Dikebuka:
Azikiwe messed up as man and as a leader..he was desperate and we agree.

But we cannot rule out the tribal role that Awolowo played that lead to this...the way he was kicked out..

Back to OP..
Why are you try to paint a a funny picture...

Azikiwe's style of politics was a lot too soon for Nigeria den..he made it seem as Igbos planned on domination.. Even me will be abit angry if someone from Tiv come to Imo to vie for position.

But we can't rule out the tribal game that Awolowo and his AG introduced into our political sphere.

Enyimbafc:
Afonja muslims, Babangida annull Abiola's election and nothing happen.Till today Babangida is still alive.Igbo matter will kill all of you in Nigeria.

tamdun:

Gowon killed 3 million of ur people nothing happened, gowon is still alive today enjoying his retirement

Throwback:


What game did Awolowo play?

Zik won his seat from Lagos, Awolowo won his seat from the Western region.

Action group already had majority seats without the few independents who were free to decide which party to caucus with, and some chose AG while some chose NCNC.

It is on record that only 2 NCNC parliamentarians crossed carpet, an insignificant number to AG's already overwhelming majority.

Till today, the NCNC politicians like Azikiwe crying foul over their failure to outdo AG, cannot tell us the names of their "many" party members that cross carpeted to AG.

The colonial government conducted the elections, and did not find any fault with the victory of AG, and the NCNC never successfully contested the legality of the victory of Action Group.

So why all the unnecessary wailing?

tamdun:

So awolowo told him to remove eyo Ita or u expect awolowo to fold his hands while azikiwe install Igbos in all the important positions in western region?

Dikebuka:
Azikiwe messed up as man and as a leader..he was desperate and we agree.

But we cannot rule out the tribal role that Awolowo played that lead to this...the way he was kicked out..

Back to OP..
Why are you try to paint a a funny picture...

Azikiwe's style of politics was a lot too soon for Nigeria den..he made it seem as Igbos planned on domination.. Even me will be abit angry if someone from Tiv come to Imo to vie for position.

But we can't rule out the tribal game that Awolowo and his AG introduced into our political sphere.

OgboAto:


What stupid tribal game did Awo introduce?

Azikiwe formed Igbo Union

He got the NCNC leadership after a Yoruba man's death.

He's from the east but chose to lead the west - why?

Awolowo formed Egbe Omo Oduduwa [ just like Igbo Union & Ibibio Union were formed]

Then all of a sudden Azikiwe got mad that Obafemi Awolowo formed a cultural group. Why?

Election was not so far away & Azikiwe collapse Igbo union into NCNC therefore making the Igbo the largest population of a party formed by a Yoruba man!

Awolowo did the same, Egbe Omo Oduduwa morphed into AG. Again, Azikiwe got mad.

Dude where is the tribal politics here? It seems to me, Azikiwe started the nonsense & what is with not staying in your region & coveting other people's region especially Lagos. What the fu.k was that about?

Dikebuka:
Azikiwe messed up as man and as a leader..he was desperate and we agree.

But we cannot rule out the tribal role that Awolowo played that lead to this...the way he was kicked out..

Back to OP..
Why are you try to paint a a funny picture...

Azikiwe's style of politics was a lot too soon for Nigeria den..he made it seem as Igbos planned on domination.. Even me will be abit angry if someone from Tiv come to Imo to vie for position.

But we can't rule out the tribal game that Awolowo and his AG introduced into our political sphere.

Dikebuka:


Recall that prior to Awolowo forming AG, he was in the same NCNC with Azikiwe.
What prompted him to form AG...

I will like you to read this little piece from your brethren

https://businessday.ng/columnist/article/the-1951-elections-how-awolowo-forced-azikiwe-out-of-western-nigeria/

OgboAto:


What stupid tribal game did Awo introduce?

Azikiwe formed Igbo Union

He got the NCNC leadership after a Yoruba man's death.

He's from the east but chose to lead the west - why?

Awolowo formed Egbe Omo Oduduwa [ just like Igbo Union & Ibibio Union were formed]

Then all of a sudden Azikiwe got mad that Obafemi Awolowo formed a cultural group. Why?

Election was not so far away & Azikiwe collapse Igbo union into NCNC therefore making the Igbo the largest population of a party formed by a Yoruba man!

Awolowo did the same, Egbe Omo Oduduwa morphed into AG. Again, Azikiwe got mad.

Dude where is the tribal politics here? It seems to me, Azikiwe started the nonsense & what is with not staying in your region & coveting other people's region especially Lagos. What the fu.k was that about?

ThatFairGuy:


At bolded, you've spoken, case closed. That's why we love Awolowo he's not a bastard. If you think Awolowo brought Tribalism, what will you call that of Zik and his brethren's plot that ousted Eyo Ita's Government?

Enyimbafc:
Afonja muslims, Babangida annull Abiola's election and nothing happen.Till today Babangida is still alive.Igbo matter will kill all of you in Nigeria.

ThatFairGuy:

Domination of the Igbo's in expense of the Yorubas made him formed AG. He's not a bastard. that's why we love him dearly

Throwback:
It would have been termed a betrayal of the Igbo if Eyo Ita was Igbo and Azikiwe was Ibibio.

Infact, it would have been termed tribal politics, without regard to the constitutional crisis that was the objective of Azikiwe.

However, having lost out in the West to the majority seats validly held by the Action Group of Awolowo, what stopped Azikiwe from playing his minority and opposition leader role in the same Western Region he so much wanted to rule?

Why did he make a quick dash back to the Eastern region like a lost soul who finally discovered his father's village?

Dikebuka:


Like I said Azikiwe's overzealousness was not good at the time, but bringing in tribalism was disastrous.

There are alot of ways to campaign and defeat a political opponent without destroying the system.

Dikebuka:


Recall that prior to Awolowo forming AG, he was in the same NCNC with Azikiwe.
What prompted him to form AG...

I will like you to read this little piece from your brethren

https://businessday.ng/columnist/article/the-1951-elections-how-awolowo-forced-azikiwe-out-of-western-nigeria/

”Igbo domination of Nigeria is only a matter of time”- Charles Onyeama, a prominent igbo lawyer and member of the Central Legislative Council, 1945. (Page 204 ”Ethnic Politics In Kenya and Nigeria” by Godfrey

”It would appear that the God of Africa has created the Igbo nation to lead the children of Africa from the bondage of ages ….” – Dr Azikiwe, President of the Pan-Igbo Federal Union. (The West African Pilot of July 8, 1949)

The first statement from Charles Onyeama, which was made in 1945, was the first overtly tribal and divisive comment that was made and recorded in the politics of southern Nigeria in our history. That is where and when tribalism in the south actually started. After that comment, and as a direct reaction to it, the Yoruba established the ”Egbe Omo Oduduwa” to further and protect Yoruba interests and after that came the formation of the Action Group in 1948.

The second statement from Zik, which was made in 1949 (and which clearly shows that the great Zik of Africa had forgotten that the NCNC was not an Igbo party at the beginning and that it had in fact been established by an upper class and very well educated Yoruba man by the name of Sir Herbert Macaulay, one of the famous ”Black Victorians” from the Lagos Colony, and who, at his death bed, was gracious enough to hand over the leadership of the party to him even though he was Igbo) confirmed that tribalism was here to stay in the south and that ever since that time the Igbo had an agenda to dominate others. This sentiment and this unfortunate Igbocentric attitude is what cost Zik the premiership of the Western Region in 1953 when the NCNC narrowly lost to the Action Group.

It is clear from this that if you want to know who started tribalism in southern politics and the politics of the southern protectorate of Nigeria, it was not the Yoruba or the southern minorities but the Igbo. The excesses of the Igbo State Union and their treatment of the southern minorities and the Yoruba from 1943 till 1967 was completely unacceptable. The rest of the south were prepared to accept the Igbo as equals with open arms but they were not prepared to be politically dominated or conquered by them

Worst still, the first coup in the history of Nigeria, which was the Jan 15th 1966 coup d’etat, led by Major Ifejuana and Major Kaduna Nzeogwu, was essentially an Igbo coup and an Igbo grab for power. I say this because 95 per cent of those that took part in it were Igbo and 99 per cent of the political and military leaders that were brutally murdered during its execution were non-Igbo. It was this coup and its sheer brutality that led to the even more brutal northern officers counter-coup of July 1966 (in which 300 Igbo officers were killed in one night including the Igbo Head of State, Gen. Aguiyi-Ironsi, and his Yoruba host, the Military Governor of the Western Region, Adekunle Fajuyi who sought to protect him), the pogrom of Igbos in the north (in which over 100,000 Igbo civilians were killed in a few weeks) and the Nigerian civil war (in which 2 million Nigerians and Biafrans died).

These are the facts of our history. Live and learn. If you want to know who introduced tribalism into southern politics, it was the Igbo. If you want to know who carried out the first coup in our country, it was the Igbo. Having done the painstaking research over a number of years these are my findings and this is my conclusion

I will open my Facebook wall for a robust discussion and debate on this issue and I will accommodate contributions from even those that are not my Facebook friends just for this debate. I will accommodate all shades of opinion and contributions from anyone that cares to join in the fray and I want to encourage those that disagree with my findings to state their case. We are all still learning but please take note that any rude or insulting comments will be deleted. This is a historical debate and I would encourage all those that seek to quote anyone or make any assertions to mention their sources so that we can cross check the facts.

https://www.premiumtimesng.com/opinion/105036-how-the-igbo-introduced-tribalism-to-nigerian-politics-by-femi-fani-kayode.html

seunmsg:


Awolowo had nothing to do with Zik’s greed. AG won the western region election and formed the government. Zik’s NCNC was the minority party and the right thing for Zik to do was to assume office as the leader of opposition in western region. Instead, he betrayed the Yorubas in Lagos who voted massively for him by abandoning his seat and role in government. He then went back home to destabilize the government of Eyo Ita and hijacked the eastern region government for himself.

seunmsg:


Awolowo had nothing to do with Zik’s greed. AG won the western region election and formed the government. Zik’s NCNC was the minority party and the right thing for Zik to do was to assume office as the leader of opposition in western region. Instead, he betrayed the Yorubas in Lagos who voted massively for him by abandoning his seat and role in government. He then went back home to destabilize the government of Eyo Ita and hijacked the eastern region government for himself.

OgboAto:



Azikiwe collapse Igbo Union to NCNC thereby making the party a tribal party of the Ibo.

Go read books with sources discussing all of these. Begin with the Groundwork of Nigeria History by Obaro Ikime.

tamdun:

Gowon killed 3 million of ur people nothing happened, gowon is still alive today enjoying his retirement