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Re: 10 Awolowo Controversies: Are They Justifiable? by WetinConsignMe: 5:25am On Oct 24, 2017 |
T9ksy: I think Banjo out-ranked him actually. I think Banjo was already a Col. While Ojukwu was still Lt. Col. |
Re: 10 Awolowo Controversies: Are They Justifiable? by VillageWinch: 5:49am On Oct 24, 2017 |
WetinConsignMe: Ojukwus plan was clearly that Banjo link up with Yoruba leaders and declare their own secession |
Re: 10 Awolowo Controversies: Are They Justifiable? by T9ksy(m): 11:19am On Oct 24, 2017 |
WetinConsignMe: For crying out loud, after reading the letter, how can you still maintain such an idiotic stance.? For starters, who asked ojukwu or even Banjo to liberate us from the northerners? So, ojukwu decided in his (ulterior) magnanimity to release banjo from prison (where his fellow ibo officers had placed him on a trumped-up charge) to go and liberate we yorubas from the northerners. Who asked ojukwu for liberation? When did we ask ojukwu for succor? I thought he was seceding with his ibo people from the union his same ibo people pulled us into against wise consul to the contrary? Ojukwu should have just concentrated his effort and meager resources on taking his people out of nigeria first instead of going about "liberating" others (and imposing his will on them) who at no time implicitly or explicitly asked for his help? (iv)Biafran troops will, after the liberation of the Yorubaland, remain in that territory only for as long as we in Biafra consider it necessary for the Yorubas to consolidate their position and sovereignty against any external threat. So, in essence, we yorubas will only be replacing nigerian army of northern extraction for biafran troops? And you call that liberation? what kind of liberation is that? So, Ojukwu will be the one to tell us when he thinks we are ready to protect ourselves from external threat? Geez! what a bloody insult. We yorubas that have already created a massive and enviable empire and civilisation when ojukwu's forefathers were still roaming around in the jungle in animal hides will now have to rely on him to inform us when HE believes we are able to maintain our sovereignty? What a bloody cheek!! But Ojukwu is not power hungry o! The liberation of Western Nigeria will be a prelude to the liberation of all Yorubas up to the River Niger and the severance of all connections between the West and the North at Jebba. And who the Bleep is ojukwu to tell us yorubas- a proud race who we can pally with or not? But Ojukwu in your assessment, is not power hungry o? (vii)During the period of Biafrans troops’ presence in your territory, all political measures, statements or decrees shall be subject to the approval, in writing by myself or on my authority. So, after reading the above condition, you still believe Ojukwu is not power hungry? So, even our obas cannot even fart in their palaces without first getting approval from Ojukwu? And You think yorubas - a proud race with rich culture and history will agree to such a stipulation from ojukwu? Some "liberation", it is!!! (viii)Should our troops arrive and liberate Lagos, [b]the government of the Republic of Biafra reserves the right to appoint a Military administrator for the territory. [/b]Such an Administrator will remain in office until a merger of that territory with Yorubaland is effected by Biafran troops. And who is the flippin' govt of RoB? Ojukwu! But Ojukwu is not power hungry o! what a "liberation" (sic). Let me just stop here as analysing Ojukwu's prerequisite for our unsolicited so-called "liberation" is making me feel sick- need to go and throw up. Oh before i go and retch, what about the carnage that will have befall our region and the great loss of lives to our young generation? Am certain that Banjo knew (and definitely did not sign his agreement to such a dumb stipulation) that his people will never consent to Ojukwu's megalomania. At any rate, what is the guarantee that once Ojukwu's objective have been realised, someone from the biafran side wouldn't put a bullet into Banjo? None. And you have the temerity to tell me, ojukwu is not power hungry. My mother didn't raise me a fool and we are definitely not that dumb in yorubaland. And, don't call me "friend" as am no friend of yours or your type. That's not how i was raised in my neck of the wood to treat someone i consider, a friend. 5 Likes 2 Shares |
Re: 10 Awolowo Controversies: Are They Justifiable? by Ovamboland(m): 12:35pm On Oct 24, 2017 |
VillageWinch: Intelligent people don't make alliances based on newspaper reports, you meet behind closed doors and issue a joint communique with the written version ratifiable by signatures. How can a whole region comprising of many nationalities, some claiming high intellect, declare a new country with alliances based on unilateral declaration on the pages of newspapers 4 Likes 1 Share |
Re: 10 Awolowo Controversies: Are They Justifiable? by 9jaDoc(f): 1:15pm On Oct 24, 2017 |
T9ksy: Cerebral capacity my ass. You know fully well what the answer is. I don't know what you gain by not telling the truth. These things are in the past. We can't change anything by pretending it was a different way. The only possible answer to the question is this: He chose Banjo because he'd be in a better position than an Igbo to communicate with fellow Yorubas and convince them to also secede with minimal blood shed. 3 Likes |
Re: 10 Awolowo Controversies: Are They Justifiable? by T9ksy(m): 1:18pm On Oct 24, 2017 |
WetinConsignMe: At their meeting in enugu, Ojukwu bragged to Awo that, "I started off this struggle in July with 120 rifles to defend the entirety of the East", that almost a year but according to you, his strategy was to bring his war of secession to yorubaland where the people were certainly not in the position to defend themselves as their region was already been occupied by the "enemies". what a warped strategy to predicate his secession bid on. 3 Likes |
Re: 10 Awolowo Controversies: Are They Justifiable? by 9jaDoc(f): 1:33pm On Oct 24, 2017 |
T9ksy: Bros, what is wrong with u really? Can't u for one minute drop the tribalism and see things as they truly are. Ojukwu knew (and he was right) that the only way Biafran secession would succeed was if the West also seceded. HE WAS NOT DOING IT AS A FAVOUR TO THEM. HE WAS DOING IT FOR HIS OWN SURVIVAL. Why is that so hard for u to get through your thick skull?! 2 Likes |
Re: 10 Awolowo Controversies: Are They Justifiable? by koladebrainiac(m): 1:42pm On Oct 24, 2017 |
9jaDoc:you guys are the one lying here. it's not clear what he said. he did not promise Ojukwu secession. he only said if Ojukwu secedes Yoruba would follow. and besides, he went there to negotiate not promise. ojukwu never said this. |
Re: 10 Awolowo Controversies: Are They Justifiable? by koladebrainiac(m): 1:46pm On Oct 24, 2017 |
9jaDoc:mumu I already made the corrections |
Re: 10 Awolowo Controversies: Are They Justifiable? by 9jaDoc(f): 1:52pm On Oct 24, 2017 |
T9ksy: I sense that Ojukwu truly liked if not loved Awo. He called him Baba and almost always spoke to him in Yoruba. He gave him his private number that only him answered. He told him "Baba atilo" before anyone was even sure what would happen. So it was not newspaper reports. He knew or thought he knew his man. |
Re: 10 Awolowo Controversies: Are They Justifiable? by 9jaDoc(f): 1:56pm On Oct 24, 2017 |
T9ksy: Warped strateguy or not, it almost succeeded and would have succeeded IF Banjo and Awo played along. |
Re: 10 Awolowo Controversies: Are They Justifiable? by 9jaDoc(f): 2:08pm On Oct 24, 2017 |
VillageWinch: Thank you. This your simple sentence sums up everything 1 Like |
Re: 10 Awolowo Controversies: Are They Justifiable? by 9jaDoc(f): 2:13pm On Oct 24, 2017 |
WetinConsignMe: And here is Awo's letter that led to his release by Ironsi: Obafemi Awolowo’s Letter from Prison to Major General Aguiyi Ironsi Pressing for His Release and That of His Colleagues (Dated 28th March 1966) CONFIDENTIAL To: The Supreme Commander and Head of the Federal Military Government, Lagos. Thro: The Director of Prisons, Prisons Headquarters Office, Private Mail Bag 12522, Lagos. Sir: Prerogative Of Mercy: Section 101 (1) (A) of the Constitution of The Federation Act 1963 1. I am writing this petition for FREE PARDON under Section 101(1) (a) of the Constitution of the Federation Act 1963, on behalf of myself and some of my colleagues whose names are set out in the Annexe hereto. 2. Before I go further, I would like to stress that the reasons which I advance in support of this petition, in my own behalf, basically hold good for my said colleagues. For they share the same political beliefs with me, and have intense and unquenchable loyalty for the ideals espoused by the Party which I have the honour to lead. 3. There are many grounds which could be submitted for your consideration in support of this petition. But I venture to think that SEVEN of them are enough and it is to these that I confine myself. (a)In the course of my evidence during my trial, I stated that my Party favoured and was actively working for alliance with the N.C.N.C. as a means, among other things, of solving what I described as ‘the problem of Nigeria’, and strengthening the unity of the Federation. In October 1963 (that is about a month after my conviction and while my appeal to the Supreme Court was still pending), a Peace Committee headed by the Chief Justice of the Federation, Sir Adetokunbo Ademola, made overtures to me through my friend Alhaji W. A. Elias to the effect that if I abandoned my intention to enter into alliance with the N.C.N.C. which, according to the Committee, was an Ibo Organisation, and agreed to dissolve the Action Group and, in co-operation with Chief Akintola (now deceased), form an all-embracing Yoruba political party which I would lead and which would go into alliance with the N.P.C., I would be released from prison before the end of that year. I turned down these terms because I was of the considered opinion that their acceptance would further widen and exacerbate inter-tribal differences, and gravely undermine the unity of the Federation. TODAY, THE MILITARY GOVERNMENT, OF WHICH YOU ARE THE HEAD, LEAVES NO ONE IN ANY DOUBT THAT IT STANDS FOR NIGERIAN UNITY. BUT IT MUST BE EMPHASISED, IN THIS CONNECTION, THAT IF I HAD PRIZED MY PERSONAL FREEDOM ABOVE THE UNITY OF NIGERIA, I WOULD HAVE BEEN SET FREE IN 1963. IN THAT EVENT, THIS PETITION WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN NECESSARY, AND THE WORK OF CONSOLIDATING THE UNITY OF THE COUNTRY TO WHICH YOU AND YOUR COLLEAGUES NOW SET YOUR HANDS MIGHT HAVE BEEN MADE EXTREMELY MORE INTRACTABLE AND IRKSOME. As recently as 20th December, 1965, identical peace terms (the only variant being that the alliance with the N.C.N.C. which was now a reality should be broken) were made to me here, in Calabar Prison, by a delegation representing another Peace Committee headed by the self-same Chief Justice of the Federation and purporting to have the blessing of the Prime Minister, with the unequivocal promise that if I accepted the terms my release would follow almost immediately. I rejected the terms for the reasons which I have outlined above. (b) One of the monsters which menaced the public life of this country up to 14th January, this year is OPPORTUNISM with its attendant evils of jobbery, venality, corruption, and unabashed self-interest. From all accounts, you are inflexibly resolved to destroy this monster. That was precisely what my colleagues and I had tried to do before we were rendered hors de combat since 29th May, 1962. On two different occasions I was offered, first the post of Deputy Prime Minister (before May 1962), and second that of Deputy Governor-General (in August 1962), if I would agree to fold up the Opposition and join in a National Government. I declined the two offers because they were designed exclusively to gratify my self-interest, with no thought of fostering any political moral principle which could benefit the people of Nigeria. The learned Judge who presided over the Treasonable Felony Trial, commented unfavourably on my non-acceptance of one of these posts and held that my action lent weight to the case of the Prosecution against me. I must say, however, that in all conscience, I felt and still feel that a truly public-spirited person should accept public office not for what he can get for himself — such as the profit and glamour of office — but for the opportunity which it offers him of serving his people to the best of his ability, by promoting their welfare and happiness. To me, the two aforementioned posts were sinecures, and were intended to immobilise my talents and stultify the role of watch-dog which the people of Nigeria looked upon me to play on their behalf, at that juncture in our political evolution. (c) This leads me to the third ground. From newspaper reports, it would appear that you and your colleagues — like all well-meaning Nigerians are anxious that on the termination of the present military rule, Nigeria should become a flourishing democracy. Now, democracy is a political doctrine which is very intimately dear to my heart. It was to the end that it might be accepted as a way of life in all parts of the Federation that I campaigned most vigorously and relentlessly in the Northern Provinces of Nigeria, from 1957 to 1962, to the implacable annoyance of some of my political adversaries. It was to the end that this doctrine might survive the severe onslaught of opportunist and mercenary politics that I refused to succumb to the temptation of the National Government. Many views — some of them well-considered and respectable — have been expressed about the value or disvalue of opposition as a feature of public life in a newly emergent African State. Speaking for my party, I submit that the Opposition which I led did, to all intents and purposes, justify its existence and was acclaimed by the masses of our people as essential and indispensable to rapid- national growth. This was so, because it was unexceptionably constructive. The abrogation of the Anglo-Nigeria Defence Pact was one of the feathers in its cap. Some of the policies which the Government of the day later adopted — such as the creation of a Federal Ministry of Agriculture and the introduction of drastic measures to correct our balance of payments deficit — were among those persistently and constructively urged by the Opposition inside and outside Parliament. The point I wish to emphasise here is that it was not out of spite or hatred for any one that I chose to remain in Opposition instead of joining the much-talked-of National Government. I did so in order to serve our people to the best of my ability in the position in which their votes had placed my Party, and to ensure that the young plant of democracy grows into a sturdy flourishing tree in Nigeria. (d) Since the declaration of emergency in the Western Region on 29th May,1962, political tension has existed in Western Nigeria. My conviction on 11th September, 1963, together with the surrounding bizarre circumstances, has led not only to the heightening of that tension in Western Nigeria but also to its profuse and irrepressible percolation to the other parts of the Federation. The result is that it can be said, without much fear of contradiction, that today the majority of our people are passionately concerned about and fervently solicitous for the release of myself and my colleagues. The work of reconstruction on which you and your colleagues have embarked demands that all the citizens of Nigeria in their respective callings should give of their maximum best. A state of psychological tension, however much it may be brought under control or repressed, does not and cannot conduce to maximum efficiency. In spite of themselves, people labouring under emotions which this kind of tension automatically generates are bound to make avoidable mistakes which in their turn have adverse effects on national progress. It is, therefore, in the national interest that this tension should be relaxed, if possible, without further delay. (e) A petition of this kind is, by its very nature, bound to be replete with self-adulation. I hope and trust that, in the circumstances, this is excusable. It is in this hope and trust that I assert that my colleagues and I have the qualifications and capacity to render invaluable services to our people and fatherland. Every day that we spend in prison, therefore, must be regarded as TWENTY-FOUR UNFORGIVING HOURS OF TRULY VALUABLE SERVICES LOST TO OUR YOUNG COUNTRY. Even my most inveterate enemies have given the following testimony about me: ‘AWOLOWO HAS STILL A GREAT DEAL TO GIVE TO THIS COUNTRY.’ No country however advanced and civilized can afford to waste any of its talents, be they ever so small. Nigeria is too young to bury some of her talents as she was compelled to do under the old regime. It is within your power to restore my colleagues and me to a position where our fatherland can again rejoice at the contributions which we are capable of making to its progress, welfare and happiness. (f) Nigeria is now SIXTY-SIX MONTHS old as an independent State. The final phase in the struggle for Nigeria’s independence was initiated by my Party in the historic Self-Government motion moved by Chief Anthony Enahoro and supported by me on 31st March, 1953. IT SHOULD BE REGARDED AS MORE THAN IRONICAL, AND AS PALPABLY TRAGIC, THAT TWO OF THE ARCHITECTS OF THAT INDEPENDENCE AND, INDEED, THE PACE-SETTERS AND ACCELERATORS OF ITS FINAL PHASE SHOULD BE UNFREE IN A FREE NIGERIA. In precise terms, I have spent FORTY-SIX out of the SIXTY-SIX MONTHS of independence in one form of confinement or another. I happened to know that the leaders of the old civilian regime, in spite of themselves, did not feel quite easy in their conscience about the plight into which they had manoeuvred me in the scheme of things; and I dare to express the hope and belief that you, personally view my present confinement with concern and disapproval. (g) It is usual — almost invariably the case — on the accession of a revolutionary regime, for political prisoners and, indeed, other prisoners of some note, to be released as a mark of disapproval of some of the doings of the old regime, or in token of the new dawn of freedom which comes in the wake of the new regime. It would be invidious to quote unspecific instances. But in the case of my colleagues and myself, by courageously and adamantly opposing the evils which your regime now denounces in the former civilian administration, I think we are perfectly justified if we expect you to regard us as being in tune with your yearnings and aspirations for Nigeria, and therefore entitled to our personal freedoms under your dispensation. 4. In view of the foregoing reasons which clearly demonstrate: (i) that I have always and, under trying circumstances, steadfastly and unyieldingly (a) stood for the UNITY OF NIGERIA, (b)been opposed to POLITICAL OPPORTUNISM with its attendant evils, (c)fostered the growth of DEMOCRACY in Nigeria; (ii) that my incarceration: (a) has led to the heightening of political tension among Nigerians, which tension can only be relaxed by my release, (b)has deprived our fatherland of invaluable services such as we have rendered before, and can still render now and in future, in greater measure; and (iii) that the evils which my colleagues and I condemned and valiantly refused to compromise with in the old civilian government are what you now quite rightly denounce, and are taking active steps to remove in order to pave the way for national and beneficial reconstruction, I most sincerely appeal to you to be good enough to exercise, in favour of myself and my colleagues, the prerogative of mercy vested in you by Section 10 (I) (i) (a) of the Constitution of the Federation Act 1963, by granting me as well as each of my colleagues A FREE PARDON. If you do, your action will be most warmly, heartily, and popularly applauded at home and abroad, and you will go down to history as soldier, statesmen, and humanitarian. Yours truly, OBAFEMI AWOLOWO. THOSE CONVICTED FOR TREASONABLE FELONY. I. THOSE STILL SERVING THEIR TERMS 1.Chief Obafemi Awolowo 2.Chief Anthony Enahoro 3.Mr.Lateef K. Jakande 4.Mr.Dapo Omisade 5.Mr.S.A.Onitiri 6.Mr.Gabby Sasore 7.Mr.Sunday Ebietoma 8.Mr.U.I.Nwaobiala II.THOSE WHO HAVE ALREADY SERVED THEIR TERMS. 1.Mr. S.A.Otubanjo 2.Mr.S.J.Umoren 3.Mr.S.Oyesile. III.THOSE WHO HAVE NOT YET BEEN TRIED. 1. Mr.S.G.Ikoku 2.Mr.Ayo Adebanjo 3.Mr.James Aluko |
Re: 10 Awolowo Controversies: Are They Justifiable? by VillageWinch: 2:47pm On Oct 24, 2017 |
9jaDoc: I don't know why that guy is arguing something so obvious. Not only that but here is another thing : for whatever reason Ojukwu worshipped Awo, I'm sure he wouldn't mind having Awo as head of state of a country made up of Biafta and the West. 1 Like |
Re: 10 Awolowo Controversies: Are They Justifiable? by VillageWinch: 2:54pm On Oct 24, 2017 |
Ovamboland: It was not based on newspaper reports. Awo himself said so piblicly plus Aluko said he was there when he made the promise personally to Ojukwu plus he had Ojukwu's private number and they must have had conversations we know nothing about. |
Re: 10 Awolowo Controversies: Are They Justifiable? by GhanaMustGoo: 5:54pm On Oct 24, 2017 |
9jaDoc: What does."Baba atilo" mean |
Re: 10 Awolowo Controversies: Are They Justifiable? by GhanaMustGoo: 6:00pm On Oct 24, 2017 |
T9ksy: You, Mr. Cerebral capacity, what is the.meaning of "Baba atilo" |
Re: 10 Awolowo Controversies: Are They Justifiable? by VillageWinch: 7:09pm On Oct 24, 2017 |
GhanaMustGoo: My Yoruba friend tells me "atilo" is a kind of native Yoruba dance. So he was saying something like 'Baba dance' ? Doesn't make any sense... T9ksy, Ovamboland, oladeebo, Ofemannnu lawani, koladebrainiac, Michael004 |
Re: 10 Awolowo Controversies: Are They Justifiable? by Vivere: 10:19pm On Oct 24, 2017 |
VillageWinch:Big lie. The Igbo were not allowed to secede and they were not forced out. Instead, there was a police action to keep them within Nigeria and a civil war to stop them from seceding. So why is Awolowo being blamed, when the Igbo were not allowed to secede? 3 Likes |
Re: 10 Awolowo Controversies: Are They Justifiable? by WetinConsignMe: 12:45am On Oct 25, 2017 |
Vivere: Of course u r right TECHNICALLY. |
Re: 10 Awolowo Controversies: Are They Justifiable? by WetinConsignMe: 1:03am On Oct 25, 2017 |
Vivere: Here is what I wrote earlier: My own take is that Awo was in no shape to be leading a secession. He just got out of jail, he needed some rest and probably money, plus he was surrounded by northern soldiers who were closely monitoring him. Plus he was not military with an army at his command like Ojukwu. Plus the few senior Yoruba military officers were one-Nigeria. |
Re: 10 Awolowo Controversies: Are They Justifiable? by WetinConsignMe: 1:17am On Oct 25, 2017 |
Vivere: Let's analyse. Here is what Ojukwu said Awo told him: "We talked and he was very vehement when he saw our complaints and he said that if the Igbos were forced out by Nigeria that he would take the Yorubas out also. I don’t know what anybody makes of that statement but it is simple. Whether he did or didn’t, it is too late. There is nothing you can do about it." ------------------ Here is what Sam Aluko, who was at the meeting, said about what Awo said: "Awolowo said, if the East left the federation, the Yoruba would have to leave the federation." ------------------------ Here is what Awo said publicly (we will never know what he told Ojukwu in their private conversations): 2) The Eastern Region must be encouraged to remain part of the Federation (3). If the Eastern Region is allowed by acts of omission or commission to secede from or opt out of Nigeria, then Western Region and Lagos must also stay out of the Federation. |
Re: 10 Awolowo Controversies: Are They Justifiable? by WetinConsignMe: 1:25am On Oct 25, 2017 |
Vivere: Bottom line Awo, as a lawyer, put in the word "ALLOWED". But the media, the public, man on the street, even foreign countries didn't see it. Instead what they heard is this: If the Eastern Region is allowed by acts of omission or commission to ANNOUNCE secession or ANNOUNCE they are opting out of Nigeria, then Western Region and Lagos must also stay out of the Federation. |
Re: 10 Awolowo Controversies: Are They Justifiable? by WetinConsignMe: 1:34am On Oct 25, 2017 |
Vivere: Either way Awo is to be faulted because (unless he was under duress from northern soldiers) there is no way u stretch his words that they mean: "I will throw my full weight behind one Nigeria and actively participate inn the war" Here is what Americans wrote durring the war: This is from "America's secret files on Ojukwu" Note the bolded. “AG (Action Group) activists and the man in the street are convinced Awolowo made the statement under duress… They say Awolowo’s true position was indicated in the Leaders of Thought resolution in May, which said if any region seceded or forced out, the West would automatically become independent. The activists feel that Awolowo missed the opportunity to bring the present conflict to close by coming to Ibadan and make a Western Declaration of Independence speech supported by Victor Banjo and his National Liberation Army.” |
Re: 10 Awolowo Controversies: Are They Justifiable? by WetinConsignMe: 1:39am On Oct 25, 2017 |
Vivere: By the way "Biafra" and "Igbo" are not synonymous. There were many non-Igbo tribes in Biafra. 1 Like |
Re: 10 Awolowo Controversies: Are They Justifiable? by WetinConsignMe: 1:43am On Oct 25, 2017 |
VillageWinch: Your friend was playing with u. I know enough Yoruba to know this is not true. I am pretty sure "Baba atilo" means "Baba don't go" |
Re: 10 Awolowo Controversies: Are They Justifiable? by VillageWinch: 1:55am On Oct 25, 2017 |
Vivere: The problem was that Awo not only did not come anywhere near seceding, he became a highly active supportter of one Nigeria |
Re: 10 Awolowo Controversies: Are They Justifiable? by VillageWinch: 1:57am On Oct 25, 2017 |
WetinConsignMe: Than you very much moderator, I knew that guy was full of shit. His interpretation made no sense. |
Re: 10 Awolowo Controversies: Are They Justifiable? by 9jaDoc(f): 2:48am On Oct 25, 2017 |
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Re: 10 Awolowo Controversies: Are They Justifiable? by 9jaDoc(f): 4:13am On Oct 25, 2017 |
GhanaMustGoo: Obasanjo was jailed by Abacha for coup. As for Gowon, read this: On July 29, 1975 while Gowon was in Uganda for an Organization of African Unity summit meeting, the army removed him from office. Gowon was exiled to Great Britain. He was stripped of his rank for allegedly participating in the assassination of his successor, Murtala Mohammed, in 1976. He was pardoned by Shehu Shagari in 1981, and his rank was restored by Ibrahim Babangida in 1987. Having earned a Ph.D. at Warwick University in 1983, he became a professor of political science at the University of Jos in the mid-1980s and attained the status of an elder statesman of Nigerian politics. |
Re: 10 Awolowo Controversies: Are They Justifiable? by 9jaDoc(f): 4:25am On Oct 25, 2017 |
VillageWinch: Your friend is talking nonsense. "Baba atilo"? means "Atilo's father" Just as they call Obasanjo "Baba Iyabo" because his daughter's name is Iyabo. Get it now? |
Re: 10 Awolowo Controversies: Are They Justifiable? by 9jaDoc(f): 4:42am On Oct 25, 2017 |
T9ksy: This guy is a hopeless case. Tribalism won't let him think straight. He is full of "we Yorubas" and "you Igbos". Bros how can someone have an intellectual discussion with you when u r incapable of removing yourself from a situation and looking at it objectively? 1 Like |
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