sentences:  He returned to Nigeria to practise law in the mid-1940s, but became intrigued and moved by the nationalistic politics of the time.At the time, Nigeria was attracting returning emigrants who had left previously.He joined the National Council of Nigeria and the Cameroons early on, but left the party following a crisis in the former Eastern Region that saw the removal of Eyo Ita, an Ibeno man from office as the leader of the Eastern Region by Azikiwe.