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In addition, whether awolowo was a tribalist. AWOLOWO and the entire yoloba were the biggest tribalistoc in Nigeria politics at that time. It is stated and documented yoloba destroyed Nigeria politics and brought the high tribalism in Nigeria politics. This is a FACT.

To buttrush my point

Both the AG, a creation of Egbe Omo Oduduwa, and the Northern Peoples’ Congress (NPC), were founded to promote Yoruba and Hausa-Fulani interests respectively. That the NCNC later became to be perceived as an ‘Igbo’ party was not entirely the design of Igbo political elites, but rather the machinations of some powerful Yoruba nationalists who did not cherish the notion of an Igbo, Nnamdi Azikiwe, becoming the premier of Western Nigeria.

As the leader of the NCNC, Azikiwe was to be the first premier of Western Nigeria following the elections of 1951, with Obafemi Awolowo, a Yoruba, the leader of the AG, as the leader of the opposition in the House of Assembly. It should be recalled, with profound sadness, that prominent Yoruba traditional leaders and political elites exerted pressure on a number of Yorubas elected on the NCNC platform to "cross carpet" in the House and join the AG, in order to deny Azikiwe the premiership in favour of Awolowo. The concept of "carpet crossing" was thus introduced into Nigerian political discourse. Azikiwe had assumed the leadership of the NCNC following the death of Herbert Macaulay, a Yoruba. There would have been no basis for "carpet crossing" if Macaulay, and not Azikiwe, were elected premier of the West on the NCNC platform in 1951.


As a result of this blatant injection of ethnicism into Nigerian politics, Azikiwe was compelled to "return home" to the East where he became the premier of the government. It is safe to postulate that, were it not for this event, the post 1951 development of Nigerian politics could have been spared much of the instability and crisis the country has experienced. This was a vital turning point in the political history of contemporary Nigeria. It helped to influence most Igbos to seek political shelter in the NCNC, just as the AG became privatized by most Yorubas, and the Hausa-Fulani political elites sought comfort in the NPC.

http://www.dawodu.net/igho.htm

A statement written by Igho Natufe [a mid westerner].

Just because someone in his desperate attempt to make friends does not makes him the voice of others. We all know who brought in tribalism in Nigeria politics. We all know the insignificant of yoloba in creation of mid west. We all know the difficult journey to achieve that feat with yoloba beating every aspect down. The desperate no life having nigg@ can do himself a f2king favor and write about the ijaw-yoruba relationship and stay the hell away from dragging Midwest to that B.S.
We all know the f2king sh1t our people underwent by those people's hand.

This is my last post on here. For those interested in knowing who played the major part in the creation of Midwest, whether Western politician marginalized mid west, and all the other BS that tonyebarcainsta tried to rewrite above in his desperate attempt to make friends.

Here's the actual FACT.
Every region, both north, west and east marginalized the minorities within their region which influenced multiple minorities party to merge up in other to separate each minorities,out of the dominate groups aka Igbo, yoloba and north.

All three dominant groups opposed the creation of each new region from their state, yoloba was not an exception. In fact, out of all three West was the only region that sacked mid western out of west after the Midwest creation.

Neither akintola, awolowo or any yoloba played a huge role in the creation of Midwest instead outside of Edo, urhobo and anioma, NCNC and NPC (both a SE Igbo led and an Hausa led group) played the major role in the creation of Midwest. In fact, the referendum conducted in Midwest was not because of yoloba but rather the influence of NCNC and NPC.

To butterish my points

though it flirted with various ethnic and political minority associations in the North, the NCNC was involved primarily with associations agitating for the separation of the Mid-West (which included a significant Ibo population) from the Western Region. These associations included the Benin-Delta Peoples Party (BDPP), the Mid-West. State Movement (MSM) and the Otu-Edo

Given its commitment to the continuity of the regional system in general, and to the stability of its redoubtable Northern regional base in particular, the NPC was the least enthusiastic of the major parties about employing the strategy of inciting or supporting separatist movements in regions controlled by rival parties. Nevertheless, the NPC ultimately came to be associated with the Niger Delta Congress (NDC) in the East and the Mid-West Democratic Front (MDF). Indeed, the NPC’s support was a decisive factor in the eventual establishment of the Mid-West as the fourth region of the federation in 1963

The creation of the Mid-West Region was the outcome of a determined assault by the NPC-NCNC coalition Federal Government on the AG opposition

http://books.openedition.org/ifra/759?lang=en

This are the real factors of creation of Midwest. This are the real factors of yoloba support of mid west and this are the real factors of the major player of mid west.

TonyeBarcanista:
I don't like responding to people like you. The question I keep asking is WHY ARE YOU PAINED? The Ijaws have always seek hand of fellowship with Yorubas over the years. It doesn't start with Barcanista and won't end with him.

The Yoruba/Fulani gave us Rivers state. A yorubaman supported our own tribesman in local election. A yorubaman supported our son to VP and Presidency of Nigeria. A Yorubaman gave us NDDC. Have you heard any Ijawman saying he hates Yorubas? We have Ijaws in Ondo state that are doing fine with their neighbours. Kingsley Kuku and Sowore(SR) are Ijaws from Ondon states. They are well... So it's not about barcanista...

That some of you choose to hate Awo does not mean that we do. And by the way, what is making you feel agitated by the thread? Check post history, I have no ish with the yorubas even at the heat of the backlash from my defection. Yes, we fight for politics but not for tribal interest. So what is actually your problem?

Quit being emotionally disturbed and grow up boss!

I careless about your dimwit post of yoloba/ijaw relationship. Provide a quote from me when I countered your statement of awolowo helping an ijaw win election.. I'll be waiting

My post was your attempt to rewrite MidWest creation and credit awolowo as part of it...yes or No?

I careless about your desperate attempt to make friends like the online loser you are. A no life living nigg@ gotta do what they gotta do.

Why I'm aggravated? my aggravation is your constant need to rewrite history of place you are not from. You could have written your BS without dragging mid west to it. Hell you are not from Any of the state pertaining to Midwest... while I am. The major politicians that fought for the creation of Midwest were predominately Bini, urhobo and anioma. You are neither. Just like you stayed on this forum rewriting the history of ndoki ppl, you dimwitly think I'll sit here and watch your buffoon @ss rewrite a history of a part I'm from. You must be out of your God given mind.

In addition, while I'm aggravated? Self appointing your loser self as the voice of SS when you are a NOBODY. A f2king loser who has zero life except NL. If not my visit on a more productive place aka Radio Biafra FB page, i would have fallen into that your BS of " WE SS" BS you stay on this forum writing repeatedly. Hell you are not even the voice of "ijaw". So yes I'm aggravated.

Fucking write about your ijaw/yoloba relationship and keep Midwest out of your shit..thank you very f2king much

While I'm at it, of course you didn't belittle Yoruba's after getting showed the poverty ridden protection seeker you are. Just like you didn't belittle Igbo during your desperation attempt to make friends. Problem is you think any of us forgets you.

TonyeBarcanista:
See yourself, are you an Efik, ibibio or annang man? You feel threatened because I seek to bring to the fore the benevolence of Yoruba sons towards the Ijaws and other ethnic south south minority groups. Your fear made you cook up the 'igbophobia thrash and other nonsense.

By the way, Ijaws are primarily concerned with RESOURCE CONTROL like other ethnic groups in the SS. We are NOT calling for secession yet. In fact, we are primarily concerned with furthering to achieve our noble demands. I don't know why you are acting insecure.

Any relationship with yorubas or other groups is for our own interest. GEJ our brother lost election but we all saw how close Dickson/Sylva contest was... In other words, we have moved on to the next chapter...

Grow up!

What ugomba said is actually a FACT. If you doubt me head to Radio Biafra FB page. There are multiple Ibibio, etc on that page each supporting Biafra. Shit there even several etche, etc on there. Hell if you need screen shot I got you. You need links, I got you. Whatever you need I got you. Unlike NL where we gave "WE SS", those on FB are verifiable individual with actually face with years of history on FB long before radio Biafra became popular. You need proof of what i just said, Just saw when and I'll gladly provide them for you or any of your several monikers

TonyeBarcanista:
You see why I insist that you should get your fact right?

I said and I quote.....
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You rushed to claim that Awo never created the ministry. Lemme cure your ignorance...




That shows that he was very much concerned about MidWest Affairs.



Like I said, you should get your fact right... And save other irrelevant epistles for yourself.

Is this fool for reals...

It clearly stated on that link it was created to COUNTER the creation of Midwest. Can't you f2king Read?

This concept meant that rather than a new Midwest region, the Midwest would be managed under a “Ministry of Midwest Affairs” concurrently under his supervision as the Western region Minister for Home Affairs. Chief Awolowo accepted this concept.

What in your illiterate mind so you think you opposed against my statement?

In addition, equally stated the creation was done by Enahoro

okolochyke:
Keep your emotions in check

Not all tribes are trouble makers

There are many forums for insults and for IPOB youths , go and find them.

We like building relationships here

You are a fool if you think the guy you quoted was inaccurate. During the time APC yoloba called the loser tonyebarcainsta "protection seeker" and belittled him, the slowpoke wrote multiple threads on "relationship between Igbo and ijaw". Hell he deleted his barcainsta I'd yo hide all his attacks on igbo during his desperation to make friends. Fast forward to now Igbo are against him, like the loser is now writing stories,of Yoruba and ijaw relationship. . The guy is a complete unknown loser, based on his act on NL, has zero life outside of NL. This is his real identity. When he gets pushed out by a set, he goes about looking for friends from others. Like duh?

Ugomba:
One does not have to be a psychologist to detect that you have a deep rooted Igbophobic agenda which u want to use the power of social media to spread.
Maybe its the kind of brainwashing that was given to u while growing up as an ijaw guy.
- You hid under the Nnamdi Kanu brouhaha which even we Anioma do not support to spread ur agenda in a bid to use it as a catalyst to create a SE vs SS enemity when many Igbo leaders were not in support of Nnamdi Kanu.
- whats ur latest trickish tactics, Creating an Ijaw, Yoruba, Awolowo and Gowon political bromance thread with a Concealed aim to spite the Igbos, the same people who were threatened and insulted for voting for an Ijaw man..

- You fool no one here.
You know exactly how these thread will degenerate into tribal bashing.
- These your Agenda Can't sell again,not even here in Delta. Or even in Akwa Ibom/ Calabar.
Because People are weary about Ijaws too, if you doubt it, let the Ijaws champion the Niger Delta Republic agitation and watch how we Aniomas, even the Efik, Ibibios, Urhobos, Annang etc will kick against it because An Ijaw Man Have His Own Sterotypes.

Thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Even to the extent of rewritten history of Midwest. Like the f2k? Most of us from Midwest, that are REAL, not all this wannabe deltans know awolowo had zero bearing in the creation of Midwest. In fact, despite going on media to announce support, he frustrated every factor that could bring port a mid west. The only thing awolowo played a crucial role was the division of East, that is it.

That ijawcitizen/tonybarcainsta criminal stay on NK rewritten the history of EVERY SS group in this forum. Who the f2k appointed that dude historian. Like it I'd gella disgusting how an unknown, wannabe politicians feels he is now the voice of everyone. I honestly cannot stand that nigga and I hope he gets shot

TonyeBarcanista:
Maybe some misguided and ignorant politicians, I don't think any Ijaw or southern minority can fault Awo. Apart from his role in Ikoli's political fortune, Awo also created Ministry of Midwest just to pacify the midwersterners(now Edo and Delta) when they agitated for a region of their own because he doesn't want Western region to split. In fact, the Southern minorities in present day Rivers/Bayelsa/Cross-River and Akwa Ibom states at that time were agitating for Rivers and Calabar region, the Eastern Region not only opposed it but didn't give us any special ministry to at least pacify us. The North never did likewise to the agitating middlebelt.

Was it not Awolowo that advised Gowon to give us Rivers and Cross river states(now Rivers, Bayelsa, Cross river and Akwa ibom) after years of agitation?

This dude stay rewriting history on NL. When and where did Awolwo support the creation of Midwest? Awolowo was against mid west creation despite his pretense. Akintola was the only one who changed his view in regards to Mid West Creation. Awolowo never did. Every f2king body that is actually a REAL Midwesterner actually know this crucial part of history in regards to the creation of Midwest.

While I'm at it, akintola was the ONLY one the created any form of minister or council for Midwest, never Awolowo. Don't stay on NL rewriting history you have zero idea of you.



For those that want to know the REAL history in regards to Awolwo participation in creation to midwest, read below

But shortly after he did so, the Action Group won 15 out of 30 seats from the Midwest in the Western House elections of August 8, 1960, even barely beating an Otu-Edo candidate in Benin as well Prince Shaka Momodu in Irrua, in what was regarded as an upset, perhaps influenced by manipulation of the 1959 voter’s register. This outcome emboldened Awolowo and Akintola to publicly declare that they would not support the creation of the Midwest until after the 1964 federal elections when they would be in power at the center – although they kept up pressure for creation of the Calabar-Ogoja-Rivers and Middle Belt States in other regions. Meanwhile, Barrister SO Ighodaro had taken over the Ministry of Midwest Affairs from Anthony Enahoro, when the latter elected to go federal, having lost out to SLA Akintola who returned to the West to succeed Awolowo as the Premier. 

The 1960 constitution specified that for a referendum to take place seeking to establish support for a new region, two-thirds majority must approve it in the Federal House of Representatives and Senate, followed by majority approval in two-thirds of regions. Recognizing the key role which the governing party in the federal government in Lagos would have in initiating any legislative move toward the creation of the Midwest, Festus Okotie-Eboh and his mentor, Humphrey Omo-Osagie, were busy lobbying northern leaders. Eventually Festus Okotie-Eboh almost single handedly got Alhaji Muhammadu Ribadu and Alhaji Ahmadu Bello of the NPC to agree in principle to make an exception for the Midwest based on its unique history, knowing they were generally opposed to States creation. Without this crucial achievement on the part of Chief Okotie-Eboh, the creation of the Midwest would have been dead in the water. It was in recognition of this strategic feat that
Festus Okotie-Eboh was given a chieftaincy title in Benin, the Elaba of Uselu. Chief Humphrey Omo-Osagie, the indefatigable fighter with whom Oba Akenzua II had had his ups and downs but whose firm resolve and loyalty to his people had stood the test of time, was conferred with the title of Iyase of Benin. [Egharevba, Op. Cit.] (The Action Group Western region government, however, refused to confirm both titles until 1962 when there was an emergency administration in office at Ibadan).

Nevertheless, the Akintola government in Ibadan moved quickly to consolidate its gains. It appointed many Midwesterners to ministerial positions, created a Midwest minority area and advisory council, and reorganized its administrative structure to create six new regional conferences, as if in tacit recognition of the six regions it was canvassing for the country. Chief Anthony Enahoro became the Chairman of the Midwest regional executive – which did not include Akoko-Edo district and Warri division. Dalton Ogieva Asemota, a well known independent, distinguished retiree from the United African Company (UAC), personal friend of Oba Akenzua II and first Chairman of the Midwest Advisory Council, became appointed by the Western region as the first post-independence Senator from Benin Province in Lagos, while Senator M.G. Ejaife, a household name in Urhoboland, was appointed to represent the Delta. 

Dennis Osadebay, leader of the Midwest State movement, left Ibadan for Lagos to take up his new position as Senate President, to replace Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe who had become the Governor-General. Chief Festus Okotie-Eboh became the Federal Minister of Finance and leader of the parliamentary party. The straight shooting Michael Okpara replaced Nnamdi Azikiwe as Premier of the Eastern region and leader of the NCNC. Alhaji Tafawa Balewa of the NPC became the Prime Minister. Alhaji Ahmadu Bello held fort in the Northern region.

The ducks were lining up in a row.

1961-62

The years 1961 and 1962 moved with dizzying speed. At the Midwest regional conference of the AG, Chief Awolowo kept up his oft repeated statement that he would work for the simultaneous creation of the Midwest, COR and Middle Belt States. In the Midwest, however, his comments were regarded with skepticism, all the more so considering what was regarded as his preference for a balkanized version of the Midwest. In any case, in March 1961, the NCNC – urged by Chief Okotie-Eboh - formally opposed the exclusion of Akoko-Edo and Warri from the Midwest minority area.
When Chief Awolowo was confronted with the commitment the Western regional House of Assembly had made to creation the entire Midwest back in 1955 by approving the Sowole motion, he replied that he was no longer bound by that motion because the country was under colonial rule at the time [Federal Parliamentary debates, April 4, 1961]. The comment merely served to confirm suspicions that he
did not support the creation of the Midwest – under any circumstances – even though he challenged Balewa to create the Midwest before the end of May 1962.

http://ihuanedo.ning.com/m/group/discussion?id=2971192%3ATopic%3A98288

loopman:
Why do you miscreants like blackmailing? Is this new of Northerners living in fear and hushed in a mosque inside the military cantonment real or not? If not are there Hausas living in Onitsha without moleststions.
Una cup go soon full.

Oya let's compare and contrast... Provide proof of Igbo burning mosque in Onitsha starting from last year till this year alone and I'll provide proof of Hausa burning churches from last year to this year alone. And let's see who did it the most. Deal

RIP.

You died a hero, will be known as a hero. Your name is forever ingrained in the biafran history

Chanchit:
Lmfao! Did you just say "shoot back?!" By now we would be talking about 4,000 dead Biafran protesters. When I say una nop get sense, e be like say I dey talk rubbish.

Really? Pray tell how long did it take you illy livered Army to defeat bakassi boys wey only be just 6 members? Did you forget how those f2kers terrorized the entire SE and SS regions, kicking your military left and right and if not for the civilians getting involved and helping your weak @ss military, the mofo would still be kicking their @ss and wouldn't have been caught and those were just handful of Igbo men, now imagine the thousands.

Hell in Biafra war, Biafra has LESS military, LESS weapons, LESS HELP and LESS trained yet between the biafran army and Nigerian army who had LESS military casualties? Oh yeah last we checked BIAFRA despite your Lilly livered army tremendous advantage over them hence the reason their coward @ss went after the civilians.

Why you think your coward @ss military back the f2k down like the puppy DoG they are when Cameron and benin barked at them.

As I said, PLEASE continue applauding and encouraging. Thank you

EUROBOMBER:
You missed it. I am Igbo and have never stated otherwise on this forum. Are you not One-naira? I know you well.

It is such a pity you think I am not Igbo, I smh.

Don't quote me again