On September 11, 1963, Chief Obafemi Awolowo and some 16 other members of the Action Group party were sentenced to prison for treasonable felony for plotting to overthrow the Government of Prime Minister Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa by forceful means of arms.
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TIMESTAMPS
00:00 Intro
01:15 The Motion for Independence
07:01 Awolowo and Bello
11:44 Awolowo and Akintola
16:31 Penetrating the North
22:46 Alliance with the Middle Belt
26:26 Breaking the Action Group
35:53 Awolowo’s Treasonable Felony
38:33 Did Awolowo really plot a coup in 1962?
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