Igbira Tribal Union was a political organization formed by educated servicemen from Igbira Native Administration of Northern

Nigeria Nigeria, officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf of Guinea in the Atlantic Ocean to the south. It covers an area of . With Demographics of Nigeria, ...

, headed by George Ohikere. The union was one of the non

Hausa–Fulani Hausa–Fulani are people of mixed Hausa and Fulani origin. They are primarily found in the Northern region of Nigeria, most of whom speak a variant of Hausa or Fula or both as their first language. The term Hausa-Fulani is also used mostly ...

organizations that was affiliated with the dominant Northern People's Congress during the elections of the 1950s. However, there were strains in the political alliance with NPC in 1958–1959, with both parties presenting candidates for the 1959 parliamentary election.

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Defunct political parties in Nigeria {{Nigeria-party-stub Political parties of minorities in Nigeria