Samuel Ladoke Akintola in the Eyes of History: The 1966 Military Coup
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- čas přidán 29. 10. 2023
- Topic: Samuel Ladoke Akintola in the Eyes of History: The 1966 Military Coup
Guest: Femi Kehinde, author of ‘Samuel Ladoke Akintola in the Eyes of History’
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Edmund, you are the best, God bless you for keeping history alive!
Best radio 📻 man Edmund obilo... kudos 2 u & ur entire team crew especially the man in ur studio bcos he nailed it with factual backings. 👏 🙌 👍 💪 #Respect #IDockMyHat4Him🎩🧢🙏
My history class every day, week and month. Please invite Gen. Yakubu jack Gowon for an interview.
Great historian. Love this man knowledge.
This history story supposed to be in major media for wider audience in Nigeria
Wowww... This programme makes me know that Nigeria can still be great
Nigeria can never be great infact is never brought together to great by the British,it was brought together for British interest.What they enjoy in UK why are we not enjoying the same thing in uk we have Scotland,wales and etc why can’t we have the same thing here.
I would also like to read a book from honourable Femi Kehinde on history about Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida.
Bros obilo pls allow ur guests to talk . Most times u interrupt dem alot with ur questions
Thanks
The truth in time is becoming manifest.Lets apply understanding to save our nation,North to South.
By the British configuring of Nigeria it might been have been possoble they favoured the north as most people say. However we need to probe deeper into history, to establish that fact
You stated a fact and refuted the fact at the same time.
All by yourself.
Amazing from Omotayo.
Definitely favored the North
I do not buy this kind of narration again. I decide to have my independent thoughts by studying historical records/books.
Education, Politics, Government were developing and the North was clearly ahead! Rethink education as not only western education!
We, Yorubas understand that when it comes to organised. military formation, Yoruba history attested to that; the case of Ilorin!
Point of correction Banjo wasn't a major at the time. He also, didn't support robbing the bank like his friend (Ojukwu) commanded. Reference from "Why We Struck" - Ademoyega
Wjy is be sounding like Edmund
Obilo if you're not born by then, you should ask your parents or seniors about these stories regarding rigging of elections of 1965.
Balewa and Akintola committed political atrocities in the western region in 1965 which led to wild protests eventually engulfed into the popular operation e wet ie..this was the main reason why the army struck to dislodge the corrupt government of Balewa.
Can you please include the book's ISBN any time you introducing a book to your audience
Interesting discourse,but full of mistakes or misinformation.Usman Nagoggo was the emir of Katsina not Zaria. Maimalari was butchered in Lagos not Kaduna.....Segun Osoba did not discover Balewa's corpes.....!
And it was the late premier SL Akintola who fired the first shot at the intruders and converted what could probably have been an arrest into an assassination.
It's quite unfortunate that Gowon, Danjuma, and other northern didn't write any book about the civil war in Nigeria.
Obasanjo has written all, what else?
@@minuteman5042did you hear his question, is obasanjo from the north? It's important that at least one person from the north should give their own side of what happened for balance. I'm just wondering too at their silence
No brain to write even a memoir of themselves how much more a book on the civil war.
From his own biased perspective. @@minuteman5042
@@owolabishonaike4735They know what they did to the igbos during the war. Guilty conscience !
They said that the coup was against the North, what about the Yorubas that was killed? Please Mr guest speaker say the truth.
Hon. Femi Kehinde it's unfortunate that Edmond keeps interrupting your thoughts which is uncharacteristic of him.
Your goal is to absolve Chief Akintola of blames for 1966 crisis in Western Region. Subsequent political developments proved otherwise. If Chief Akintola had remained loyal to Chief Awolowo there wouldn't have been any crisis in Western Region in 1966.
You also said that from the 1959 election, the NPC won more seats in the Federal House than the combined seats from the South, it is not true.
North NPC 134
East NCNC 81
West AG 73
Other Minority Parties 24.
While The North's NPC won majority seats, they and their camp only got 148 seats out of a total number of 312.
Combined seats of the Eastern and Western Regions and their affiliated camp would have gotten 164 seats.
Thirdly, you affirmed that the aim of the 1966 coupists was to make Chief Awolowo the Prime Minister, what is evidence?
This is a mere afterthought.
None of the principal actors made this claim. What is true is that there were discussions within the military and academic communities along the idea. It was never their goal. Unless you can provide evidence.
I must acknowledge your brilliance but please cross check your facts so as not to misinform the public.
Well said - I noticed the interruption as well
I wish Ladoke Akintola is alive today but History will judge him. Fulanis used Akintola middle belts like Danjuma, Gowon to destroyed Nigeria. Today governor hope uzodima is being used by the Fulanis the way Akintola was used in 1966. Someone who was in 3rd position became number 1. Just what the Fulanis did in western region that resulted coup in 15 th January -1966.
Go and read the judgement and if you want to educate yourself more read the US supreme court judgement on George bush vs Al Gore. There is no sentiment in law, remember bayelsa state and katsina state?
This man is deliberately mixing up truths and half truths. He said in one breath that SLA was shot upstairs and in another breath said that he was brought down stairs before being shot down in a volley of bullets. He didn’t acknowledge that it was the premier who first fired at the intruders before being shot at. He did however do justice to his friend SLA.
The rhetorics about the British configuration of Nigeria favouring the North would not support classical historical fact but a bias and sentimental arguments.
Western Education is not the only education!
The North never wanted the British, they faced them head on with well established Northern military system. British tried in conquering the North but strategically due to Northern might evidenced from their well established governance system thus, the indirect rule!
The North refused western education not that they were not educated!
I wonder why the author did not mention the likes of Ajayi- Crowther, Herbert Macaulay, Henry Carr etc
You are writing nonesense, even the Arabs and begging for Western education, Northern Nigerians that cannot provide basic education to their people despite 8 years of Buhari government
Nauseating, the guest is just regurgitating AG propaganda,skewed narrative and negative stereotypes, certainly not a discussion on a well research historical work.
1:36:20 mins ... Oga Edmund Obilo abeg educate this Yoruba man ..
I knew this Yoruba man would be anti-Igbo..
All he was saying at that time showed his bias and hatred for Igbos
What gives you this victim mentality has given you a disadvantage in politics of Nigeria.......Until a generation comes amongst you to understand that politics is politics not a victim party....
How will you interpret that, think about it for a second. How will they kill all the leaders from the North and the West and leave all those from the East, and you say it’s anti-Igbo. You can’t play victim in this kind of scenario. Igbos shenanigans and myopic politicking has brought them no where, stop acting like a victim.
Well, he labored very hard to put his innate ant-Igbo sentiments on hold, but it kept popping up from time to time to put a slant on what could have been a very cerebral contribution to the history of that period.
1:20:10 mins Baba Femi Kehinde answer the question and stop being a feudal north and Akintola apologist
Like you have been doing all show
Like him or not; believe his narrative or not, Hon. Femi Kehinde has presented a very lucid and brilliant historical perspectives to some of the historical past of Western Nigeria and in fact, Nigeria, as a whole. Just like every dimension of history and social sciences, there are no agreed general or global perspectives to emerging historical events. It's good enough to appreciate those that take time to research into history and present their own perspectives therefrom. It provides basis for further critique and research, which should ultimately, engender a better informed society and a platform to learn from, for those interested in learning from history. Kudos to Femi Kehinde for his literary works. Looking forward to read more from him.
Thanks Edmund, the "Radio man" for availing us the opportunity to learn always on your platform
@@woleolaniran9572 first of all, my comment wasn't about "like-ing him or not"
It's about speaking truth to life.
There is always truth. Regardless of several perspectives.
His was definitely a biased perspective.
And yours ofcourse. But I'm not surprised about yours.