"[4]According to Ali Mazrui, "But the emergence of the Muslim League in India as a serious secessionist movement soon shattered the myth of unity in the Indian model.
"[4]Ghana's Kwame Nkrumah and Nigeria's Nnamdi Azikiwe became concerned about possible Pakistanization in their respective countries and Africa as a whole.
[4][6][7] The Convention People's Party's 1954 Election Manifesto contain the following message: "We have seen the tragedy of religious communalism in India and elsewhere.
[9] At the 1950 General Conference at Ibadan, Northern Region delegates demanded 50% of the seats in Nigeria's legislature and threatened secession otherwise.
"[4][7]The original goal of the countercoup against the government of Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi on July 29, 1966, was to facilitate the Northern Region's secession from the rest of Nigeria.