1945 Zaben Legas

An gudanar da zabe na musamman don kujerar Legas a Majalisar Dokokin Najeriya a watan Disamba na shekara ta 1945 don maye gurbin Jibril Martin na Ƙungiyar Matasan Najeriya (NYM). Abubakar Olorun-Nimbe na Jam'iyyar Democrat ta Najeriya (NNDP) ne ya lashe gasar.Tekena N Tamuno (1966) Nigeria and Elective Representation 1923−1947, Heinemann, p127 

 Yaƙin neman zaɓe 
NNDP da Kungiyar Matasan Democrat ta Najeriya sun gabatar da Olorun-Nimbe, mataimakin shugaban NNDP, a matsayin dan takara na hadin gwiwa. Likita ne, ya yi karatun likitanci a Jami'ar Glasgow kuma ya gudanar da aiki mai zaman kansa a Legas. An san shi sosai a garin saboda rawar da ya taka a matsayin memba na Majalisar Birnin Legas . Abokin hamayyarsa shi ne Oluwole Ayodele Alakija na NYM . Alakija lauya ce wacce ta yi karatu a Kwalejin Yesu, Oxford kuma ta kasance mataimakiyar shugaban reshen Port Harcourt na jam'iyyar.

Duk da nasarar da NYM ta samu a Babban zaben 1938, lokacin da ta lashe dukkan kujeru uku a Legas, shahararta a garin ta ragu, wani bangare saboda rarrabuwar cikin gida da aka haifar da jere a kan dan takarar jam'iyyar a zaben 1941. A gefe guda, kawancen NNDP tare da sabon Majalisar Kasa ta Najeriya da Kamaru sun dawo da wasu daga cikin amincinta.Tamuno, pp70–71

Jirgin saman Yammacin Afirka ya yi kira ga masu jefa kuri'a da su jefa kuri'ar "Musulmi mai aiki sosai", yana mai lura da gaskiyar cewa Olorun-Nimbe ya kasance sau biyu zuwa Makka kuma shi "dan siyasa ne mai ƙwarewa". Duk da cewa ba Musulmi ba ne, Cif Imam Y. P. O. Shodeinde ya goyi bayan Alakija .Tamuno, pp70–71 

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Mai neman takaraJam'iyyarZaɓuɓɓuka%Abubakar Olorun-NimbeJam'iyyar Democrat ta Najeriya78467.64Oluwole Ayodele AlakijaƘungiyar Matasan Najeriya37532.36Zaɓuɓɓuka marasa inganci / marasa inganci -Jimillar1,159100Masu jefa kuri'a / masu jefa kuri'u1,430Tushen: Tamuno

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