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Eliminated all his political enemies and sowed an eternal discord by keeping mum when the British tagged it an Igbo coup.Talk of chameleonic double-facedness. No wonder hell gets hotter and hotter for him.

Awolowo who was in prison planned a coup using 95% of Igbo soldiers to execute the coup. Somehow, he forgot to plan his own rescue from prison. And the Igbo soldiers he used to plan the coup killed everyone except Igbo military and political leaders. They then handed over power to another Igbo leader instead of Awolowo. And for six months, the new Igbo leader of Nigeria refused to release Awolowo who planned everything from prison.

Wawu, what a story. The only thing more ludicrous than this story is Nnamdi Kanu telling his fellow Obingooos that Buhari died and was replaced by a clone from Sudan. The fact that same set of cretins pushing the Awolowo coup rubbish were the same set of people that believed the Jubril from Sudan story says it all.

ScamHunter:
Eliminated all his political enemies and sowed an eternal discord by keeping mum when the British tagged it an Igbo coup.Talk of chameleonic double-facedness. No wonder hell gets hotter and hotter for him.

Another question we should be asking ourselves is who were the beneficiaries of the coup?

seunmsg:
Awolowo who was in prison planned a coup using 95% of Igbo soldiers to execute the coup. Somehow, he forgot to plan his own rescue from prison. And the Igbo soldiers he used to plan the coup killed everyone except Igbo military and political leaders. They then handed over power to another Igbo leader instead of Awolowo. And for six months, the new Igbo leader of Nigeria refused to release Awolowo who planned everything from prison.

Wawu, what a story. The only thing more ludicrous than this story is Nnamdi Kanu telling his fellow Obingooos that Buhari died and was replaced by a clone from Sudan. The fact that same set of cretins pushing the Awolowo coup rubbish were the same set of people that believed the Jubril from Sudan story says it all.

Every student of history knows that he is a serial coup plotter. In fact, the '66 coup was his second coup. Ask why he was sent to ptison in the first instance - treason. And his third coup caused his death. What all his coup had in common is that all of them failed. Does that answer your question? A man who strted planning coups just 3 years after independence nd from the very dy Nigeria becme a republic. I blame the soldiers like Nzeogwu who indulged him. Thankfully, Babangida finally placed him where all serial coup plotters belong for planning another coup, even in old age: talk about craze for power.

BloomingDale:
Another question we should be asking ourselves is who were the beneficiaries of the coup?

According to the coup plot Awolowo was supposed to be the beneficiary until and Igbo man Obienu twarted their plan.

ScamHunter:
Eliminated all his political enemies and sowed an eternal discord by keeping mum when the British tagged it an Igbo coup.Talk of chameleonic double-facedness. No wonder hell gets hotter and hotter for him.

He had nothing to do with the 1966 coup. He was in prision, and the coupists had no way of contacting him without triggering the suspicions of Special Branch.

Plus the coupists' inspiration was from other African coups, not from any politican, as sympathetic to UPGA as they were.

franchasng:
I love Awolowo, even more than Dr Nnamdi Azikiwe because he saw through the Northern Moslem Jihad mission earlier than others while Zik was frolicking with the North foolishly.


But the truth must be told, Awolowo was so ambitious and desperate to become President just like Abiola. He plotted 3 different coups that failed. Abiola also sponsored coups, don't ask me how or when, go and read your history books.



Awolowo was the mastermind of the 1966 coup and even the great author Prof Chinua Achebe foretold it in his novel: "The Man of The People" and rightly as he did, months later, the coup happened.


The problem you young and old Yorubas have is you guys don't read wide, you select what to read based on tribal sentiment


You guys are selective in your history.



Awolowo is a known civilian coupist.

Awo had nothing to do with the coup (and the coup was not an Igbo coup, it was a socialist coup carried out by leftists in the Army).

Achebe's book 'Man of the people' did not predict that Awolowo would carry out the coup.

Infact this is the exact quote from the book

But the Army obliged us by staging a coup at that point and locking up every
member of the Government. The rampaging bands of election thugs had caused so much
unrest and dislocation that our young Army officers seized the opportunity to take over.
We were told Nanga was arrested trying to escape by canoe dressed like a fisherman

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The coupists were certainly symphatetic to Awo's socialist leanings and may have eyed him as the leader of a future government , but at the end had they succeded it would have been a troika of Ifeajuana and two others, and many more executions , including of Igbo politicans would have happened.

Nzeogwu alluded to what was to have happened in his last media interview where he observed that the people asked to handle the coup in the East had messed up. Had they done what they were supposed to do, many would have died there too.

The North

BloomingDale:
Another question we should be asking ourselves is who were the beneficiaries of the coup?

seunmsg:
Awolowo who was in prison planned a coup using 95% of Igbo soldiers to execute the coup. Somehow, he forgot to plan his own rescue from prison. And the Igbo soldiers he used to plan the coup killed everyone except Igbo military and political leaders. They then handed over power to another Igbo leader instead of Awolowo. And for six months, the new Igbo leader of Nigeria refused to release Awolowo who planned everything from prison.

Wawu, what a story. The only thing more ludicrous than this story is Nnamdi Kanu telling his fellow Obingooos that Buhari died and was replaced by a clone from Sudan. The fact that same set of cretins pushing the Awolowo coup rubbish were the same set of people that believed the Jubril from Sudan story says it all.

do we need to say it over and over again? Flat skull is an obvious missing vital brain cells. This lot were born with infused flat skulls and they are genetically missing that part of brain completely.

seunmsg:
Awolowo who was in prison planned a coup using 95% of Igbo soldiers to execute the coup. Somehow, he forgot to plan his own rescue from prison. And the Igbo soldiers he used to plan the coup killed everyone except Igbo military and political leaders. They then handed over power to another Igbo leader instead of Awolowo. And for six months, the new Igbo leader of Nigeria refused to release Awolowo who planned everything from prison.

Wawu, what a story. The only thing more ludicrous than this story is Nnamdi Kanu telling his fellow Obingooos that Buhari died and was replaced by a clone from Sudan. The fact that same set of cretins pushing the Awolowo coup rubbish were the same set of people that believed the Jubril from Sudan story says it all.

Ironsi was on the coupists kill list. Had they been more successful, he would have been a dead man too....in the purges that would have followed the coup succeding.

Also Unegbe was killed. And he was a general, and he was killed in his bed by a targeted unit, not at his office.

Nzeogwu basically stated that had they been more succesful, there might have been a wider purge that would have touched every tribe in the country. That was their plan.

Infact, Ifeajuana's plan during the civil war, was to eventually caputre Lagos, and then cooperate with symphatetic elements in the Nigerian and Biafran Army to remove Gowon and OJukwu and achieve the goals of the 66 coup. That failed, and the failure of the Midwestern invasion led to his execution by Ojukwu alongside others (one of whom was a Marxist ideologue).

And while they may have been symphatetic to Awo, I doubt they were going to let him rule.

Also, most of the soldiers were not Igbo. The rank and file were mainly middle belters and northerners. The officer cadre was middle belter and Igbo mostly then.

seunmsg:
Awolowo who was in prison planned a coup using 95% of Igbo soldiers to execute the coup. Somehow, he forgot to plan his own rescue from prison. And the Igbo soldiers he used to plan the coup killed everyone except Igbo military and political leaders. They then handed over power to another Igbo leader instead of Awolowo. And for six months, the new Igbo leader of Nigeria refused to release Awolowo who planned everything from prison.

Wawu, what a story. The only thing more ludicrous than this story is Nnamdi Kanu telling his fellow Obingooos that Buhari died and was replaced by a clone from Sudan. The fact that same set of cretins pushing the Awolowo coup rubbish were the same set of people that believed the Jubril from Sudan story says it all.

Hehehehehe..... as in ehn.
Awa blodas and boldface lying.

So a bloody civilian in prison since close to 4 years before 1966 planned the coup and brainwashed the majorly igbo coup ploters to kill the military and political leaders of the west, north and midwest apart from igbós.

The more they try to rewrite history the more they reveal their stewpidity

nairalanda1:
He had nothing to do with the 1966 coup. He was in prision, and the coupists had no way of contacting him without triggering the suspicions of Special Branch.

Plus the coupists' inspiration was from other African coups, not from any politican, as sympathetic to UPGA as they were.

Really? Just the way Abbas is in prison even in the US and still posts on Instagram abi? The coupist didn't need to contact him one-on-one. They only needed one of his loyal aides to be the cintact person.

A coup made up of over 90% ibos had 100% success rate in other regions but had 0% in their own region.
Very interesting

nairalanda1:
Awo had nothing to do with the coup (and the coup was not an Igbo coup, it was a socialist coup carried out by leftists in the Army).

Achebe's book 'Man of the people' did not predict that Awolowo would carry out the coup.

Infact this is the exact quote from the book
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The coupists were certainly symphatetic to Awo's socialist leanings and may have eyed him as the leader of a future government , but at the end had they succeded it would have been a troika of Ifeajuana and two others, and many more executions , including of Igbo politicans would have happened.

Nzeogwu alluded to what was to have happened in his last media interview where he observed that the people asked to handle the coup in the East had messed up. Had they done what they were supposed to do, many would have died there too.

Tell that to amadioha.

The more u guys try to deflect the more sttewpid y'all sound.

seunmsg:
Awolowo who was in prison planned a coup using 95% of Igbo soldiers to execute the coup. Somehow, he forgot to plan his own rescue from prison. And the Igbo soldiers he used to plan the coup killed everyone except Igbo military and political leaders. They then handed over power to another Igbo leader instead of Awolowo. And for six months, the new Igbo leader of Nigeria refused to release Awolowo who planned everything from prison.

Wawu, what a story. The only thing more ludicrous than this story is Nnamdi Kanu telling his fellow Obingooos that Buhari died and was replaced by a clone from Sudan. The fact that same set of cretins pushing the Awolowo coup rubbish were the same set of people that believed the Jubril from Sudan story says it all.

Education may have really gone down in their Region since ipob stopped them from attending school on Mondays

Christistruth02:
Education may have really gone down in their Region since ipob stopped them from attending school on Mondays

Common sense and logical reasoning left that region a long time ago. That’s why they are the laughing stock of Nigeria’s political system.

Which position IBB held in 1966? He was just a junior officer. Gowon is the one in better position to explain everything.

nairalanda1:
Ironsi was on the coupists kill list. Had they been more successful, he would have been a dead man too....in the purges that would have followed the coup succeding.

Also Unegbe was killed. And he was a general, and he was killed in his bed by a targeted unit, not at his office.

Nzeogwu basically stated that had they been more succesful, there might have been a wider purge that would have touched every tribe in the country. That was their plan.

Infact, Ifeajuana's plan during the civil war, was to eventually caputre Lagos, and then cooperate with symphatetic elements in the Nigerian and Biafran Army to remove Gowon and OJukwu and achieve the goals of the 66 coup. That failed, and the failure of the Midwestern invasion led to his execution by Ojukwu alongside others (one of whom was a Marxist ideologue).

And while they may have been symphatetic to Awo, I doubt they were going to let him rule.

Also, most of the soldiers were not Igbo. The rank and file were mainly middle belters and northerners. The officer cadre was middle belter and Igbo mostly then.

I have read several books written by the core plotters, none of them wrote about any plan to rescue Awolowo and make him president. Again, we must compartmentalize the ideas behind the coup.

First, there was a general revolutionary idea similar to the Cuban revolution and the wave of military coups sweeping across the region at the time. Nzeogwu, Ademoyega, Ifeajuna etc were the brains behind this idea. However, there was another plot within the plot. While the idea was a general revolution for good governance, Ifeajuna had an ethnic plot agenda which he already discussed with Azikiwe. Others like Okafor and Onwuatuegbu etc were part of Ifeajuna’s secret plot.


So, it was easy to see why the coup succeeded in the north under the leadership of Nzeogwu while it failed in the south under the leadership of Ifeajuna. The arrest or death of four people were very crucial for the success of the plot. Balewa, Ironsi, Ademulegun and Maimalari. Of these four, only Ironsi was Igbo. Somehow, only Ironsi survived that night. How? Coincidence? I don’t think so. Okafor under the instruction of Ifeajuna deliberately allowed Ironsi to get away from the military check point mounted by the coup plotters.

Again, there was more than enough time to save the coup despite Ifeajuna’s failure. All Nzeogwu had to do was mobilize from the north and take over the southern military commands. Guess who tricked him out of doing that? Ojukwu and Nwawo. So, why did Ojukwu and Nwawo tricked Nzeogwu to abandon his victory in the north? Very simple - Ironsi, an Igbo would be the head of state. Mission accomplished.

When idiots like Ademoyega realized they have been used, it was just too late to walk back. However, he registered his anger by beating the hell out of Ifeajuna when they met in prison.

seunmsg:
I have read several books written by the core plotters, none of them wrote about any plan to rescue Awolowo and make him president. Again, we must compartmentalize the ideas behind the coup.

First, there was a general revolutionary idea similar to the Cuban revolution and the wave of military coups sweeping across the region at the time. Nzeogwu, Ademoyega, Ifeajuna etc were the brains behind this idea. However, there was another plot within the plot. While the idea was a general revolution for good governance, Ifeajuna had an ethnic plot agenda which he already discussed with Azikiwe. Others like Okafor and Onwuatuegbu etc were part of Ifeajuna’s secret plot.


So, it was easy to see why the coup succeeded in the north under the leadership of Nzeogwu while it failed in the south under the leadership of Ifeajuna. The arrest or death of four people were very crucial for the success of the plot. Balewa, Ironsi, Ademulegun and Maimalari. Of these four, only Ironsi was Igbo. Somehow, only Ironsi survived that night. How? Coincidence? I don’t think so. Okafor under the instruction of Ifeajuna deliberately allowed Ironsi to get away from the military check point mounted by the coup plotters.

Again, there was more than enough time to save the coup despite Ifeajuna’s failure. All Nzeogwu had to do was mobilize from the north and take over the southern military commands. Guess who tricked him out of doing that? Ojukwu and Nwawo. So, why did Ojukwu and Nwawo tricked Nzeogwu to abandon his victory in the north? Very simple - Ironsi, an Igbo would be the head of state. Mission accomplished.

When idiots like Ademoyega realized they have been used, it was just too late to walk back. However, he registered his anger by beating the hell out of Ifeajuna when they met in prison.

And that "plot within a plot" is still happening till today. When we all form a whatsapp group to effect an action, some 'ppl' still form another whatsapp group within that whatsapp group to move their own agenda while stringing the rest along.

Same thing happened in October 2020 where the likes of falz, indomie/macaroni, rinu and other 'nationalists' allowed their heads to be used to break coconut, not knowing they - just like wale ademoyega- were a deceived tool in carrying out d siinister agenda of the secessionists.

richie240:
A coup made up of over 90% ibos had 100% success rate in other regions but had 0% in their own region.
Very interesting


Tell that to amadioha.

The more u guys try to deflect the more sttewpid y'all sound.

The more abusive you sound, the more immature you look.

I did not abuse you nor did i write this to take sides in any of your tribal war. Grow up, and behave yoruself, young man.

Neither did I abuse YOU my boy.

nairalanda1:
The more abusive you sound, the more immature you look.

I did not abuse you nor did i write this to take sides in any of your tribal war. Grow up, and behave yoruself, young man.

ScamHunter:
Eliminated all his political enemies and sowed an eternal discord by keeping mum when the British tagged it an Igbo coup.Talk of chameleonic double-facedness. No wonder hell gets hotter and hotter for him.

The question is, was obafemi awolowo actually aware that the coupists were doing this for him to be installed as the president or prime minister ? That is the question we need to ask before cruxifying him.

Is possible that a group of young soldiers may hold a particular politician in high esteem . They may wish he is at the helm of affairs in there country. They may wish to handle things by themselves. But it is also possible that the beneficiary(awolowo) is not aware of this plan.
Imagine all the things that happened then and substitute awolowo with someone like Peter obi. You will understand that he may not be aware of such plans.
Mind you, am not trying to exonerate awolowo. But am yet to see any proof or any acccount that suggests he knows about this coup before it happened

ScamHunter:
Really? Just the way Abbas is in prison even in the US and still posts on Instagram abi? The coupist didn't need to contact him one-on-one. They only needed one of his loyal aides to be the cintact person.

I doubt that anyone can post from prision in the USA. It is either someone is taking photos with him on visitng hours, and then posting them online on his behalf.

Internet use in US prisions is restricted and monitored.

Also, any communications in US prisions are monitored.

Any communication between Awo and the outside world would have been monitored by Special Branch. (Special branch was even aware of the coup, and warned the leadership...who did nothing. Sir Bello was even dismissive of the plot self allegedly). And any communications would have been used by the government to even clamp down harder.

Awo did not know of the coup.


Modified

Still on USA prisions

Hush Puppy" is a reference to Ramon Abbas, a Nigerian social media influencer known online as "Ray Hushpuppi," who was sentenced to over 11 years in federal prison for money laundering related to online scams, meaning he does have access to the internet in prison, but with strict limitations and monitoring, likely only for specific purposes like legal correspondence or educational programs; he cannot freely browse the internet like he did before his incarceration.

SO no internet social media, no instagram, no twitter.

Even the email service is a special email service that allows the government to read the mails.

Who is mr Awolowo who are your parents?

richie240:
Neither did I abuse YOU my boy.

Okay, stewwpid man. I can see what you mean stewppid man.

(You said it was not abuse, so I am following your lead).

Good morning stewpid man, son of stewpid parents.

seunmsg:
Awolowo who was in prison planned a coup using 95% of Igbo soldiers to execute the coup. Somehow, he forgot to plan his own rescue from prison. And the Igbo soldiers he used to plan the coup killed everyone except Igbo military and political leaders. They then handed over power to another Igbo leader instead of Awolowo. And for six months, the new Igbo leader of Nigeria refused to release Awolowo who planned everything from prison.

Wawu, what a story. The only thing more ludicrous than this story is Nnamdi Kanu telling his fellow Obingooos that Buhari died and was replaced by a clone from Sudan. The fact that same set of cretins pushing the Awolowo coup rubbish were the same set of people that believed the Jubril from Sudan story says it all.

Gbam

You said it all

Nothing more to add

Hehehehehe.......I must've touched a nerve!


Na comprehension issue u get my boy.
I was referring to those of you trying so hard to rewrite history. Not to u in particular ....... except u are among those perpetrating such acts.

Go back and read that post, this time slowly.

nairalanda1:
Okay, stewwpid man. I can see what you mean stewppid man.

(You said it was not abuse, so I am following your lead).

Good morning stewpid man, son of stewpid parents.

nairalanda1:
Ironsi was on the coupists kill list. Had they been more successful, he would have been a dead man too....in the purges that would have followed the coup succeding.

Also Unegbe was killed. And he was a general, and he was killed in his bed by a targeted unit, not at his office.

Nzeogwu basically stated that had they been more succesful, there might have been a wider purge that would have touched every tribe in the country. That was their plan.

Infact, Ifeajuana's plan during the civil war, was to eventually caputre Lagos, and then cooperate with symphatetic elements in the Nigerian and Biafran Army to remove Gowon and OJukwu and achieve the goals of the 66 coup. That failed, and the failure of the Midwestern invasion led to his execution by Ojukwu alongside others (one of whom was a Marxist ideologue).

And while they may have been symphatetic to Awo, I doubt they were going to let him rule.

Also, most of the soldiers were not Igbo. The rank and file were mainly middle belters and northerners. The officer cadre was middle belter and Igbo mostly then.

You are absolutely right. About 60% of the majors in nigeria army as at january 1966 were actually igbos .
When you factor this fact, you will understand why the 5 key majors involved in the coup are igbos . The lower rank order soldiers, which are more in numbers are from the north

seunmsg:
Awolowo who was in prison planned a coup using 95% of Igbo soldiers to execute the coup. Somehow, he forgot to plan his own rescue from prison. And the Igbo soldiers he used to plan the coup killed everyone except Igbo military and political leaders. They then handed over power to another Igbo leader instead of Awolowo. And for six months, the new Igbo leader of Nigeria refused to release Awolowo who planned everything from prison.

Wawu, what a story. The only thing more ludicrous than this story is Nnamdi Kanu telling his fellow Obingooos that Buhari died and was replaced by a clone from Sudan. The fact that same set of cretins pushing the Awolowo coup rubbish were the same set of people that believed the Jubril from Sudan story says it all.

Those Igbo officers killed all of Awolowo's enemies

Those Igbo officers did not kill Awolowo, even though he was a sitting duck in prison in Nigeria

OfoIgbo:
Those Igbo officers killed all of Awolowo's enemies

Those Igbo officers did not kill Awolowo, even though he was a sitting duck in prison in Nigeria

Awo’s number one political enemy as at that time was Nnamdi Azikiwe. So, how convenient was it for Awo who was in prison to recruit Igbo officers including Azikiwe’s cousin to help him kill all his political enemies except Azikiwe? Ehn Omo Ibo, make it make sense please.

Also, are you saying Ademulegun, Maimalari, Ralph Sodeinde, James Pam, Unegbe etc were all enemies of Awolowo?

Finally, Special Branch headed by the British investigated the coup. In fact, they knew about the coup long before it was carried out. So, how come they missed the fact that Awolowo was the brain behind the coup? How come it was an IBB who was a rank and file officer in 1966 that uncovered what Special Branch couldn’t uncover?

seunmsg:
Awo’s number one political enemy as at that time was Nnamdi Azikiwe. So, how convenient was it for Awo who was in prison to recruit Igbo officers including Azikiwe’s cousin to help him kill all his political enemies except Azikiwe? Ehn Omo Ibo, make it make sense please.

Also, are you saying Ademulegun, Maimalari, Ralph Sodeinde, James Pam, Unegbe etc were all enemies of Awolowo?

Finally, Special Branch headed by the British investigated the coup. In fact, they knew about the coup long before it was carried out. So, how come they missed the fact that Awolowo was the brain behind the coup? How come it was an IBB who was a rank and file officer in 1966 that uncovered what Special Branch couldn’t uncover?

Stop giving this people your time ! All their leaders know and accepted the forever mistakes of their fathers, All these new toys are just wasting their lives with DEAD ON ARRIVAL LIES ! Hausa killed them in their numbers, due to the envy they have for YORUBAS they find a way to pin it on Yorubas ! This format don cast tey. Tey!

Shivisee1:
Stop giving this people your time ! All their leaders know and accepted the forever mistakes of their fathers, All these new toys are just wasting their lives with DEAD ON ARRIVAL LIES ! Hausa killed them in their numbers, due to the envy they have for YORUBAS they find a way to pin it on Yorubas ! This format don cast tey. Tey!

Generational lies generated by.hate

Ojukwu messed up his people badly
Many of them cannot think strsight when confronted with the Truth