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How Awolowo and Akintola caused the Nigerian civil war (Operation Wet ẹ)

The disagreement between Awolowo and Akintola on how to run the western region government led to a political crisis in the west, the brutal violence that was unleashed by both sides against one another led directly to the first military coup of January 15 1966. which in turn led to the second coup of July 29 1966, to the shocking pogroms and mass killings of the igbo in the north and ultimately to the Nigerian civil war. Chief Obafemi Awolowo a business man was the first premier of the west. He was very stubborn, aggressive, very hardworking, a visionary leader but never understood real politics at any time. He believed that book knowledge was so important. But Akintola a trained lawyer in the United Kingdom understood the fragmented nature of Nigeria for you not to have allies. Chief Akintola together with other educated Nigerians from the west formed the Action group party under the leadership of Awolowo. He took the position of the deputy leader of the party, and was the party parliamentary leader and leader of opposition in the Nigerian House of Representatives. The battle for supremacy and different interests for strategic alliances in the party led to disagreement between Awolowo and Akintola. Akintola disagreed with Awolwo’s decision not to join the coalition government. Akiintola felt the Yoruba people of the west were losing their pre-eminent position in Business and administration in Nigeria to the igbo people of the east simply because the igbo-controlled NCNC had joined the government and the action group had not. He also opposed the party’s decision as its ideology, preferring a more conservative stance. The crisis all began when Obafemi Awolowo gave up his post as the premier of the west without advice, to contest for federal election to become the prime minister. With no alliance Awolowo lost the election and settled as the leader of opposition in the federal parliament. The premiership mantle was handed over to Akintola but Awolowo retained his post as the leader of Action Group. Akintola did not agree with Awolowo’s decision to remain the leader of the party and this brought about division of interest and royalty in the Action Group. A faction of the Action Group pledged loyalty to Awolowo while another supported Samuel akintola. In May 1962, the western house of assembly moved to remove Akintola as premier, after the Action Group passed a vote of no confident on Akintola, the then Governor of western region, Sir Adesoji Aderemi who was also the Ooni of Ife, demanded Akintola’s resignation as premier and named Alahaji Dauda as his successor, this caused serious unrest in the western region which led the federal government headed by the prime minister Abubakar Tafawa Belewa to declare a state of emergency in the west and appointed chief M.A Majekodunmi, the federal minister of Health as administrator. This become the first time in the History of Nigeria that a state of emergency would be employed to curb violence. Political opponent were set ablaze, hundreds of houses and vehicles were razed. The whole of western region was thrown into a state of anarchy. On 31th December, 1962, with the help of Ahmadu Bello who was the premier of Northern region, Chief Akintola was brought back to power as premier of the western region even after losing legal battles in court. Akintola soon broke away from Action Group and formed an alliance with the Northern people’s congress and other political party in the west, North and the Niger delta region to create his own party named the Nigerian National Alliance which went on to win a controversial regional election in the year 1965. The election was massively rigged, which resulted to an unprecedented violence in the western region of Nigeria. People were killed daily and countless properties were lost. Chief Obafemi Awolowo was arrested and jailed for treason. According to the coup plotter of January 15 1966, the crisis in the west together with the corruption in the civilian government was one of the main reasons why they struck. The coup of january 15, 1966 also known as Nzeogwu coup led the counter coup of July 29, 1966 to the mass killing of igbo in the North and ultimately to the Nigerian civil war.