St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1962-06-08

VI OOuIll AuSlI dlld
its independence from Britain 10
months ago, was followed by other
developments.
The ousted Western premier pro-
tested his dismissal to the Fed
eral Prime Minister, Sir Abubakar
Tafawa Balewa, urging that Sir
Adejosi Aderemi's appointments as
governor be revoked. 1t was Sir
Adejosi who informed Akintola of
his dismissal, saying he did not
command a majority in the house
of assembly.
Akintola charged that the gov
ernor of the Western Region was
taking sides in the Action Group
dispute l.. Later, violence erupted
in sessions of the Western Regional
legislature of Ibadan. Federal po-
lice hurled tear-gas bombs to break
up fist-fighting sessions and one
government member was carried
from the gas-filled chamber COW
cred with blood.
Sir Abubakar, the Nigerian fed
eral prime minister, summoned the
national parliament into extraor-
binary session. He later told the
nation in a radio speech that the
explosive situation in Western Nj
geria, touched off by a request for
a confidence vote in the new re-
gional government, could not be
permitted to continue. In the as
sembly row, the new premier, AL
haji D. S. Adegbenro, was kicked
and knocked to the floor. Two as
semblymen were arrested by po-
lice and later released.
The federal police chief said the
injured government member, Trade
and Industry Minister S. Y. Kess-
Nmomoh, had been stabbed with a
knife. Observers in the chamber
said, however, he was hit with a
thrown object. He was discharged
from a hospital after treatment.
RUMORS of Sierra Leone and
Tanganyika joining the Casa
blanca Group were denounced by
spokesman of both countries. The
High Commissioner of Sierra Leone
at Lagos, Nigeria, who exhibited
great surprise at the reports, said:
I'VE know nothing of such a de-
cision," recalling that Sierra Leone
would participate in the May 81
June 2, Monrovia Group confer
ence in Lagos The Tangan-
yika government has officially dem
led the news that it has asked to
be admitted into the Casablanca
Group, which includes Ghana,
Guinea, Mali, the United Arab Re-
public EGYPT, Morocco and the
Algerian Provisional Government.
The Tanganyika Government call
ed the information "a fragrant mis-
treatment of the fact" An offic-
ial statement issued at Oar es
Salaam said, Our policy" aims at
reconciling "the points of view
which divide the two groups Of
African countries and to promote
unity and accord"
Recently, Oscar Kambona, Tan
ganyika's interior minister, visited
Ghana and Guinea, for the purpose
of studying the Emergencies be-
tween the Casablanca and Mon
rovia Groups, and to see if in some
way, Tanganyika could contribute
to reducing the division between
African countries. The Monrovia
Group, consisting of 20 independ-
ent African states, includes Nj
geria, Liberia, the Ivory Coast and
the Central African Republic. Sier-
ra Leone was one of the nations
represented at both of the first
major conferences Of the Monrovia
Group, at Monrovia and Lagos.
THE BEGINNING of an about
offensive to Hberate Spanish Afri-
can colonies was an item on the
agenda of a three-day conference
in Accra, Ghana, of African ma
tionalists from dependent count
ries. An announcement from Accra
said the conference, which opened
May 80, would be attended by rep
personalities from Spanish pos
sessions. It is believed that this
would mark their first appearance
at such a conference.
Spanish African territories
which were slated to be represent
ed included Fernando Pc, off the
Nigerian coast ian area where
frequent protests have been made
charging Spanish landowners with
mistreatment of Nigerian work.
ers), Rio MUM on the mainland,
which has a common border with
the Gabon Republic, and the
islands of Coisco, Great and Little
Elabey and Annoben. The confer
ence was also expected to air
pressing problems confronting all
nationalist movements in Africa"
and latest events in the Portu-
guese territories. About three
years ago, Spain followed Portu-
gals example in declaring its
Overseas territories provinces of