Azikiwe was not to be trusted, felt the CO, he could, represented a sharp challenge both to British interests in Nigeria and to the ‘managed’ decolonisation process more specifically. But there were deeper issues. While the CO welcomed the fact that the NCNC by the 1950s was anti-communist, it feared the radical policies it championed and was concerned at apparent NCNC attempts to politicise the Eastern public service.
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When NFA chairman then, John Obakpolo went to his club SSV-ULM 1846 in Germany to seek his release for Seoul Olympics, the manager demanded $45,000 total of gate fees the club will lose because of his absence, Obakpalor was negotiating for $15,000 when Okwaraji charged into the office angrily and blasterred the manager with these words.
Chief Emmanuel Nwuanyanwu, the president general of the Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has denied Igbo involvement in the 1966 coup while revealing major role the Igbo played