THE BEGINNING - MAKING OF AWO WHO WOULD DIE IN SHAME:-Many
years after he suddenly was reported dead of natural cause and few
years after his golden jubilee, facts are now emerging on the reasons
that led to First and Second Republic political heavyweight, Late Chief
Obafemi Awolowo committing suicide.
It was learned that he did it to
stem the tide of a possible military court martial into an insurrection
he was planning to lead alongside his political associates at the time
when it became evident that then Military President, General Ibrahim
Babangida was intending staying in power forever.
CONFESSIONS FROM AWO's ASSOCIATE:-In
a no-hold barred interview with FS Online recently,a grass root
politician ,Mr Adebayo Adeyinka who lives within the College Road at
Ifako-Ijaiye axis in Ogba ,a suburb of Lagos, Nigeria was livid with
rage when he learned that a key politician connected to the issue was
denying the incident.
He revealed that Chief Awolowo wanted to lead
some kind of guerilla warfare or militant campaign against the
government of President Babangida so that he can be overthrown through a
popular or people -led putsch.
According to him , the Elder
Statesman summoned a meeting of his core loyalists over the issue and
this was even filmed so as to strengthen the extent of commitment of
each of the politician that attended the meeting,
He pointed out that
however unknown to all of those who were privy to this meeting and
clarion call , Chief Lateef Kayode Jakande ,Former Executive Governor of
Lagos State had a different plan as he betrayed them to the military.
THE BETRAYAL OF Awolowo WHO BETRAYED BIAFRANS BY Lateef Jakande.He
Said:’ But unknown to them , Chief Jakande was planning to betray them,
he went to President Ibrahim Babangida and promptly showed him the tape
“Papa
Awolowo was invited for a meeting with President Ibrahim Babangida who
was then staying at Dodan Barracks which was the seat of power as at
then and the truth of his clandestine meetings was revealed to him by
the gap –toothed
IBB’s OPTIONs TO AWOLOWO AND HE CHOOSING THE N20 RAT POISON SHAMEFUL OPTION:-“He
gave Papa some options and that was for him to be ready to face a court
martial , be ready to go to a prison or better still go on exile
“At
this stage Papa felt instead of allowing some ambitious khaki boy to
mess him up he should just pack it in and call it a day ,so Chief
Awolowo decide to commit suicide so as to save himself from the ignominy
of going to prison for the second time in his lifetime.
“But
before he did this he called his core loyalists for a meeting ,before
then he had called up Late Chief Bola Ige [Cicero],since the latter had a
very strong understanding of the Hausa Language having had his
formative years as a young man in Kaduna but discovered that the late
Esa-Oke strongman was innocent after he was interrogated by Papa
“He
called others for enquiries while asking them to tender the video
cassettes of the meeting they all attended to discuss the plans to
topple President Babangida for examination ,at this juncture Chief
Jakande developed a cold feet as he could not produce his own copy of
the video which was freely distributed to all that was present at the
meeting previously before the betrayal and that was how the cat was let
out of the bag.
“So he cursed him at this point and pointed out
that he will never have any form of relevance politically as far as
Nigeria was concerned and till today members of the Awolowo Dynasty
avoids him like a plague.
“I was there when the letter he wrote to
the family to beg them for forgiveness over the unfortunate incident was
read in the presence of all present ,if he continues to deny I am ready
to confront him publicly again on the same issue as I can even remember
that elders asked him to go to the grave of the late sage to plead for
forgiveness.
“When he was questioned he lied that the National
Security Organization now State Security Services had visited his house
to check on him and in the process took the tape in question but”
Awoists” knew that this was a very weak argument as he did not inform
their political group of this development before their enquiry on the
subject.
“That was how Senator Abraham Adesanya assumed the
leadership of the Awolowo camp of Yoruba politics after the demise of
the man ,he was not even so close to Awolowo during his lifetime like
Chief Jakande and that was why many called him Baba Kekere on account of
this cosy relationship
IRONY OF AWO PAYING BIAFRANS 20 POUNDS AND DIEING COURTESY OF 20 NAIRA RAT POISON:-“Before
he gave up the ghost, he said his prayers and then took the poison
which killed him almost immediately but the public was not fully aware
as they were given a different account of what happened.
“We were simply told that he died while he was brushing his teeth in his bathroom at his Park Lane,Apapa residence here in Lagos
EXPOSING HOW MUCH THIEF AWOLOWO STOLE FROM BIAFRANS AND ni.GERia(1)
He was stupendously wealthy during his lifetime, infact there is NO
company at Oba Akran in Ikeja ,Lagos where he does not have at least a
five percent equity, Dideolu Court in Ogba alone cannot be valued at
less than N10 Billion ,that was the place that he had in mind to be his
Seat of power if he was elected as Nigeria’s President.
(2) He
owned Shonibare Estate but the man he was using as a front and who later
went to prison over some issues which Awolowo himself was privy to
eventually laid claim to the estate.
“He got all of this wealth due
to a great measure of goodwill and tax waivers he gave to investors
whenever they come to establish their business.
(3) Anytime you buy a bottle of Coca-Cola you are enriching the Awolowo Dynasty,
(4)
Go to Ijebu Ikenne and you will discover that the price of bag cement
there is different from other parts of the nation due to the subsidy
that the citizens enjoy on account of Awolowo who was their son and I
hope you know that West African Portland Cement is in Ewekoro and not
Ikenne.
(5) He listed such blue chips like Dunlop Nigeria Plc,
(i) Guinness Nigeria Plc.
(ii) Neimeth Pharmaceutical Nigeria Plc.
(iii) May and Baker Nigeria Plc.
(iv) Vitafoam Nigeria Plc.
(v) Wahum Nigeria Limited .
(vi) CAP Nigeria Plc.
(vii) International Paints of West Africa [IPWA].
(viii) Berger Paints Nigeria Plc.
(ix) Berec Nigeria Limited. ,
(x)Kabelmetal, Nigeria Bottling Company Plc
(xi) Leventis Nigera Plc.,
(xii)West African Portland Cement Company,[Lafarge ].
(xiii)Wema Bank Nigeria Plc.
(xiv) Scoa Nigeria Plc.
(xv) CFAO Nigeria Plc.
(xvi) Cadbury Nigeria Plc.
(xvii)Wemaboard Estates, Odu’A Group.
(xviii) Livestock Feeds Nigeria Plc.
(xix) Nigerian Breweries Plc as places the Awolowo family have commercial interest to mention just a few.
(6)
Apart from this stocks analysts believe that the most visible of his
investment ,The Nigerian Tribune Newspapers cannot be valued at less
than N100billion today in terms of brand evaluation as Thisday
Newspapers was valued by the Owner ,.Mr Nduka Obaigbena at N200 Billion
recently during a media chart while celebrating his fiftieth birthday
sometimes last year.
WHEN A THIEF BECOMES A KING MAKER:-
“He
made Sijuwade rich, because he was his business associate and in fact
some of us held very strong views that he was one of his fronts and
later the same man became the Ooni of Ife”he added
Mr Adebayo
Adeyinka recalled his several years of following grass root politics
right from the days of Action Group to the Unity Party of Nigerian era
in the second republic but now lamented that he had since lost all
interest in partisan politics due to the massive corruption in our
polity.
HOW AWO FAMILY NOW REGARD ‘’AWOIST’’
“On account
of this great betrayal Awolowo family members regard the “Awoist” as a
group people should deal with using a long spoon till this day and this
explains why when The Peoples Democratic Party Government gave some of
them political appointment lately they accepted it without thinking
twice.
“Dr Tokunbo Awolowo-Dosunmu was made an Ambassador by
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo while, Mr Segun Awolowo Jnr was given
a plum job at the Federal Capital Territory in Abuja as a Secretary.
“Recently
when Afenifere was disintegrating Mama out of concern for her husband’s
legacies decided to call a truce because as she puts it then, she did
not know what she was going to tell her husband the day they meet in
heaven
MAKING OF THE ‘’BEST PRESIDENT ni.GERia NEVER HAD’’:-
Late
Chief Obafemi Awolowo was a leader who believed that the state should
channel Nigeria’s resources into education and state –led
infrastructural development.
At his own expense albeit
controversially ,he introduced the free primary education for all of the
Western Region ,he equally established the first television service in
Africa in 1959 and expanded electrification projects in the region using
the proceeds from the highly lucrative Cocoa export industry.
The
Cocoa House in Ibadan regarded by many as one of the major landmarks of
Nigeria’s architectural history was built as a result of his economic
blueprint which was targeted towards the emancipation of his people from
poverty.
He built the first stadium in West Africa, the Liberty
Stadium, Ibadan and he coined the name “Naira “for Nigeria’s official
currency, it was previously called Nigerian Pounds.
During the 1970’s ,he was very critical of Nigeria’s military expenditure insisting that more should be spent on development
He ran a free health care programme for children up till the age of eighteen years .
On
his death on the 9th of May, 1987 as a mark of respect for his
legacies, The University Of Ile-Ife which ironically he helped to build
as Premier of the Old Western Nigeria was re-named in his honour as part
of a post humous celebration of his life and times.
His portraits adorn public places in Nigeria especially in his native Yoruba land where he is seen as an icon.
His picture also adorn Nigeria’s one hundred naira note.
He
has been described surprisingly by some of his greatest critics and
even political opponents as probably the Best President Nigeria never
had.
He struck a chord with the womenfolk during his lifetime
when in a rare show of public affection for his wife of several years,
Chief Mrs Hannah Dideolu Awolowo told the world that the woman was his
jewel of inestimable value.
How right or prophetic he was because his wife has continued to strengthen the mileage of the husband’s name even in death.
During
an exclusive interview with FS Online at his Ilupeju home in Lagos last
year, Chief Lateef Jakande upon being probed with questions over his
relationship with Late Chief Obafemi Awolowo on account of what feelers
were suggesting had denied that they had a bad relationship shortly
before his death.
He insisted that those that said that they had
any problems between them prior to Chief Awolowo’s death were not been
honest as they were all telling lies.
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