Sunday Awoniyi

Cif **Sunday Bolorunduro Awoniyi CON** (Sauraraⓘ; 30 Afrilu 1932 - 28 Nuwamba 2007) ɗan siyasan Najeriya ne kuma ɗan ƙabila. Shi ne Aro na Mopa, Jihar Kogi, a da lardin Kabba. Wanda aka fi sani da sardauna, Awoniyi mamba ne wanda ya kafa jam'iyyar Peoples Democratic Party, inda aka kore shi daga bisani kuma aka tuna da shi. Awoniyi ya kasance shugaban majalisar zartarwa ta kasa na kungiyar Arewa Consultative Forum — Pan-Northern Nigeria group.

## Iyali da ilimi
An haifi Awoniyi a yankin karamar hukumar Mopa-Muro a jihar Kogi a yanzu ga Pa Solomon Iwalaye da Dorcas Omoboja. Baftisma, ya halarci Cocin Baptist na farko a Ileteju, Mopa. Ya fara karatunsa a makarantar Baptist Day School da ke Mopa daga 1938 zuwa 1944, inda ya wuce Holy Trinity School Lokoja daga 1945 zuwa 1946, da kuma Lardi Middle School a Okene daga 1947 zuwa 1949. Ya halarci Kwalejin Fasaha, Kimiyya da Fasaha ta Najeriya (yanzu Jami'ar Ahmadu Bello) daga Jami'ar 1956 har zuwa Jami'ar 1956. 1956 zuwa 1959, da Kwalejin Tsaro ta Imperial (yanzu Kwalejin Nazarin Tsaro ta Royal) daga 1970 zuwa 1971.

## Fagen Siyasa
### Jamhuriya ta farko
Nadin da Awoniyi ya yi na farko a siyasance shi ne Hakimin gundumar Turawan mulkin mallaka na Burtaniya (yana daya daga cikin 'yan Arewacin Najeriya da suka rike wannan mukami, wadanda aka kebe ga 'yan Burtaniya). Bayan samun ‘yancin kai a 1960, ya rike mukamai da dama a gwamnatin yankin Arewa ciki har da na sakataren majalisar zartarwa, inda ya yi aiki da Sardauna Ahmadu Bello, Firimiyan Arewacin Najeriya. Awoniyi ya kan rike firayim minista da aka kashe a matsayin misali na shugabanci nagari, kuma ana kiransa da “Sardauna Keremi”, ko “karamin Sardauna”.

### Jamhuriya ta Uku
A lokacin jamhuriya ta uku, Awoniyi ya kasance memba na National Republican Convention (NRC), kuma an zabe shi a majalisar dattawan Najeriya mai wakiltar Kogi ta Yamma.

### Jamhuriya ta hudu
Awoniyi yana daya daga cikin wadanda suka kafa jam'iyyar People's Democratic Party. Ya yi yunkurin zama shugaba a shekarar 1999, amma bai yi nasara ba. Jam’iyyar a karkashin Shugaba Barnabas Gemade ta kori shi da wasu mutane shida a shekarar 2001 saboda “ayyukan da suka saba wa jam’iyya”, amma ta maido da su a wannan shekarar.

Ya taba bayyana kansa a matsayin dan Arewacin Najeriya, daga baya ya zama Shugaban kungiyar Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF), kungiyar siyasar Arewacin Najeriya da yawancin ‘yan Kudancin Najeriya suka kyamaci; Da aka tambaye shi game da amincewar da ya yi da wannan matsayi, sai ya ce “an haife shi ne a cikin nawa na duniya domin ya kyautata aikinmu a duk inda muka samu kanmu.” Ya rike shugabancin har ya rasu.

Awoniyi ya yi adawa da ajandar wa’adi na uku da magoya bayan shugaban kasa Olusegun Obasanjo suka gabatar na neman a sake zabensa, kuma an kai musu hari a gidansa da ke Abuja a ranar 12 ga Maris 2006 yayin muhawarar. A watan Afrilun 2006, ya rubuta budaddiyar wasika zuwa ga Obasanjo, yana mai cewa, “Ina rokonka, don amfanin kan ka da kuma kasarmu, ka yi sanarwa mai sauki ka ce ba ka sha’awar wa’adi na uku, kuma kana shirin komawa Otta a 2007.”

## Iyali
Awoniyi yana da mata biyu, Florence Ebun Awoniyi da Benedicta Omowunmi Awoniyi, da ’ya’ya goma sha daya. Daga cikin 'ya'yansa akwai Abayomi Awoniyi, masanin gine-gine kuma ɗan siyasa.

## Mutuwa
A ranar 18 ga Nuwamba, 2007, yayin da ake tuƙi daga Abuja zuwa Kaduna, motar Awoniyi ta juye. An kai shi Asibitin kasa da ke Abuja, sannan aka kai shi Landan, inda ya rasu a ranar 28 ga watan Nuwamba.

A ranar 11 ga Disamba, 2007, an yi shiru na minti daya don girmama shi a Majalisar Dattawa. An yi jana’izar sa a Mopa a ranar 15 ga Disamba, 2007, kuma ya samu halartar tsofaffin shugabannin kasa Yakubu Gowon, Ibrahim Babangida, da Abdulsalami Abubakar, da mataimakin shugaban kasa Goodluck Jonathan, wanda ya wakilci Shugaba Umaru Yar’adua.

## Manazarta