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omooba969:
Playing the victim card again.

omooba969:
You obviously don't know your history. Why was it that Zik decided to travel out of the country on holiday (I think) few days to the coup?

Maybe it was a coincidence right?

You guys are funny...lol

Thiefobi1:
Lies.

How come ifeajuna leaked the coup plot to zik. Which allowed him to escape.


And when in UK how come zik knew Ironsi will become the new head of state.

BraniacX:
that I can not answer, most likely he was tipped, but he was among those marked for execution, the officers who headed the northern and western operations executed their targets, it was in the east where the target escaped and eastern operations was headed by a yoruba I think

rickleye:
Hmm - So how do we move on from this …

I can understand why the 1966 coup was considered Igbo masterminded. Consider the ratio of those who plottered, those that were killed and those that were saved

Major General Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi, Nigeria’s first military head of state, was brutally assassinated on July 29, 1966, during the counter-coup led by Northern officers. His killing was part of a larger retaliation for the January 15, 1966 coup, which was perceived as an Igbo-dominated plot.

How Aguiyi-Ironsi Was Killed
1. The Coup Begins
• On the night of July 28–29, 1966, Northern military officers—led by Lt. Col. Murtala Mohammed, Major Theophilus Danjuma, and Capt. Joe Garba—launched a coup against Aguiyi-Ironsi’s government.
• The coup plotters were angry that the Igbo officers behind the January 1966 coup had not been punished, and they believed that Ironsi was protecting them.
• They wanted to avenge the killings of Northern leaders and remove what they saw as Igbo dominance in the government.
2. Kidnapping of Aguiyi-Ironsi and Fajuyi
• On the morning of July 29, 1966, Aguiyi-Ironsi was in Ibadan, staying at the Government House with Lt. Col. Adekunle Fajuyi, the military governor of the Western Region.
• Northern soldiers, led by Major Theophilus Danjuma, stormed the Government House and arrested both Aguiyi-Ironsi and Fajuyi.
• Aguiyi-Ironsi was beaten and interrogated, with the coup plotters demanding to know details about the January coup and why he didn’t punish the Igbo officers involved.
3. Torture and Execution
• Aguiyi-Ironsi and Fajuyi were taken to a secluded area, believed to be near Lalupon, Ibadan.
• They were tortured for hours, possibly with bayonets and gun butts.
• Both men were eventually executed by gunfire, and some reports suggest their bodies were dumped in a forest.
4. Aftermath
• The coup plotters installed Lt. Col. Yakubu Gowon as the new Head of State, sidelining Igbo officers from power.
• The mass killings of Igbos escalated across Northern Nigeria, leading to tensions that eventually resulted in the Nigerian Civil War (1967–1970).

Significance of His Death
• Ethnic tensions worsened: Many Igbos saw his assassination as an attack on their people, reinforcing their belief that they were no longer safe in Nigeria.
• Led to Biafra’s secession: The killings of Igbos in the North after Ironsi’s death contributed to Eastern Nigeria’s decision to declare the Republic of Biafra in 1967, which led to war.
• Shift in power: The military leadership permanently shifted to the Northern-dominated elite, with Yakubu Gowon ruling for the next nine years (1966–1975).

Aguiyi-Ironsi’s death remains a tragic and pivotal moment in Nigerian history, marking the deepening of the ethnic divide that still influences the country today.

1966 out of 6 main plotters
4 were Igbo and 2 Yoruba
The following were killed:
• Ahmadu Bello (Hausa-Fulani) –
• Tafawa Balewa (Hausa-Fulani) –
• Samuel Akintola (Yoruba) –
• Brigadier Zakariya Maimalari (Hausa-Fulani)
• Colonel Kur Mohammed (Hausa-Fulani)

However, Nnamdi Azikiwe (President, Igbo) and Michael Okpara (Premier of the Eastern Region, Igbo) were not harmed.

Without being biased you can see why it is perceived as such.

However, Since civil war has been fought won and lost . Why can’t we move on ?? How do we heal and move on ?

omooba969:
How are you gonna survive without me?

Wahabfuture:
Yes IBB is playing victim card, have you thought why you lost Ilorin to Fulani who are not Nigerian?

omooba969:
Playing the victim card again.

Scholes007:
Non sense. Victim to what or is it your new mantra?

omooba969:
Igbos enjoy playing the victim card.

Hope you gerrit now?? 😐

omooba969:
You obviously don't know your history. Why was it that Zik decided to travel out of the country on holiday (I think) few days to the coup?

Maybe it was a coincidence right?

You guys are funny...lol

Shattuck:
if it was an igbo coup as you claim he wouldn't have needed to even travel out of the country in the first place because he would have been saved, for the fact that he ran out meaning he knew he wasn't save either probably he was tipped by a traitor of the coup, which even justifies that fact it wasn't an igbo coup.

Scholes007:
Lack of substance. There no victim card here. The record is as straight as it can get.

jaxxy:
I've never heard of a Yoruba or fulani coup buy once it involves igbos in active roles u cry igbo coup to politicise it and spread hate?

Morbeta11:
This is why you remain an unredeemable peasant with decades of dirt hanging on your hunchback of ignorance.

Thiefobi1:
IBB trying to please his wife tribe by telling a different story.

We will only believe books written by Gowon, ejoor or danjuma.

This is ejoor book a south south man who witness what Igbo did to his people.

Mvnster:
Sorry not everyone is a fool like you, you cant change what is obvious.

BafanaBafana:
Igbos want everyone to believe they are Jewish descendants
They want everyone to believe Nnamdi Kanu is a peaceful man who is only asking for better treatment of Igbos
They want everyone to believe Jonathan was the best president Nigeria ever had.
And they want everyone to believe the 1966 coup was not carried out by Igbos.

omooba969:
Ojukwu was furious about the reprisal attack on Igbos in the North following the coup. Also, he declared Biafra bcoz of the failed Aburi accord.

You need a refresher hommie.

phoenix45:
yes not everyone is foolish to please a stupid yoruba boy abi man. it's obvious and whos' talking about mumu change?

Mvnster:
If your brain contains anything better than akpu you wont be trying to rewrite history with senseless lies. Go sleep jare akpamu.

Omoboricash:
Before i could beleive this narrative, can we have the name of victim of that coup and also the beneficiary of the coup. Let compare and contrast. Then we can draw our conclusion.
By mere just putting out statement without presenting fact and fugure would not go well with me.

Afolue:
it was beyond that. We shouldn’t begin on debates and arguments. It was outrightly in relation to the coup plotters and the prime minister that were all executed due to grounds of injustice and partiality. That was the major problem on ground at the time which triggered hatred between regions

phoenix45:
which place did i rewrote history foolish hydraulic drinker. I'm only concerned about those trying to make you and your yoruba ronu bastards feels that igbos were being victimised to stop that nonsense. cause yorubas are chaemlons and doesn't need that stress.

omooba969:
Healing is not possible with the IBB generation, they are crude, vicious and stuck in the past.

BraniacX:
The major actors were from all across Nigeria, only about three or four were igbos

rickleye:
But this has creeped into our generation as well.
Not sure the way forward unless there is some national unity where we apologize for the I’ll we done to ourselves and see how we can have some kind of reconciliation and ruling agreement
President / leader of senate and deputy president.

OldNORSE:
DONT attempt to weaken this revelation by attaching Rufai’s name like he was the one who said it. BABANGIDA who was part and parcel of the Army and also a beneficiary of the coup said it with his full chest!

Just like clockwork, hundreds of threads created yesterday naming IBB as the one who said it was ignored for the one naming Rufai Oseni. Nairaland, una no dey hide una bigotry again. This one is glaring for the world to see!

saintkel:
even if Awolowo were to come back from d dead n tell u the 1966 coup had his blessings, u will still not believe.....continue to wallow in ur sheer hatred for d Igbo race....
Spits!

ZombieDredd:
You are waiting to be spoon fed?

Go and look for IBB book and buy if you have money....ademoyega has written his book since and he made sure to tell us it wasn't Igbo coup same thing IBB has said now....but Una want agenda, so carry on.