'West African Pilot', February 10, 1961, AWOLOWO NOMINATED AZIKIWE to be Nigeria's President from 1963.
(Photo Courtesy: Nigeria Nostalgia Project)

I hope our Igbo brethren, who think Yorubas are their problem will have a rethink.

Hnmmmm who really betrayed who?

And yet their tribes men are arch enemies on NL.... Smh..... Y'all better learn from your elders

they betrayed each other.

Those days when nationalists had the interest of the country @ heart and nominated who was fit for the task without bias. Not now when tribalism and sectionalism have ruined the nation

yemaldo:
Hnmmmm who really betrayed who?

thank God that West African Pilot was a publication of Azikwe himself.

the West African Pilot newspaper was owned by Dr Nnamdi Azikiwe.

nanauju:
Those days when nationalists had the interest of the country @ heart and nominated who was fit for the task without bias. Not now when tribalism and sectionalism have ruined the nation

That's shows how yoruba loved other tribes in Nigeria to foster unit but they see us as their enemy and behave otherwise.

Zik and Awolowo be Paddy paddy since then na! But Zik was betrayed

yahrant140:
I hope our Igbo brethren, who think Yorubas are their problem will have a rethink.

Who instigated the Cross Carpeting of the 50s that denied Zik the post of premier Western Nigeria..?

The biggest mistake Awo, the Cardoso , Davies and all the members of the AG made was not pulling the homeland put of the contraption called Nigeria in 1957.
Extending a liberal hand to a conservative is asking for trouble.
Azikwe talked a good game but in practice, it was all talk,No legacy.
Azikwe was an in and out conservative and it is not surprising that he chose to align with Ahmadu bello .
He thought the northerners were stupid and can be manipulated.
Even today, I Cannot find just one politician or even public figure from that side who is progressive.
Maybe Ndidi and Ozodi Osuji.

It is a known fact that Awolowo was prepared to work with Zik, in fact he had asked Zik if they could form a Government together, but Zik prefered Ahmadu Bello. Why do you think people then referred to Zik as the beautiful bride. Awolowo and Ahmadu Bello were sworn enemies hence Awo was jailed in the 60s. But both could work with Zik. If the Igbos have a problem today, they should trace it back to Zik.

And when Igbos call Hausa the slave masters of the Yoruba, I can only laugh. It is on record that the Hausa and Yoruba have never voted in similar fashion except in 2015. Just check history.

Zik accepted to serve under Balewa in 1960 and 1964. Ekweme accepted to serve under Shagari in 1979. Both Hausa and Igbo voted Shagari/Ekweme. In 1999, the Hausa and Igbo voted Obasanjo remember. So who really are the slaves here?

The summary of the police calculations in Nigeria was shown in 2011. The South united and voted in Jonathan. It means if the South unites, they will always defeat the North. The North always seems to be in charge because the South is hardly ever united.

EternalTruths:


Who instigated the Cross Carpeting of the 50s that denied Zik the post of premier Western Nigeria..?

What happened to Eastern Nigeria?

You can't reap from where you didn't sow.

because Western Nigeria is developing in a very fast pace, zik decided to leave his own region to govern another region. isn't that greediness?

that's how ojuku & friend decided to invade Lagos (western Nigeria) before they were sent back bare footed.

EternalTruths:


Who instigated the Cross Carpeting of the 50s that denied Zik the post of premier Western Nigeria..?

Carpet crossing ko, zebra crossing ni.
Who were the NCNC members who won elections in yorubaland?



“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 favor 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 repetitions 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: Ijebu Remo Division – Obafemi Awolowo and M.S. Sowole; Ijebu Ode Division – S.O. Awokoya, Rev. S.A. Banjo and V.D. Phillips; Oyo Division – Chief Bode Thomas, Abiodun Akerele, A.B.P. Martins, T.A. Amao and SB Eyitayo; Osun Division – SL Akintola, JO Adigun, JO Oroge, S.I. Ogunwale, I…A. Adejare, J.A. Ogunmuyiwa and S.O. Ola; Ondo Division – P.A. Ladapo and G.A. Deko; Okitipupa Division – Dr. L.B. Lebi, CA Tewe and SO Tubo; Epe Division – SL Edu, AB Gbajumo, Obafemi Ajayi and C.A. Williams; Ikeja Division – O. Akeredolu-Ale, SO Gbadamosi and FO Okuntola; Badagry Division – Chief CD Akran, Akinyemi Amosu and Rev. GM Fisher; Egba Division – J.F. Odunjo, Alhaji A.T. Ahmed, CPA Cole, Rev S.A. Daramola, Akintoye Tejuoso, SB Sobande, IO Delano and A Adedamola.

oduastates:
The biggest mistake Awo, the Cardoso , Davies and all the members of the AG made was not pulling the homeland put of the contraption called Nigeria in 1957.
Extending a liberal hand to a conservative is asking for trouble.
Azikwe talked a good game but in practice, it was all talk,No legacy.
Azikwe was an in and out conservative and it is not surprising that he chose to align with Ahmadu bello .
He thought the northerners were stupid and can be manipulated.
Even today, I Cannot find just one politician or even public figure from that side who is progressive.
Maybe Ndidi and Ozodi Osuji.

if you can believe Ndidi and Ozodi Osuji are progressive, then you believe anything! Because in my personal point of view they are not!

WIZGUY69:



What happened to Eastern Nigeria?

You can't reap from where you didn't sow.

because Western Nigeria is developing in a very fast pace, zik decided to leave his own region to govern another region. isn't that greediness?

that's how ojuku & friend decided to invade Lagos (western Nigeria) before they were sent back bare footed.

Remember the first mayor of Enugu was a Fulani on the platform of NCNC

Its funny you defend Awo's display of tribalism.

If Awo had not taken that myopic step, imagine where Nigeria will be

You see why Nigeria becoming a developed nation is dream that will not come true.

EternalTruths:


Remember the first mayor of Enugu was a Fulani on the platform of NCNC

Its funny you defend Awo's display of tribalism.

If Awo had not taken that myopic step, imagine where Nigeria will be

You see why Nigeria becoming a developed nation is dream that will not come true.

You don switch to this moniker today. lmaooooo

yahrant140:


That's shows how yoruba loved other tribes in Nigeria to foster unit but they see us as their enemy and behave otherwise.

In this country, this is actually a weakness.
3 of our states collect some of the lowest allocations .
With that little thing they provide the little social services they can
Yet the home states are the most enburdened in the country with imported human misery.
Tussling with our less well off for the limited opportunities available in the homeland.
Hoe are you repaid?
With hate.
Look at the idiott called Jonathan (a nobody fished out from the Creek and adorned with the robe of an emperor). Look at how he repaid us.
Even our conservative are like liberals when compared.

Wow. Some history there. I hope this would make some people shed their misplaced hatred for one another.

One FFK has brainwashed a whole bunch of people into believing they some imaginary enemies.

Modath, you gotta see this.

Lalasticlala food yaf done oo.

Interesting

yahrant140:

if you can believe Ndidi and Ozodi Osuji are progressive, then you believe anything! Because in my personal point of view they are not!

They are progressives in the Nigerian context.

omenka:
Wow. Some history there. I hope this would make some people shed their misplaced hatred for one another.

One FFK has brainwashed a whole bunch of people into believing they some imaginary enemies.

Mo, you gotta see this.

I do know a few things prior to now, just like to learn more...History, philosophy & literature will bridge any knowledge gap!!

I don't take their wailing serious!! It is the after effect of the civil war coupled with Yoruba going against the established norm of not aligning with th North save for Abiola in "93 that has done a number on them.

F**king F**lish Knave is just priming them in order to save his skin, we know his stand!!

Bianca insults still fresh!!

I must confess, I learnt a lot from that writeup, hope the NL ibos will understand the content. Shows Yorubas are very pragmatic and willing to co-operate so long as it for the beneficial of both

WIZGUY69:
Azikwe! The Greatest Igbo man Ever liveth. I don't know why my Igbo brethren prefer a con artist and a murderer (ojuku) to a Nationalist.

Azikiwe was the gift of Chukwu Abiama to Afrika while Ojukwu was the gift of Chukwu Abiama to the Great Igbo nation.
Not withstanding, the Igbo nation would honor them both by having their portraits on our bills when the time comes

Lemon12:
And Awolowo later betrayed Zik

how sir?