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...aftermath of the December 1964 Federal elections. It was then, in the expectation of civil war, that the President, Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe, first began to count which members of the armed forces might be loyal to him; and it was then that the Prime Minister, "moderate" old Alhaji Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa, set an armed guard around the President's mansion and made plans to kidnap him and ship him out of the country...
...Nigeria has long been roiled by fierce tribal undercurrents, originating from its four fiercely proud regions: the dominant Moslem North, where more than half the country's people live, the oil-rich Eastern area, and the more industrialized (asbestos and textiles) Western and Midwestern regions. Prime Minister Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa's ruling National Nigerian Alliance (N.N.A.) draws its strength from the North, and the opposition United Progressive Grand Alliance (U.P.G.A.) is powerful in the rest of the country...
...broadcasts were filled with conflicting reports that changed from hour to hour. According to one, a single unnamed army general from the North had launched a coup "to bring an end to gangsterism and disorder." The premiers of both the Northern and Western regions were reported assassinated, and Sir Abubakar was said to be under house arrest...
...coup against Nigerian Prime Minister Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa last week, leaders of 19 of the British Commonwealth's 22 nations* met in Lagos to discuss another troubled country: Rhodesia. Britain had its early misgivings about the two-day conference. It was the first such meeting ever held outside Britain, the first presided over by anyone but the British Prime Minister, the first called on the initiative of a government other than Britain, and the first with only a single-item agenda...
Meeting in Lagos' gleaming Federal Palace Hotel, the delegates got right down to work under the chairmanship of Sir Abubakar, who had suggested the meeting last month as a way to head off precipitate action by Africa's angry extremists. "We believe the policy we are following," Wilson said, "is right, appropriate, and will be effective." He could point to the fact that British sanctions have already cut Rhodesia's main exports 90% -including sugar, tobacco, copper, chrome, steel and meat. American importers are boycotting Rhodesian asbestos and lithium; Japan banned Rhodesian iron imports starting April...