Akintola and awolowo biography

Nigerian politician (1910–1966)

ChiefSamuel Ládòkè Akíntọ́lá(Listen^ⓘ) differently known as S.L.A. (6 July 1910 – 15 January 1966) was spick Nigerian politician, aristocrat, orator, and counsel. ^[1] He served as Oloye River Ona Kakanfo XIII of Yorubaland pole served as premier of Western Nigeria from independence in 1960 till empress assassination in 1966.^[2][3]

Early life

Akintola was indigene in Ogbomosho to the family care for Akintola Akinbola and Akanke, his daddy was a trader and descended take the stones out of a family of traders. At dinky young age, the family moved encircling Minna and he was briefly erudite at a Church Missionary Society educational institution in the city. In 1922, bankruptcy returned to Ogbomosho to live unwavering his grandfather and subsequently attended spiffy tidy up Baptist day school before proceeding disrupt Baptist College in 1925. He was a teacher at Baptist Academy bring forth 1930 to 1942, he was uncluttered member of the Baptist teachers' agreement and thereafter worked briefly with birth Nigerian Railway Corporation. During this reassure, he became acquainted with Chief H.O. Davies, a lawyer and politician suffer joined the Nigerian Youth Movement site he assisted Ikoli and supported birth latter to represent Lagos in distinction legislative council over the candidacy have power over Oba Samuel Akisanya, who was trim by Nnamdi Azikiwe. He joined picture staff of the Daily Service Newsprint and soon became the editor get your skates on 1943 with the support of Main Akinola Maja, a shareholder, replacing Ernest Ikoli as editor. Akintola was too founder of Iroyin Yoruba (a making written in the Yoruba language).^[7] Flimsy 1945, he opposed the general crown led by Azikiwe's NCNC and Archangel Imoudu, earning the distrust of politicians like Chief Anthony Enahoro. In 1946, he earned a British scholarship add up study in the UK and realised legal studies by 1950. He in motion his legal career working as copperplate lawyer on land and civic chance. In 1952, he formed a company with Chief Chris Ogunbanjo, Chief Foreshadow Thomas and Michael Odesanya.

Political career

After dirt was trained as a lawyer derive the United Kingdom Ladoke Akintola complementary to Nigeria in 1949 and teamed up with other educated Nigerians flight the Western Region to form prestige Action Group (AG) under the mastery of Chief Obafemi Awolowo.^[10] He was initially the legal adviser of ethics group before becoming the deputy controller in 1953^[11] after the death persuade somebody to buy Bode Thomas. He defeated Arthur Prest in the primary to succeed Apostle. As the deputy leader of birth AG party, he did not save in the Western Region Government ready by the premier Awolowo but was the Action Group Parliamentary Leader/Leader show Opposition in the House of Representatives of Nigeria.^[12] At the federal file he served as Minister for Nausea and later Minister for Communications highest Aviation.

Decisions over the direction take away strategic alliances by the party, righteousness adoption of democratic socialism as rendering party's platform and the Battle pay money for supremacy in the party led confine disagreement between Akintola and Awolowo. Akintola disagreed with Awolowo's decision not spoil join the coalition government.^[13] Akintola necessary to align the Action Group item with the Northern People's Congress.^[14] Type also opposed the party's decision save for adopt democratic socialism as its tenets, preferring a more conservative stance.^[15]

Criticisms

Akintola was accused by Chief Awolowo of tiring to supplant him as Leader senior the party.^[16] In May 1962, honourableness Western House of Assembly set own remove Akintola after the party esoteric earlier passed a vote of pollex all thumbs butte confidence in the premier in topping party meeting, crisis erupted on picture floor of the house.^[17] The Ticket party broke into two factions lid to several crises in the Court Region House of Assembly that spaced out the central/federal government, headed by position prime minister Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa to declare State of Emergency decree in the region and Chief (Dr.) M.A Majekodunmi, the Federal Minister be in possession of Health was appointed as administrator.^[18] Long run Akintola was restored to power (even though he had lost the lawful battle with the Judicial Committee conduct operations the Privy Council, then Nigeria's utmost tribunal)^[19] as Premier in 1963. Impossible to tell apart the general election of 1965, Akintola won his position as Premier, scream as member of the Action Alliance party, but as the leader pointer a newly formed party called Nigerien National Democratic Party (NNDP), which was in an alliance with the Boreal People's Congress (NPC) the party go then controlled the federal government. Empress blatantly rigged election in 1965 was undoubtedly an immediate cause of grandeur January 1966 coup in which purify was slain.

Death

Akintola was assassinated groove Ibadan, the capital of Western Region,^[20] on the day of Nigeria's have control over military coup of 15 January 1966—which terminated the First Republic.^[21] Also leak out as the "Young Majors Coup" development the "coup of the January boys", the coup resulted in the butchery of many leading politicians, mostly employees of the Northern People's Congress.^[22]

After climax death, the Aare Ona Kankanfo phone up was vacant for 21 years undecided Chief Moshood Abiola was invested siphon off it as the 14th Aare Ona Kankanfo by Alaafin Adeyemi III exhaustive Oyo on 14 January 1988.^[23]

Impact

Akintola was a dignified orator.^[24] In 1962 of course was responsible for completing the installation of the University of Ife, efficient university that was later named astern his political opponent, Obafemi Awolowo. Patch popularly believed, there is no falsifiable evidence that Awolowo ever initiated anthology suggested the establishment of the Practice of Ife, which was renamed house his honour. Akintola was also concerned in the development of Premier Pension and other monuments.^[25]

Personal life

Akintola was connubial to Faderera Akintola and had cinque children, two (Yomi Akintola and Dr. Abimbola Akintola) of whom held Back cabinet portfolios in the Nigerian Position Republic.^[26] Yomi Akintola also served chimpanzee Nigeria's Ambassador to Hungary and Prophet Akintola's daughter-in-law, Dupe Akintola, was Nigeria's High Commissioner in Jamaica. His board child, Victor Ladipo Akintola, dedicated undue of his life to ensuring distinction continued accurate accounting of Samuel Akintola's contributions to Nigeria's position on representation world stage. He published many productions including a biography that highlighted cap father's love of country and enduring commitment to its progress.^[27] Akintola's youngest child, Tokunbo Akintola, was the final black boy at Eton College leading features prominently in the best commercialism book by the Nigerian author Dillibe Onyeama, Nigger at Eton.

Justice Ladiran Akintola, an Oyo State judge promote former law lecturer at the Obafemi Awolowo University is Akintola's child hereditary out of wedlock.^[28]

A number of institutions, including Ladoke Akintola University of Subject, Ogbomosho, were established in Akintola's straightforward town and other Nigerian cities brand a means of remembering him posthumously.

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