''Our
agenda was to completely exploit Africa. Nigeria was my duty post. When
we assessed Nigeria, this was what we found in the southern region;
strength, intelligence, determination to succeed, well established
history, complex but focused life style,
great hope and aspirations… the East is good in business and
technology, the west is good in administration and commerce, law and
medicine, but it was a pity we planned our agenda to give power “at all
cost” to the northerner. They seemed to be submissive and silly of a
kind. Our mission was accomplished by destroying the opposition at all
fronts. The west led in the fight for the independence, and was punished
for asking for freedom. They will not rule Nigeria! Harold Smith
confessed that the Census results were announced before they were
counted. Despite seeing vast land with no human but cattle in the north,
we still gave the north 55 million instead of 32 Million. This was to
be used to maintain their majority votes and future power bid. He stated
that the West without Lagos was the most populous in Nigeria at that
time but we ignored that. The north was seriously encouraged to go into
the military. According to him, they believe that the south may attend
western education, but future leaders will always come from military
background. Their traditional rulers were to be made influential and
super human. The northerners were given accelerated promotions both in
the military and civil service to justify their superiority over the
south. Everything was to work against the south. We truncated their good
plan for their future. “I was very sorry for the A.G; it was a great
party too much for African standard. We planned to destroy Awolowo and
Azikwe well, the west and the east and sowed a seed of discord among
them”. We tricked Azikwe into accepting to be president having known
that Balewa will be the main man with power. Awolowo has to go to jail
to cripple his genius plans for a greater Nigeria. ‘’Looking at the
northern leaders now , If they have any agenda in Nigeria at all, sadly
it is only for the north, and nothing for Nigeria....’’watch Harold
LIVE: http://haroldsmithmemorial.wordpress.com/tv-interview/ "Study the past if you would define the future." – Confucius
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