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Politics › Re: Hijab Controversy: An Appeal To Common Sense by tamdun: 1:26pm On Mar 26, 2021
duro4chang:
There are muslims schools in Ilorin, muslims can go there and leave mission schools. As far as I am concerned my chidren cannot attend any school that has muslim name . If they do, then whatever I meet there, I have to accept.
Ilorin is 90% muslim, something u will not tolerate in abia or any city dominated by xtian, those children will wear hijab and nothing will happen
Islam › Re: Baptist College Changed Dress Code To Accomodate Hijab In Australia by tamdun: 1:19pm On Mar 26, 2021
Rashduct4luv:
No wonder this people are getting ahead of us.

The same thing those Missionaries did here while putting up those schools. They changed so many Rasheeds to Richard just for them to be educated.
Na Government get the fault for not changing the names of those schools when it became public.
Exactly, govt should change the name
Sports › Re: Nigeria Super Eagles Travel To Benin By Boat For AFCON Qualifier (Photos, Video) by tamdun: 11:30am On Mar 26, 2021
Mokason288:
This is hilarious grin

Nothing person no go see under this Buhari
Apc regime
I think it's OK, I even like am self
Politics › (1953) Nnamdi Azikiwe, “speech On Secession by tamdun(op): 9:53am On Mar 26, 2021
In 1953 when Northern Nigerians were beginning to consider secession from the Nigerian colony that would soon be a nation, Nnamdi Azikiwe gave a speech before the caucus of his political party, the National Council of Nigeria and the Cameroons (NCNC) in Yaba, Nigeria on May 12, 1953. That speech, while not disallowing secession, suggested that there would be grave consequences if the Northern region became an independent nation. Ironically, fourteen years later, Azikiwe led his Eastern Region out of Nigeria and created Biafra, a move that prompted a bloody three year civil war. Azikiwe’s 1953 speech appears below.

I have invited you to attend this caucus because I would like you to make clear our stand on the issue of secession. As a party, we would have preferred Nigeria to remain intact, but lest there be doubt as to our willingness to concede to any shade of political opinion the right to determine its policy, I am obliged to issue a solemn warning to those who are goading the North towards secession. If you agree with my views, then I hope that in course of our deliberations tonight, you will endorse them, to enable me to publicize them in the Press.

In my opinion, the Northerners are perfectly entitled to consider whether or not they should secede from the indissoluble union which nature has formed between it and the South, but it would be calamitous to the corporate existence of the North should the clamour for secession prevail. I, therefore, counsel Northern leaders to weigh the advantages and disadvantages of secession before embarking upon this dangerous course.

As one who was born in the North, I have a deep spiritual attachment to that part of the country, but it would be a capital political blunder if the North should break away from the South. The latter is in a better position to make rapid constitutional advance, so that if the North should become truncated from the South, it would benefit both Southerners and Northerners who are domiciled in the South more than their kith and kin who are domiciled in the North.

There are seven reasons for my holding to this view. Secession by the North may lead to internal political convulsion there when it is realized that militant nationalists and their organizations, like the NLPU, the Askianist Movement, and the Middle Zone League, have aspirations for self-government in 1956 identical with those of their Southern compatriots. It may lead to justifiable demands for the right of self-determination by non-Muslims, who form the majority of the population in the so-called ‘Pagan’ provinces, like Benue, Ilorin, Kabba, Niger and Plateau, not to mention the claims of non-Muslims who are domiciled in Adamawa and Bauchi Provinces.

It may lead to economic nationalism in the Eastern Region, which can pursue a policy of blockade of the North, by refusing it access to the sea, over and under the River Niger, except upon payment of tolls. It may lead to economic warfare between the North on the one hand, and the Eastern or Western regions on the other, should they decide to fix protective tariffs which will make the use of the ports of the Last and West uneconomic for the North.

The North may be rich in mineral resources and certain cash crops, but that is no guarantee that it would be capable of growing sufficient food crops to enable it to feed its teeming millions, unlike the East and the West. Secession may create hardship for Easterners and Westerners who are domiciled in the North, since the price of food crops to be imported into the North from the South is bound to be very high and to cause an increase in the cost of living. Lastly, it will endanger the relations with their neighbours of millions of Northerners who are domiciled in the East and West and Easterners and Westerners who reside in the North.

You may ask me whether there would be a prospect of civil war, if the North decided to secede? My answer would be that it is a hypothetical question which only time can answer. In any case, the plausible cause of a civil war might be a dispute as to the right of passage on the River Niger, or the right of flight over the territory of the Eastern or Western Region; but such disputes can be settled diplomatically, instead of by force.

Nevertheless, if civil war should become inevitable at this stage of our progress as a nation, then security considerations must be borne in mind by those who are charged with the responsibility of government of the North and the South. Military forces and installations are fairly distributed in all the three regions; if that is not the case, any of the regions can obtain military aid from certain interested Powers. It means that we cannot preclude the possibility of alliance with certain countries.

You may ask me to agree that if the British left Nigeria to its fate, the Northerners would continue their uninterrupted march to the sea, as was prophesied six years ago? My reply is that such an empty threat is devoid of historical substance and that so far as I know, the Eastern Region has never been subjugated by any indigenous African invader. At the price of being accused of overconfidence, I will risk a prophecy and say that, other things being equal, the Easterners will defend themselves gallantly, if and when they are invaded.

Let me take this opportunity to warn those who are making a mountain out of the molehill of the constitutional crisis to be more restrained and constructive. The dissemination of lies abroad; the publishing of flamboyant headlines about secessionist plans, and the goading of empty-headed careerists with gaseous ideas about their own importance in tile scheme of things in the North is being overdone in certain quarters. I feel that these quarters must be held responsible for any breach between the North and South, which nature had indissolubly united in a political, social and economic marriage of convenience. In my personal opinion, there is no sense in the North breaking away or the East or the West breaking away; it would be better if all the regions would address themselves to the task of crystallizing common nationality, irrespective of the extraneous influences at work. What history has joined together let no man put asunder. But history is a strange mistress which can cause strange things to happen!

SUBJECTS:
Global African History, Speeches
TERMS:
20th Century (1900-1999), Gender - Men, Africa - Nigeria, Speech Time Frame: 1951-2000

https://www.blackpast.org/global-african-history/1953-nnamdi-azikiwe-speech-secession/

Politics › Re: This Man Is Greater Than Awelowo (pics) by tamdun: 9:39am On Mar 26, 2021
Reminez:
The truth hurts I know.
3million osus paid the ultimate price and more will continue to pay.

26 ipob yoots unknown gunmen wasted yesterday by the new Aboki chief of army staff. grin
That write up dey always pain them, when ever they try to blackmail yoruba people just show them the fact, they'll soo run away from this thread
Politics › Re: This Man Is Greater Than Awelowo (pics) by tamdun: 9:37am On Mar 26, 2021
engrchykae:
IS THAT WHY AWOLOWO SAID"I AM IRREVOCABLY ON THE SIDE OF ONE NIGERIA"?
Here is ur Nnamdi Azikiwe

Politics › Re: This Man Is Greater Than Awelowo (pics) by tamdun: 9:35am On Mar 26, 2021
Juliusmalema:
Nobody rubbished Awolowo but awolowo poked nature and received the dire consequences of doing so..

Politics › Re: Awolowo Thought Provoking Message For Nigerians by tamdun: 9:31am On Mar 26, 2021
Fahdiga:
The pioneer of ethnic politics in Nigeria
Below is ur hero telling France to let ur people(Igbos) starve to death, ur problem is homemade, so face it and leave yoruba alone

Politics › Re: Massive Pepper Farm Spotted In Kaduna (Pictures) by tamdun: 9:11pm On Mar 25, 2021
Beautiful art
Politics › Re: El-Rufai: Kaduna To Stop Relying On Federal Allocation Soon by tamdun: 7:20pm On Mar 25, 2021
Kebbiprince:
Not possible at all, no state including lagos can survive without federal allocation
Lagos survived 8 months without fed allocation under obasanjo
TV/Movies › Re: What Series Are You Watching Now? Part 2 by tamdun: 6:24pm On Mar 25, 2021
I've been trying to sub for Netflix with my card but wasn't successful, keep telling me "sorry something went wrong, try again later"
Any solution pls
Politics › Re: What Igbos Will Never Tell You About The Real Cause Of Their Woes In Nigeria by tamdun(op): 7:44am On Mar 25, 2021
valentineuwakwe:
trully said....not many especially the igbos will believe this but i keep saying it, Zik put us in this mess n not Lugard. plsmcan you send a copy of this To my email..thanks
Just copy the link, everything is there
Politics › Re: Is Buhari Clueless Or Just Unlucky? State Of The Nation With Olu Fasan by tamdun: 5:53am On Mar 25, 2021
Buhari is always clueless, it's a pity idiagbon isn't around this time to cover up his mess
Politics › Re: What Igbos Will Never Tell You About The Real Cause Of Their Woes In Nigeria by tamdun(op): 8:15pm On Mar 23, 2021
orisa37:
Can't you see his face? This is a Zungeri man of Ijaw Ancestors.


The IGBOS ARE not 3rd Class NIGERIANS They're infact 1/2 Class, more than 1st Class.

The IGBOS would be worse than MACBAN if left unwatched.
The annoying part is they are trying to blackmail yoruba people
TV/Movies › Re: What Series Are You Watching Now? Part 2 by tamdun: 7:39pm On Mar 23, 2021
nani667:
Noice
Asewo
Politics › Re: What Igbos Will Never Tell You About The Real Cause Of Their Woes In Nigeria by tamdun(op): 7:34pm On Mar 23, 2021
Fahdiga:
Every negative news about the east is now the truth to you. all this cone head people self
U are free to counter the thread with the truth
Politics › Re: What Igbos Will Never Tell You About The Real Cause Of Their Woes In Nigeria by tamdun(op): 5:27pm On Mar 23, 2021
Arijude:
tamdun you're doomed for you got no grey matter up inside of you. It will be good for yeh if yeh borrow or acquire one by any means possible for yeh hat the need for that.
Are you ok

Politics › Re: What Igbos Will Never Tell You About The Real Cause Of Their Woes In Nigeria by tamdun(op): 5:10pm On Mar 23, 2021
hollah123:
this is the best definition of expository,as in it really exposed many things n countered all the lies we have heard about all these while.

As in,with the way it was presented it's proven beyond reasonable doubt.op may God bless you abundantly,let me tag our customers that will call it a lie without having any reasonable thing to counter it.

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God bless you too bro
Politics › Re: What Igbos Will Never Tell You About The Real Cause Of Their Woes In Nigeria by tamdun(op): 4:34pm On Mar 23, 2021
MrColdsweat:
When did osita chidoka become the mouthpiece of the igbos?

Using your analogy, we could take the utterances of ffk the cocaine addict as that of the whole yorubas. How about that?
Just visit the thread and see what ur people are saying, abi na osita dey use their hand type?
Culture › Re: Germany To Return Benin Bronze Back To Nigeria by tamdun: 4:26pm On Mar 23, 2021
Thieves
Politics › Re: What Igbos Will Never Tell You About The Real Cause Of Their Woes In Nigeria by tamdun(op): 4:17pm On Mar 23, 2021
Randerl:
Copied, Bookmarked, Saved and Printed For My Family Library.


The Truth Will Make You Free.
Exactly what I did when I first saw it
Politics › Re: What Igbos Will Never Tell You About The Real Cause Of Their Woes In Nigeria by tamdun(op): 3:58pm On Mar 23, 2021
MrColdsweat:
Exactly. Blame the entire Igbo nation for the actions of a few individuals.

If this is not madness, then I don't know.
Ur people are already blackmailing yoruba people for what azikiwe is guilty of, go to this thread and see for yourself
https://www.nairaland.com/6472297/osita-chidoka-awolowo-unforgiving-introduced
Politics › Re: What Igbos Will Never Tell You About The Real Cause Of Their Woes In Nigeria by tamdun(op): 3:48pm On Mar 23, 2021
Zik introduced ethnic politics to Nigeria not awo
Politics › What Igbos Will Never Tell You About The Real Cause Of Their Woes In Nigeria by tamdun(op): 3:28pm On Mar 23, 2021
WHAT BIAFRANS WILL NEVER TELL YOU ABOUT THE REAL CAUSE OF THEIR WOES IN NIGERIA TODAY: lordfaraday

The Igbo man is known to enjoy blaming the Hausafulanis, Yorubas and indeed every other Nigerian tribe and Lord Luggard/Britain for their third class citizen status of Nigeria. In their perpetual attempts to a play the victim card, they recount the political events of Nigeria from 1914 to the present in a half-baked and highly selective manner which cleverly avoids the mention of the roles played by their elite who by all natural laws of judgement were actually responsible for the woes that befell not only the Igbo race but the entire Nigeria. 
The story told in the post above is one of such selective and distorted accounts of history which the average Igbo man is fond of. 
However, the national archives have the complete and unedited history of Nigeria regarding the political events beginning from even before 1914. I will therefore proceed to furnish this house with the complete story for all to read and be endowed with enough facts so as to judge from an informed position.

Shortly after the 1914 Amalgamation of the Northern and Southern Protectorates, it started getting clear that the country was bound to fail as the amalgamation in question was done by colonial fiat without the consent of the different tribes which were over 300. This prompted the political leaders to start asking for de-amalgamation so as to forestall the future danger which the forced amalgamation portended. 
To that end, Ahmadu Bello, speaking on behalf of the Northern protectorate in 1944 described the amalgamation as "The mistake of 1914 which if allowed to remain will ultimately lead to unstoppable bloodshed and a failed country". 
Awolowo, speaking on behalf of the Yorubas and Western minorities, described Nigeria as a mere geographical expression not qualified to be a called a country let alone a nation. Awolowo added that if the amalgamation could not be reversed, then Nigeria should be structured as a strictly federal state so as to enable each tribe enjoy autonomy this freedom from being dominated by any other tribe. 

But Nnamdi Azikiwe, speaking for the Igbos, denounced Awolowo and Ahmadu Bello, termed them ethnic champions, accused them of nursing a sectional agenda against the unity of Nigeria, and declared that the Unity of Nigeria was non-negotiable. 

After moving motion for independece in 1953, Anthony Enahoro proposed that a secession clause should be incorporated into the future constipation of Nigeria so as to give legal backing for any tribe to peacefully exit the forced union if it feels marginalized in future. According to Enahoro, such provision in our constitution would instill in all Nigeria's future leaders the fear of the consequences of misgovernance. But Azikiwe, speaking on behalf of Igbos, rose against him in the parliament and labelled him an agent of disunity, and enemy of Nigeria. At a later date, Awolowo too made a case for secession clause, buy Azikiwe again resisted him and instigated the colonial authorities to threaten him and Enahoro with charges of treasonable felony if they didn't stop proposing secession clause for the future constipation. While Azikiwe did all this, Igbos cheered and urged him on because they felt the future Nigeria was theirs to dominate and lord it over every other tribe 

Before independece, Tafawa Balewa too had in a public speech described Nigeria as a British experiment and Nigeria's unity as a British intention which Nigerians themselves don't believe in. But Azikiwe kicked demonized him too. Had Azikiwe co-operated with Enahoro, Awolowo, Ahmadu Bello and Tafawa Balewa about the secession clause, Nigeria perhaps would not have been this misgoverned.

For those in doubt, here is a link of one of the numerous instances in which Nnamdi Azikiwe fought against the secession clause proposal for the future Nigeria constitution. 


It should be noted that there were many Igbo members of the parliament in which Azikiwe fought against Awolowo's secession clause proposal in the link above, but not a single one of them rose against Azikiwe or condemned him.

Igbos initially never wanted to hear anything like secession in Nigeria because they so much believed, though falsely, that they were the most educated tribe. (The first Nigerian tribe to produce a university graduate is the Binis).
As an evidence of Igbo domination agenda hence their initial resistance to the idea of secession; here are some quotes: 
"From all indications, the god of us Igbos have destined us to rule the whole of Africa"..... Nnamdi Azikiwe (1945).

"It is getting clearer each day that Igbo domination of Nigeria is just a question of time"... Oscar Onyeamma. (1949)
As at 1900, the whole of the present Benue State, Kogi East Senatorial District and some southern parts of Taraba State called Munchi District back then; were all in the Southern Protectorate. Whoever doubts this should consult MacMillan Atlas for secondary schools in Nigeria. 
With that situation the South had a higher population than the North hence always had an upper hand in any democratic bargain. 
But as at the early fifties when the regions were being created, common sense dictated clearly that these areas should fall in the future Eastern Region. But against common sense, the colonial masters decided to gerrymander them into the Northern Region. While they did that, the Azikiwe who was supposed to be in Enugu fighting against it as the leader of the East, was far away in Ibadan struggling with Awolowo to rule the Western Region and also playing the spoiler role against Awolowo's attempts to have Kwara and present Kogi Yorubas carved into the Western Region from the North which was already too large by landmass.
While he abandoned his burning house and was far away in Ibadan struggling against Awolowo for his own (Awolowo's) region, Igbos saw absolutely nothing wrong with that. Rather they applauded him as a nationalist. A nationalist whose house was burning yet busy chasing rats in a far away land.
When opinions became unanimous that Lord Luggard and his government must be forced out of Nigeria and indeed the whole of Africa, it was still the Igbos that frustrated the attempts. Here is how: 
In 1948, Anthony Enahoro organized an anti-colonization symposium in Lagos for which Azikiwe and some other Igbos had agreed to deliver the keynote address. 
But when the D-day came, Azikiwe was nowhere to be found as he deliberately disappeared into thin air for fear of being arrested and dealt with by Lord Luggard. 
Anthony Enahoro then quickly replaced Azikiwe with another person who did the job improptu but perfectly well as he lambasted and lampooned Lord Luggard and the British Government. However, the British soldiers invaded the symposium venue, arrested the speaker and Enahoro and jailed them for treasonable felony. 
Ironically, the next day Azikiwe came out of hiding and granted a radio interview in which he accused Enahoro and the other organizers of suffering from youthful exhuberance. 
On regaining his freedom few weeks later and being told of Azikiwe's radio interview, Enahoro resigned from his post as Editor of Azikiwe's newspaper - The West African Pilot. 
Then he wrote a book titled "Nnamdi Azikiwe: Sinner of Saint". 
After laughing the book, Enahoro left Azikiwe's party - the NCNC, and moved over to Awolowo's Action Group.
The first military coup in Nigeria was carried out by majority Igbo army officers. That was the coup that truncated democracy just six years post Independence and led to a succession of coups which put the country on the reverse gear for 33 years. 
Through that first coup, those Igbo army officers who accused the politicians and government of the day of monumental corruption, killed the political leaders of the Northern, Western and Midwestern Regions but allowed all Igbo political figures escape by tipping them off prior to the D-Day. In addition to the killing of political figures, they also killed a total of 27 innocent high ranking military officers from every region except their Eastern Region. 
In the end an Igbo man called Aguiyi Ironsi, who was supposed to have been killed alongside other military officers, ended up becoming the new military ruler of Nigeria. Rather than immediately arrest and punish the coup plotters, he kept them in detention where they were treated as heros. This was actually what sowed the seed for the eventual Biafra War. On the 23rd of February 1966 (i.e. a month and 8 days after the first coup porpularly but wrongly known as Nzeogwu coup, an Ijaw born Army officer called Isaac Adaka Boro who hailed from Kaima town of present Bayelsa State, declared the secession of the Niger Delta Republic in an attempt to free his Ijaw people from the monumental marginalization they had been suffering under Igbos in the old Eastern Region. 
But Aguiyi Ironsi immediately ordered Colonel Odumegwu Ojukwu to arrest him and hand him over to the military high command under him in Lagos. Ojukwu went all out against Isaac Adaka Boro with federal military might and within 12 fighting days killed 150 Isaac Boro's soldiers, arrested him, stripped him Unclad, and had him driven to Lagos and handed to Ironsi who immediately charged him to court and within two months secured against him a conviction of treasonable felony for which he was sentenced to death by hanging fixed for December that year by the Supreme Court. His 'crime' was that he declared secession of The Niger Delta Republic from Nigeria. Meanwhile the Igbo coupists who shed innocent blood of other tribes and even sprayed bullets into the bellies of the pregnant wives of Ahmadu Bello and Brigadier Shodeinde were not charged to court or arraigned before any military tribunal. 

Isaac Adaka Boro was in detention waiting for December to come for him to join his ancestors. But God so kind, a revenge coup happened on July 29 by Northern soldiers and Ironsi was overthrown and killed. Gowon took over and released Isaac Adaka Boro unconditionally, reinstated him into the Army with his previous rank. 
Then on May 30, 1967, Ojukwu too declared secession of Biafra Republic from Nigeria and without consulting or apologising to Isaac Boro's, drew a Biafra map which included the very areas that made up Isaac Adaka Boro's earlier declared Niger Delta Republic for which he fought against him and killed his soldiers. 
Seeing such level of arrogance in Ojukwu, Isaac Boro asked Gowon to provide arms for him to crush Biafra by fighting on the Nigerian side in vengeance for Ojukwu's frustration of his own secession declaration 15 months earlier. 
Isaac Boro, as an Ijaw man conversant with the waterways, led the Nigeria Army through the coastal areas into Igbo land to finish off thousands of Ojukwu's soldiers thus leading to the crushing defeat of Biafra. 
But today, Igbos accuse Ijaws of betraying them in the war. But from the facts as above, who really betrayed the other in all honesty? Be the judge.
Why Gowon fought against Ojukwu's declaration of Biafra was as follows: 
After Ironsi and Ojukwu successfully crushed Isaac Boro's Niger Delta Republic declaration, Ironsi immediately proceeded to promulgate the Anti-secession Decree which made the mere mention of secession from Nigeria punishable with death by hanging. Ojukwu openly supported and endorsed the decree despite disapproval of it by the general public. So when Ojukwu later declared Biafra secession, he was reminded of the Anti-secession Decree made by him and his brother Ironsi.
Deadly Truth: Igbos frequently reference Aburi Accord to create the impression that the rest Nigerian tribes don't honour agreements. This is a very dishonest narrative from Igbos. 
First and foremost Aburi Accord was organized by soldiers and unelected civil servants who should not participate in political exercises like making laws due to the civil service anonymity principle. Secondly, those civil servants and military men in attendance were not elected by their federal constituencies to the Aburi summit. In the philosophy of democracy the only universally acceptable way of making laws is through duly elected representatives of the people. But in going to Aburi the peoples' representatives duly elected in the 1965 elections were all sidelined for soldiers to hijacked the process. Where on earth do soldiers make laws for the people? Rather the civilian populace makes laws that guide the military. Aburi Accord therefore had no seal of the people's sovereignty hence it was an illegality which shouldn't have been allowed to stand. 
Thirdly, in 1957, Nigerians from all federal constituencies democratically elected representatives whom they sponsored to London, paid their flight tickets and hotel accommodation for the Independence constitutional conference. Those representatives all resolved and agreed on federalism marked by regional autonomy and resource control in the Independence constitution which they brought back home and everyone accepted it.
In that constitution, Nigerians all agreed that on no account shall the military take over power. It was also clearly stated in it that ammendments to it could be done by only democratically elected respresentatives. 
That constitution was the first ever agreement between all Nigerians. 
On the day of his inauguration as the Army GoC, Aguiyi Ironsi stood before the whole world and with his own mouth swore to protect and defend that sovereign Independence constitution regardless of the circumstances that may later arise. But just six years after he manufactured an excuse to clinic power against the clear provisions of that constitution we all agreed to, unilaterally began to amnend its provisions with his very offensive Decrees, and ended up dismantling the federalism and resource control therein, and ultimately subverted that constitution we all painstakingly sacrificed to draft. That was the height of irresponsibly and dishonoring of sacred agreement. That was how Igbos breached the first agreement we ever all mutually consented to, thus laying the foundation for violation of future agreements. So Aburi Accord was only treated exactly the same way Igbos treated the Independence constitution agreement.
Obasanjo removed history from d school curriculum hence d reason why many of wat we know of d eventualities in Biafra war were altered to suite their narratives

How Zik Handed Over Control Of Others In Nigeria To Fulani Oligarchy.

A few days ago, I got a message from a Young Yoruba citizen. He writes and I quote: 

"I believe Fulani is Yoruba's number one enemy which we all knew how the British handed over Nigeria to them."

This is not the truth. The British did not hand over Nigeria to the Fulani. 

Parliamentary elections were held in Nigeria on 12 December 1959. The result was a hung parliament with no clear majority to form a government. 

Zik's National Council of Nigeria and Cameroons (NCNC), came first with 2,594,577 votes to get 81 seats.

Awolowo's Action Group (AG), came second with 1,992,364 votes to get only 73 seats. 

However, the Ahmadu Bello's Northern People's Congress (NPC), came a distant third with 1,922,179 votes to get 134 of the 312 seats in the House of Representatives despite getting less public votes. 

The above three major political parties in the election did not get enough number of the seats to form a government. An alliance had to be formed to determine who would rule. 

It was a no brainer that Zik's NCNC and Awolowo's Action Group should make a coalition government as they came first and second respectively. Awolowo, then humbled himself and volunteered to be a Deputy Prime Minister or Finance Minister in a coalition government with Zik as the Prime Minister. This was because the Zik's NCNC party had more public votes and seats than the Awolowo's Action Group. 

Zik invited Awolowo’s team to Asaba, the gateway between the Yoruba's Western Region and the Igbo's Eastern Region to hold coalition talks. The talks were a clever ruse to keep Action Group’s hopes high, so that Action Group would be kept distracted from meeting with other minor parties for talks, including: Northern Elements Progressive Union with 8 seats; Mobolaje Grand Alliance with 6 seats; Igala Union with 4 seats; Independents Candidates with 4 seats; Igbira Tribal Union with 4 seats and the Niger Delta Congress with 1 seat.

Whilst the Action Group team was waiting in Asaba for a meeting with the NCNC, they read in the news that Zik and the NCNC had gone up North and clinched the deal with Ahmadu Bello on forming a coalition government with the NPC.

Tafawa Balewa, a Fulani, would be the Prime Minister of Nigeria while Zik would be the figure head Governor-General. Even Nkrumah of Ghana was shocked. He asked Zik why having spent so much energy fighting for colonial emancipation and then settling for a toothless bulldog role when Nigeria needed him the most.

Zik wrote in his autobiography why he did not form a coalition government with Awolowo.

In 1947, with over £13,500 raised from the Yoruba people and given to the NCNC, Zik had led other six prominent NCNC delegates to London to protest the “obnoxious laws” of Governor Arthur Richards. The trip ended in failure with backbiting, abuses and accusation of theft against Zik. Zik’s opponents at the NCNC, accused him of squandering the money and the trust of Nigerians.

Zik replied insinuating that the Yoruba on the team, that are: Mrs. Fumilayo Ransome-Kuti, Prince Adeleke Adedoyin, and Dr. A. B. Olorunnimbe, were the problem. 

There erupted a heated and prolonged press war between Zik’s Political Reminiscence in his West African Pilot and H.O. Davies’ Political Panorama in the Daily Service. This led to Igbo in Lagos rushing to buy machetes in large numbers thinking a tribal war was imminent. The Governor and his General Secretary, Hugh Foot, quickly called Zik and H.O. Davies to order at the Government House.

Zik went away with the resolve that “the Yoruba must not be allowed to rule over others in Nigeria”. And afterwards in the Daily Service published the speech of Zik in 1949 about Igbo been destined by God to conquer and rule over others. This among others, will explain why Zik rejected Awolowo's offer of a coalition government in 1959 and instead worked with the Fulani. 

The Fulani had been reading Zik and the Igbo through the lens of his 1949 speech ever since. The Fulani way of neutralising Zik when the opportunity came in 1959 was to offer him a powerless post, which surprisingly Zik and the NCNC dutifully accepted in place of being Nigeria’s first Prime Minister. 

Zik had thought that the Igbo can easily manipulate the Fulani in place of the educated Yoruba. He thus manipulated Balewa to arrest Awolowo in 1962 and to have him jailed for 10 years in 1963. 

Zik also manipulated Balewa to remove from the Western Region the Edo, Urhobo, Itsekiri and Western Ijaw that account for 70% of the oil wealth in Nigeria and created for them the Mid-West Region.

Zik's hatred for the Yoruba gave the Fulani the impetus to rule over others in Nigeria. The Igbo coup plotters tried to undo Zik's mistake in 1966 which resulted in the civil war.

Britain did not really hand over Nigeria to the Fulani. Nigeria was given over to the Fulani by the Igbo. However, to hold on to power in Nigeria, the Fulani enlisted the backing of the self-serving career politicians in England. 

The Igbo is therefore the Yoruba's number one enemy in Nigeria than the Fulani.
https://www.thenewsnigeria.com.ng/2017/06/my-opposition-to-secession-zik/

Note:I kept this in my archives and use it to refresh our memories when ever Igbo people start their blackmailing

Politics › Re: Olayomi Koiki Storms Lagos Streets, Canvasses For Creation Of Yoruba Nation by tamdun: 11:15am On Mar 23, 2021
UsmanFodio:
I stopped taking Igboho serious that day he disassociated himself from Nnamdi Kanu.

We northerners know that Igboho is trying to have a say in 2023 election either through endorsing a candidate after money change hand or contesting himself since he now has large followers.

We also know that Nnamdi Kanu means business when he said he is here to rescue Igbos from Nigeria.

If Igboho is not in the same page with Nnamdi, that means he is a scammer using Oduduwa republic to scam Yorubas
U pretend to be a Northerner but ur statement always expose you, be proud of ur tribe boy
Politics › Re: Leah Sharibu Gives Birth To Second Baby In Boko Haram Captivity by tamdun: 7:48am On Mar 23, 2021
It will never be well with Boko Haram and their supporters, these monsters are dent on my religion, if na me b that gal, I swear I go kill myself than allow those sick bastard have sex with me
Politics › Re: Osita Chidoka: Awolowo Was Unforgiving, Introduced Ethnic Politics To Nigeria by tamdun:
He introduced ethnic politics because he did not allow nnamdi Azikiwe to rule Yoruba people? I swear flat skulls are too greedy and u people will never learn from ur mistakes
Politics › Re: Ibarapa Youths Storm Makinde’s Office, Protest Against Insecurity (Photo) by tamdun: 3:59pm On Mar 22, 2021
OBALOLA55:
HOW ABOUT THE ONES IN THE IDP CAMP IN BENIN REPUBLIC undecided
Face ur problem
OS.U caste system.
Marginalization of Igbo Muslims.
Baby Factory.
Cocaine drug pushing.
Awkuzu massacre.
Airlifting countless IPOB women by military.
Oyigbo massacre.
Politics › Re: How Dangote Refinery Will Boost Lagos Economy -sanwo-olu by tamdun: 12:33pm On Mar 22, 2021
Jimasun:
Tell the refinery in Imo state to stop working then.
Omo atoko wa ba ileje
grin

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