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sleekbae:
Fool of the first order. Yes! we not only feel special. We are indeed special. Our GOD made us in his likeness and image, we are peculiar beings.
Why stay with a vision less people? We are vision less but Nigeria is What it is today because of our rich lands. You can kill yourself.

zendy:
Murtala's coup was actually code named 'operation Araba'. Araba I garther is 'to separate' in Hausa. After that bloody coup, it was Murtalas intention to fly all the senior Northern officers to Kaduna where they would declare secession of the North from Nigeria. But when Murtala and co where informed that the North would not be viable without the far more economically advanced South, their tune changed to 'one Nigeria'. Murtala himself could not assume power since he was much junior to Gowon so Gowon took over as the highest ranking officer of Northern extraction. The moral of the story is that the so called "one Nigeria" has always been predicated on economic expediency rather than patriotism. Lugard created 'one Nigeria' because he came to West Africa to look for money, the North and their Yorubas allies shout 'one Nigeria' because they are looking for Oil money. So when I see anyone shouting "one Nigeria", as an Igbo man, I laugh in my heart because I already know what it is all about. To this day, I'm yet to hear or see any Igbo man shout 'one Nigeria' whenever the issue of Oduduwa or Arewa Republic comes up. But mention Biafra...................

APCHaram:
The coup was celebrated in the SW
Awo supporters took to the streets to celebrate the coup.
Call it what you want but it wasn't an Igbo agenda.
This has been the lie used to justify the pogroms in the north and the genocide in Biafra.
If you took a cursory look at the history of coup in nigeria you will find that coup plotters are drawn from the same cadre. Ethnicity, religion and school of thought
Jan 15. Mid ranking officers of leftist ideology
July 1966. Junior hausa/fulani Muslim officers
1975 coup. Colonels coup (graduants of the class of July 1966.
1976. Mid ranking Christian minority officers led by Dimka.
1983. General's coup comprising of the same fulani hausa group of July 1966.
1985 followup of 1983 group.
1991. Reminants of middle belt officers that survived the 1976 purge.
Coups are a serious affair and as we can see only those with strong bonds can trust each other in such risky affair.
So we see groups of individuals with same Ethnicity and religion and background staging a coup.
The big difference is what the outcome or end result they intend to achieve.
The Jan 15 coup did not have an igbo agenda but as we can see with the mutiny of 1966 led by Murtala had a regional agenda.

APCHaram:
The coup was not an Igbo coup.

Ironsi escaped by the whiskers.

The coup took up the Igbo tag after Ironsi dissolved govt and formed a central military govt.

If you must know the coup plotters wanted to impose Awolowo as head of state.

There is much error in determining the coup as an igbo plot when it wasn't the case but a simple case of misplaced leftist ideologists.

Mobsync:
Gowon actually got there by chance. He wasn't the best candidate for the post. Shuwa, Murtala Muhammed and several others were all Lieutenant-Colonels alongside Gowon. Infact, Kur Muhammed was a full Colonel. Gowon was chosen because the coup plotters did not want the coup to be seen as an Hausa coup since the first coup was already seen as an Igbo coup. Gowon was a Christian and wasn't a core northerner. Two factors that led to him been chosen as the preferred candidate.

Secondly, Onwuatuegwu was in Lagos while the coup was on. He commanded a group of Igbo soldiers whose mission was to kill any top military commander they could lay their hands on. There are reports however that he fled to the north after the coup failed and possibly held control of the north along with Kaduna Nzeogwu for some weeks.

Tenison96:
Medicine

Tenison96:
Use the nairaland mail.

Tenison96:
Medicine

Tenison96:
Medicine

Tenison96:
Yes, can I help you?

Tenison96:
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johntheguru:
wat is happening? Is besto still alive?

Jessekhedra:
Aaronzy when're you coming to do your stuff?

deshclones:
who knows how to quote some one's statement on the new nairaland??

kelz88:
By clicking on quote post below the poster's comment.

Lateef9961:
Did u guys included veterinary medicine?

Lateef9961:
Did u guys included veterinary medicine?