Photo : Mr Peter Obi By Uche Ugboajah Any less-than-avid student of history would easily understand the active role played by the people of the Southeast, particularly the Igbo, in the government and politics of Nigeria, from the pre-independence and post-independence eras up until the civil war of 1967 to 1970. Although the Igbo were not the first to encounter Western education, they quickly caught up with and, as many would argue, even overtook their Southwest counterparts. Dr Nnamdi Azikiwe, who would later become Nigeria’s first president, albeit in a…
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