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1966: ASSASSINATION OF ALHAJI (SIR) ABUBAKAR TAFAWA-BALEWA
“Who’s there?” A voice queried from inside. However, Ifeajuna replied by kicking the doors open with his boots.
“You’re under arrest sir,” Ifeajuna said, pointing his gun at the Prime Minister, who looked startled. “Get up sir, we don’t have a lot of time.”
“Alright,” the Prime Minister replied gently, “allow me to dress up.”
He put on a white flowing robe with white trousers, a pair of slippers and his prayer beads. Without fear and a disciplined face, he trudged out of the room and the residence gently as Ifeajuna and his soldiers accompanied him with pointed guns.
When they reached the parked vehicles, Ezedigbo had arrested the Finance Minister, Chief Okotie-Eboh, and had tossed him like a bag of groundnuts into the back of the 3-Ton truck while the Prime Minister was assisted into the backseat of Ifeajuna’s luxurious car, a red Mercedes Benz, as the convoy drove off to the rendezvous.
Some few kilometers to their rendezvous, the Prime Minister became restless and was muttering to himself as he rattled his prayer beads. Okafor hinted Ifeajuna of the situation who quickly slammed the brakes and came out of the car.
“Are you alright sir?” Ifeajuna asked the Prime Minister as he opened the side door. “Or would you like some fresh air?”
To Tafawa-Balewa, it was a rhetorical question and the decision to answer or not rested on him. Without answering the Major, he gently alighted from the car and ambled towards the darkness as Ifeajuna watched anxiously, oblivious to what the Prime Minister was up to.
Then from a slow walk, to a pace and a sprint, the Prime Minister dashed for the darkness. Ifeajuna did not bother to pursue. Quickly, he grabbed his gun from the car, cocked it and aimed for the fleeing Prime Minister whose white outfit contrasted the darkness and conspicuously gave him away.
The “revolution” had failed and the Prime Minister had become a liability to their movement anyway. The Major shot sporadically at the fleeing figure sending the tranquility of the darkness to a bustle of gunfire like the crackle of burning dried leaves.
Tafawa-Balewa fell as Ifeajuna stared in horror at the darkness whether he got his target. The Golden Voice of Africa had been silenced.
Quickly, he moved towards the still body of the Prime Minister and after confirming he was dead, dragged him to a tree trunk and rested the body in a seating position with his clothing still intact.
Then he and Okafor brought out Largema’s corpse from the boot of the car and laid it down beside Tafawa-Balewa’s body. Having realised the coup had failed on their part, they sped, en route Abeokuta-Sagamu, towards Enugu in the East, which was nearly 450 kilometres away.
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Source: A Carnage Before Dawn: A Historical Novel on Nigeria's First Coup D'etat by Ayomide Akinbode

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sai Baba PMB till 2023 settled and non negotiable...enemies of the state, hate mongers and ipork yoots can wait till eternity..foolish people

ipork yoot go cry on top this success...trust the hate filled nonentities.

my Christian friend Bitrus Yakubu was denied employment as a lecturer in a university in South east Abia state because his name sounded Hausa Fulani....IPOB are criminals...busy fanning embers of war,...PMB till 2023 settled

see how Jona take look, abi him contact HIV nee or nemesis dey catch am up

Ipob won't like this.. ;DIpob won't like this..

Apt...but the enemies of good governance and there allies won't see this...they are only good in chest beating and insulting people all around..

slimthugchimee:
Let him come open in the east

do u ever sell land to non indigines?? gerrarahia

sarrki:
To be sincere

Niger state is pathetic

They have kainji, Jebba and Shirroro yet wallow in darkness

I tell u sir, state capital Minna receives only 5 to 6 hours of electricity in a day, while the rest is been diverted to Abuja where they enjoy 22-24 hours of electricity

sai Baba

which Nigerians, abeg I stand with PMB come rain come shine, and then osinbajo in 2023 gbam!!

Sai Baba 4+4

No shaking at all.. only unscrupulous elements and ipob yoot ain't happy with PMB...its PMB or nothing PMB till 2023

08036113798 add pls

ipob yoots won't like this news

Now that PMB has "failed"....
Dear PMB,
Come May 29 2019,...
Give them back their corruption,
Give them back their terrorism,
Give them back their incarcerated thieving military Generals (Badeh et al),
Give them back their Tompolos,
Give them back their Dokubos,
Give them back their Shekaus and his
videos,
Give them back their ghost workers, Discontinue the TSA,
Make mere stealing NOT corruption,
Give them back their senseless bombings
and go home to Daura to rest.
Let's see how an MMM economic model
will work for the nation of 'ungrateful nigerians' - where everyone is an expert
and every crooked person is a Messiah.
This isn't a campaign piece, but a home
truth about who we're.
Give us back our docile military at the
mercy of insurgents.
Return us our state of mockery in the
commity of nation.
Reopen the boarder to all sorts of
importations including firewood and ebola.
Give us back Customs that remit national
income into private pockets.
Let subsidy scam return and take over.
Make FG perpetually indebted to oil
marketers in the name of subsidy. Let ministers tax millions of unemployed
youths for job they wont get like
immigration as against your 200000
employment that no one paid a kobo for.
Free the corrupt judges and let justice
remain for the highest bidders.(Go home PMB)
(Go home Baba)

MrHistorian:
A 15 year old woman girl is not psychologically and emotionally mature for marriage.

It depends, girls as young as 13years are engaged in prostitution on the street of calabar and Lagos...so!

Nnamdiot Cownu ipork terrorist leader be like I SCAMMED THEM

Stalwert:
Indeed Atiku is the last hope for all looters their last stand.

U are a fellow patriot

ratcock:
Zombies maturation thread.

U need this

yarimo:
Op may God bless you with good things 10000000000 * for this wonderful and useful thread

God bless u too, u are a patriot

TheHistorian:
Atiku is a fraudster.

Gbam!!

python1:
Gbam. That is why they are doing everything possible to sell the armed robber to us. We no go buy.

God's willing it won't happen, only the criminally minded people and Ipork terrorist ;Dwill support the Vagabond

cc lalasticlala

"Atiku is the last hope of looters and criminally minded societal misfits in Nigeria. He is the only hope for them to stage a come back and I want you to close your eyes and imagine Atiku as President and PDP as ruling party. They will return as hungry lions and loot with anger and make sure that they cover up for what they lost in 4 years. This will never happen because the hand of God is upon Nigeria. After 2019 election which his Excellency Dr Muhammadu BUHARI will win convincingly before midday, corrupt individuals and criminals will completely run out of town. Nigeria will then progress steadily to greatness, by the Grace of God."

U mean the LATE NNAMDI KANU or who

python1:
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Stop getting it twisted, IPOBS are the miscreants polluting the cyberspace with their potopoto-filled brain empty propaganda, so mine is just a response.

...ur comments always make me laugh so hard

I stand with u my sister, may God see us tru... we leave in a society where girls are paid to dress naked and other girls are fined and harassed because they decided to cover up there body by emulating mary the mother of Jesus ie following God's command.

dadavivo:
Buhari government have really killed Nigerians morally and emotionally. The suffering is as if it's been 20years . Meanwhile it's just 2 years down the line. We're in trouble

chill man it is PMB till 2023 u vagabond

dadavivo:
Buhari government have really killed Nigerians morally and emotionally. The suffering is as if it's been 20years . Meanwhile it's just 2 years down the line. We're in trouble

chill man it is PMB till 2023 u vagabond

No going back pmb till 2023...ipork terrorist can go to hell

donlucabrazi:


If Buhari refused to appear before Oputa's Panel which was an inquisition and reconciliatory in nature, and has since assumption of office refused to obey several court orders. I see no reason why Jonathan should appear before any Court to give evidence

We cannot keep having different standards in this country. What insolence!

Oga Jona, you exhibited the highest level of cowardice by failing to remove Jega prior to the 2015 general elections, and that was your greatest undoing. Please, NEVER! And I repeat, NEVER you ever repeat that mistake by obeying any court summons and trust me, the heavens will not fall

No Basket for rotten mango...

then ur igbo brethren Metuh will rot in jail...be rest assured

donlucabrazi:


If Buhari refused to appear before Oputa's Panel which was an inquisition and reconciliatory in nature, and has since assumption of office refused to obey several court orders. I see no reason why Jonathan should appear before any Court to give evidence

We cannot keep having different standards in this country. What insolence!

Oga Jona, you exhibited the highest level of cowardice by failing to remove Jega prior to the 2015 general elections, and that was your greatest undoing. Please, NEVER! And I repeat, NEVER you ever repeat that mistake by obeying any court summons and trust me, the heavens will not fall

No Basket for rotten mango...

then ur igbo brethren Metuh will rot in jail...be rest assured��