Southern Nigeria leaders as stooges of hegemonists

Ben Ogu writes that leaders from Southern Nigeria have acted as stooges of Northern Fulani hegemony, subjugating their own people to keep Nigeria together. He traces this from the 1914 amalgamation through the Nigerian civil war to the present political situation. Ogu claims that southern leaders work as proxies for Northern power at federal, state, and local levels. He questions whether this is a necessary condition for Nigeria's continued existence.

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