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| Kalu Drops Rebuttal To Femi Fani-kayode’s Misinterpretation Of Nuances Surroundi by fairymonk(op): 9:57pm On Feb 24, 2025 |
Kalu Drops Rebuttal to Femi Fani-Kayode’s Misinterpretation of Nuances Surrounding 1966 Coup https://ohafiatv.com/2025/02/24/kalu-drops-rebuttal-to-femi-fani-kayodes-misinterpretation-of-nuances-surrounding-1966-coup/ I am compelled to respond to Femi Fani-Kayode’s recent claims that the 1966 coup was an “Igbo coup.” As someone who has studied Nigeria’s history and is passionate about setting the record straight, I must correct the inaccuracies and misconceptions perpetuated by Fani-Kayode. While it is true that the coup leaders, led by Major Chukwuemeka Nzeogwu, were predominantly Igbo, it is misleading to characterize the coup as exclusively Igbo-driven. The motivations behind the coup were multifaceted, driven by a desire to overthrow the corrupt government and address regional imbalances, rather than advancing narrow ethnic interests. Furthermore, it is essential to acknowledge that not all the coup plotters were Igbo, and that some non-Igbo officers were also involved in the coup. This fact alone undermines the notion that the coup was an ethnic conspiracy. Ibrahim Babangida’s statement in his autobiography, which describes the coup as taking on an “unmistakable ethnic coloration,” has been cited by Fani-Kayode as evidence of the coup’s ethnic nature. However, this phrase can be interpreted in different ways, acknowledging the coup’s ethnic dimension without implying that it was exclusively an Igbo coup. As we reflect on our nation’s history, it is crucial to approach these events with sensitivity, nuance, and a commitment to accuracy. By doing so, we can work towards a more informed and inclusive understanding of our shared past. Let us not allow simplistic and divisive narratives to shape our understanding of Nigeria’s history. Instead, let us strive for a nuanced and accurate understanding of the complex events that have shaped our nation. Let’s also take a closer look at IBB’s book, which actually suggests that the 1966 coup was not exclusively an Igbo coup. According to the book, some non-Igbo officers, such as Major Adewale Ademoyega, Captain Ganiyu Adeleke, Lts Fola Oyewole, and Olafimihan, were involved in the failed coup. Moreover, Major John Obienu, an Igbo officer, actually crushed the coup. This information contradicts the notion that the coup was an ethnic conspiracy. Additionally, IBB’s book highlights that the initial purpose of the coup plotters was to release Chief Obafemi Awolowo from prison and make him the executive provisional president of Nigeria. This fact supports the argument that the coup was not driven by ethnic motives, but rather by a desire to address broader national issues. It’s worth noting that Femi Fani-Kayode has misinterpreted IBB’s statement, claiming that the book acknowledges the coup had an “unmistakable ethnic coloration”. However, it is clear that FFK in his nature seems to be playing this sensitive card to score cheap political goals or to taunt emotions of the Igbo nation for many reasons like gaining favour of the present government, play the devil towards 2027 or simple to generate discussion on social media as alternative source of income for staying off the corridors of power for too long. Whatever purpose he seeks to achieve in his display of hatred for Ndigbo, I wish him Good luck. Comr Amos Oge Kalu is a blogger, ICT Expert and Media consultant 5 Likes 1 Share
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| Re: Kalu Drops Rebuttal To Femi Fani-kayode’s Misinterpretation Of Nuances Surroundi by Gandollar(f): 10:21pm On Feb 24, 2025 |
Hiss.. I thought it was senator kalu.. All of them saboteurs have recoiled into their shells while allowing some degenerate Lukumi persons to hide behind IBB's book to spew thrash against the Great Igbos. While their thieving counterparts speak to defend their people, kalu and co have become both deaf and dumb. This is why none of these saboteurs are respected by the people at home. If not for rigging, none of them would go anywhere. Nonsense! 7 Likes 2 Shares |
| Re: Kalu Drops Rebuttal To Femi Fani-kayode’s Misinterpretation Of Nuances Surroundi by Elusive001: 10:42pm On Feb 24, 2025 |
Gandollar:Aside Obi who fought tooth and nail to reclaim his mandate in addition to Soludo, Obiano, and Otti, most governors who ruled in the region were people who were against the people and their development. It seems that there is a plot to consistently foist these bad egg on the people to ensure that they are held back. 1 Like |
| Re: Kalu Drops Rebuttal To Femi Fani-kayode’s Misinterpretation Of Nuances Surroundi by JAMO84: 10:46pm On Feb 24, 2025 |
Nzeogwu killed Sardauna Ifeajuna killed Balewa Nwobosi killed Akintola Anuforo killed Maimalari.... Yes, it wasn't igbo coup, it was Ijebu coup. Mad people everywhere 13 Likes 5 Shares |
| Re: Kalu Drops Rebuttal To Femi Fani-kayode’s Misinterpretation Of Nuances Surroundi by ERockson: 10:52pm On Feb 24, 2025 |
Fake Kalu 1 Like |
| Re: Kalu Drops Rebuttal To Femi Fani-kayode’s Misinterpretation Of Nuances Surroundi by kettykings: 11:04pm On Feb 24, 2025 |
This is a case of the living advising the dead. I’ve read firsthand accounts from those who were directly involved in the events of 1966, all stating unequivocally that the coup was not an "Igbo coup." Yet, time and time again, this historical fact is drowned out by a relentless flood of revisionist drivel from glorified storytellers who neither witnessed those events nor bore any of their consequences. Notably, Reno Omokri, Femi Fani-Kayode, and their pack of self-important charlatans have made it painfully clear that they know absolutely nothing about Nigeria’s history. Their revisionist garbage reeks of ignorance, propaganda, and deliberate misrepresentation, yet they spew it with the arrogance of men who mistake noise for knowledge. Their shameless distortion of facts is an insult to those who actually lived through that period, and their dishonesty is a disgrace to any serious discussion of Nigeria’s past. 2 Likes |
| Re: Kalu Drops Rebuttal To Femi Fani-kayode’s Misinterpretation Of Nuances Surroundi by Igbokid: 11:05pm On Feb 24, 2025 |
Who is this hungry looking clown wearing head warmer in a very hot environment? FFK was a direct victim of the coup seeing his father and family were brutalized . History would never be allowed to be re written . Osu cowards should take responsibility for the nonsense their forebears did . 5 Likes 1 Share |
| Re: Kalu Drops Rebuttal To Femi Fani-kayode’s Misinterpretation Of Nuances Surroundi by Yorubafather: 11:12pm On Feb 24, 2025 |
JAMO84:Is this the full list of the people killed during the coup? or those names are more human than the others? Ewedu sense and reasoning, spit  7 Likes 1 Share
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| Re: Kalu Drops Rebuttal To Femi Fani-kayode’s Misinterpretation Of Nuances Surroundi by gidgiddy: 11:20pm On Feb 24, 2025 |
Why isn't Murtala Mohammeds coup a 'Hausa Coup'? Why isn't Buhari's coup a 'Fulani coup'? Why isn't Babangida's coup a 'Gwari coup'? Why isn't Dimkas coup a 'Middle-belt coup'? Why isn't Abacha's coup a 'Kanuri coup'? Why is that out of several coups that occured in Nigeria, only January 15 1966 coup has ethnic tag? They like to call it 'Igbo coup'. Yet some people only remember that coup is bad, and should have ethnic tag, only when they hear January 15 1966 coup. The ethnic bigotry around January 15th coup has become both stale and laughable 5 Likes 1 Share |
| Re: Kalu Drops Rebuttal To Femi Fani-kayode’s Misinterpretation Of Nuances Surroundi by Ofemannnu: 11:27pm On Feb 24, 2025 |
lol Who knows this eyepobian? He may be one of the illiterate rascals on nairaland here that do not understand simple English words like "ethnic colouration". 1 Like 1 Share |
| Re: Kalu Drops Rebuttal To Femi Fani-kayode’s Misinterpretation Of Nuances Surroundi by Ofemannnu: 11:33pm On Feb 24, 2025 |
gidgiddy:They called it Igbo coup because the subsequent coup was staged against the perceived coupists tribe by the people who were mainly the victims' kinsmen. Until this day they have been wary of the Igbos because of that great betrayal. “Igbo in the North were widely taunting their hosts on the loss of their leaders. Celestine Ukwu, a popular Igbo musician, released songs titled Ewu Ne Ba Akwa (Goats Are Crying) and others celebrating “Igbo power”, the “January Victory.” Posters, stickers, postcards, cartoons displaying the murdered Sardauna begging Major Nzeogwu at the gates of heaven or Balewa burning outright in pits of hell or Nzeogwu standing St. George-like on Sardauna, the defeated dragon, began to show up across Northern towns and cities. These provocations were so pervasive that they warranted the promulgation of Decree 44 of 1966 banning them”. Even Dr. Nnamdi Azikwe noted these atrocities in his The Origins of the Civil War: “Some Ibo elements, who were domiciled in Northern Nigeria taunted northerners by defaming their leaders through means of records or songs or pictures. They also published pamphlets and postcards, which displayed a peculiar representation of certain northerners, living or dead, in a manner likely to provoke disaffection.” These images and songs eventually led to the so-called pogroms/ethnic-cleansing/genocide, not the coup” There was a country... - Chinue Achebe. 2 Likes |
| Re: Kalu Drops Rebuttal To Femi Fani-kayode’s Misinterpretation Of Nuances Surroundi by Ofemannnu: 11:41pm On Feb 24, 2025 |
JAMO84: 4 Likes 2 Shares |
| Re: Kalu Drops Rebuttal To Femi Fani-kayode’s Misinterpretation Of Nuances Surroundi by EmperorIsaac(m): 12:13am On Feb 25, 2025 |
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| Re: Kalu Drops Rebuttal To Femi Fani-kayode’s Misinterpretation Of Nuances Surroundi by loffyloffy: 12:27am On Feb 25, 2025 |
Yorubafather:Oya complete the list na And show us the number of Top Igbo politician or Military personnel on the list 5 Likes 1 Share |
| Re: Kalu Drops Rebuttal To Femi Fani-kayode’s Misinterpretation Of Nuances Surroundi by Jnkay: 12:41am On Feb 25, 2025 |
FFK and some people go explain tire🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩. IT WASN'T IGBO COUP✅ IBB saw a movie and explained what happened in the movie but FFK that was sleeping when the movie was going on is now telling us that he understands the movie more than IBB. FFK doesn't have fear of God. 1 Like 1 Share |
| Re: Kalu Drops Rebuttal To Femi Fani-kayode’s Misinterpretation Of Nuances Surroundi by sreamsense: 12:50am On Feb 25, 2025*. Modified: 2:24am On Feb 25, 2025 |
gidgiddy:We are talking about FIRST military coup masterminded by your people, but you are talking about others that came later and never had ethinc coloration like the first one. If the first one did not happen, how are you sure others will follow? The First igbo-like coup set standard for others that came later. So, all blame will be on the first executors with devilish mindset. Just like first Biafra war carried out by ojukwu before running away to leave igbos to suffer. So, also other subsequent Biafra agitator leaders like Nwazuruike, Kanu and Ekpa were cowards who either run away after making money or milking Igbo people from donations and put them under lock and key every Monday for their selfish aims. If ojukwu did not start the first Biafra, there is no probability Nwasuruike, Kanu and Ekpa will follow suit. So,.also starting first igbo-like coup is far more important than others that followed. 4 Likes 1 Share |
| Re: Kalu Drops Rebuttal To Femi Fani-kayode’s Misinterpretation Of Nuances Surroundi by richie240: 1:08am On Feb 25, 2025 |
No need for long story bikonu. Those who are desperate to hold on to the fallacy that it wasn't an igbo coup-within-coup should tell us how many igbo politicial and military leaders were killed by the predominantly igbo coupists. End of story!  3 Likes 1 Share |
| Re: Kalu Drops Rebuttal To Femi Fani-kayode’s Misinterpretation Of Nuances Surroundi by richie240: 1:12am On Feb 25, 2025 |
Hehehehehehe....Nwokem, there's noffin to explain here biko. Make una just tell us how many igbo leaders were killed by the coupists which comprised of over 90% igbos in d January 1966 coup. Then we will believe y'all that it wasn't an igbo coup. Dassol. Jnkay: 2 Likes 1 Share |
| Re: Kalu Drops Rebuttal To Femi Fani-kayode’s Misinterpretation Of Nuances Surroundi by mytime24(f): 6:00am On Feb 25, 2025 |
Ffk is in pain He's still suffering from his ex-wife workaway |
| Re: Kalu Drops Rebuttal To Femi Fani-kayode’s Misinterpretation Of Nuances Surroundi by gidgiddy: 6:04am On Feb 25, 2025 |
sreamsense:In every coup that happened in Nigeria, the masterminds were from a particular section of the country, and their coups did touch people from their own part of the country. Murtala Mohammeds coup were done by mainly people from his North West, and the victims were mainly Southerners, it was even more bloody than the furst coup. But Murtala coup is never a Hausa coup. That same Murtala Mohammed was putbon the N20 Naira note and has Airports named after him The only time you people remember coup is bad and should have ethnic tag is with first coup. You guys don't even remember the 8 other coups that happened in Nigeria 1 Like |
| Re: Kalu Drops Rebuttal To Femi Fani-kayode’s Misinterpretation Of Nuances Surroundi by flokii: 6:11am On Feb 25, 2025 |
So how do you explain the refusal of Ironsi (an Igbo man) to try or court martial the coup plotters?.. instead they got promoted same year despite their gross misconduct and murder of non-Igbo ethnic leaders and their families. Let's chip in that same Aguiyi Ironsi empowered his brother Ojukwu to go after Adaka Boro who declared Niger Delta republic separate from Eastern region that same year.. you know how many soldiers from the present day Niger Delta that Ironsi and Ojukwu killed that year, even Boro was penciled for death but got saved by the Northern counter coup that killed Ironsi.. Adaka Boro later pledged allegiance to Nigeria and fought for Nigeria against the Igbos in the biafra war (in revenge to Ojukwu's mideeds towards the Niger Deltans). It's those who don't know the full history, especially the cut and join historians that Igbos can be fo0ling not likes of FFK. 2 Likes 1 Share |
| Re: Kalu Drops Rebuttal To Femi Fani-kayode’s Misinterpretation Of Nuances Surroundi by gidgiddy: 6:12am On Feb 25, 2025 |
sreamsense:There's hardly any country in Africa that has not had multiple coups, it was the thing of back then, it still happens to this day. Nigeria had many coups. On July 29th 1966, Lt Colonel Murtala led a group of officers from his part of the country to launch a coup that was far more bloody than that of January 15th, it affected Southerners, but touched no Northerner. Yet, not only does Murtala Mohammed's coup have no ethnic tag, Nigeria even honoured the man by putting him on the N20 note and naming Airports after him. All for being a murderous coup plotter and military dictator Even though Buhari's coup affected mainly Southerners, his coup is never called Fulani coup. Buhari was later elected and re-elected President, just because he was once a successful coup plotter and military dictator. Yet some people only remember that coup is bad, and should have ethnic tag, only when they hear January 15 1966 coup. The ethnic bigotry around January 15th coup has become both stale and laughable 1 Like |
| Re: Kalu Drops Rebuttal To Femi Fani-kayode’s Misinterpretation Of Nuances Surroundi by BlackfireX: 10:42am On Feb 25, 2025 |
JAMO84:You didn't add high ranking igbo soldier that was gunned down . And the gallant igbo soldier that stopped the coup obienu. Among the coup plotters Ademoyega was higher in rank and age. While you are at that, all of them kept saying one thing that the purpose was to enthrone baba Awo. Think of this the people who put Awo in jail for treason and trying to break up Nigeria were brutally murdered is that not a pointer that baba planned the coup by proxy? Let me stop here I want to load passengers for garage |
| Re: Kalu Drops Rebuttal To Femi Fani-kayode’s Misinterpretation Of Nuances Surroundi by Zulu11zulu: 10:58am On Feb 25, 2025 |
JAMO84:and all the people you mentioned here are from which region, now they are igbo no more south south he goad like you are the problem of Nigeria. |
| Re: Kalu Drops Rebuttal To Femi Fani-kayode’s Misinterpretation Of Nuances Surroundi by JAMO84: 11:14am On Feb 25, 2025 |
BlackfireX:Awo planned the coup, but when the northerners went for revenge, they left Awo in his prison cell and wiped off all the igbos top officers in the military. So you know more than the likes Murtala Mohammed and TY Danjuma? 2 Likes 1 Share |
| Re: Kalu Drops Rebuttal To Femi Fani-kayode’s Misinterpretation Of Nuances Surroundi by JAMO84: 11:18am On Feb 25, 2025 |
BlackfireX:Awo planned the coup, but when the northerners went for revenge, they left Awo in his prison cell and wiped off all the igbos top officers in the military. So you know more than the likes of Murtala Mohammed and TY Danjuma? 1 Like |
| Re: Kalu Drops Rebuttal To Femi Fani-kayode’s Misinterpretation Of Nuances Surroundi by BlackfireX: 11:20am On Feb 25, 2025 |
JAMO84:Do I repost what I asked you, alfa Ganu si |
| Re: Kalu Drops Rebuttal To Femi Fani-kayode’s Misinterpretation Of Nuances Surroundi by zero8zero(m): 11:54am On Feb 25, 2025 |
BlackfireX:Ipob clown . Authur Anegbe was a collateral damage, if his ibo brothers had carried him along in the plan, he would have gone to hand over the keys to Ifeajuna in his house by himself. Then again, if ibos planned the coup and another ibo man took over power, it says alot. For Ademoyega, can you tell us the role he played on the day of the coup? 1 Like 1 Share |
| Re: Kalu Drops Rebuttal To Femi Fani-kayode’s Misinterpretation Of Nuances Surroundi by zero8zero(m): 11:55am On Feb 25, 2025 |
JAMO84:Lol 1 Like |
| Re: Kalu Drops Rebuttal To Femi Fani-kayode’s Misinterpretation Of Nuances Surroundi by Bendeco02: 11:59am On Feb 25, 2025 |
You have time to reply Ethnic Bigot  |
| Re: Kalu Drops Rebuttal To Femi Fani-kayode’s Misinterpretation Of Nuances Surroundi by mrvitalis(m): 12:03pm On Feb 25, 2025 |
Elusive001:Are you just noticing it? Lmao IMO my state have never elected our governor since 1999 ... It's always one crisis or the other |
| Re: Kalu Drops Rebuttal To Femi Fani-kayode’s Misinterpretation Of Nuances Surroundi by mrvitalis(m): 12:03pm On Feb 25, 2025 |
JAMO84:It was an Igbo coup... What can you and your fada do about it? 1 Like 1 Share |
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