What radical political youth league, formed within the NCNC in 1946 by Raji Abdallah, Mokwugo Okoye, and Osita Agwuna, advocated positive non-violent mass resistance and immediate decolonization?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: D. the Zikist Movement
- Step 1: The Zikist Movement was founded in 1946 by militant young nationalists inspired by Azikiwe's radical journalism. Step 2. Espousing revolutionary 'Zikism', they organized boycotts, strikes, and civil disobedience until the colonial government banned the organization in 1950 after an assassination attempt on Chief Secretary Foot. Answer: the Zikist Movement. Why not the others: Egbe Omo Oduduwa was a Yoruba cultural body; Jam'iyyar Mutanen Arewa was a northern cultural body; Dynamic Party was led by Chike Obi.
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