Documentary: How Yoruba Set The Pace For Nigeria's Destruction, The Awolowo Connection.
EASTERN REPORTERS DOCUMENTARY VERIFIED REPORT: HOW YORUBA SET THE PACE FOR NIGERIA'S DESTRUCTION. THE AWOLOWO CONNECTION THE FOUNDATION OF NIGERIA'S PROBLEMS WAS NOT BUILT IN THE NORTH OR EAST. IT WAS BUILT IN THE WEST. Every crisis Nigeria suffers today, bad government, coups, greed for power by force, tribal politics started from one place: The Western Region. And it started with one man and one party: Chief Obafemi Awolowo and his Action Group. 1. THE WESTERN CRISIS WHERE NIGERIA'S DEMOCRACY FIRST DIED. Before 1962, Nigeria was running well. Then Awolowo lost the 1959 Federal election to Tafawa Balewa. Instead of accepting defeat, he refused to be opposition. He ordered his Premier in the West, Chief Ladoke Akintola, to refuse to work with Balewa's Federal Government. The West exploded. Awolowo and Akintola fought for control of the Western House. On May 25, 1962, thugs loyal to both sides fought inside the Western House of Assembly in Ibadan, they smashed chairs...