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Re: Awolowo Was Smarter And More Intelligent Than Azikiwe. by donmixc: 10:32am On Apr 12, 2025
helinues:
As a representative of your region on this forum, cover your face with something

Go through this discussion from the beginning and see how you drifted unnecessary, sounding incoherently

Shame oo
Anyone arguing with is dumb because the person is wasting his or her precious time. You sound incoherent all the time😒
Re: Awolowo Was Smarter And More Intelligent Than Azikiwe. by Goodnewsforlife: 10:32am On Apr 12, 2025
Penguin2:
Your analogy does not hold water here.

In Azikiwe Vs Awolowo case, they didn’t choose. They went through an electioneering campaign, sold their manifesto to the electorates; and by the end of the election, Western Region voted for Azikiwe’s NCNC in majority.

How was that Azikiwe’s choosing?

Or do you have record that Azikiwe rigged that election?
there are 3 regions, each man from each region is to lead his tribe

An Igbo man is leading Igbo region
An hausa man is leading Hausa region
An Igbo man still wants to lead Yoruba region

Is that right?
Does that make sense?
Re: Awolowo Was Smarter And More Intelligent Than Azikiwe. by DMerciful(m): 10:33am On Apr 12, 2025
You're shifting your argument which makes you intellectually lazy
Goodnewsforlife:
they migrate n establish n not go become economic scavengers

U don see them dey sell fake charger n earpiece n fake drugs before?
Re: Awolowo Was Smarter And More Intelligent Than Azikiwe. by helinues: 10:34am On Apr 12, 2025
DMerciful:
As a representative of my nationality,
I'm not from SE but I'm Igbo though I did mu University in the East
You still don't want to be proud of your lineage when you have been bursted for impersonating severally.

Well done, good representative in lies and mischievousness
Re: Awolowo Was Smarter And More Intelligent Than Azikiwe. by Goodnewsforlife: 10:35am On Apr 12, 2025
DMerciful:
As a representative of my nationality,
I'm not from SE but I'm Igbo though I did mu University in the East
they will always deny been Igbo till their comments are dug out
Re: Awolowo Was Smarter And More Intelligent Than Azikiwe. by DMerciful(m): 10:39am On Apr 12, 2025
I'm from Delta, pretty close to where Nzeogwu is from likewise Okowa. If I'm lying, let it not be well with me.

Apart from being Igbo, I'm aligned with Easterners because they've shown they're the true progressives.

I'm also a Canadian.
helinues:
You still don't want to be proud of your lineage when you have been bursted for impersonating severally.

Well done, good representative in lies and mischievousness
Re: Awolowo Was Smarter And More Intelligent Than Azikiwe. by Penguin2(op): 10:40am On Apr 12, 2025
helinues:
Why should Azikwe want to become premier of Western region when he was from Eastern region? Reason it logically should incase you never bother to

As for Kemi Bajinatu, I have told you severally to stop making false allegations against me which are always bursted but you no dey get shame.

Have you ever seen on any of the thread related to the UK Kemi? We don't play petty politics like you lots
Do you know who the first mayor of Enugu was? A Fulani, voted by Ndi Enugu. This was pre-independence era.

But you have issues with Azikiwe wanting to be Premier of Western Region. Didn’t the voters know that Azikiwe would be Premier when they were voting his party to form majority?
Re: Awolowo Was Smarter And More Intelligent Than Azikiwe. by helinues: 10:42am On Apr 12, 2025
Penguin2:
Do you know who the first mayor of Enugu was? A Fulani, voted by Ndi Enugu. This was pre-independence era.

But you have issues with Azikiwe wanting to be Premier of Western Region. Didn’t the voters know that Azikiwe would be Premier when they were voting his party to form majority?
Are we talking about Mayor position here or premier position. Who was the first Mayor of Lagos state?

Why should Azikwe leave his eastern region and want to become premier of Western region? Tell us what's his Azikiwe business in being premier of where he's not from.
Re: Awolowo Was Smarter And More Intelligent Than Azikiwe. by gidgiddy: 10:44am On Apr 12, 2025
One thing about Zik and Awolowo which Nigerian history teaches us is that Zik managed to achieve far more political stability in the Eastern Region, than Awolowo ever did in the Western Region

For all Awolowo's claimed intelligence, the Western Region turned into the 'wild wild west'. Awolowo was fighting with everyone, Adegbenro, Akintola, you name it.

The situation in Western Region became so bad that the Region became the first in Nigerian history to have martial law, or state of emergency declared there, and Majekodumi was declared sole administrator

The Western Region was beset with violence on another level, they were even pouring acid on themselves in 'opration Wetie'. The 1964 elections in the Western Region was a total disaster, it's a miracle that Awolowo s supporters and Akintola's supporters did not bring the entire country to civil war

Awolowo may have been an intelligent man, but he never managed to make the Western Region politically stable
Re: Awolowo Was Smarter And More Intelligent Than Azikiwe. by fickleawolowo: 10:44am On Apr 12, 2025
DMerciful:
If you say Americans, Chinese , Indians, Jews are parasites, then you're right grin
That dude has nothing upstairs, reading his incoherent gibberish comments can send you to sleep 😁😁

No sense of logic and rationality, only interested in getting many likes through his numerous monikers and his fellow illiterate 😁
Re: Awolowo Was Smarter And More Intelligent Than Azikiwe. by fickleawolowo: 10:45am On Apr 12, 2025
donmixc:
Anyone arguing with is dumb because the person is wasting his or her precious time. You sound incoherent all the time😒
That dude is always off point and talks like a kid
Re: Awolowo Was Smarter And More Intelligent Than Azikiwe. by Penguin2(op): 10:52am On Apr 12, 2025
DMerciful:
Some people want their own country within a country but that's not how a country works.

If you want exclusivity, be courageous enough to form your own country.

The reason Yorubas embrace tribalism is because they cannot compete individually with Igbos who are built to excel individually.

Nigeria abandoned meritocracy and embraced quota system because of the Igbos. If you put merit based systems today, Igbos will dominate everywhere!

It is what it is!
True 💯
Re: Awolowo Was Smarter And More Intelligent Than Azikiwe. by Ikinternational: 10:53am On Apr 12, 2025
Where does your father rank in the intelligence test

We know of one failed child already
Re: Awolowo Was Smarter And More Intelligent Than Azikiwe. by plessis: 11:00am On Apr 12, 2025
gidgiddy:
One thing about Zik and Awolowo which Nigerian history teaches us is that Zik managed to achieve far more political stability in the Eastern Region, than Awolowo ever did in the Western Region

For all Awolowo's claimed intelligence, the Western Region turned into the 'wild wild west'. Awolowo was fighting with everyone, Adegbenro, Akintola, you name it.

The situation in Western Region became so bad that the Region became the first in Nigerian history to have martial law, or state of emergency declared there, and Majekodumi was declared sole administrator

The Western Region was beset with violence on another level, they were even pouring acid on themselves in 'opration Wetie'. The 1964 elections in the Western Region was a total disaster, it's a miracle that Awolowo s supporters and Akintola's supporters did not bring the entire country to civil war

Awolowo may have been an intelligent man, but he never managed to make the Western Region politically stable
Wrong. He was not intelligent. He was only a thug.
Re: Awolowo Was Smarter And More Intelligent Than Azikiwe. by Nomercie: 11:09am On Apr 12, 2025
Oloriburuku omo Igbo,na southwest wey dey enter you people eyes go finally kill you,how can uncircumcised Osu be dreaming of ruling Yoruba? you people are cursed.
Re: Awolowo Was Smarter And More Intelligent Than Azikiwe. by helinues: 11:30am On Apr 12, 2025
gidgiddy:
One thing about Zik and Awolowo which Nigerian history teaches us is that Zik managed to achieve far more political stability in the Eastern Region, than Awolowo ever did in the Western Region

For all Awolowo's claimed intelligence, the Western Region turned into the 'wild wild west'. Awolowo was fighting with everyone, Adegbenro, Akintola, you name it.

The situation in Western Region became so bad that the Region became the first in Nigerian history to have martial law, or state of emergency declared there, and Majekodumi was declared sole administrator

The Western Region was beset with violence on another level, they were even pouring acid on themselves in 'opration Wetie'. The 1964 elections in the Western Region was a total disaster, it's a miracle that Awolowo s supporters and Akintola's supporters did not bring the entire country to civil war

Awolowo may have been an intelligent man, but he never managed to make the Western Region politically stable
Those inner fighting was necessary in order to put things in order for once.

What Azikiwe refused to do then is what's currently causing inner fighting in South East which South West have moved pass on
Re: Awolowo Was Smarter And More Intelligent Than Azikiwe. by dododawa1: 11:40am On Apr 12, 2025
Zik left whole south East






he wanted to become premier of westerner.



is that not rubbish.
Re: Awolowo Was Smarter And More Intelligent Than Azikiwe. by gidgiddy: 12:35pm On Apr 12, 2025
dododawa1:
Zik left whole south East






he wanted to become premier of westerner.



is that not rubbish.
That's to show you the fraud known as 'one Nigeria' where someone is not allowed to aspire for political position in another part of Nigeria he does not hail from

So where is this 'one Nigeria'?
Re: Awolowo Was Smarter And More Intelligent Than Azikiwe. by aswani(m):
Penguin2:
You have a problem with the fact that Azikiwe dared to become Premier of Western Region through an election he won free and fair?
Owelle didn't win the elections, none of the parties got enough seats in order to produce the Western region premier so needed help from minor parties

They both then had to come back after agreeing to form coalitions with minor parties, AG got more parties to agree than NCNC.

This is how, in some years time, you Obidients would restart you claim that you won the 2023 elections?

Stop the blatant falsehood.
Re: Awolowo Was Smarter And More Intelligent Than Azikiwe. by Mrfeel: 12:42pm On Apr 12, 2025
helinues:
Why should Azikwe want to become premier of Western region when he was from Eastern region? Reason it logically should incase you never bother to

As for Kemi Bajinatu, I have told you severally to stop making false allegations against me which are always bursted but you no dey get shame.

Have you ever seen on any of the thread related to the UK Kemi? We don't play petty politics like you lots
There was no time zik contested to be the prime minister of western region, rather zik contested for a seat in the western house of assembly from Lagos which he won under NCNC , the person contesting for prime minister under NCNC was Yoruba not zik , so stop the propaganda
You might say why did zik contest for a seat in the western house of assembly, he did cause he was a pan African, he believed in one Nigeria not tribalism that's why
Mallam Umaru Altine,a Fulani from sokoto was elected as the first Mayor of the City of Enugu, the capital of eastern region with no tribalism
Re: Awolowo Was Smarter And More Intelligent Than Azikiwe. by Buccalcavity2:
Again revisionist!
Some act "smart", forgetting that others can see through thier schemes.
Zik started tribalism for his personal interest, not for igbo cause even!
Read history!
Contest for western premier was in 1950s, so tribalism didnt start then!
Egbe omo odua was formed in 1945 by students in the uk. (Awo was secretary, while Adeyemo Alakija was president). Zik wrote from Nigeria condemning it's formation (calling them imperial stooges and jingoists), forgetting that IFU (Igbo Fed. Union and ibibio Fed union) were already formed since 1938 and 1926 respectively. I know this coz I read the rebuttal campus article.
Zik then inaugurated the Yoruba Fed. Union in 1948 (exposing his tribalism) to weaken Egbe omo odua. That singular move unfortunately helped to rally support for the latter just like the current yoruba consciousness. The beef was so evident that ibos and yorubas bought all machetes in the Lagos market prepping for fight that year.
With this historical background, how do you blame Awo for tribalism during premiership election in the 1950s,considering Zik made the statement below in 1949:

Re: Awolowo Was Smarter And More Intelligent Than Azikiwe. by confusedlady(f): 12:57pm On Apr 12, 2025
Goosethetruth:
The covetous nature of Nnamdi Azikiwe made him supplant and remove Mr Ita Eyo in 1953 as premier in the Eastern region and then installed himself as premier in 1954-1959.
In 1959,Azikiwe installed his puppet Michael Okpara as premier of Eastern region of Nigeria and then travelled to WESTERN REGION and tried to covetously install himself as premier of Western Nigeria through his NCNC because they won majority seats in the parliament.

The sage chief Awolowo understanding the serpentine nature of the typical Ibo man and also understanding the domination and subjugation agenda of the Ibo supremacist Azikiwe quickly outwitted him by appealing to the Yoruba members of the NCNC to abandon Azikiwe and cross carpet from NCNC into the Action Group (AG) on the floor of the parliament thus giving the AG the majority in the WESTERN Region parliament and automatically making Chief Awolowo the Premiership.

It is not today the covetous nature of the Ibos began. Azikiwe has always coveted Lagos and Western Nigeria masked under his fraudulent and false pan Africa agenda.
Be not fooled. The agenda of all Ibo is greed,covetousness and ultimate domination of other people's lands.

Awolowo did a good job of preserving the Unity and cultural identity of Yoruba land. It is left for those he left behind to continue to defend the values and cultural identity of true omoluabi's and prevent these marauders from tainting one inch of the land.


The greedy Azikiwe quickly removed the Calabar man Eyo Ita as premier of the Eastern Region installed his puppet fellow Ibo Okpara as premier of the East and then proceeded to try and become Premier in Western Nigeria. Which true blooded Yoruba man would allow that? What you cannot allow in your region with a Calabar man you are now trying to practice in Western Region?
Nobody is falling for that rubbish.
Chief Obafemi Awolowo showed his descendants the perfect way to handle these marauders from that landlocked arid zone. I really pity woke id1ots like Rufai Oseni,Mr Macaroni and Dele Farotimi who associate with them order to look enlightened. The Victor Banjo treatment awaits them if these people attain what they are looking for. What the baying and unruly obidients mob are currently doing on social media will be child's play.
Re: Awolowo Was Smarter And More Intelligent Than Azikiwe. by Alexiiydon: 2:01pm On Apr 12, 2025
Penguin2:
You have a problem with the fact that Azikiwe dared to become Premier of Western Region through an election he won free and fair?

But you sit here and cheer Kemi Badenoch on while she labours to become Prime Minister of UK, right?

I’m sure you see nothing wrong in that. Do you?
🤡🤡🤡 why can’t a black man be king in Britain
Re: Awolowo Was Smarter And More Intelligent Than Azikiwe. by dododawa1: 2:42pm On Apr 12, 2025
gidgiddy:
That's to show you the fraud known as 'one Nigeria' where someone is not allowed to aspire for political position in another part of Nigeria he does not hail from

So where is this 'one Nigeria'?
Can anticlockwise happen d EAST ?
Re: Awolowo Was Smarter And More Intelligent Than Azikiwe. by gidgiddy: 2:47pm On Apr 12, 2025
dododawa1:
Can anticlockwise happen d EAST ?
Which is why we should ask our selves the question of why we uphold the fraud known as 'one Nigeria'
Re: Awolowo Was Smarter And More Intelligent Than Azikiwe. by Penguin2(op): 7:54pm On Apr 12, 2025
aswani:
Azukwe didn't win the elections, none of the parties got enough seats in order to produce the Western region premier so needed help from minor parties

They both then had to come back after agreeing to form coalitions with minor parties, AG got more parties to agree than NCNC.

This is how, in some years time, you Obidients would restart you claim that you won the 2023 elections?

Stop the blatant falsehood.
Don’t spread falsehood and try to rewrite history.

Check the thread, all your kinsman agree and know that Awolowo used tribalism to poach Azikiwe’s men.

Azikiwe never needed a coalition.

If AG went into coalition, name the parties it went into coalition with.

And how many political parties were registered by then?
Re: Awolowo Was Smarter And More Intelligent Than Azikiwe. by Penguin2(op): 7:58pm On Apr 12, 2025
Buccalcavity2:
Again revisionist!
Some act "smart", forgetting that others can see through thier schemes.
Zik started tribalism for his personal interest, not for igbo cause even!
Read history!
Contest for western premier was in 1950s, so tribalism didnt start then!
Egbe omo odua was formed in 1945 by students in the uk. (Awo was secretary, while Adeyemo Alakija was president). Zik wrote from Nigeria condemning it's formation (calling them imperial stooges and jingoists), forgetting that IFU (Igbo Fed. Union and ibibio Fed union) were already formed since 1938 and 1926 respectively. I know this coz I read the rebuttal campus article.
Zik then inaugurated the Yoruba Fed. Union in 1948 (exposing his tribalism) to weaken Egbe omo odua. That singular move unfortunately helped to rally support for the latter just like the current yoruba consciousness. The beef was so evident that ibos and yorubas bought all machetes in the Lagos market prepping for fight that year.
With this historical background, how do you blame Awo for tribalism during premiership election in the 1950s,considering Zik made the statement below in 1949:
If Zik was as terrible as you are trying to paint here, why did Westerners (Yorubas) vote for his party and not Awolowo’s party?
Re: Awolowo Was Smarter And More Intelligent Than Azikiwe. by chukwutee: 8:21pm On Apr 12, 2025
gidgiddy:
One thing about Zik and Awolowo which Nigerian history teaches us is that Zik managed to achieve far more political stability in the Eastern Region, than Awolowo ever did in the Western Region

For all Awolowo's claimed intelligence, the Western Region turned into the 'wild wild west'. Awolowo was fighting with everyone, Adegbenro, Akintola, you name it.

The situation in Western Region became so bad that the Region became the first in Nigerian history to have martial law, or state of emergency declared there, and Majekodumi was declared sole administrator

The Western Region was beset with violence on another level, they were even pouring acid on themselves in 'opration Wetie'. The 1964 elections in the Western Region was a total disaster, it's a miracle that Awolowo s supporters and Akintola's supporters did not bring the entire country to civil war

Awolowo may have been an intelligent man, but he never managed to make the Western Region politically stable
This is pure gibberish! there are 3 regions, each man from each region is to lead his tribe

An Igbo man is leading Igbo region
An hausa man is leading Hausa region
An Igbo man still wants to lead Yoruba region

Is that right?
Does that make sense? Answer this simple question!
Re: Awolowo Was Smarter And More Intelligent Than Azikiwe. by aswani(m): 8:25pm On Apr 12, 2025
Penguin2:
Don’t spread falsehood and try to rewrite history.

Check the thread, all your kinsman agree and know that Awolowo used tribalism to poach Azikiwe’s men.

Azikiwe never needed a coalition.

If AG went into coalition, name the parties it went into coalition with.

And how many political parties were registered by then?
Who are your kinsmen?

Off the top of my head, the Ibadan party of Akinloye etc (I can't remember the actual name now) formed the coalition.

This was actually where the term Carpet crossing came into parlance, due to the seating arrangements, they physically crossed the floor of the house to go and seat next to AG to be counted.

No one from NCNC was poached, they aso wanted to be in government but they were simply not as good enough as AG to convince the minor parties to join them in an alliance.

Feel free to Google "Western region carpet crossing" for all the other questions you asked.

Stop with the misinformation.
Re: Awolowo Was Smarter And More Intelligent Than Azikiwe. by Legalaffairs(m): 8:47pm On Apr 12, 2025
Comparing the IQ or smartness of an Igbo man to that of yoruba man is an oxymoron. Igbos are light years ahead of yoruba I. All facets. Tell yourself the truth
Re: Awolowo Was Smarter And More Intelligent Than Azikiwe. by flokii: 9:23pm On Apr 12, 2025
May God continue to bless the great sage Awolowo for saving Yorubas from Igbo domination agenda.. they can cry tribalism from now till the day they'd kick the bucket, we don't care..

Yorubaland is for Yorubas and going forward, things will get tougher for covetous bastards trying to steal our lands and heritage.. Yorubas go still sell una like slaves for hard labour in future.
Re: Awolowo Was Smarter And More Intelligent Than Azikiwe. by flokii: 9:30pm On Apr 12, 2025
Goodnewsforlife:
there are 3 regions, each man from each region is to lead his tribe

An Igbo man is leading Igbo region
An hausa man is leading Hausa region
An Igbo man still wants to lead Yoruba region

Is that right?
Does that make sense?
You're arguing with an unreasonable fellow, you have time sha.

Let them come and steal an inch of Yorubaland in this present day, let's see.. people that are gradually going extinct but greed won't let them see.
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