Awolowo-Akintola Saga 2 | Hon Femi Kehinde | Edmund Obilo | State Affairs

The understanding of the past and its interpretations determine the values of the future. The crisis of the Western Region, a fall out of the battle of supremacy between Obafemi Awolowo, leader of the Action (AG) and his deputy, Samuel Ladoke Akintola, is a story of the past, but the analyses of the events of the time are lessons of history.
Awolowo after relinquishing the premiership of the Western Region in 1959 elected to move to the federal parliament in a bid to be Nigeria’s Prime Minister. He only succeeded in becoming opposition leader. Akintola left the federal parliament for the region to take Awo’s place as premier. No sooner had this happened than both men engaged in a power struggle over the principles of government in the Western Region. Awolowo as leader of party insisted on party supremacy but Akintola believed in government supremacy.
After a state of emergency was declared in the region, Awolowo had to deal with the Coker Commission set up to investigate the finances of the Western region. Awoist saw the move as a plot to humiliate Awo at loggerheads with the Tafawa Balewa Federal Government and the Samuel Akintola Western Region government over power. Awo would go to prison having been convicted of offences bordering on his role in a planned coup against the Balewa government.
The discontent bred by the trial, Coker’s Commission findings and the severely flawed Western Region election of 1965, culminated in Operation Wetie when thousands were killed in the region to settle political scores. Following Operation Wetie was the January 1966 coup that took the lives of Balewa, Ahmadu Bello, Akintola and other political and military leaders.
State Affairs 5 October 2019
Splash 105.5 FM, Ibadan
Guest: Hon Femi Kehinde, lawyer, former member representing Ayedire/Iwo/Olaoluwa Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives 1999-2003. He is the author of Samuel Akintola in the Eyes of History.
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[@akereleeniolabisola6566]

Akintola and APC focuses on Politics, but Awolowo focused was improving quality of Life of People, Hon. Femi Kehinde pretended to be Neutral but in reality he is. a Supporter of Akintola, what Yoruba need is positives growth and development, not Politics towards selfishness of APC and Akintola, today APC Chieftains are calling themselves Democrats and Progressive Minded Persons but they don't have elements of Democratic System and Progressiveness in them but deceit

[@augustineiwueze4515]

Late Akintola was a real federalist and who had wanted the Yorubas to see a reason to it.

[@johnnyboy7538]

"SLA wanted a federalist approach to power." Hindsight they say is 20-20, his approach and ideas would have led to the catastrophe we now witness is Nigeria. We were never meant to be together, we were never meant to be as one.

[@lanrem6609]

you got me there.... Federalist approach with someone who have Nother approach... something is missing

[@jkauto7836]

Awolowo and Akintola story is the present day Fubara and Wike of river state

[@ogumkainnocent365]

Akintola are the likes started the problem in Nigeria

[@wisdomugonna6529]

Quite interesting Loved the session to have continued a little longer

[@tobifadipe8480]

Back home, it is hard to believe this man is this sound. Politics spoilt his name. He went down with Baba Akande

[@victorfolaranmi9169]

You’re referring to Hon. Femi Kehinde?

[@tobifadipe8480]

Yes

[@oneman.1780]

Even this man try to protect akintola. It shown that akintola and is family was a traitor to the fingers that fed them. ASAP

[@bukolafakunle2618]

Samuel akintola is not a traitor at all, everyone that loves Awplowo didn't look to the other side of him just like Tinubu followers ,

[@oneman.1780]

@@bukolafakunle2618 how can you stupidly compare tinubu with Pa Awo. Tell us what Awo did bad to akintola?atlist you Heard- the history here. This is how to know traitors amongst yorubas. You guys are still with even mindset till now. What did you mean Awo followers? Are you serious?

[@factsandgrin]

So if Bode Thomas didn't die, Akintola might not have been the premier of Western region. Maybe there wouldn't have been the 1966 coups.

[@delengr1026]

SLA was a traitor. That can not be rewritten.

[@KabirBadmus]

Defending your statement

[@chidieberehenry42]

Wait oo, as in Bode Thomas starting barking like a dog till he died or what?

[@uncletim2510]

Wow. I love this history. Where can we get this in US?

[@lawalegbeyemi5778]

Brilliant session...

[@bisiolanipekun7212]

love it!

[@oluyomielegbede2283]

I believe he's lying, there's are lies in this story aimed at saving Akintola's from his acts of aberration.

[@oluyomielegbede2283]

I wanna even correct him, it wasn't Awolowo and Akintola but was Akintola and Remi Fani-Kayode the Odemo of Ishara; Oba Samuel Akinsanya called misguided small boys when they were premier and deputy premier respectively and were dealing with the Odemo

[@chineduonuoha3855]

Balewa and Akintola were the reason why the coup of January 66 happened.

[@tayoade07]

​@@chineduonuoha3855How, please?