Awoofawo:




Bro I salute your knowledge unlike some here who argue blindly without substance in their arguement!



You agreed most were imprison in areas mostly believed to be favourable for their protection!!! Ironsi never real believes he will be overthrow cos of over confidence ( Na boastfulness and inability to be proacive bend him bone)

perfectgen:



Sir, this is a subject of disagreement as Madiebo's claim has been refuted by Ademulegun, who was one of the active participants in the 1966 coup and to the best of my understanding since Madiebo was not actively involved in the coup, the best he can do is account from other people's statement, I implore you to read "why we struck" by Ademoyega Ademulegun.

bolakale30:

Waoh! You have the book? I have searched many a bookshop for a copy. Can I swap my Adewale Ademoyega's "why we struck" with it

Omoluabi16:
Hello..where do you think I can get madiebo's book, or any other account of the Nigerian civil war?

niceprof:


Most of those fine ibo officers there were buried alive in the counter coup of 1966,the first coup was spearheaded by Nzeogwu a midwesterner(present day Delta)and it was tagged an ibo Coup,today when i see Nzeogwu's kit and kin denying the ibos accross the Niger,i shake my head.

Thumbs up to Generals Ojukwu,Effiong,Madiebo et al who stood up and where counted when the chips where down.

Ninilowo:
My brother, the book is as scarce as fresh water in the ocean. Even "why we struck" is scarce too

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[size=13pt]Ironsi was the most senior military officer under Balewa. He stopped the coup. He didnt take over the govt, but the national assembly, full of cowards (it's easy to judge them now but I admit I dont know the tension they may have felt at that time) under the senate president, decided to hand over to the military. and so they called ironsi and asked him to take over.

the politicians might have feared for their lives bc of what happened a few yrs earlier in the congo, where there was instability and the nation was going into civil war when stability was restored by the congolese military under mobutu, so they hoped the nigerian military would do the same especially as many of the nigerian officers were part of the UN mission to the congo during their crisis.[/size]
#BringBackOurGirls

Ninilowo:
It was a very horrible "counter" coup detat and even the war that followed. All soldier involved in the war showed character through d war. I pray we don't witness such again in Nigeria

AnanseK:


Why was Zakariya Maimalari and other non Igbo Senior officers killed by ifeajuna but Ironsi and other Igbo officers and politicians preserved. Please it's too late to change and whitewash this well known genocidal coup , we all know what happened and we will never forget.

perfectgen:



Sir, this is a subject of disagreement as Madiebo's claim has been refuted by Ademulegun, who was one of the active participants in the 1966 coup and to the best of my understanding since Madiebo was not actively involved in the coup, the best he can do is account from other people's statement, I implore you to read "why we struck" by Ademoyega Ademulegun.

Omoluabi16:
it was never an igbo coup,it is documented there was widespread corruption.A yoruba man was also among the coupist. However the counter coup destroyed this country..that was ethnic cleansing..wanton killing on the basis of tribe. Before you judge me.. I am YORUBA.

AnanseK:


You can claim to be Yoruba but we know what the Igbo majors did and you have not answered my question or changed the known facts about the jan 1966 ethnic cleansing by these majors.

Omoluabi16:
I studied the coup/counter coup to the best of my ability. Was Nzeogwu and co tribalists? Did they intend to achieve ethnic domination or install Awolowo as claimed? The counter coup was simply Tribalim/ethnic cleansing.It had no national motive.It became WE.. THEM.. Imagine fine soldiers like Banjo, ifeajuna,Nzeogwu, Maimalari dieng just anyhow.These soldiers were the finest this country has ever produced. But sadly, tribalism punctured their brilliance.

Omoluabi16:
kai! This is painful..I am so tired of this half-truths. Ojukwu refused to do justice on this issue,Adekunle,Ademulegun,And the others failed to fully document an account of the war.I really wish nzeogwu, Banjo and others were alive.Those 1st 10 years of our history seems to be the most important..Cos whatever we're facing now can be traced to those perilious times.Only God know the truth.

Ninilowo:
Honestly my brother, from all accounts and personal interactions from some officers that fought on both sides, (Nigeria and Biafra) Madiebo's account is still the closest to the reality. I don't like talking about what am not sure of and that's what prompted me probe much into the history of the war itself. It's a pity many pple don't know what it means to be at war. My brother NO BE SHERE SHERE. A o nii ri ogun nile yi mo.

Omoluabi16:
Yes bro.. War isn't a good thing.No one wins a war, everyone loses.I was just thinking if nigeria never had those coups, or the civil war.would we be for the better or for worse? We would never fight again.Those were dark times,anyone beating the drumbeats of war will only fight Himself. PEACE.

AnanseK:


Why was Zakariya Maimalari and other non Igbo Senior officers killed by ifeajuna but Ironsi and other Igbo officers and politicians preserved. Please it's too late to change and whitewash this well known genocidal coup , we all know what happened and we will never forget.

Ninilowo:
Honestly my brother, from all accounts and personal interactions from some officers that fought on both sides, (Nigeria and Biafra) Madiebo's account is still the closest to the reality. I don't like talking about what am not sure of and that's what prompted me probe much into the history of the war itself. It's a pity many pple don't know what it means to be at war. My brother NO BE SHERE SHERE. A o nii ri ogun nile yi mo.

OrlandoOwoh:

Even Mamman Vatsa expressed his displeasure over the action of Ironsi whom he said, as the GOC, was supposed to be fashioning ways on court martialing the soldiers, but chose to assume the political post of leading the country.

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Ironsi had all the soldiers locked up. they were in prison when the war broke out

preselect:

i'm not sure Ironsi was in the list of those they wanted to kill. they were after politicians not soldiers. the igbo politicians who survived were bc of the failure of those assigned in the east. but anyways, we know how the north intepreted the coup and how they responded. 30,000 igbos murdered in cold blood. 2.5 million killed in the war, another group of 100s of igbos killed time and again in the north over flimsy excuses such as a newspaper in denmark, miss world in abuja, etc

anyways, make we leave matter. i'm trying to learn more about true history. I will find time, find shagari's book, and read it.

#WhatHappenedToChibok

OrlandoOwoh:

Were they court martialled?

OrlandoOwoh:

Don Okafor was assigned the task of arresting Ironsi but he failed. It's not clear if Ironsi was part of the whole plot because Ifeajuna refused to give the task of arresting him to Ademoyega.

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I can't answer this. this runs contrary to all that I know about that coup. I had no idea Ironsi was on the hit list.
#ChangeDonKillUsOoo

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i dunno what u mean by "court martialled". i guess it's about trying them and locking them up. if so, well they were in prison. he locked them up. what does court martial mean. I aint in the military.

#APC=A-PlanlessCommittee

OrlandoOwoh:

Martial court is the court where military men are tried. Immediately after the coup of January 15, all the coupist were arrested except for Ifeajuna who fled to Ghana. Those arrested were held in the police HQ in Ikoyi from where they were taken to the panel set up to try them as just civil offenders. After this, they were supposed to appear before a martial court which Ironsi never constituted. He rather chose to detain them in different prisons in the south.

After the coup of 1976, Obasanjo set up a martial court headed by Gen. Abisoye to try Dimka and co.

OrlandoOwoh:

Shehu Shagari and Richard Akinjide who were ministers in the cabinet said they never handed over power on will to Ironsi but were forced to by the GOC himself.

After the abduction of the PM, Tafawa-Balewa, the minister chose Zana Dicherima as the acting PM, but the acting President Nwafor Orizu refused to swear him in. The NCNC members insisted on making Ozumba Mbadiwe the acting PM.

Go read Shehu Shagari's Beckoned To Serve.