S.G. Ikoku

**Mazi Samuel Goomsu Ikoku** dan kungiyar kwadago ne kuma dan siyasa a Najeriya. A matsayinsa na dalibi a Jami'ar Southampton, Ikoku ya goyi bayan yunkurin 'yancin Najeriya, yana rubuta labaran da West African Pilot ya buga. Bayan kammala karatunsa, ya shiga ƙungiyar masu tsattsauran ra'ayi na ƙungiyar 'yancin kai, yana aiki a matsayin mai ba da shawara ga Ƙungiyar Ma'aikata ta Najeriya ta jagoranci Michael Imoudu kuma daga baya ya kafa Jam'iyyar United Working People's Party a shekarar 1952.  Bayan shekara guda, an rushe jam'iyyar a hukumance, gwamnati ta yi hakan bayan ta sanya kungiyar a matsayin mai tayar da kayar baya da kwaminisanci. Ikoku daga baya ya fara dangantaka da Action Group (AG) wanda ya mamaye mafi yawan Jamhuriyar Farko. 

Ikoku wani lokacin yana magana a kan batutuwan kasa tare da gaskiya, wannan salon ya haifar da cewa tsohon Ministan Kimiyya da Fasaha, Sam Momah ya kira shi mutum ne mai rikitarwa.

## Rayuwa
An haife shi ga Alvan Ikoku daga Arochuku da Grace Ikoku daga Calabar . Ikoku ta kammala karatu daga Kwalejin Achimota kuma daga baya ta yi karatu a Kwalejin Jami'ar, Southampton . Da farko a 1946, Ikoku ya nuna sha'awar yunkurin samun 'yancin kai karkashin jagorancin Nnamdi Azikiwe . Ya fara rubuta labarai a cikin Azikiwe's West African Pilot yana sukar Majalisar Dokoki, inda mahaifinsa ya kasance memba da aka zaba, yana jayayya da majalisa a matsayin gwamnati da aka ɗora kuma yana daidaitawa da ra'ayoyin Azikiwe game da 'yancin kai nan take. Yayinda yake karatu ya sadu da matarsa ta gaba Eileen. Ya koma Najeriya a 1949 kuma ya shiga aikin gwamnati, a wannan lokacin, ya ɗauki matsayin mai ba da shawara tare da kungiyoyin kwadago a kasar. Ya bar aikin gwamnati a shekara ta 1951, don ya ba da lokacinsa don yin aiki ga Ƙungiyar Ma'aikata ta Najeriya wacce ke neman alaƙa da Ƙungiyar Kwadago ta Duniya. Ikoku ya kuma shiga ƙungiyar matasa masu zaman kansu don kafa ƙungiyar siyasa ta ɗan gajeren lokaci, United Working People's Party,  mai zaman kanta daga fitattun mutane. A wannan lokacin, ya fara buga mujallar tare da editocin da ke tallafawa ra'ayoyin Stalinist. Dukkanin mujallar da takarda sun rushe ta hukumomin mulkin mallaka.

A cikin shekarun 1950, Ikoku ya shiga daya daga cikin manyan jam'iyyun lokacin da ya zama memba na Action Group wanda a lokacin yana da tsarin tsari mai karfi. Nan da nan aka ba Ikoku matsayin sakataren shirya. A shekara ta 1957, ya lashe zaben majalisar dokokin yanki, a cikin majalisa ya wakilci AG kuma ya yi aiki a matsayin shugaban adawa. A lokacin kamfen ɗin da ya gabata kafin zaben, mahaifin Ikoku yana takara a wannan kujerar a ƙarƙashin Jam'iyyar United National Independent Party .

Ikoku ya kasance memba na ƙungiyar gurguzu ta Action Group. Wannan bangare ya mayar da hankali kan akidar a matsayin kayan aikin kamfen na siyasa da kuma gaskatawa da mulkin mallaka a matsayin haɗari mai gaggawa. a cikin 1960, jam'iyyar ta karɓi tsarin zamantakewar dimokuradiyya a matsayin ra'ayi amma shugabancin jam'iyyar na ƙasa da Firayim Minista na Yammacin sun jingina ga jari-hujja.

A shekara ta 1962, ya yi tafiya zuwa Ghana, kwanaki kafin rikicin bangarori ya mamaye Majalisar Dokokin Yammacin Yamma wanda ya haifar da yanayin gaggawa. Daga baya aka tuhumi wasu 'yan kungiyar Action Group da cin amana. A Ghana, Ikoku ta shirya reshe na jam'iyyar kuma ta yi aiki a matsayin malami a Cibiyar Ilimin Ideological ta Nkrumah kuma a matsayin edita ga mujallar Spark, wanda aka buga a Ghana.

A lokacin yakin basasar Najeriya, Ikoku bai goyi bayan rabuwa ba. An tsare shi na ɗan lokaci bayan ya dawo daga Ghana amma daga baya aka nada shi kwamishinan ci gaban tattalin arziki kuma daga baya Lafiya a Gabashin Tsakiya.

Ikoku ya rabu da tsoffin mambobin Action Group kuma ya shiga jam'iyyar Aminu Kano's People's Redemption Party a lokacin Jamhuriyar Biyu. An nada shi Sakatare Janar na jam'iyyar, wanda ya yi imani da 'yancin talakawa.Ya kasance abokin takarar Aminu Kano a zaben shugaban kasa na 1979 wanda Shehu Shagari ya lashe. Koyaya, farawa a lokacin da jamhuriya ta ɓace, Ikoku ya fara ƙaura daga ra'ayoyin gurguzu. Ya bar PRP kuma ya zama mai ba da shawara ga Shehu Shagari na Jam'iyyar National Party of Nigeria . 

Ya yi magana game da fadada rawar da sojoji ke takawa a harkokin siyasa na Najeriya a lokacin gwamnatin Ibrahim Babangida kuma daga baya ya yi aiki a matsayin mataimakin shugaban kwamitin aiwatar da sauyawa a lokacin mulkin Sani Abacha. A matsayinsa na mataimakin shugaban, Ikoku ya yi jayayya cewa Abacha yana da 'yancin cin nasara idan jam'iyyun siyasa sun amince da tsara shi a matsayin dan takarar shugaban kasa.

Ya mutu a shekara ta 1997. Ikoku shi ne mahaifin Patti Boulaye .

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