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| Anniversary Of The July 29th 1966 Coup by gidgiddy: 11:45am On Jul 28, 2023 |
In the 1960's, military coups were a common thing in Africa. Virtually every country in Africa went through coup(s) in the 60's and 70's. A few days ago, we had a coup in Niger Republic. Nigeria had two military coups in 1966, the first being January 15 1966, and the other on July 29th of the same year. Comparing both coups gives an insight how Nigerians reason Ethnic tag January 15 - Has since been tagged 'Igbo coup' by some people July 29 - Still has no tag despite being led by Hausa-Fulani elements. Nobody calls it a 'Hausa/Fulani coup' Casualty January 15 - Led to the death of 20 people July 29 - Led to death of over 300 people Participants today January 15 - All surviving participants such as Gbulie, Chukwuka, Ademoyega, Okafor, were jailed after the war and officially dismissed from the Nigerian Army January 29 - Participants such as Mohammed, Babangida, Buhari, Abacha, Tarfa all recieved accelerated promotions and went on to hold important positions such as Presidents of Nigeria Post casualty rate January 15th - Zero casualties July 29th - Over 30,000 people massacred, mainly from the Eastern Region Coup leaders January 15th - Led by Chukwuma Nzeogwu, an Igbo man from Okpanam in present day Delta State. Besides a statue erected in his community by his people, and a book written by former President Obasanjo, there are no public landmarks for the man July 29th- Led by Murtala Mohammed, an Hausa man from Kano. He has had Airports, Highways, buildings and numerous landmarks named after him. He was even immortalised on the 20 Naira note. Structural imbalance January 15th - Led to the loss of democracy and the emergence of Ironsi as head of state, however Ironsi maintained boundaries of the 4 Regions he met, and allowed them resource control July 29th - Led to the continued loss of democracy and the emergence of Gowon, however Gowon used decree 14 to abolish the 4 Regions he inherited from Ironsi and create 12 states to replace them, and Decree 15 to remove resource control January 29th 1966 coup was one of the bloodiest in Nigeria's history. To this day, the participants such Buhari, Babangida, Danjuma, Tarfa, are still political heavyweights in the country. The moral of the story is, the worse you you do in Nigeria, the better you are honoured 2 Likes 1 Share
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| Re: Anniversary Of The July 29th 1966 Coup by CannibalTorment: 11:48am On Jul 28, 2023 |
They have started 2 Likes |
| Re: Anniversary Of The July 29th 1966 Coup by Depriest2020: 11:51am On Jul 28, 2023 |
One of the lows in our nations history. |
| Re: Anniversary Of The July 29th 1966 Coup by Odin13: 11:59am On Jul 28, 2023 |
Op go and rest… Nobody is sitting at home .. all this your Ekpa and his bingo ideas is dead on arrival Move ahead .. and do other things with your life |
| Re: Anniversary Of The July 29th 1966 Coup by Lifestone(m): 12:00pm On Jul 28, 2023 |
Because you guys won't stop talking, we will not stop responding. Just saying 20 people died in the January 15th coup represent part of the arrogance and insensitivity of Igbos to the atrocity committed by their Officers. I will request the OP to list the names of the 20 people that were murdered in the 15th January 1966 coup, he will do well by stating their position in our Nation as of then. He should also justified why Igbos hide their Leaders while killing the Leaders from other Regions. The way he casually called 20 is in itself very offending and insensitive of OP. Aguyi Ironsi reluctance to punish the perpetrators of the January 15 coup confirms the conspiracy theory and led to the reprisal coup. 4 Likes |
| Re: Anniversary Of The July 29th 1966 Coup by Kestolove(m): 12:47pm On Jul 28, 2023 |
The problem we are facing today in Nigeria all started by the ingrate iyamiri...I wish I was in army then....I for make sure 1 soul in remain for that curse land of erosion republic 2 Likes |
| Re: Anniversary Of The July 29th 1966 Coup by seanfer(m): 12:56pm On Jul 28, 2023 |
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| Re: Anniversary Of The July 29th 1966 Coup by seanfer(m): 12:58pm On Jul 28, 2023 |
Did you just wrote that Ironsi maintain the regional system of government? Can you explain the details of Decree 4 and Unitary System of government introduced by Ironsi.. Also how come the East didn't record loss of eminent political leaders like other region during the coup of Jan 15 1966? Also are you aware that the aftermath of the coup on 15/1/66 gave birth to nepotism that we are all suffering till date? 2 Likes |
| Re: Anniversary Of The July 29th 1966 Coup by flokii: 12:58pm On Jul 28, 2023 |
The first ever bloody Military coup in Nigeria on 15th January, 1966 was masterminded by mostly Igbo soldiers to seize power.. no matter how you plan to rewrite history, we the reasonable ones know Igbos planned the coup well for Aguiyi Ironsi (an Igbo) to become Head of State. Nzeogwu even admitted in one of the interviews he granted after the coup that killed Ahmadu Bello, Tafawa Balewa, Akintola and many others that Ironsi was his boss and that he was still very much under him. Having studied Igbo behaviour myself for a while now, I realize they do things without first thinking of the repercussion and consequences. How on earth will you go on killing spree of leaders of other ethnic groups and expect them not to retaliate?? We saw how the whole thing went down and the killings upon killings that followed. The position they killed others for, they still didn't last there. Ironsi spent just 6 months as Head of State before the Northern soldiers killed him in a counter coup. 4 Likes |
| Re: Anniversary Of The July 29th 1966 Coup by gidgiddy: 1:06pm On Jul 28, 2023 |
seanfer: People who talk about Decree 34 are those who never read the Decree, otherwise, they would know it did not tamper with the boundaries of the Regions nor their resource control The July 28th coup dud not touch anyone from the North, do you see anyone talking about that? |
| Re: Anniversary Of The July 29th 1966 Coup by gidgiddy: 1:12pm On Jul 28, 2023 |
flokii: Well if it is about the killing of Igbos, that one had been going long before there was ever a coup Igbos were massacred in Jos in 1945, and in Kano in 1953. It was not coup that Northerners were waiting for before going on killing spree 3 Likes 2 Shares |
| Re: Anniversary Of The July 29th 1966 Coup by seanfer(m): 1:13pm On Jul 28, 2023 |
gidgiddy: 1 Like 1 Share |
| Re: Anniversary Of The July 29th 1966 Coup by seanfer(m): 1:14pm On Jul 28, 2023 |
gidgiddy: Can you explain how the Unitary system of Government introduced by Ironsi works? 2 Likes |
| Re: Anniversary Of The July 29th 1966 Coup by gidgiddy: 1:28pm On Jul 28, 2023 |
seanfer: Thats question is for those who told you that Ironsi introduced unitary system. The person who actually introduced unitary system is Gowon who abolished the 4 Regions he inherited from Ironsi with Decree 14 and created 12 'units' or states to replace them 2 Likes 2 Shares |
| Re: Anniversary Of The July 29th 1966 Coup by seanfer(m): 1:38pm On Jul 28, 2023 |
gidgiddy: I hope the attached picture will clear your doubt. Ironsi introduced Unitary system of government. 2 Likes
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| Re: Anniversary Of The July 29th 1966 Coup by Racoon(m): 1:53pm On Jul 28, 2023 |
The counter coup of July 28 - 31st 1966 and other subsequent Northern dominated and coordinated coups have only confirmed one thing, coup is only condemned if it was not carried out by your own people or region. 2 Likes 2 Shares
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| Re: Anniversary Of The July 29th 1966 Coup by RuggedBiafran: 1:57pm On Jul 28, 2023 |
Leader of first COUP is Major Ademoyega https://www.vanguardngr.com/2018/08/ademoyega-leader-of-first-coup/ Not Nzeogwu or anyother IGBO person. They participated, but they werent the leaders. 1 Like |
| Re: Anniversary Of The July 29th 1966 Coup by Ibrahimcoomasie: 1:58pm On Jul 28, 2023 |
raskymonojendor:We remember. https://dailytrust.com/january-15-1966-coup/ 2 Likes
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| Re: Anniversary Of The July 29th 1966 Coup by gidgiddy: 2:27pm On Jul 28, 2023 |
seanfer: Of course, you just posted the same lie that has been told about Ironsi rather than read decree 34 to know if it is true 1 Like 1 Share |
| Re: Anniversary Of The July 29th 1966 Coup by gidgiddy: 8:17am On Jul 29, 2023 |
RuggedBiafran: If they call the first coup "Igbo coup", let them apply the same tact in calling the second coup "Hausa/Fulani coup" 1 Like |
| Re: Anniversary Of The July 29th 1966 Coup by waledeji(m): 8:43am On Jul 29, 2023 |
Odin13:Sit at home don taya you ba😂😂😂 Yoruba man😁😁😁 AKA Tinubu must contest |
| Re: Anniversary Of The July 29th 1966 Coup by Sirjamo: 9:00am On Jul 29, 2023 |
Igbos have been trying to change the story of that coup since 1967 without success. Even a child that will be born in the north 100 years to come will know that Igbos killed Sardauna, the great grandson of Usman Dan Fodio. 1 Like |
| Re: Anniversary Of The July 29th 1966 Coup by RuggedBiafran: 9:10am On Jul 29, 2023 |
I just want BIAFRA. gidgiddy: |
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