Re: USA Africa Dialogue Series - MENTALLY DERANGED NIGERIANS

Benjamin Azikiwe! 

On Wed, 31 Aug 2022 at 4:08 PM, Salimonu Kadiri <ogunlakaiye@hotmail.com> wrote:

​I hereby thank Lawrence Ogbo Ugwuanyi for observing that Nnamdi Azikiwe baptismal name was Benjamin and not Emmanuel as I wrote to identify him as a Christian whose political party entered into coalition agreement with the NPC in 1960 to form Federal government in which Alhaji Abubakar Tafawa Balewa, a Muslim, became the Prime Minister. 

S. Kadiri 

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From: 'ugwuanyi Lawrence' via USA Africa Dialogue Series <usaafricadialogue@googlegroups.com>
Sent: 30 August 2022 21:09
To: USA African Dialogue Series <usaafricadialogue@googlegroups.com>
Subject: USA Africa Dialogue Series - MENTALLY DERANGED NIGERIANS

 

"In 1960, the Prime Minister of Nigeria, Abubakar Tafawa Balewa, was a Muslim while Emmanuel Nnamdi Azikiwe, a Christian, was President of the Senate from where he was subsequently catapulted to the post of Governor General, in 1961. When Nigeria became a Republic in 1963, Emmanuel Nnamdi Azikiwe became…."

 

The full name as it is known to the public  is Benjamin Nnamdi Azikiwe.

If there is evidence that he also bears Emmanuel then perhaps the author should do the readers  a  favour  by providing the source.

Lawrence Ogbo Ugwuanyi

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