Babban zaben Najeriya na 1928

An gudanar da babban zabe a Najeriya a ranar 28 ga watan Satumba 1928. Jam'iyyar National Democratic Party (NNDP) ta lashe uku daga cikin kujeru huɗu da aka zaba a Majalisar Dokoki.

 Tsarin zabe 
Dokar Najeriya ta 1922 (Majalisar Shari'a) a Majalisar ta samar da Majalisar Dokoki mai mambobi 46, daga cikinsu 23 jami'an da aka zaba ne, hudu jami'an ne, har zuwa 15 an nada su mambobi marasa izini kuma an zabi hudu (uku a Legas da daya a Calabar).  Jami'an 23 na ex-officio sun hada da Gwamna, Babban Sakatare da mataimakin su, Mataimakin Gwamna da Sakatare na lardunan Arewa da Kudancin, Babban Lauyan, Kwamandan Rundunar Najeriya, Darakta na Ayyukan Kiwon Lafiya, Ma'aikatar Baitulmalin, Daraktocin Ruwa, Mai Kula da Kwastam, Sakatare, tare da manyan mazauna goma.

An ƙuntata ikon mallakar ga maza masu shekaru 21 ko sama da haka waɗanda suka kasance 'yan Burtaniya ko' yan asalin Najeriya waɗanda suka zauna a yankin karamar hukuma na watanni 12 kafin zaben, kuma waɗanda suka sami akalla £ 100 a cikin shekarar kalandar da ta gabata. An hana 'yancin jefa kuri'a daga wadanda aka yanke musu hukunci da aikata laifi kuma aka yanke musu hukuncin kisa, aiki tuƙuru ko kurkuku sama da shekara guda, ko kuma suna da "magana mara kyau". Mutane 3,011 ne kawai suka yi rajista don yin zabe a Legas da 500-600 a Calabar.

Dukkanin masu jefa kuri'a da suka cancanci za su iya tsayawa takara sai dai idan suna da fatarar kuɗi, sun sami taimako a cikin shekaru biyar da suka gabata ko kuma ma'aikacin gwamnati ne. Ana buƙatar 'yan takara su sami gabatarwa na akalla masu jefa kuri'a uku da aka yi rajista kuma su ajiya £ 10. Lokacin majalisar ya kasance shekaru biyar.

 Yaƙin neman zaɓe 
'Yan takara biyar sun yi takara a kujerun Legas guda uku, daga cikinsu uku sun fito ne daga NNDP; Crispin Adeniyi-Jones da Eric Moore, wadanda suka kasance mambobi ne na yanzu, an zabe su a Zaben 1923, da kuma lauya da kuma dan kasuwa T. A. Doherty. Sauran 'yan takarar sune J. B. Benjamin, injiniya, da EM E Agbegi, lauya, dukansu biyu sun gudu a matsayin masu zaman kansu. A Calabar C. W. Clinton na Calabar Ratepayers' Association shine kawai dan takara, kuma an zabe shi ba tare da hamayya ba.

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 Jerin mambobi 
Gwamna Graeme Thomson ya nada mambobi 14 ba bisa ka'ida ba a Majalisar Dokoki, daga cikinsu bakwai 'yan Turai ne da bakwai 'yan Afirka (ƙaruwa daga' yan Afirka shida a zaben 1923). Mutanen Turai bakwai sun wakilci bukatun kasuwanci, tare da uku da ke wakiltar bangarorin banki, hakar ma'adinai da jigilar kayayyaki, da hudu da ke wakilci bukatun kasuwancin Calabar, Kano, Legas da Port Harcourt. 'Yan Afirka bakwai sun wakilci' yan kasuwa na Afirka, mulkin mallaka na Legas, Lardin Oyo, Gundumar Rivers, Egba da Ibo, da kuma wurin zama daya da ke wakiltar biranen Benin da Warri.

Sabbin wadanda aka nada su ne I T Palmer, wanda ya rike sabon kujerar Benin-Warri, da L White, wanda ya maye gurbin J B Jones a matsayin wakilin Port Harcourt.

 Sakamakon haka 
A lokacin majalisar dokoki an maye gurbin mambobi da yawa; A S Agbaje ya zama memba da aka nada don lardin Oyo a ranar 30 ga Janairun 1930, T Hepburn ya zama memba na kasuwanci na Kano a ranar 23 ga Yuni 1930 kuma G T Basden ya zama memba mai nada don Ibo a ranar 28 ga Janairu 1933.

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