Britain Merged Northern And Southern Protectorates In 1914 To Finance Northern Nigeria With Southern Resources –Historian, Prof. Akintoye
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The historian alleged that the amalgamation was not done for the benefit of the people of Nigeria but for business reasons by the British colonial rulers. A prominent Nigerian historian, Prof. Banji Akintoye has claimed that the British Colonial masters amalgamated Nigeria in 1914 basically to use the wealth from the southern region to finance the northern region. The former leader of Ilana Omo Oodua Worldwide, the umbrella/apex body of the Yoruba self-determination struggle...