atic ▁social ism " ▁and ▁believed ▁that ▁agricult ural ▁reform ▁was ▁cru cial ▁to ▁the ▁ult imate ▁success ▁of ▁Niger ia . ▁ ▁Life ▁Michael ▁Ok para , ▁an ▁Oh u hu - Ig bo , ▁was ▁born ▁in ▁December ▁ 2 5 , ▁ 1 9 2 0 ▁at ▁U mu eg w u ▁Ok p ual a , ▁Oh u hu , ▁in ▁the ▁area ▁of ▁U mu ah ia , ▁in ▁the ▁present ▁day ▁Ab ia ▁State ▁of ▁Niger ia . ▁Although ▁he ▁was ▁the ▁son ▁of ▁a ▁labour er , ▁he ▁was ▁able ▁to ▁attend ▁mission ▁schools ▁and ▁later ▁went ▁to ▁U zu ak oli ▁Method ist ▁College , ▁where ▁he ▁won ▁a ▁scholar ship ▁to ▁study ▁medicine ▁at ▁Y aba ▁High er ▁College , ▁Lag os . ▁Comple ting ▁his ▁medical ▁studies ▁at ▁the ▁Niger ian ▁School ▁of ▁Medicine , ▁he ▁worked ▁briefly ▁as ▁a ▁government ▁medical ▁officer ▁before ▁returning ▁to ▁U mu ah ia ▁to ▁set ▁up ▁a ▁private ▁practice . ▁ ▁While ▁involved ▁in ▁his ▁practice , ▁he ▁developed ▁an ▁interest ▁in ▁the ▁Z ik ist ▁Mov ement ▁( named ▁after ▁N nam di ▁Az iki we ), ▁a ▁milit ant ▁wing ▁of ▁the ▁National ▁Council ▁of ▁Niger ia ▁and ▁the ▁Cam ero ons ▁( N CN C ). ▁After ▁ri oting ▁workers ▁were ▁shot ▁by ▁police ▁at ▁the ▁En ug u ▁coal ▁mines ▁in ▁ 1 9 4 9 , ▁Ok para ▁was ▁arrested ▁for ▁his ▁alleg ed ▁comp licity ▁in ▁inc iting ▁the ▁ri