Zaben Legas na 1941

An gudanar da zabe na musamman don kujerar Legas a Majalisar Dokoki ta Najeriya a ranar 5 ga Maris 1941.Okechukwu Jones Asuzu (2005) The Politics of Being Nigerian, Lulu, p43  An buƙaci shi bayan memba mai ci Kofo Abayomi na Ƙungiyar Matasan Najeriya (NYM) ya yi murabus don ya koma Ƙasar Ingila don ɗaukar Rhodes Scholarship a cikin ilimin ido.Toyin Falola & Ann Genova (2009) Historical Dictionary of Nigeria, Scarecrow Press, p Kodayake an zabi Ernest Ikoli na NYM da kashi 56% na kuri'un, gardamar da zaben ya haifar ta haifar da mutuwar jam'iyyar.

 Yaƙin neman zaɓe 
Bayan Abayomi ya yi murabus duka Ikoli da Samuel Akisanya sun gudu don zaben NYM don zama dan takarar jam'iyyar. Akinsanya ya kuma nemi takarar jam'iyyar a Zaben 1940,Nnamdi Azikiwe (1961) Zik: a selection from the speeches of Nnamdi Azikiwe, CUP Archive, p309  amma Jibril Martin ya ci nasara. Akinola Maja ta shiga gasar a matsayin dan takara na uku a wani mataki na ƙarshe.Asuzu, p215

 Sakamakon haka 
Rikici game da zaɓin ɗan takara ya haifar da rabuwa a cikin NYM; Azikiwe ya bar jam'iyyar kuma wasu mambobi da yawa sun biyo baya,Asuzu, p215 daga ƙarshe ya haifar da rushewar jam'iyyar.Obafemi Awolowo (1960) Awo: The Autobiography of Chief Obafemi Awolowo, Cambridge University Press, pp130–160

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