's party was able to form the
government of the Western Region."
At a news conference in Lagos on 20
September 1989, more than two
years after Chief Awolowo's death,
Dr. Mbadiwe returned to the topic
saying: "Dr. Azikiwe and his party
won the majority of seats in the
Western House of Assembly. He was
due to be elected the Leader of
Government Business, when
overnight, the Action Group
introduced the notorious carpet-
crossing. By this manipulation,
members who won under the NCNC
crossed over to the Action Group
building it to become the majority
party in the West. As a result of this,
Chief Awolowo was elected Leader of
Government Business and Dr.
Azikiwe had to resign."

Neither Dr. Mbu nor Dr. Mbadiwe
named the members of the NCNC
who contested the election on the
party's platform and later joined the
Action Group to enable Chief
Awolowo form the government to
the exclusion of Dr. Azikiwe. These
are weighty allegations such that
they would have assisted their
readers to clear the issues rather just
repeat their own version of the
events at that time in the hope that
such repetition would turn
falsehood into facts.
To avert conflicting claims over
candidates, Mr. Harold Cooper, the
Government Public Relations Officer,
wrote to the parties to furnish a list
of the candidates contesting election
on their platforms. Only the Action
Group complied with this request
and its list of candidates was as
follows:
1. Ijebu Remo Division - Obafemi Awolowo and M.S. Sowole;
2. Ijebu Ode Division - S.O. Awokoya,
Rev. S.A. Banjo and V.D. Phillips;
3. Oyo Division - Chief Bode Thomas,
Abiodun Akerele, A.B.P. Martins, T.A.
Amao and SB Eyitayo;
4. Osun Division - SL Akintola, JO. Adigun, JO Oroge, S.I. Ogunwale, I.A. Adejare, J.A.
Ogunmuyiwa and S.O. Ola;
5. Ondo Division - P.A. Ladapo and G.A. Deko;
6. Okitipupa Division - Dr. L.B. Lebi, CA
Tewe and SO Tubo;
7. Epe Division - SL Edu, AB Gbajumo, Obafemi Ajayi and
C.A. Williams;
8. Ikeja Division - O. Akeredolu-Ale, SO Gbadamosi and FO
Okuntola;
9. Badagry Division - Chief
CD Akran, Akinyemi Amosu and Rev.
GM Fisher;
10. Egba Division - J.F.
Odunjo, Alhaji A.T. Ahmed, CPA Cole,
Rev S.A. Daramola, Akintoye Tejuoso,
SB Sobande, IO Delano and A
Adedamola.
The others were as follows:
11. Egbado Division - J.A.O. Odebiyi, D.A.
Fafunmi, Adebiyi Adejumo, A. Akin
Illo and P.O. Otegbeye;
12. Ife Division -
Rev S.A. Adeyefa, D.A. Ademiluyi, J.O.
Opadina, and S.O. Olagbaju;
13. Ekiti Division - E.A. Babalola, Rev. J Ade
Ajayi, S.K. Familoni, S.A. Okeya and D
Atolagbe;
14. Owo Division - Michael
Adekunle Ajasin, A.O. Ogedengbe, JA
Agunloye, LO Omojola and R.A.
Olusa;
15. Western Ijaw Division - Pere
EH Sapre-Obi and MF Agidee;
16. Ishan Division - Anthony Enahoro;
17. Urhobo Division - WE Mowarin, J.B. Ohwinbiri
and JD Ifode;
18.Warri Division - Arthur
Prest and O. Otere, and
19. Kukuruku Division - D.J.I. Igenuma.

Of the names on the list, only MA
Ajasin from Owo Division, which
comprised Akoko then, did not run
because of party solidarity and unity
in Owo. He stood down for A.O.
Ogedengbe and R.A. Olusa to contest
two of the three seats, which they
won, while D.K. Olumofin won the
third for the NCNC.
Three secretaries of the Action Group, who ran as independents and won were:
1. Egba Division- Alhaji D.S. Adegbenro
2. Ekiti Division - J.O. Osuntokun, and
3. Epe Division - S.O. Hassan.

At the close of polls on 24 September
1951, the Action Group had won 38
of the 72 seats in contention out of the total of 80 in the Regional Assembly. The shortfall was due to the fact that elections had been postponed in Lagos and Benin due to security concerns. Lagos had five seats in the West Regional Assembly all later won by the NCNC in the election of 20 November 1951, while Benin had three all later won by Otu Edo candidates in the election of 6 December 1951.
Of the 68 candidates on the list furnished by the Action Group to the Government PR
Department, 38 of the elected AG
members were from that list, and were as follows:
1. Ijebu Remo - Obafemi Awolowo and M.S. Sowole;
2. Ijebu Ode - Rev. SA Banjo and S.O. Awokoya;
3. Oyo - Bode Thomas,
Abiodun Akerele, ABP Thomas, TA Amao and SB Eyitayo;
4. Osun - S.L. Akintola, J.O. Adigun, JA Oroge, S.I. Ogunwale, I.A. Adejare, J.A.
Ogunmuyiwa and S.O. Ola.
Other elected AG members from the
list were:
5. Egba - J.F. Odunjo, Alhaji
AT Ahmed, Rev. S.A. Daramola and
Prince Adedamola;
6. Egbado (now Yewa) - J.A.O. Odebiyi, D.A. Fafunmi and A. Akin Illo;
7. Ekiti - E.A. Babalola
and Rev. J. Ade-Ajayi; Badagry - Chief
CD Akran and Rev. G.M. Fisher;
8. Ikeja - SO Gbadamosi and O Akeredolu-
Ale;
9. Ife - Rev. SA Adeyefa and SO Olagbaju;
10. Owo - AO Ogedengbe and RA Olusa;
11. Epe - Safi Lawal Edu;
12. Okitipupa - C.A. Tewe;
13. Western Ijaw - M.F. Agidee;
14. Ishan - Anthony Enahoro, and
15. Warri - Arthur Prest.

In addition to the Action Group and
the NCNC, there were local/divisional
parties such as the Ibadan People's
Party (IPP), led by Chief AMA
Akinloye; Ondo Improvement
League, and Otu Edo of Benin. At the
end of poll, the standing of the
parties was as follows:
1. Action Group - 38;
2. NCNC and its loyal Independents - 25;
3. IPP - 6
4. Ondo Improvement League - 2.
5. Otu Edo candidates won the three
Benin seats, namely, Chief SO
Ighodaro, Chief Humphrey Omo-
Osagie and Chief Chike Ekwuyasi.

Chief Ighodaro opted for the AG,
while the latter two went to the
NCNC. And of the six IPP elected
members, only Adegoke Adelabu
joined the NCNC. The rest of them:
AMA Akinloye, Chief DT Akinbiyi
(who later became the Olubadan of
Ibadan), Chief SO Lanlehin,
Moyosore Aboderin and SA
Akinyemi, opted for the Action
Group. The NCNC National Secretary,
the late Chief Kola Balogun had sent
declaration forms to the IPP
assemblymen asking them to declare
for the NCNC but Chief Akinloye
returned all the forms uncompleted.
The three AG secretaries who had
run as independents - Adegbenro,
Osuntokun and Hassan, five IPP
members, one Etu Edo, and one
Ondo Improvement League, Chief
F.O. Awosika; and Chief Timothy
Adeola Odutola (Independent, Ijebu
Ode) had swollen the number of the
AG elected members. All the
transactions had taken place before
the inauguration of the Regional
Assembly on 7 January 1952. These
were not known members of the
NCNC, nor did the party publish their
names on the list of its candidates,
but claimed them as its "members,
supporters or sympathisers",
according to inimitable Zik in his My
Odyssey, " It takes more than
speculation to claim a person as a
member of your political party". You
cannot just be under the
"impression" as Zik had claimed that
they were and go ahead to field them
as electoral candidates.

For over a
half century, the NCNC is yet to
provide evidence to back its claim
that it had won the West Regional
election in 1951.
Mr Cooper absolved his department
of responsibility for the controversy
generated by the NCNC after the
election. At a post election news
conference in Lagos he said that "Of
the winning candidates, the names
of 38 were on the list sent to me by
the Action Group. The six successful
candidates at Ibadan were all among
those who had been identified to me
as representing the Ibadan People's
Party. No claim of any kind had
reached us about the party affiliation
of the remaining successful
candidates." Why did the NCNC not
send a list of its candidates for the
poll to the Government PR
Department before that poll? And
why have Dr. Mbu and the others not
published the list of NCNC
candidates to substantiate their
electoral victory claim in over 50
years but merely kept reaping false
claims? The records of the poll
conducted in the West and all over
Nigeria by the colonial administration are available at the National Archives and can be accessed by any honest researcher.
In this matter, it is facts that speak,
not what some political/ethnic
partisan said or did not say.
Dr Azikiwe's frustration was not only
in losing the regional election, he
also lost the election to the House of
Representatives held on 10 January
1951 at the House of Assembly, Ibadan, among NCNC members. The total tally for the 1951 poll in the 80 member Western Regional Assembly was as follows:
1. Action Group - 38;
2. Independent/AG - 15;
3. NCNC - 24;
4. Independent/NCNC - 3.
Three
members of the NCNC who had been
elected to the House changed party
allegiance that day ahead of the
House of Representatives vote. They
were: Chief SY Kesington-Momoh, JG
Ako, and Awodi Orisaremi, from
Urhobo and Kukuruku Divisions.
They were running for the House of
Representatives and wanted Action
Group votes. Kesington-Momoh and
Ako were elected, but Orisaremi went
back to the NCNC. That was all the
carpet-crossing that took place on 10
January 1952, namely, three at first
to the AG and one back to the NCNC.
From the vote tally, it is clear that the
NCNC and the Independent /NCNC
totalling 27 seats altogether out of
80 seats could not have formed the
Government of Western Nigeria.
Even if the local/divisional parties
had chosen the NCNC, it would still
be some seats short of 41 required to
form the government. The Action
Group won 38 seats; its independent
candidates - Adegbenro, Osuntokun,
Hassan and Odutola won four seats
making a total of 42 seats. The AG
could have formed the government
without the support of the other
small parties. It did not have to
"bribe" anybody to join it to form the
government. Since politics is a game
of number, only few principled
politicians would not be disposed to
joining the winning party, in this
case, the AG.
Dr. Mbadiwe also claimed in his
book: "Successful NCNC men who
were not Yoruba were scared away.
Dr. Azikiwe who won a seat to the
Western House (of) Assembly from a
Lagos constituency decided to resign.
Since membership of the House of
Representatives was by an electoral
college in the regional house, no
NCNC from the West came to the
House of Representatives in Lagos".
This is blatantly false. Zik resigned
because he lost election to the
federal house from the West, while
Prince Adeleke Adedoyin, Dr. Ibiyinka
Olorun-Nimbe, Chief Frank Oputa-
Otutu, Chief Denis Osadebey and Sir
Odeleye Fadahunsi were elected
from Ibadan to Lagos. Who ever
scared non-Yoruba NCNC people
from the West? Chief Denis
Osadebey succeeded Adegoke
Adelabu as Opposition Leader in the
West and the likes of Humphrey
Omo-Osagie, Festus Okotie-Eboh,
Chike Ekwuyasi, Fidelis H Utomi, Obi
Osagie, Yamu Numa, GO Oweh and
GB Ometan were non-Yoruba NCNC
in that Assembly.
As Mme De Stael says: The "search
for the truth is the noblest
occupation of man; its publication is
a duty". Dr. Mbu and his political
entourage have chosen their own
side of history. It remains to be seen
whether or not history will absolve
them. Their contemporary audience
is composed of intelligent people
who will search after the truth
without inheriting the political
prejudice and stereotype of their
lying grand-parents. That is the way
ahead for Nigeria. And "the greatest
friend of truth is time; her greatest
enemy is prejudice". - CC Calton

Ok

Frigga13:
0812 449 6804

Don’t worry after 2023 election .. the votes will determine how many Nigerians that reason alike

The feeling is mutual bro

ERockson:
But are you guys not trying to destroy Tinubu with propaganda. You ibos are confused and tactless

Thank you my brother "yoruba is waiting to destroy him with propaganda" as if Igbo are not the most evil propagandist in nigeria

BlazinGlory40:
On one hand we clamour for power to return south and on the other hand asking for atiku to be given ticket. I think a stand needs to be taken

Don't mind those confused Id!ots they don't really know what exactly they want.

christistruth01:
Are IPOB still butchering and eating their kinsmen as food in the South East ?

Yes they still do

Ndimkpurummiri:
PDP should zone its ticket to the SE I want to know their popularity

Foul mouth = 1000%
Popularity =nil
Credibility = nil
Electability =nil

MikoB:
The real politics just began, who are those sayihg the VP has no support, can you now see that every political meeting in the presidency recently, osinbajo is always present with the president, like I said the real contenders are coming out little by little, watch out!

The VP no dey present before?!

PrinceOfLagos:
I tell you bro ..

This Tinubu and his urchins talk too much

When you see them brag on Nairaland, you will think they got games up there sleeves but na lie

I wish Buhari could just open Tinubu corrupt cases and throw him behind bars for good

It is that bile in you against the person of bola TiNUBU that will kill you.

abu12:
Notting , about the meetings, they don't want to attend Atiku declaration period Atiku 'obi should forget any support from PD governor . this is wike plan to humiliate Atiku

Hmmmmmmmm, you got me thinking I never reason am like DAT before

That is hypocrisy race to ten folds whenever the want to lament about who brought buhari to power their brain only remember TiNUBU, but when is time to make for presidency they'll suddenly realize that there are some nonentity called ogbonaya onu,orji kalu,or okoro'ahusa

Alary:
So it is trite to say igbo leaders too were among those who brought Buhari to power.
Ogbonaya onu, has been with the same government as a minister for close to eight years now, he is the minister for technology or so , he has been sitting at FEC meetings for years now , making policies to affect Nigeria in the negative ways , what has been his contribution to national development?
He was the one that brought the idea of merger of parties in 2013 . He does not have a solid home base .But he use to be in ANPP who have lost its relevance to CPC in the north and have no base in south east.
If you're now claiming Ogbonaya onu has a bigger stake in APC than Tinubu, all these years ,remember it is Tinubu that is the sacrificial lamb for Buhari short coming s , Yet he is not part of the government. He holds no official position in government, he didn't make policies for the government he has no control over any government apparatus, but ogbonaya onu does. He controls a ministry, he was reappointed he sits at federal executive meetings, yet you people never single him out for bringing Buhari and still working for him , just because he is igbo abi . That's hypocrisy of the highest level.

cktheluckyman:
Stop shouting south when you actually mean SW

SW is part of entire south

stasius:
North will rule again and continue ruling until south get sense.

If the major contestants in this election are Tinubu(except any other person from South West) and somebody from the North, see what will happen.

South West will vote Tinubu
South South will vote the Northern candidate
South East will vote the Northern candidate
North East will vote Northern Candidate(trust them)
North West will vote Northern Candidate.
North Central will voter Northern Candidate.

Now tell me how Tinubu will win.

Ye yen yen yen yen

ginggerxy:
maybe you should ask fashola

Ask fashola about what?

perambulator:
As a Yoruba man I have no problem with Someone like Amaechi as President, I have said it many times of the 23 years of this current republic, a Yoruba man has been there for 15 so far. I am not really disposed towards Osibanjo, he is trying to reap where he hasn’t sown, to me it is disloyal and immoral especially for a man who claims to be a pastor. I won’t get up and vote for him let’s put it that way. I would vote for Tinubu simply because of the role he played in APC or if it becomes an attack against the SW and he is the one on the ticket and I would vote for Amaechi. I will not enter inside the sun and waste my Saturday to vote for Osinbajo come rain come sunshine in the same way I sat at home both times rather than vote for Buhari. For me to leave my house to vote for you I must believe in you or a greater cause.

My ideal choice is Amaechi/ El rufai

Osinbajo want to reap where he did not sow,really?!

Parachoko:
Akeredolu is already in his second term.

That is the joker he used in getting the second term

alsudan:
They obviously wrote it and gave it to the dullard to append his signature.

Buhari cannot write a simple sentence and we all saw it manifest when President Shagari died. The ignoramus just signed the condolence register without a single write up.

Band hasss guy that's whom you're.

Parachoko:
Ondo State is trying to build a port too

I once read about the Governor saying he has not gotten the go ahead from Abuja, that's why the project has not kicked off.

That story of ondo port is just a gimmick to get second term the governor knew all along that it won't be approved in his tenor

Realdeals:
Where the rail go pass? On top lagoon? That project is beyond just wishing, the easiest is to link it with the Apapa rail and that won't come easy.

The experts will draw up the plan it will shock you

Militant30:
As a Rivers man, I have come to realize that it's not the zone that produce president that matters but the individual who occupied the office.




For example, Buhari has been president going to 8years now but the entire north is like a slaughtering field and the Economy of the contree is not smilling on anyone.
Even his state is not left out, so we should project individuals rather than zone where the godfathers will just throw the ticket to one idiot who will buharize the economy further.

Enough of this rubbish

Yes the region the President come from might not likely gain much in times of development but they will in areas of employment, appointment, wealth distribution. they will put their own people in all the juisy positions while you down south here that owns majority of the resources will continue to play second fiddle and cry of marginalisation.

Ttalk:
For your information, Tinubu is from APC another party, how do you expect him to support Jonathan?

Is there any sense in that?

That guy did not know that if not for the likes of TiNUBU,TUNDE BAKARE,PRF WOLE SOYINKA,GBAJABIAMILA etc etc. Jonathan wouldn't have became an acting President in 2010 not to talk of been elected a substantial President in 2011 that the same TUNUBU work vigorously to make it happened

[quote author=HIGHESTPOPORI post=111252868]Atiku is from the North,it's understandable he supported his Northern brothers, why did Tinubu not support his Southern brother Jonathan but now want Southerners to support him now?[/quote

In 2011 when the northern oligarchy don't want JONATHAN to contest it was TINUBU that stood gidigba like IROKO tree behind him

HIGHESTPOPORI:
So it's Tinubu that didn't support Jonathan in 2015,that we should vote for

Do you realise the same TUNUBU supported JONATHAN IN 2011and him (Jonah) to win the election?

DeLaRue:
Ekiti is the smallest by population/voting strength; by economy; by political voice in the region etc

But in times of geographical area Lagos is the smallest

DeLaRue:
Both - Kekemeke and Omisore.

Bottom line is that Tinubu has pre-eminent control over APC affairs in the region.

If you control APC in Lagos (where the money & largest population is), and you have substantial influence over the party in Oyo, Ogun, and Osun, and also have reasonable influence in Ondo & Ekiti then you more or less have an implicit majority in every decision to be taken in SW APC.

That's what Tinubu has.

Ok thanks

DeLaRue:
Kekemeke is actually a Tinubu guy and was Chairman of Ondo APC before and immediately after Akeredolu won his first term election.

Because Tinubu supported another candidate in the APC primary against Akeredolu, when Akeredolu won and became Governor, Akeredolu forced the pro-Tinubu Kekemeke APC Exco out and put his own people.

As it seems Akeredolu and Tinubu have now patched their differences, the 2 men have agreed to bring Kekemeke back into the picture.

Fayemi's exaggerated portrayal in national politics belies his insignificant profile in SW politics. Now that his former 'anti-Tinubu' pal, Akeredolu, appear to have returned to the Tinubu camp, his situation is even worse.

Ekiti is the smallest state in the SW. If a position is zoned to the SW, how much voice can a Governor of Ekiti have? Your suggestion that Fayemi will not accept what are effectively Tinubu's choices, raises the question...what can Fayemi do? The honest answer is, nothing.

Fayemi is seriously mistaken forming 'big Governor' and plotting with certain elements in Abuja, when in his own region, virtually no one knows him outside Ekiti.

The smallest state in SW isn't EKITI Lagos is.

festacman:
These are Tinubu men.

Which and which are tinubu men?

SyrusdeHansome:
young pple like Moghalu should be encouraged. He has what it takes. Nigerians should even force Ngozi Okonjiwela to context

Nigerian should go and put gun into her
haed to and be our president right? Because out of over 100m+ iweala is the only genus that can govern naija?

Cajal:
Is 5% now 50million

YES!!!
50million is 5% of one billion.

LeoDeKing:
[b][/b]
Is this a threat or a sort of sickness?

Pdp will give the ticket to athifku and nothing will happen.

When has becoming a president in a democratic set up becomes a matter of coercion?

It is the turn of the south produced the President of naija either in APC or PDP

What was the result/outcome of the game?