Theory question 107
Nigerian FederalismSection B (answer two questions only from this section)
Discuss any five major crises that led to the Nigerian civil war
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Action Group crisis of 1962 and state of emergency in the West.
Census crisis of 1962–63.
Federal election crisis of 1964 (UPGA boycott).
Western Regional election crisis of 1965 ('Operation Wetie').
January 1966 coup, seen in the North as an Igbo coup.
Unification Decree No. 34 of May 1966 and the riots that followed.
July 1966 counter-coup and killing of Ironsi; massacres of Easterners in the North (May and September 1966).
Failure of the Aburi Accord (January 1967) and disputes over its interpretation.
Creation of 12 states (May 1967) and Ojukwu's declaration of Biafra (30 May 1967).
Five crises, each explained and linked to the war.