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People died for no reasons or selfish reasons...

Why was Akintola killed self

push23:
Foiled The January 15, 1966 Coup?nobody.

What was successful about the coup, it is as senseless as saying that Dimka’s coup was a successful coup because the commander in Chief was murdered?

iamnotillicit:
People died for no reasons or selfish reasons...

Why was Akintola killed self

Ask that Eyepobian Push23.

iamnotillicit:
People died for no reasons or selfish reasons...

Why was Akintola killed self

Because he was becoming an idiot on steroids with all the operation wetie killings in the west and his dangerous plots with the sarduana that was messing up democracy then

A successful coup where the coup plotters ended up prison.

Using this logic, Buka Suka Dimka’s coup against Murtala Muhammad in February 1976 was a successful coup too.

iamnotillicit:
People died for no reasons or selfish reasons...

Why was Akintola killed self

Dem warn the guy make e escape. Dude dey form Incredible Hulk till the very end.

Aguiyi Ironsi warned these complacent politicians of an impending coup. His intelligence report was discarded.

Those politicians, the coupists, Nwafor Orizu and Ironsi, ubanka to all of them.

Zanna Bukar Dipcharima would have succeeded the slain Tafawa Balewa as Prime Minister, but that sell out called Nwafor Orizu clearly had other plans.

Nigeria had 4 seats of power then which which had capitals and were controlled from:

kaduna for entire northern region (present day NW, NE and NC) Enugu ( present day SE and SS) Benin ( parts of present day SS and SW) Ibadan (most parts of present day SW) and Lagos which was the federal capital. They were all headed by premiers who had political powers that were almost at par with the then prime minister tafawa balewa ( equivalent of a president today) . Zik was a ceremonial president with no political power. On January 15 1966 Kaduna Nzeogwu led a group of young army officers who tagged themselves revolutionaries and they decided to change the government which they perceived as corrupt to pave way for their own ideas which they believed would make Nigeria giant of Africa. They started with Enugu where MI Okpara was receiving the Archbishop of Canterbury and ordered him to come outside from the arena. The archbishop sending they wanted to kill him appealed to them to wait till he leaves before they take Okpara but before he could finish his sermon Okpara escaped. Another group went to Dennis Osadebey but I don’t know how he escaped . Others went and killed other leaders like Ahmadu bello, Akintola, balewa etc and all these were happening simultaneously all over Nigeria that night. The coup failed because they couldn’t kill Aguiyi Ironsi who was the highest ranking military officer then and without the army you haven’t won a coup. Emmanuel Ifeajuna team missed Aguiyi by whiskers at Ikoyi because they didn’t recognize him in civilian clothes and car. Ironsi after passing them learned of the coup on his car radio and instead of the party he was going to made a detour to the barracks and mobilize soldiers who took effective control of the presidency vacated by unknown whereabouts balewa. He used military decrees to solidify his position and in the position became an accidental head of state. He declared the coup plotters wanted on radio. They all ran away but later returned and were arrested. Aguiyi refused to try them for 6 months which fueled resentment of bias across the country leading to massacre of Igbos in the north before Aguiyi was eventually toppled in a counter coup led by TY Danjuma and Gowon installed as president followed by a bloody civil war of almost three years

OkCornel:
Dem warn the guy make e escape. Dude dey form Incredible Hulk till the very end.

Aguiyi Ironsi warned these complacent politicians of an impending coup. His intelligence report was discarded.

Those politicians, the coupists, Nwafor Orizu and Ironsi, ubanka to all of them.

Zanna Bukar Dipcharima would have succeeded the slain Tafawa Balewa as Prime Minister, but that sell out called Nwafor Orizu clearly had other plans.

It seemed it was all planned for Ironsi to take over

Can you believe that at the time Azikiwe did this interview below on the 16th of Jan 1966
Gen ironsi had not yet taken Power
look outside the Window you can see it is broad daylight
Listen to azikiwe

Dr Orizu who was the Acting President didn't invite Gen ironsi to takeover Power until 10 minutes to midnight on that same day (16th of January 1966 ) which couldn't have been less than about 6 hours after azikiwe gave this interview to the British Press yet azikiwe was speaking as if Gen ironsi was already in Power

Gen ironsi didn't take Power until 17th Jan 1966 the next day

From his replies you can see that azikiwe was completely uninterested in finding Prime Minister Balewa who had only been kidnapped and was only missing at the time of this interview and whose body was not found until almost a week later but see how so completely confident Azikiwe was because he knew already that Balewa wouldn't be found alive



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RCD7uQsSU6U?si=_lCuNifvAGEIRXrp

So, how does that information affect the price of garri in the market?

sapele914:
What was successful about the coup, it is as senseless as saying that Dimka’s coup was a successful coup because the commander in Chief was murdered?

dimka coup failed because they were not able to take the government

aariwa:
Nigeria had 4 seats of power then which which had capitals and were controlled from:

kaduna for entire northern region (present day NW, NE and NC) Enugu ( present day SE and SS) Benin ( parts of present day SS and SW) Ibadan (most parts of present day SW) and Lagos which was the federal capital. They were all headed by premiers who had political powers that were almost at par with the then prime minister tafawa balewa ( equivalent of a president today) . Zik was a ceremonial president with no political power. On January 15 1966 Kaduna Nzeogwu led a group of young army officers who tagged themselves revolutionaries and they decided to change the government which they perceived as corrupt to pave way for their own ideas which they believed would make Nigeria giant of Africa. They started with Enugu where MI Okpara was receiving the Archbishop of Canterbury and ordered him to come outside from the arena. The archbishop sending they wanted to kill him appealed to them to wait till he leaves before they take Okpara but before he could finish his sermon Okpara escaped. Another group went to Dennis Osadebey but I don’t know how he escaped . Others went and killed other leaders like Ahmadu bello, Akintola, balewa etc and all these were happening simultaneously all over Nigeria that night. The coup failed because they couldn’t kill Aguiyi Ironsi who was the highest ranking military officer then and without the army you haven’t won a coup. Emmanuel Ifeajuna team missed Aguiyi by whiskers at Ikoyi because they didn’t recognize him in civilian clothes and car. Ironsi after passing them learned of the coup on his car radio and instead of the party he was going to made a detour to the barracks and mobilize soldiers who took effective control of the presidency vacated by unknown whereabouts balewa. He used military decrees to solidify his position and in the position became an accidental head of state. He declared the coup plotters wanted on radio. They all ran away but later returned and were arrested. Aguiyi refused to try them for 6 months which fueled resentment of bias across the country leading to massacre of Igbos in the north before Aguiyi was eventually toppled in a counter coup led by TY Danjuma and Gowon installed as president followed by a bloody civil war of almost three years

because Nigeria

Ggg

push23:
dimka coup failed because they were not able to take the government

Ok, how many of them held positions in the purported government their coup brought in, since it was a success?

What was the motive of their coup, was it just to kill some old unarmed defenseless men that gave them the guns they used to murder them?

Those senseless idiot youths were the ones that exposed Nigeria to Military rule from 1966-1999.

sapele914:
Ask that Eyepobian Push23.

because it was.an igbo coup

aariwa:
Nigeria had 4 seats of power then which which had capitals and were controlled from:

kaduna for entire northern region (present day NW, NE and NC) Enugu ( present day SE and SS) Benin ( parts of present day SS and SW) Ibadan (most parts of present day SW) and Lagos which was the federal capital. They were all headed by premiers who had political powers that were almost at par with the then prime minister tafawa balewa ( equivalent of a president today) . Zik was a ceremonial president with no political power. On January 15 1966 Kaduna Nzeogwu led a group of young army officers who tagged themselves revolutionaries and they decided to change the government which they perceived as corrupt to pave way for their own ideas which they believed would make Nigeria giant of Africa. They started with Enugu where MI Okpara was receiving the Archbishop of Canterbury and ordered him to come outside from the arena. The archbishop sending they wanted to kill him appealed to them to wait till he leaves before they take Okpara but before he could finish his sermon Okpara escaped. Another group went to Dennis Osadebey but I don’t know how he escaped . Others went and killed other leaders like Ahmadu bello, Akintola, balewa etc and all these were happening simultaneously all over Nigeria that night. The coup failed because they couldn’t kill Aguiyi Ironsi who was the highest ranking military officer then and without the army you haven’t won a coup. Emmanuel Ifeajuna team missed Aguiyi by whiskers at Ikoyi because they didn’t recognize him in civilian clothes and car. Ironsi after passing them learned of the coup on his car radio and instead of the party he was going to made a detour to the barracks and mobilize soldiers who took effective control of the presidency vacated by unknown whereabouts balewa. He used military decrees to solidify his position and in the position became an accidental head of state. He declared the coup plotters wanted on radio. They all ran away but later returned and were arrested. Aguiyi refused to try them for 6 months which fueled resentment of bias across the country leading to massacre of Igbos in the north before Aguiyi was eventually toppled in a counter coup led by TY Danjuma and Gowon installed as president followed by a bloody civil war of almost three years

How convenient that only Okpara (the Igbo premier) escaped out of the premiers. How convenient that only Balewa (the only non Igbo among the top 4 most important federal office holders) was killed, while the remaining 3 (all igbos) "escaped". You clowns live fooling yourselves.

OkCornel:
Dem warn the guy make e escape. Dude dey form Incredible Hulk till the very end.

Aguiyi Ironsi warned these complacent politicians of an impending coup. His intelligence report was discarded.

Those politicians, the coupists, Nwafor Orizu and Ironsi, ubanka to all of them.

Zanna Bukar Dipcharima would have succeeded the slain Tafawa Balewa as Prime Minister, but that sell out called Nwafor Orizu clearly had other plans.

Did Okpara or Osadebey escape? Why were they not killed

Of all politicians why was it that it was all the ibo politicians that escaped

raumdeuter:
Did Okpara or Osadebey escape? Why were they not killed

Of all politicians why was it that it was all the ibo politicians that escaped

Because they all are trained athletes.
Ironsi major in 100meter while Azikiwe trained in Marathon!
Okpara, Osadebey, Orizu and the rest won the Relay!

raumdeuter:
Did Okpara or Osadebey escape? Why were they not killed

Of all politicians why was it that it was all the ibo politicians that escaped

Aguiyi Ironsi tipped off the politicians of an impending coup.

Tafawa Balewa, Ladoke Akintola etc didn’t act on the intelligence report.

Don’t take my word for it, research and prove me otherwise. Were they tipped off or not?

Read the first two paragraphs

Brenbentondiaz:
How convenient that only Okpara (the Igbo premier) escaped out of the premiers. How convenient that only Balewa (the only non Igbo among the top 4 most important federal office holders) was killed, while the remaining 3 (all igbos) "escaped". You clowns live fooling yourselves.

The politicians were warned of an impending coup. They should be blamed for not acting on that intelligence report as well.

push23:
Foiled The January 15, 1966 Coup?nobody.. they were in control of the government. And hand power to their fellow igboman

And northerners did it many times, which you don't remember. You only remember this one because Igbos were involved

Obaaderemi2:
It seemed it was all planned for Ironsi to take over

Ironsi who was on the hit list too?
He wasn’t part of the coup plotters.
He also tipped off the politicians on the impending coup. His intelligence report was disregarded.

Brenbentondiaz:
How convenient that only Okpara (the Igbo premier) escaped out of the premiers. How convenient that only Balewa (the only non Igbo among the top 4 most important federal office holders) was killed, while the remaining 3 (all igbos) "escaped". You clowns live fooling yourselves.

If you are not a fool with brain dead zero IQ you should have asked the people you mentioned instead of asking me

Brenbentondiaz:
How convenient that only Okpara (the Igbo premier) escaped out of the premiers. How convenient that only Balewa (the only non Igbo among the top 4 most important federal office holders) was killed, while the remaining 3 (all igbos) "escaped". You clowns live fooling yourselves.

it

sapele914:
What was successful about the coup, it is as senseless as saying that Dimka’s coup was a successful coup because the commander in Chief was murdered?

coup sometime are bloodly

OkCornel:
A successful coup where the coup plotters ended up prison.

Using this logic, Buka Suka Dimka’s coup against Murtala Muhammad in February 1976 was a successful coup too.

dimka coup was not successfuĺ

push23:
dimka coup was not successfuĺ

But January 15 1966 was successful abi?

Clap for yourself

OkCornel:
Aguiyi Ironsi tipped off the politicians of an impending coup.

Tafawa Balewa, Ladoke Akintola etc didn’t act on the intelligence report.

Don’t take my word for it, research and prove me otherwise. Were they tipped off or not?

Read the first two paragraphs

Despite the alleged tip off, what actions did the Ibo politiicians take to act on it? Orizu, Wachukwu, Okpara Osadebey were all in the country and were not visited by coupists

Any reason?

raumdeuter:
Despite the alleged tip off, what actions did the Ibo politiicians take to act on it? Orizu, Wachukwu, Okpara Osadebey were all in the country and were not visited by coupists

Any reason?

Arthur Unegbe, an Igbo military officer who was in charge of the armoury was shot dead by the coup plotters for not handing over the keys.

Hmmm…an Igbo coup indeed.

I guess Unegbe is part of the coup plotters since he’s Igbo too right?

By the way like I mentioned earlier, the politicians were warned by Ironsi on January 12 by an impending coup.

Governments in other African countries (DRC, Togo, Dahomey, Central African Republic) were toppled before that of Nigeria. But what did the politicians do?

Ahmadu Bello did nothing to secure himself.
Tafawa Balewa did nothing to secure himself.
Ladoke Akintola was forming Incredible Hulk instead of escaping to save his life.

But hey, let’s blame Ironsi for tipping off the politicians and let’s also blame the politicians that acted on the tip off.

I still have my grouse with Nwafor Orizu though. The right thing to do after the coup was aborted was to hand over power to Zanna Dipcharima to continue as the prime minister rather than his fellow Igbo man in the military. Poisonous seed of tribalism.

OkCornel:
Dem warn the guy make e escape. Dude dey form Incredible Hulk till the very end.

Aguiyi Ironsi warned these complacent politicians of an impending coup. His intelligence report was discarded.

Those politicians, the coupists, Nwafor Orizu and Ironsi, ubanka to all of them.

Zanna Bukar Dipcharima would have succeeded the slain Tafawa Balewa as Prime Minister, but that sell out called Nwafor Orizu clearly had other plans.

He was never wrong for remaining in his house...

iamnotillicit:
He was never wrong for remaining in his house...

Ok, he was right to ignore Ironsi’s coup warning 3 days before his death.

Smart move.