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Validated:
Cheerleaders of Nigeria, led by FFK. When are we going to remember the pogrom in Northern Nigeria that followed this coup?

EmperorCaesar:


OP don go open wound, dem go explain tire today


This is one of those morning in history that you wish it never came into existence



Greed, over-ambition and nonsense aspiration for ethnic domination led to these useless killings


I had to check the names again. If 95% are from a particular place, then its fair to name the coup after them.

Anywhere in the world, 95% is a vote for,not against, and that settles it

happney65:
FFK is a Blantant Liar. He didnt say what his father and the nonesense Akintola did to Awolowo and the entire Western Region. One of the major reason why the coup took place.

The failed coup was plannend and executed by three majors

Kaduna Nzegwu
Adewale Ademoyaga
Emmauel Ifejuana.

And they brought in others to see to the success of the coup

The Entire Western Region was in turmoil. In connivance with the North, This nonesense FFK's Father who he was deputy to Akintola rigged the 1965 election with impunity and people were killed here and there. Awolowo was locked up on trumped up charges of treason by the North and Akintola and Remi Kayode. Men who were desperate for nothing but power at the expense of the people they claimed they were serving.

Akintola's Aides at a Time even told him to resign but in Akintola's word "It is only death that van take the position away from him" And so it happened

FFK who was trying to claim his father isnt a coward.

When the Soldiers got to Agodi Ibadan and called him out telling him he was under arrest, Dude threw his hands in the air and begging the soldiers not to kill him. They were even surprised and asking themselves if this was truly the Fani Power. Got to Akintola's house where he shot back at the soldiers and they killed him when he ran out of ammo.

All the People that were killed were those who resisted arrest. Remi wasnt killed because he didnt resist arrest.

By the time they got to Lagos around 7AM with Remi,The coup had already failed and Ironsi boys had them all rounded up and Remi Kayode released.

Whenever I see FFK ranting,I remember his father. He is nothing but a coward like his father..

DMerciful:
He wasnt sober, he died in the war. The reason is because his coup gave Northerners the ability to move from 25% of Nigeria when it was 4 regions to 50% of Nigeria when it was 12 states and now over 50% now that its 36 states

DMerciful:
So he is a northerner. Why should Igbos be held accountable for his military actions?

Godwin4444:
y are u Igbos like this for crying out loud?

How many times have we laid that lie to rest that they wanted to free awolowo cos of d coup?

The coup was not about awolowo but Igbos greed for power, so if it was about freeing awolowo, y did nnamdi azikwe n ojukwu had issues about d war he embarked on?

Guy it's Igbos greed to have it all that led to d war n not trying to free awolowo

What's d relationship between awolowo n Igbos that Igbos will go out all their way to kill all those people simply because of one Yoruba man?

So u wanted to free awolowo but killed everyone aside from people from your tribe?

Guy u Igbos can't rewrite history

2elliot:
Wipe out to achieve what? Some of you are so damn myopic. SE did not wipe out the British who ruled them for decades during colonialism, but they chose to do that with the entire country without any military base in the region, or the population and power to subjugate the entire country. Some of you are just daft to think that that coup was an Igbo coup. Not even the Fulanis some of you dread can openly carry out such an act. Dem no born them reach. But you think Igbos who were well represented in government and military at the time would want to dominate the entire country through force. If that was the case, Ironsi would have moved all military wares to the east and strengthen it. Yet, that would have been foolish. But except, the corrupt west was behind them to destabilise the country.
You all need to start thinking for yourselves, honestly.

stuffs2002:
Ahmadu Bello treated Nzougwu like a son and raised him as one of his own. Ahmadu Bello even celebrated Nzouwhu's promotions

1) It shows a snake remains a snake no matter how much love you showed to it and it will strike you dead at the first opportunity it gets
2) It shows those who have deep rooted hatred for you and your people cannot be made to change their mind no matter how much you loved them

nairalanda1:
Actually, the above is not true.

1. Nzeogwu's father...James Nzeogwu ....worked for the precusor of NEPA. He never worked under or directly for the Sardauna as a gardener or in any capacity.

2.Nzeogwu was born in Kaduna, and that was why he was called Kaduna. He was not named by the Sardauna or any prominent Northerner (His brother Peter Nzeogwu in his biographical sketch of his older bro gives another Hausa name that he was given by the Hausa neighbours.)

3. He did not know nor was he on any name basis with the Sardauna.

Infact, read a good biography of Nzeogwu...one was written by his brother, the other by Obasanjo.

zero8zero:
Explain the common heritage

flokii:
Brutal indeed.. 15 January, 1966 the day Igbo coupists struck..
How did most of them end?.. they were either killed in the July 1966 Northern counter coup, some like Ifeajuna were killed by Ojukwu in defunct biafra, Nzeogwu killed by Federal troops close to Nsukka.
When you draw first blo0d, expect to pay the price.

I read a piece where the Yoruba among them claimed the coup was not an ethnic agenda.. Why then was no Northerner among the coup plotters?. The North I know will never conspire with an Igbo to kill their Premier, instead that Igbo planning such will die first.. but the fo0lish Ademoyega allowed coupists kill the Premier of old Western region Akintola and other top Yorubas in the Military.

Hisroyalbadmeat:
Abeg leave Niger Delta from your leprous nonsense

zero8zero:
Have you listened to the daughter of Okotie Eboh, have you listened to the son of Aguiyi ironsi talk about the coup as they witnessed it?, how old were they when it happened?, about FFK's age at the time. Like I said, if you think a six year old is a dummy, then you could be more dummy.

casualobserver:
There is a difference between coup plotters who happened to be ibos and ibos. The coup plotters failed so we will never know their intentions. Because the ibos that took over after the failed coup were the typical ibos, they acted in typical ibo fashion hence their brothers were not tried and Awolowo remained in prison, decree34 was promulgated etc.

Like I have said many times, there is evidence to show that the coup plotters may have been revolutionary, patriotic, nationalist and not sectarian……unfortunately for them and history……and for the ibos, they failed! So we will never truly know.

What I will say is that the coup plotters do not represent typical ibos and they ended up handing over power to typical establishment ibos who acted like typical fashion. I said in a previous post that I believe 95% that the coup was not an ibo coup. The 5% is because the ibos were already losing/lost influence at the center, a successful Balewa/Akintola alliance would have further dented the influence of the east so there is that 5% chance it could have been an ibo centric coup such that the only hand left to play was to install Awolowo since he was already in alliance with NCNC anyway. We don’t know. On the balance of probability, I am willing to believe it wasn’t an ibo coup but the actions of the ibos since have not helped their perception.

raumdeuter:
Actually there was need for the Ibos

1959 to 1964 was a NPC(mainly North) and NCNC(Mainly East) alliance which ruled and formed the cabinet. By 1964 Akintola already broke away from the AG and formed his NNDP. Akintola already reasoned that this alliance was to the detriment of Yorubas since all the good positions were cornered by the Ibos and Hausas. To the level where even the Vice Chancellor for UNILAG and UI both in Yorubaland were Ibo men Eni Njoku and Kenneth Dike.
(I listened to Akintolas campaign speech of 1964)
The initial alliance between the NPC(Balewa) and NCNC(Azikwe) was broken and Akintolas NNDP became the new partner with NPC to form the NNA alliance. The NNA Alliance won the election thus Balewa and Akintolas party would be forming the new govt and the Ibos would be pushed into opposition. Akintola started replacing Ibos in the former govt with Yorubas from his NNDP. An example, At that time the tenure of Eni Njoku expired as UNILAG VC and Akintola ensured that Prof Saburi Biobaku was made the VC. This was too much for the Ibos to take and they reacted which meant Akintola had to be killed and those in the new NNA alliance

AutoChick4U:
So why didn't kaduna install himself as d president?

rummmy:
see as they remove NZOGWUs name as the coup leader because they discovered he is from their darling south south...............also i can see a youba man among the planners and also igbo man was among the people killed so how is this Igbo coup when it has a national coverage..
can someone explain to me......
do not also forget that over 9m igbos were murdered because of what they tagged igbo coup..
IRONSI was also killed.....

chatinent:
If you know the history well, you need no one to tell you.

And of course, I can see the selective judgement and many omitted important parts in this story.

Umuinyioku:
what do you mean.

Fight for your autonomy. Niger Delta oil still not in the hands of indigenes but outsiders.
True or false?

stuffs2002:
First of all, I do not dread the Fulani
Second, SE have never been smart nor intelligent in their actions because they are controlled by their emotions and hate
Thirdly, Igbos would be very very very mad to attack the British. Even you sef your brain dey leak to think Igbos would have taken on the British
Lastly, your attempt at changing history is not just lame but laughable.

richie240:
Hehehehe when e favour una, una go say ss igbós are igbós, but when e nor favour una una go reject them.

The present 'king' of igbós, (ohaneze), where is he from biko?

Umuinyioku:
I insist six years old kid can't descriptive of what happened in 1966.

Case closed!

Godwin4444:
because the agreement was to pave way for an Igbo n we had aguiyi ironsi

stuffs2002:
Ahmadu Bello treated Nzougwu like a son and raised him as one of his own. Ahmadu Bello even celebrated Nzouwhu's promotions

1) It shows a snake remains a snake no matter how much love you showed to it and it will strike you dead at the first opportunity it gets
2) It shows those who have deep rooted hatred for you and your people cannot be made to change their mind no matter how much you loved them

zero8zero:
He was more sympathetic to Nigeria than Biafra, he never kowtow to Ojukwu.

happney65:
FFK is a Blantant Liar. He didnt say what his father and the nonesense Akintola did to Awolowo and the entire Western Region. One of the major reason why the coup took place.

The failed coup was plannend and executed by three majors

Kaduna Nzegwu
Adewale Ademoyaga
Emmauel Ifejuana.

And they brought in others to see to the success of the coup

The Entire Western Region was in turmoil. In connivance with the North, This nonesense FFK's Father who he was deputy to Akintola rigged the 1965 election with impunity and people were killed here and there. Awolowo was locked up on trumped up charges of treason by the North and Akintola and Remi Kayode. Men who were desperate for nothing but power at the expense of the people they claimed they were serving.

Akintola's Aides at a Time even told him to resign but in Akintola's word "It is only death that van take the position away from him" And so it happened

FFK who was trying to claim his father isnt a coward.

When the Soldiers got to Agodi Ibadan and called him out telling him he was under arrest, Dude threw his hands in the air and begging the soldiers not to kill him. They were even surprised and asking themselves if this was truly the Fani Power. Got to Akintola's house where he shot back at the soldiers and they killed him when he ran out of ammo.

All the People that were killed were those who resisted arrest. Remi wasnt killed because he didnt resist arrest.

By the time they got to Lagos around 7AM with Remi,The coup had already failed and Ironsi boys had them all rounded up and Remi Kayode released.

Whenever I see FFK ranting,I remember his father. He is nothing but a coward like his father..

codemaniacs:
you are igbo or one of your parents is igbo because you are too igbocentric to not have igbo blood flowing in you..

there is no difference between coup plotters who happened to be igbos and igbos.

the coup did not fail..

the coup plotters only allowed a senior igbo military officer called ironsi take over..

and ironsi could have released Awolowo in the 6 months he ruled for if the lie that Awolowo was the reason for the coup was true.. because i:gbos have herd mentality just like the obi:dient movement that made them focus on 1 goal.

the goal of the coup was to stop igbos from losing federal jobs the british gave them.

the coup plotters were sectarian and they represent 100% of typical igbos who hate Yorubas passionately and would never ever install Awolowo into power.

the igbos only love igbos there is no way the igbos would have brought Awolowo to power... the Obi:dient movement is proof of that.

Awolowo was a victim of Azikiwe and igbo herd mentality of not accepting defeat in an election and congratulating the winner...

I believe it was 100% an igbo coup from start to finish with the help of some Yoruba traitors..

where is the influence of the east in 2025

read the quote below and have more understanding

zero8zero:
So, a six year old would forget a brutal murder of a family member or a fearsome incident that happened several years ago?.
A six year old of today will lose his memory in 60 year's time?. So, you are so dumb that you can't recall any events when you were six years old?

Austineva2:
The wayree should talk about how thousands of innocent Biafrans living in the North and Southwest were massacred in their cold blood in June 1966 which they called counter coup. Counter coup by killing thousands of innocent Biafran civilians that was strategically planned by youngmilitary officers across the acclaimed zoogeria republic called Nigeria. And besides, the 15 January coup was strategically planned by all the young military officers across all tribes within the Zoological republic called Nigeria for the betterment of the irredeemable Zoological republic, only for them to map out Igbo Biafrans for total annihilation. E no go ever better for anybody still campaigning for one Zoogeria called Nigeria. Tufia

God keep blessing The United States Of Biafra 🙏
God bless General Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu
God bless General Philip Effiong
God bless Maazi Nnamdi Kanu
God bless Prime Minister Simon Ekpa
God bless all Biafrans
Iseeee 🙏

zero8zero:
So, a six year old would forget a brutal murder of a family member or a fearsome incident that happened several years ago?.
A six year old of today will lose his memory in 60 year's time?. So, you are so dumb that you can't recall any events when you were six years old?

Badassniggga:
As in ehn, it was the coup forced us apart and sowed this seed of distrust amongst us.

For country polarized and made up of different ethnic groups, everything has to be done with fairness to EVERYONE otherwise some groups will find it difficult to accept resulting outcomes.

All the coup plotters needed to do was to take out Azikiwe and others from East as well for the coup to seen as "FAIR" against corruption that has no tribe. But juveniles like Ifeajunana ruined it by letting Azikiwe and others from his side breathe because they were from his "TRIBE"