Photo of Chief Obafemi Awolowo campaigns with a helicopter in Sokoto, Nigeria. - Historical Update

Photo of Chief Obafemi Awolowo campaigns with a helicopter in Sokoto, Nigeria.

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Chief Obafemi Awolowo campaigns with a helicopter in Sokoto


Chief Obafemi Awolowo campaigns with a helicopter in Sokoto, 1959.

Obafemi Awolowo was the first Nigerian politician to campaign outside his region and with a helicopter when he visited the Northern Region in 1959. It was a rare sight for the locals, a good campaign strategy for Awolowo, who flocked out massively to the chagrin of Sir Ahmadu Bello, then Premier of the Northern Region.

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Although, Awolowo did not win in the North in the federal elections on December 12, 1959, the desire to move out to other groups of people and his astute helicopter campaign-strategy changed the face of politics in Nigerian history.


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