”THE WEST LED IN THE FIGHT FOR INDEPENDENCE AND WAS PUNISHED FOR ASKING FOR FREEDOM. THEY WILL NOT RULE NIGERIA” - Harold Smith
“THE WEST (EVEN) WITHOUT LAGOS WAS THE MOST POPULOUS IN NIGERIA AT THAT TIME WE IGNORED THAT” - Harold Smith
“WE STILL GAVE THE NORTH 55 MILLION INSTEAD OF 32 MILLION” - Harold Smith
WHAT THE COLONIAL MASTERS DID TO WAZOBIA LAND - BBC documentary on Harold Smith..
Harold Smith had gone out to work as a British Colonial Officer in the 1950s after graduating from Oxford University.
Smith was based in the then capital, Lagos, working in the ministry of Labour, then headed by Festus Okotie-Eboh, a flamboyant politician who was treasurer of the NCNC. The NCNC was based in the Eastern Region of Nigeria.
Under colonial rule the country was divided up into three regions, North, East and West.
Smith was based in the then capital, Lagos, working in the ministry of Labour, then headed by Festus Okotie-Eboh, a flamboyant politician who was treasurer of the NCNC. The NCNC was based in the Eastern Region of Nigeria.
Under colonial rule the country was divided up into three regions, North, East and West.
One day Smith was given a secret file containing a minute that ordered him to get involved in regional elections taking place in the late 1950s in the run up to independence. He was to make vehicles, staff and other resources available to the NCNC colleagues of Okotie-Eboh who was standing in the elections.
Smith was shocked at the request. He explained that the election had to be fixed because the plan was that the Northern region would hold power on independence.
Smith was shocked at the request. He explained that the election had to be fixed because the plan was that the Northern region would hold power on independence.
Thomson asks, “Could an allegation of British government involvement to rig an election or at the least to favour a particular party be substantiated?”
''Our agenda was to completely exploit Africa. Nigeria was my duty post. When we assessed Nigeria, this was what we found in the southern region; strength, intelligence, determination to succeed, well established history, complex but focused life style, great hope and aspirations… the East is good in business and technology, the west is good in administration and commerce, law and medicine, but it was a pity we planned our agenda to give power “at all cost” to the northerner. They seemed to be submissive and silly of a kind. Our mission was accomplished by destroying the opposition at all fronts.
The west led in the fight for the independence, and was punished for asking for freedom. They will not rule Nigeria! Harold Smith confessed that the Census results were announced before they were counted. https://haroldsmithmemorial.wordpress.com/…/britain-rigged…/
Despite seeing vast land with no human but cattle in the north, we still gave the north 55 million instead of 32 Million. This was to be used to maintain their majority votes and future power bid. He stated that the West without Lagos was the most populous in Nigeria at that time but we ignored that. The north was seriously encouraged to go into the military. According to him, they believe that the south may attend western education, but future leaders will always come from military background. Their traditional rulers were to be made influential and super human.
The northerners were given accelerated promotions both in the military and civil service to justify their superiority over the south. Everything was to work against the south. We truncated their good plan for their future. “I was very sorry for the A.G; it was a great party too much for African standard. We planned to destroy Awolowo and Azikwe well, the west and the east and sowed a seed of discord among them”. We tricked Azikwe into accepting to be president having known that Balewa will be the main man with power. Awolowo has to go to jail to cripple his genius plans for a greater Nigeria. ‘’Looking at the northern leaders now , If they have any agenda in Nigeria at all, sadly it is only for the north, and nothing for Nigeria....’’:
"Study the past if you would define the future." – Confucius
ME: Unfortunately today, out of desperation for power, pigs, sharks and vultures are all sleeping in the same bed of slavery because of Suya meat.
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