Truthissupreme:
Before the first republic don't forget the middle belt was under north even in the parliament

Joseph Tarka raised objection to have a middle belt state but what sarduna craftily did was to give a pseudo freedom.

Sarduna lumped the agitation as a Christian representation clamour and grouped adamawa christians, Borno Christian's in far away north east into the mix

Doing this he satanically upset the geographic balance meaning a seccession was never going to work with core north still involved

It was bigger than awolowo and zik at the end cos north with it's usual better together deceived the middle belt they are safer with them and you know few voices in their support is enough to defend their quest

Today a state like kogi is more loyal to the north than the south (edo/anambra)

A state like kwara considers itself fulani before Yoruba (ask saraki)

How would you honestly take such states suffering from Stockholm syndrome now

Imagine the pro north stance they had in the early republic

Of course the Middlebelt has always been with the north from the beginning of colonialism.
However, much of Igala and Idoma land was originally located in the southern protectorate. About half of Igala for example was under Onitsha province.
These Igala and Idoma areas were exchanged for part of Auchi which were originally classified with the northern provinces.

In 1964, there was a very bloody revolt in Tiv land against their inclusion into the Northern region.
If the Yorubas and Igbos were united before Independence, they would have been able to force the Sardauna to hand over Kwara, Kogi and Benue to the south.
Rather, Zik went to work with the Sardauna in order to create a Midwestern region which further weakened the Yoruba.

All that identification with the core-north in Ilorin is nothing but survival politics.

If Yorubas and Igbos had been united from the beginning and have fought for Kwara, Kogi and Benue to join the south, there is no way these groups would have resisted. That is what I am trying to say.
These groups were forced to identify with Arewa' even though they had nothing in common with Hausa' fulani because they had no option.

Truthissupreme:
Before the first republic don't forget the middle belt was under north even in the parliament

Joseph Tarka raised objection to have a middle belt state but what sarduna craftily did was to give a pseudo freedom.

Sarduna lumped the agitation as a Christian representation clamour and grouped adamawa christians, Borno Christian's in far away north east into the mix

Doing this he satanically upset the geographic balance meaning a seccession was never going to work with core north still involved

It was bigger than awolowo and zik at the end cos north with it's usual better together deceived the middle belt they are safer with them and you know few voices in their support is enough to defend their quest

Today a state like kogi is more loyal to the north than the south (edo/anambra)

A state like kwara considers itself fulani before Yoruba (ask saraki)

How would you honestly take such states suffering from Stockholm syndrome now

Imagine the pro north stance they had in the early republic

Brilliant!

this answer should be embedded in marble!


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