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ayokellany:
Dede1,

Let me clear up that post. We were discussing the feud between Akintola and Awolowo and I didn't se the need to provide a detailed breakdown of that incident. But since you quoted me, I have no option to but to clear that up. BTW, I don't remember any discussion or debate where I stated I was Yoruba or Yoruba. 

The Western house had 80 seats in total and any party with a 41 majority would have formed the government.

There were three elections for the 80 seats:
Western region elections on 24th September 1951 – 72 seats
Lagos elections on the 20th November 1951 – 5 seats (all won by NCNC)
Benin elections on the 6th of December 1951 – 3 seats (all won by Etu Edo)

Breakdown of 72 seats
AG won 38 seats including 3 won by its secretaries (Adegbenro, Hassan, and Osuntokun) who contested as independents.
Mabolaje Grand Alliance MBA (aka Ibadan Peoples Party) won 6 seats – Akinloye, Lanlehin, Akinbiyi, Akinyemi, Adelabu, and Aboderin
NCNC won 18 seats plus 7 Independent seats making 25
Ondo Improvement League won 2 seats
Adeola Odutola – Independent candidate representing Ijebu-Ode

At the end of the night on the 24th of September, 5 of the 6 MGA had declared for the AG while Adelabu declared for NCNC. Awosika of the Ondo improvement league and Adeola Odutola had both declared for the AG giving the AG 45 seats.

See official results below

http://books.google.ca/books?id=Oi0aVR4YkmUC&pg=PA35&lpg=PA35&dq=1956+election+NCNC&source=bl&ots=xlo8I8O_iF&sig=jmQDabaMysM0SG7MMZI3yFZ49dg&hl=en&ei=004zTvWKL4OnsALHmdTtCg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CB0Q6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=1956%20election%20NCNC&f=false

Of the three seats in Benin won by Etu Edo, Ighodaro declared for AG while Omo-Osagie and Ekuyasi declared for NCNC.

At the end of December 1951, seats were as follows
AG – 46
NCNC/Independents 34

The Western house was inaugurated on the 7th of January 1952 and elections to the Federal House were held on the 10th of January 1952. Three members of the NCNC crossed over to the AG and these were Kessington-Momoh, Ako, and Awodi Orisaremi (all representing Urhobo/Kukuruku division in the Mid-west). None of them was Yoruba and that clearly defeats the lame and ridiculous lies that the AG, and by extension Awolowo, introduced tribal politics in Nigeria. These three crossed over because they needed AG votes to get into the Federal House.  Ako and Kessington-Momoh were elected but Orisaremi lost and returned to the NCNC. These three crossed when the AG had a clear majority and had to pay fees to join the AG.

The real reason Zik resigned was because he lost that election to the Federal House. NCNC had five seats from the West and Zik couldn’t gain any of these seats losing to other NCNC members such as Fadahunsi, Olorunnimbe, Oputa-Otutu, Denis Osadebey, and Adeleke Adedoyin.


Dede1
It is time you provide facts and stop inundating the forum with fairy tales started by Zik, Mbu, and Mbadiwe. The results on the night of the election are still in the Nigerian National archives; only a lazy scholar would continue to regurgitate lies perpetuated by those who had to lie to save face from being beaten soundly. T8ksy has been asking you to produce the 'results' which gave NCNC the required majority to lead the Western House for months, yet no answer from you. Why am I not surprised?

ayokellany:
@Dayou

As some other posters have said already. the wetie incident was a revolt against an undeniably unpopular government and I may be wrong but I do not recall any official support of the violence and rioting from Awo.

Saying Akintola took some sort of intellectual high road is also wrong, the man and he's cohorts bent the rules and did all he could to hold on to power at all costs. To continue from Katsumoto's recollection of events at the time

1. SLA did not enjoy majority support in the western house of assembly which anyone will agree is a prerequisite in the Westminster style government we had at the time. Now the 'intellectual' thing to do was to resign and/or dissolve parliament and test he's popularity. He did neither. He took the all too familiar route of hanging on to power by any means necessary and preventing a new premier from taking office.

2. TOS Benson has boasted countless times about how he instigated the disturbance in the western house of assembly by signalling for the parliamentary mace to be broken (draws direct parallels to the vulgar brand of contemporary democracy in Nigeria but I digress) in an attempt to prevent SLA's removal and force an unpopular government on the people of the region.

3. You say he resorted to the Law courts but you did not go through the specifics. The Supreme court in a deliberately loose interpretation of the regional constitution decided the Governor did not have the power to remove the premier without a direct mandate from parliament (thanks to the mace breaking incident this was not possible). The privy council overruled this judgement on the basis that the constitution did not explicitly state that parliamentary approval was needed and the Governor can sack a premier that did not enjoy the support of the majority at the regional assembly. So what did SLA (now premier via a combination of the faulty supreme court judgement and the state of emergency federal aide) do? retroactively changed the regional constitution to invalidate the privy council ruling which at that point in time was the highest court you could appeal to.

ayokellany:
Awolowo was the leader of the Action Group and was premier of the western region. In 59, the AG asked him to go to the federal house of representatives, he duly obliged and switched positions with Akintola. As leader of the party, it was Awo's right to provide direction of the party but as soon as Akintola became premier, he started doing things his own way rather than follow the party's directives.

1. In the Economic mission trip of 1961 to Europe, Akintola changed the party representatives and took his own men. Awolowo looked the other way so as not to have a confrontation.
2. Then came the renewal of board appointments in the Western region. Again Akintola replaced all of them with his own loyalists. Again Awo looked the other way to avoid a confrontation. Akintola was clearly trying to turn the party into his own.
3. Akintola tried to increase the contribution of locals to secondary schools which Awo resisted. Akintola was lamblasted by the press for trying to do that.
4. Then Akintola tried to get the party to drop its ideology of democratic socialism. He wasn't happy with the idea of the Western govt bank-rolling many projects.
5. Akintola and Ayo Rosiji (National secretary of AG) were stripped of their positions at the AG annual convention in Jos in 1962. Awo subsequently asks Akintola to resign his position at a meeting with the leaders of the western region and mid-western. Akintola writes to Sir Adesoji Aderemi (Governor) of the region and to the speaker of the region's House of Assembly calling for the dissolution of the House and
for an emergency meeting of the House to test his popularity; but is ignored.
6. The AG parliementary body elects Soroye Adegbenro as the new premier of the region. Akintola calls on Balewa to sack Adegbenro. Governor states that Akintola had been sacked while Akintola states that he sacked the Governor. Akintola, consequently goes to Ibadan high court to restrain Aderemi from sacking him.
7. There was a riot in the Western House of Assembly in May 1962 caused by Akintola and his suporters; Adedibu makes his entrance as a thug. Akintola and Ayo Rosiji are expelled from the party subsequently.
8. Akintola's new pals, Balewa and Bello, declare a state of emergency in the west and dissolve the western house and sack Adegbenro and Sir Aderemi. Akintola subsequently wins his lawsuit and returns as premier in 1963. He wins his lawsuit as Law luminary, Rotimi Williams, is barred by a petition raised by Akintola, from representing Sir Aderemi.
9. With Awo in prison due to trumped up charges, Akintola forms a new party, NNDP with Ayo Rosiji and recruits a few NCNC heavyweights such as Akinjide, Akinloye, TOS Benson. NNDP then aligns with NPC and rigs the election in 1965.

That was also the genesis of Oyo politicians always teaming up with Northerners in subsequent elections. Little wonder why Akintola, Akinjide, Akinloye, Adedibu are hated in the West while Awo is still reverred today by all.

I am not saying it was all Akintola's fault. Awo had some minor faults as well. For instance, Awo in a show of strength, visited the Oshun division which happens to be Akintola's homebase against advice from AG leaders such as Rotimi Williams. But the fact still remains that it is only an unpopular man that will require the help of outsiders to be able to govern his house. Akintola lost out in the West because the people did not want his leadership or direction.

bastardmod:
Old video, even before the invasion of his home

wiseoneking:
I'm sorry you are still wrong "crystal clear" . You clearly showed newspapers of his media alleged corruption, produce at least one showing his conviction. I don't believe in hear say or market women chatterings but just a media proof of him been found guilty as was alleged.l by the newspaper you posted. Thanks

VictorUSA:
CBN has just exercised its power as the apex bank in nigeria.

TalkTalkTwins:
I think everything is Nigeria is just jaga jaga
GTB is my favorite bank, but they have only two branches in Imo State, like a whole state o.

Omo
Now the issues we're facing is they don't send alerts anymore, and mobile app is not loading.
So anytime you check your balance with USSD, you're charged normal rate plus #10.

YorubaLord:
Go punch Prostitute queen, Iyabo Ojo

Mouth Gig:
ALL DIS YORUBA LOCAL CHAMPIONS









WITH DIA BORING AND SENSELESS YORUBA MOVIES

Vinstel:
Shut up joor, you are just compound fool. You showed a multi million naira mall built by Obi and you think that's evidence of corruption? Obi was a multi billionaire business man long before he became governor so he can't afford to build a mall? Then you posted that he took beggars off the streets and repatriated them to their home state, how is this corruption? Then you are posted about Crimes committed at Awkuzu Federal SARS. Since when is state government in control of federal SARS? As for your claim of Obi not paying salaries, whoever said that is the biggest liar in the history of humanity. You can ask anyone you know from Anambra and they will confirm this. Please bring your evidence of corruption on obi not all these coçk and bull stories you are telling.

Here's the link you asked for
https://www.nairaland.com/4641425/tax-evasion-peter-obi-invited

Vinstel:
Bloody liar, Peter obi went to their office in full glare of the media with all the required documents and he came out clean. You bloody cretins should produce any evidence of where peter obi was indicted or are incriminated in any corrupt act or you can take your useless BMC propaganda and shove it up your ass.

Kriss216:
How this man managed to hypnotized Lagosians is beyond my comprehension.

wiseoneking:
Still tells us the outcome of all this allegations and investigation against Peter Obi. Waiting.... after your posts above.

dynicks:
Make I no just talk wetin dey my mind...

sammyj:
The same man wants to rule this country. We are doomed if we allow this cleptor rice sharing man to rule us after this current disaster called government leaves power !!

sapientia:
Is that the bone of contention?

RuudVanNisteroy:
I would have no issue if the monopoly to Alpha Beta was not given in 2003 when he was governor and there was an open and transparent bidding process for the contract.

How can you award your personal company a contract to collect taxes and also determine the commission they receive. You obviously never took an Ethics course and know nothing about conflict of interests.

sapientia:
.Let the clown be.

He is matching your facts with insults.

Ignore him please. Thanks.

StagethemTVee:
Oversabi dey kill. I wish this is how these celebrities carry the case of politicians for head. But No, they rather dine and wine with the same politicians destroying and looting Nigeria dry, of whom many are peodophiles and now you bring yeye hypocricy here. Leave the police and the courts to do their jobs Iyabo, you are neither and emotions don't win cases. You have some good evidences already, get a good lawyer and try to get some penalty againt the offender. Use this activism to help us save our country from your man friends. Drops mic!

RuudVanNisteroy:
The big 4 accounting firms: KPMG,Deloitte,PWC and EY will perform this same service for $17 million dollars 10% of the contracted amount Alpha Beta expects to receive in a year. He have a no bidding contract to his personal company in 2003 when he was governor- that is the problem.

Lagos state would have saved up to $150 million dollars if there was open and competitive bidding. It is unheard of anywhere in the world for a private company to collect 10% commission in taxes for a state or federal government.

RuudVanNisteroy:
Lagos Internal Revenue Service and Ministry of Finance should be handling the tax collection.

ayokellany:
Peter Obi after claiming that he made his own money has revealed that he inherited about $170 million US dollars from his parents and that the money has grown to about $561 million dollars. Peter Obi said this in response to a question on “The candidate”, an Nta presidential program. Peter Obi was asked why he invested $30million of Anambra State funds in a company owned by him. In response peter claimed the company belonged to his parents and that because he knows the future of this company, he had to invest 15% of the company’s shares at $30million for anambra people and 85% remained with his family. He also explained that there has been a 3.3% growth that has seen anambra state’s 15% share value hit $100 million dollars whereas that of his parents gone up to $561 million dollars.

http://saharareporters.com/2019/01/30/peter-obi-questioned-why-he-invested-30m-state-funds-company-where-his-family-owns-shares

udemzyudex:
stupid thread