January 15 1966 coup: Why we called it an Igbo coup —

Chukwuma Kaduna Nzeogwu and Emmanuel Ifeajuna (Igbos) killed 22 people including the Prime Minister of Nigeria
ON the coup: On January 15, 1966, majority Igbo army officers struck and turned the weapons which we issued to them to defend the country, on the government and the leaders that issued the weapons to them. In the process, they killed the Prime minister of the country; Tafawa balewa (Fulani) they killed the premier of the West; (Yoruba) they killed the premier of the North. (Fulani)

They also killed Chief Festus Okotie-Eboh (Itsekiri) the Federal Minister of Finance. They also killed some members of their own group. For example, Brigadier Maimalari was innocently killed. Because he is (Kanuri). Since then, Nigeria has never been the same and Nigeria has never attained anything near the dreams of the founding fathers and nationalists and fought for independence of the nation.

Many people had the impression that the coup was tribal in nature in our view it was.

Because Dr Nnamdi Azikiwe, (Igbo) was abroad on medical trip. They handed the government over to General Aguiyi Ironsi (Igbo)

Well, the Army took over and they continued to blunder. They continued to do what they were trained to do; that is to destroy; to kill and to loot. Then the quarrel between two Lieutenant Colonels – Ojukwu (Igbo) and Yakubu Gowon (Angas) – eventually led the country to a civil war. Ojukwu said he was senior to Gowon and that Gowon cannot be the head of state when he (Ojukwu) was a governor.

Killing of Igbo soldiers

Gowon said if you want to be head of state, come to Lagos so that soldiers could take order from you. The argument continued until it led to the killing of Igbos in the north and killing of Igbo soldiers all over the country, with one of them buried alive in Ibadan. The young man had insisted on not doing what they wanted and they threatened to kill him. He said he was prepared to die; after all it was only one bullet that could kill him. So they told him they were not going to waste a bullet on him and buried him alive after forcing him to dig his grave. He was a major in the Army. A lot of atrocities were committed then.

What do you could be the reason for the coup?

We wouldn’t say we knew the intention of the boys who took over government because Ademulegun and other Yoruba officers never admitted that it was an Igbo coup. It only happened that there were more Igbo officers involved in the coup because there were so many Igbo officers in the army at that time, bullshits!

it was a coup with eboe supremacist domination agenda

so it's an eboe coup

nzeogwu identified as an eboe man then

NIGERIA CANNOT BE UNITED AGAIN. TAKE IT OR LEAVE IT

Emperormartin:
NIGERIA CANNOT BE UNITED AGAIN. TAKE IT OR LEAVE IT

Who asked you for unity besides the corrupt politicians

Tissaia:
Who asked you for unity besides the corrupt politicians

My brother suck it! Your politicians even know NIGERIA CANNOT BE UNITED AGAIN

theInterpreter:
it was a coup with eboe supremacist domination agenda

so it's an eboe coup

nzeogwu identified as an eboe man then

It wasn't Igbo coup, and on a second note why violating nairaland rule 19? You're the same as thetranscriber thetranslator theechanter theinterpreter
seun lalasticlala

theInterpreter:
it was a coup with eboe supremacist domination agenda

so it's an eboe coup

nzeogwu identified as an eboe man then

Read ur history very well.....zik was in Nigeria when they came for him fortunately he outsmarted them.... Micheal okpara fled after knowing about the coup...

Luminary2000:


Read ur history very well.....zik was in Nigeria when they came for him fortunately he outsmarted them.... Micheal okpara fled after knowing about the coup...

so they knew it's an Igbo coup

Shaolin0147:
It wasn't Igbo coup, and on a second note why violating nairaland rule 19? You're the same as thetranscriber thetranslator theechanter theinterpreter
seun lalasticlala

it was a fully well orchestrated show domination agenda coup

i am not the same as theenchanter

I am not violating any rule

theInterpreter:
it was a fully well orchestrated show domination agenda coup

i am not the same as theenchanter

I am not violating any rule

you're violating rule 19, you were banned and you created alternate account

The coup started from Operation Wetie and declaration of state of emergency in Western region, that was the first time the word terrorist was used in Nigeria history...

anyone talking about the coup in ethnic light is being mischievous..

I don't even blame the coup plotters only Aguiyi Ironsi deserves to be blamed no wonder he isn't celebrated or revered anywhere

Shaolin0147:
you're violating rule 19, you were banned and you created alternate account

I had my accounts before being banned
don't be pained abeg
they are for different purposes obviously
translate
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interprete

BigSarah:
The coup started from Operation Wetie and declaration of state of emergency in Western region, that was the first time the word terrorist was used in Nigeria history...

anyone talking about the coup in ethnic light is being mischievous..

I don't even blame the coup plotters only Aguiyi Ironsi deserves to be blamed no wonder he isn't celebrated or revered anywhere

it's just coincidence right

Tissaia:
it's just coincidence right

The plotters were of various ethnic nationalities, do I think it's a coincidence?
Yes absolutely.
If it was planned Aguiyi wouldn't have been so clueless and ineffectual with his Follow up actions..
I don't believe it was a planned ethnic coup.

Tissaia:
it's just coincidence right

Op,a simple answer pls,is chukwuma kaduna nzeogwu and by extension his delta people igbos ?

Ademulegun and the Yoruba soldiers involved were used by the Igbo masterminds to mask their evil agenda.. after they succeeded, they handed over power to Ironsi (an igbo man) and set their agenda in full motion. It's the Niger Delta people I pity most with the way Igbos have been maltreating them which they still want to continue in Kanu's biafra.

This is why we are educating omoluabis to wake up and stop doing follow follow up and down to ethnic groups like Igbos who are lesser than us population-wise. We far outnumber Igbos but they always want to take advantage of Yoruba calmness and accommodating nature to perpetrate evil.
For goodness sake, Igbos and Fulanis have been allies since first republic. The civil war resulted from them trying to outsmart one another. I even heard Azikiwe and Fulanis at a time deliberated on who will colonize Yorubas in the West.. Don't know how true sha, but it was obvious from his (Azikiwe) attempt to become premier in Western region.

The 1966 Coup was ochestrated and teleguided by this man below:

Baron Victor Rothschild who so happened to be head of the Rothschild Banking dynasty, owner of Shell Petroluem, an MI6 Officer and top level advicer to the British Govt.

The coup was meant to stop the COR region from secceding from the Old Eastern Region with their newly discovered oil wells.

Rothschild was a top recruiter of double agents, spies and also into communist indoctrination of African students studying in the UK.

The Igbo greed to control other people's resources at all cost made them to stage the coup for one single purpose only - dismantle the regional government structure and usher in a powerful centrist Igbo dictatorship to siphon the oil wealth of the Niger Delta.

When the Igbos failed at securing power, Rothschild simply switched sides and backed the Fulani north.

flokii:
Ademulegun and the Yoruba soldiers involved were used by the Igbo masterminds to mask their evil agenda.. after they succeeded, they handed over power to Ironsi (an igbo man) and set their agenda in full motion. It's the Niger Delta people I pity most with the way Igbos have been maltreating them which they stil want to continue in Kanu's biafra.

This is why we are educating omoluabis to wake up amd stop doing follow follow up and down to ethnic groups like Igbos who are lesser than un population-wise. We far outnumber Igbos but they always want to take advantage to Yoruba calmness to perpetrate evil.

For goodness sake, Igbos and Fulanis have been allies since first republic. The civil war resulted from them trying to outsmart one another. I even heard Azikiwe and Fulanis at a time deliberated on who will colonize Yorubas in the West. Don't know how true sha, but it was obvious from his (Azikiwe) attempt to become premier in Western region.

anyways Yorubas are way more smarter

Tissaia:
anyways Yorubas are way more smarter

Pure fact..

We are smarter than most tribes in Africa, reason we must ditch some attributes that make us look weak to ethnicities with expansionist agenda like Fulanis and Igbos.

Shaolin0147:
It wasn't Igbo coup, and on a second note why violating nairaland rule 19? You're the same as thetranscriber thetranslator theechanter theinterpreter
seun lalasticlala

It was and remains an Igbo Marxist coup bent on controling the entire Nigeria through an Igbo centrist dictatorship.

ZombieNation:
The 1966 Coup was ochestrated and teleguided by this man below:

Baron Victor Rothschild who so happened to be head of the Rothschild Banking dynasty, owner of Shell Petroluem, an MI6 Officer and top level advicer to the British Govt.

The coup was meant to stop the COR region from secceding from the Old Eastern Region with their newly discovered oil wells.

Rothschild was a top recruiter of double agents, spies and also into communist indoctrination of African students studying in the UK.

The Igbo greed to control other people's resources at all cost made them to stage the coup for one single purpose only - dismantle the regional government structure and usher in a powerful centrist Igbo dictatorship to siphon the oil wealth of the Niger Delta.

When the Igbos failed at securing power, Rothschild simply switched sides and backed the Fulani north.

wow

Keep reopening old wounds One day in Nigeria will be history all these tales would be forgotten.
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ZombieNation:


It was and remains an Igbo Marxist coup bent on controling the entire Nigeria through an Igbo centrist dictatorship.

Can you explain the Marxist elements of the coup? A few book and video recommendations on the topic would be appreciated.

So what do you gain by spreading this Tissia. The efforts you dissipate in such malignant propaganda should be used to orientate your folks in your North West involved in banditry. Are you not tired of the wanton killings in your region? How many time have you discussed with your peers about finding solutions to it. Is it not time to change from your atitude?

While us in Igboland focus on solving our IPOB wahala, you guys over there seems to be infatuated with “what's wrong with others”. How about you tackle your own “what’s wrong with us”. There are issues you should be concerned about and the 1966 coup is not one of them.

EILTD:
So what do you gain by spreading this Tissia. The efforts you dissipate in such malignant propaganda should be used to orientate your folks in your North West involved in banditry. Are you not tired of the wanton killings in.your region? How many time have you discussed with your peers about finding solutions to it. Is it not time to change from your atitude?

While us in Igboland focus on solving the our IPOB wahala, you guys over there seems to be infuated with “what's wrong with others”. How about you tackles your own “what’s wrong with us”. There are issues you should be concerned with and the 1966 coup is not one of them.

thanks we are trying our best to defeat the monsters

Tissaia:
thanks we are trying our best to defeat the monsters

And how many times have you written article here to discuss the banditry issues with fellow Arewa? Check your threads and you’ll marvelled with the topics you keep posting? Take a clue at other southerners to see how they talk about their problems.

Tissaia:
wow

See these threads for more details

https://www.nairaland.com/6735554/jew-instigated-nigerian-civil-war#105488314

https://www.nairaland.com/6744798/britain-cost-igbos-war#105660182

https://www.nairaland.com/6750790/why-comrade-ojukwu-oxford-branch#105773257

Blue3k:


Can you explain the Marxist elements of the coup? A few book and video recommendations on the topic would be appreciated.

Victor Rothschild was named as the 5th man in the Cambridge double agent spy rings.

He attended Cambridge as well and it is known that Cambridge was a recruiting ground for communist spies and aggitators since the Russian revolution.

Oxford to a large extent was also known as a radicalizing ground into communist and leftist ideology.

Ojukwu was a card carrying member of the British Communist Party (Oxford Branch) and he was heavily inspired by the likes of Che Guevera and Fidel Castro (hence the beard).

He joined the Nigerian Army as a recruit solely to stage future violent mutiny and a coup.

Zik was also a flaming leftist just as virtually all Igbos who were indoctrinated in the UK under the guise of an education.

The notorious Jewish mobsters known as the Kray Twins visited Enugu severally before the Coup.

Knowing how Rothschild recruited Jewish criminals in doing their biddings like the New York East Side Jews who followed Trotsky to stage the Russian Revolution and later became part of the notorious CHEKAS, this same model of using Jewish criminals was used to arrange all logistics and intelligence for the Igbo Marxist coup.

The Kray Twins cover was that they were in Enugu to open a Casino resort.

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BigSarah:
The coup started from Operation Wetie and declaration of state of emergency in Western region, that was the first time the word terrorist was used in Nigeria history...

anyone talking about the coup in ethnic light is being mischievous..

I don't even blame the coup plotters only Aguiyi Ironsi deserves to be blamed no wonder he isn't celebrated or revered anywhere

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Why do you Igbos like to lie like this.

The IGBO Marxist Coup was staged for one purpose only:

To prevent the creation of COR region out of the defunct Eastern Region out of greed towards controlling the newly discovered oil wells.

To prevent COR being removed out of old Eastern region, Igbos staged a coup (backed by ZIk and teleguided by Victor Rothschild) to dismantle the regional assembly and usher in a powerful centrist Igbo dictatorship.

Can you deny Decree 34 and the Igbotic nature of the Ironsi Military dictatorship?

If anything, Decree 34 was a facsimile of Zik's radical MARXIST ambitions for Nigeria under a powerful centrist govt with Igbos solely in power.

YOU WERE NO VICTIMS.

Your linear thought process in thinking that this misadventure is akin to your petty trading is what pushed you into this foolish ploy.

Ask yourself why only Ojukwu as Military Governor of Eastern Nigeria welcomed Decree 4 but every other Military governor opposed it?

Why then did Ojukwu change his mind on Decree 4 in July of that same year after Ironsi was assassinated and deposed?

Why did the Igbos without consultation decide to drag the already Igbo weary minorities into their Biafra?

Can you also tell me what reasons western Cameroun adduced for wanting to leave Nigeria in 1959? Let me answer this for you: IT WAS BECAUSE THEY HAD GROWN TIRED OF IGBO MARGINALIZATION OF THE SO-CALLED MINORITIES IN THE OLD EASTERN REGION.

You idiots should stop twisting history and stop stupidly trying to dismiss the Marxist Igbo coup of Jan 15 as a non-Igbo affair because it sure damn was.

ZombieNation:


Victor Rothschild was named as the 5th man in the Cambridge double agent spy rings.

He attended Cambridge as well and it is known that Cambridge was a recruiting ground for communist spies and aggitators since the Russian revolution.

Oxford to a large extent was also known as a radicalizing ground into communist and leftist ideology.

Ojukwu was a card carrying member of the British Communist Party (Oxford Branch) and he was heavily inspired by the likes of Che Guevera and Fidel Castro (hence the beard).

He joined the Nigerian Army as a recruit solely to stage future violent mutiny and a coup.

Zik was also a flaming leftist just as virtually all Igbos who were indoctrinated in the UK under the guise of an education.

Any books on the topic or primary sources u can point to. I'll go fact check the membership later. I just find this hard to believe considering the Soviets didn't assist their fellow Marxist during the war when they did pour resources into other countries in Africa like Angola.

Blue3k:


Any books on the topic or primary sources u can point to. I'll go fact check the membership later. I just find this hard to believe considering the Soviets didn't assist their fellow Marxist during the war when they did pour resources into other countries in Africa like Angola.

And yet the Soviet did not assist their fellow Marxist during the war. So how come the Soviet assisted the Nigerian government instead of the Igbo Marxist according to Tissia and Bishopmagic her conspiracy theory boyfriend.