Executive orders, presidential directives, and major policy decisions issued during the 1960–1966 term — tracked from announcement through to real-world effect.
2
Total orders
1
Implemented
0
Partial
1
Reversed
Implemented
The directive
Declared a state of emergency in the Western Region during the crisis in the Action Group, appointing a federal administrator and suspending the regional government and legislature.
Real-world effect
The federal intervention, followed by the treason trial and jailing of Obafemi Awolowo, was widely seen as a partisan use of central power against the main opposition. It embittered Western Region politics and set the stage for the violent 1965 regional election.
Reversed
The directive
The federally-aligned regional government proceeded with the October 1965 Western Region election despite widespread evidence of rigging.
Real-world effect
The declared result triggered months of arson and killing across the West — 'Operation Wetie' ('wet him', i.e. douse and burn) — which the federal government failed to contain. The breakdown of order was the immediate trigger cited by the officers who staged the January 1966 coup.