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kettykin:
The list of coupist has been manipulated again. This is the era of manipulation of truths to suite narratives

That is the authentic list. If you have any other list cited with source, you can bring it.

Even Ojuku himself knows it is an Ibo coup. Northerners already did their best to correct that injustice in July 1966. So that chapter is closed.

I don’t know what’s with you guys and cowardice. Northerners never deny July 1966 coup is a northern coup and they never denied they massakaa 30k Ibos. So why are you guys failing to own up to the coup your ancestors committed?

Will anybody beat you if it’s an Ibo coup?

TheNiceGuy:
The 1966 Nigerian Coup d'état began on January 15, 1966 when rebel soldiers led by Kaduna Nzeogwu assassinated 11 senior Nigerian politicians and two soldiers as well as kidnapping three others. The coup plotters attacked the cities of Kaduna, Ibadan, and Lagos while also blockading the Niger and Benue River within a two-day span of time.

In August 1965 five Igbo Majors were beginning to plot a coup against incumbent Prime Minister Abubakar Balewa. The coup was planned because the Majors were dissatisfied with the governments actions and that most Nigerian politicians were of Hausa or Fulani descent. In a memoir written by coup plotter Adewale Ademoyega he wrote

"Our enemies are the political profiteers, the swindlers, the men in high and low places, that seek bribes and demand 10%; those that seek to keep the country divided permanently so that they can remain in office as ministers or VIPs."

The coup plotters had five goals to achieve, to Strike simultaneously in regional capitals, arrest leading politicians-kill any who resist, avoid reprisals-kill all senior army officers, prevent troop movement-block Niger and Benue, and form a new Government. They planned to strike right before the Commonwealth Conference so that Balewa would be distracted from any suspicious army movements.



Officers involved

The list below shows the officers involved on both sides of the coup as well as their ethnic backgrounds.
Conspirators

Maj. Kaduna Nzeogwu (Igbo)
Maj. Timothy Onwuatuegwu (Igbo)
Maj. Emmanuel Ifeajuna (Igbo)
Maj. Chris Anuforo (Igbo)
Maj. Don Okafor (Igbo)
Maj. Adewale Ademoyega (Yoruba)
Maj. Humphrey Chukwuka (Igbo)
Capt. Emmanuel Nwobosi (Igbo)
Capt. Ben Gbulie (Igbo)
Capt. Ogbu Oji (Igbo)

Government officials and coupist Killed

Prime Minister Abubakar Balewa† (Bageri)
Premier Ahmadu Bello† (Fulani)
Premier Samuel Akintola† (Yoruba)
Finance Minister Festus Okotie-Eboh† (Itsekiri)
Brig. Samuel Ademulegun† (Yoruba)
Brig. Zakariya Maimalari† (Kanuri)
Col. Kur Mohammed† (Kanuri)
Col. Ralph Shodeinde† (Yoruba)
Lt. Col. James Pam† (Berom)
Lt. Col. Arthur Unegbe† (Igbo)



In the weeks leading up to the coup Maj. Kaduna Nzeogwu carried out reconnaissance on Ahmadu Bello's mansion in Kaduna. Nzeogwu often took his men on a night-time training exercise known as "Exercise Damisa" which was in actuality a practice run for a military coup. The commander of the 2nd Brigade, Brig. Samuel Ademulegun, became irritated with the night-time exercises and reprimanded Nzeogwu in a telephone call to keep exercises a safe distance from Bello's mansion. Although Ademulegun complained about the commotion he had no idea of the exercise's true purpose. Nzeogwu's control over his troops was so little that he had to conscript young soldiers from the Nigerian Military Training College at Kaduna. In the early hours on January 15, 1966 Nzeogwu decided to turn "Exercise Damisa" into a full blown military coup. Nzeogwu led his men to a bush adjacent to the mansion gates and informed them of their real mission. Nzeogwu and his men blew open the mansion gates and conducted a search of the residence, hunting for Bello. After losing his temper at his initial failure to locate him, Nzeogwu found him hiding with his wives. Bello was shot along with one of his wives who tried to shield him with her body. Bello's faithful bodyguard came to defend him with a bow and arrows but was also shot.

Nzeogwu's co-conspirator, Maj. Timothy Onwuatuegwu, personally led a detachment of soldiers to Ademulegun's house. Onwuatuegwu made his way up to the Brigadier's room where he was laying beside his wife. Upon seeing Onwuatuegwu enter the room, Ademulegun shouted at him "Timothy, what the devil do you think your doing?". Onwuatuegwu told Ademulegun that he was under arrest. Ademulegun reached for a drawer beside his bed, and as he did so, Onwuatuegwu shot him dead in his bed, along with Ademulegun's wife who was laying beside him.

The head of the NMTC Col. Ralph Shodeinde was killed, but the manner of his death is unclear. His wife testified that he was shot by several soldiers that included Maj. Nzeogwu and Maj. Onwuatuegwu. Other accounts claim that a grenade was tossed at him. It is not clear if Nzeogwu was involved with Shodeinde's death since presumably he was pre-occupied at the time with killing Ahmadu Bello. Most accounts place responsibility for Shodeinde's murder with Onwuatuegwu. The same Onwuatuegwu, who shot both Shodeinde and Ademulegun along with his wife, kidnapped but did not harm the Governor of the Northern Region Kashim Ibrahim. When released Ibrahim vouched that he had been treated with the utmost respect by the men who kidnapped him.

The commander of the 2nd Reece squadron in Kaduna, Hassan Katsina, was not harmed during the coup. Shortly before the coup started, Katsina bumped into Nzeogwu. It is speculated that the conversation between the two men may have saved Katsina's life as Nzeogwu's familiarity with Katsina's family may have led him to exclude Katsina from the coup out of empathy. When the two men met again shortly after the coup, Nzeogwu asked him directly "Are you with us or against us?". Seeing that Nzeogwu was holding a gun, Katsina wisely replied "you know I am with you."

At around 2am Maj. Emmanuel Ifeajuna and some lieutenants from the 2nd Brigade HQ made their way to Prime Minister Abubakar Balewa's residence. They overpowered, but did not kill, the police officers standing guard there. Ifeajuna then kicked down the door of the Prime Minister's bedroom before leading him out at gunpoint. Elsewhere in Lagos, Maj. Don Okafor attempted to arrest Brig. Zakariya Maimalari but he managed to escape by jumping over a wall behind his house. As he was escaping on foot, he came across the car of his Brigade Major, Emmanuel Ifeajuna. Maimalari recognized Ifeajuna and had no idea that he was part of the coup plot. Erroneously believing that Ifeajuna could be trusted, Maimalari waved down the car, and was promptly shot by Ifeajuna. The commanding officer of the Ibadan-based 4th battalion, Lt. Col. Abogo Largema, was a guest at the Ikoyi hotel on the night of the coup. Ifeajuna arrived at the hotel and forced the desk clerk at gunpoint to inform Largema that he had a phone call. When Largema emerged from his room Ifeajuna and a subaltern emerged from their hiding place in a corridor and shot Largema dead. The army's GOC Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi was tipped off about the coup by a telephone call from Lt. Col. James Pam. Shortly after ending his telephone call with Ironsi, Pam was abducted from his house and shot dead by Maj. Chris Anuforo. The only Igbo to die in the coup, Lt. Col. Arthur Unegbe, was shot by Anuforo because he was known to be close to Brig. Maimalari and had to be silenced in order to avoid him from raising the alarm. Balewa, Col. Kur Mohammed, and Minister of Finance Festus Okotie-Eboh were initially kidnapped, but were later killed.

In Ibadan the premier of the Western Region Chief Samuel Akintola had been forewarned that soldiers were coming to get him. Akintola heard rumors of a coup and traveled to Kaduna to warn the premier of the Northern Region, Ahmadu Bello. After failing to raise any urgency in Bello, Akintola returned to Ibadan and armed himself with a rifle. His deputy Chief Fani Kayode was first arrested by the coupists. After his arrest, Kayode's wife informed Akintola of what had happened. Shortly afterward a detachment of soldiers led by Capt. Emmanuel Nwobosi arrived at Akintola's residence. Upon sighting the soldiers, Akintola opened fire, wounding a few of them including Capt. Nwobosi. After fighting for his life and engaging the soldiers in a gunfight, Akintola was shot dead by Nwobosi's men.


https://military-history.fandom.com/wiki/1966_Nigerian_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat

Typical Yoruba lies and propaganda. I wonder what you guys gain from telling lies and fanning the flames of chaos. The average Yoruba is indeed a “Yoruba”. So you’re writing this post as what exactly? A military president has clarified this issue and a nobody like you thinks he has an opinion.

ImperialYoruba:
I cannot trust yanminri from here to there, and I dont sleep in hotels where yanmiri lodges as guest.

Distrust is a default of their society. It is why every ibo man sleeps with machette under his pillow. It is not to protect family against intruder, but to strike and cut his son to pieces should the lad try him in middle of night. You wonder, why would a son try to hurt his father in middle of night? It's their gene to hunt humans. They are fed human knuckles and choicy human flesh to turn them into fearless warriors. Unfortunately many hunt at home in modern times, not in forest. This is why the father, whose gene led him to choke his own father to death in sleep, must now arm and sleep with a machette under pillow, if he doesn't want to experience a choke hold from the beast he raised and fed roasted human meat from age 6. It's a cycle. Im truly surprised Nzeogwu did not drag Sardauna away for a feast, but we learnt parts were missing from Balewa, and Akintola's corpse was taken away by Onwuategwu.

Shior!

The overdose of agbo that your mothers drink during pregnancy has really done a number on the IQ of Yoruba people.

LegendHero:
That is the authentic list. If you have any other list cited with source, you can bring it.

Even Ojuku himself knows it is an Ibo coup. Northerners already did their best to correct that injustice in July 1966. So that chapter is closed.

I don’t know what’s with you guys and cowardice. Northerners never deny July 1966 coup is a northern coup and they never denied they massakaa 30k Ibos. So why are you guys failing to own up to the coup your ancestors committed?

Will anybody beat you if it’s an Ibo coup?

Who are you to issue a list when the former military president who clearly knows better has clarified the issue.

LegendHero:
That is the authentic list. If you have any other list cited with source, you can bring it.

Even Ojuku himself knows it is an Ibo coup. Northerners already did their best to correct that injustice in July 1966. So that chapter is closed.

I don’t know what’s with you guys and cowardice. Northerners never deny July 1966 coup is a northern coup and they never denied they massakaa 30k Ibos. So why are you guys failing to own up to the coup your ancestors committed?

Will anybody beat you if it’s an Ibo coup?

The direct participants and key actors have categorically refuted the claim that it was an Igbo coup. If that isn’t enough, one of the principal figures, Ademoyega, documented his own account, making it clear that it was not an Igbo coup. Yet, those who had no direct involvement—fringe elements with no real stake—continue to spread lies and fabricated narratives, force-feeding gullible Nigerians with their distortions. Must Nigeria persist and survive on blatant falsehoods?
Must some people progress and grow on lies, misinformation and wrong accusations against other people.

Below are the real participants of the January 1966 coup

kettykin:
The direct participants and key actors have categorically refuted the claim that it was an Igbo coup. If that isn’t enough, one of the principal figures, Ademoyega, documented his own account, making it clear that it was not an Igbo coup. Yet, those who had no direct involvement—fringe elements with no real stake—continue to spread lies and fabricated narratives, force-feeding gullible Nigerians with their distortions. Must Nigeria persist and survive on blatant falsehoods?
Must some people progress and grow on lies, misinformation and wrong accusations against other people.

Below are the real participants of the January 1966 coup

Lol even you yourself no believe your nonsense list.

If this is the list, why Hausa people mud 30k Ibos in retaliation? They should have just mud Yoruba instead since according to you, na Yoruba plenty for the coup and na Awo they wan anoint.

Why Awo go send Ibo to coup, forget to release himself from prison, then Hausa go and mud 30k Ibos in retaliation while spearing Awo the “supposed” coup leader?

Is that how valuable Yoruba life is and worthless Ibo life is?

AdeYORUFAFO:
Who are you to issue a list when the former military president who clearly knows better has clarified the issue.

What did he clarify? Babangida himself said it is an Ibo coup.

Abi you no read him book?

LegendHero:
Lol even you yourself no believe your nonsense list.

If this is the list, why Hausa people mud 30k Ibos in retaliation? They should have just mud Yoruba instead since according to you, na Yoruba plenty for the coup and na Awo they wan anoint.

Why Awo go send Ibo to coup, forget to release himself from prison, then Hausa go and mud 30k Ibos in retaliation while spearing Awo the “supposed” coup leader?

Is that how valuable Yoruba life is and worthless Ibo life is?

The so-called counter-coup was nothing but a blood-soaked rampage fueled by lies, and the murder of Fajuyi—a Yoruba governor—was just the beginning of the slaughter. If that wasn’t enough of an insult, a Yoruba General, the most senior officer in the military, was harassed, bullied out of power, and packed off like unwanted baggage to London. If Yoruba lives truly mattered, where was the vengeance for the 50,000 Yoruba youths butchered in cold blood during Operation Wetie? Where was the outrage? The uprising? The reckoning? Silence.

When Awolowo was politically castrated and dumped in a Calabar prison, where were the Yoruba warriors? Not a single riot, not a single jail break attempt, not even a whisper of resistance. In a so-called democratic system, the Yoruba were reduced to human sandbags, absorbing the blows for a government that treated them like expendable fodder. And when Awolowo was finally released, it wasn’t in triumph as a leader—it was in disgrace, as a vice president to a man young enough to be his grandson. Others walk out of prison straight into the presidency, but not Awolowo. The humiliation was complete.

And history repeated itself. When Oladipo Diya and 17 Yoruba generals were shackled like criminals and thrown into jail, was there an uprising? Did Yoruba streets burn with fury? No. There was nothing but weak murmurs and passive submission, until outsiders—yes, foreigners and kindhearted Nigerians—stepped in to stop the madness. Where was the Yoruba fire? Where was the reckoning? Nowhere. Again and again, Yoruba have been battered, humiliated, and erased without retribution. No fire, no fury, no vengeance—just silence and submission.

But don't worry, your leaders will still find themselves where they belong, it is a recurring event. The commit the same offence at very similar intervals

kettykin:
The so-called counter-coup was nothing but a blood-soaked rampage fueled by lies, and the murder of Fajuyi—a Yoruba governor—was just the beginning of the slaughter. If that wasn’t enough of an insult, a Yoruba General, the most senior officer in the military, was harassed, bullied out of power, and packed off like unwanted baggage to London. If Yoruba lives truly mattered, where was the vengeance for the 50,000 Yoruba youths butchered in cold blood during Operation Wetie? Where was the outrage? The uprising? The reckoning? Silence.

When Awolowo was politically castrated and dumped in a Calabar prison, where were the Yoruba warriors? Not a single riot, not a single jail break attempt, not even a whisper of resistance. In a so-called democratic system, the Yoruba were reduced to human sandbags, absorbing the blows for a government that treated them like expendable fodder. And when Awolowo was finally released, it wasn’t in triumph as a leader—it was in disgrace, as a vice president to a man young enough to be his grandson. Others walk out of prison straight into the presidency, but not Awolowo. The humiliation was complete.

And history repeated itself. When Oladipo Diya and 17 Yoruba generals were shackled like criminals and thrown into jail, was there an uprising? Did Yoruba streets burn with fury? No. There was nothing but weak murmurs and passive submission, until outsiders—yes, foreigners and kindhearted Nigerians—stepped in to stop the madness. Where was the Yoruba fire? Where was the reckoning? Nowhere. Again and again, Yoruba have been battered, humiliated, and erased without retribution. No fire, no fury, no vengeance—just silence and submission.

But don't worry, your leaders will still find themselves where they belong, it is a recurring event. The commit the same offence at very similar intervals

Lol wetie was a political clash in the western region by the Yoruba. It is like Awo and Akintola fight with the latter using his federal friends. It’s normal.

Gen Adebayo will be foolish to take command when he never was part of the coupist. You mud the leaders of everyone in a first time coup of a new country and you think Adebayo will step in and take power? He will be the most foolish person on earth if he does that.

Let me tell you, in the order of life importance, Ibo have the least valuable life.

—pre 1900, a minority tribe Ijaw sold your ancestors as slaves. A bloody minority. What about the Igala?

—1945 they used your ancestors as suya in a minority Jos. Your ancestors lives had no value.

—1966 counter coup mud over 50k of your kinsmen. Corpse litter the street and the Almajiri feast on the flesh of your ancestors. You know what your ancestors did? They ran away showing their back like true cowards.

—During the civil war, don’t let me talk of the atrocities that almost exterminated your people if not for the mercy shown by Nigeria. 3 million were erased, fed to the vultures, and left to rot. I won’t bother you with the gory images.

—Ojukwu is the only General I know that fled war in the most cowardice manner. He disguised like a woman and abandon his people. You know what? We brought him back to Nigeria in 1979/83 to campaign for the same Fulani hegemony that wasted his people.

—What about Kanu, if you say Yoruba should have done prison break for Awo, why you Ibos never do prison break for Kanu who is chained like a dog wearing dirty Gucci? Na mouth una get, no action.

—Obi the sissy said they rigged him out. If truly they rig him out, shouldn’t he raise army of Ibos to march to Aso Rock and remove Tinubu like strong men do? Nope he can’t, because he is a coward just like his ancestors.

Should we talk about constant mudding of your people, denying you leadership of the country, and holding you against your will since 1960.

You see how we deal with Babangida and Abacha? Even with the barrel of the gun, the Yoruba stood our ground and got back the mandate and Nigeria paid us back with 1999.

Nigeria mud 3 million of your people and yet their lives are too useless that Nigeria never think of giving you guys power even for just one day. You know why? Because they know you’re just loud mouthed cowards.

We can trample on the Ibos, we can invade their land, we can mud them at will, we can send python dance, we can deny them presidency, we can deny them Biafra, and NOTHING WILL HAPPEN!

LegendHero:
What did he clarify? Babangida himself said it is an Ibo coup.

Abi you no read him book?

This is an excerpt from the book. Read and educate your mind. Also, kindly refrain from emphatically pontificating your ignorance.

LegendHero:
Lol wetie was a political clash in the western region by the Yoruba. It is like Awo and Akintola fight with the latter using his federal friends. It’s normal.

Gen Adebayo will be foolish to take command when he never was part of the coupist. You mud the leaders of everyone in a first time coup of a new country and you think Adebayo will step in and take power? He will be the most foolish person on earth if he does that.

Let me tell you, in the order of life importance, Ibo have the least valuable life.

—pre 1900, a minority tribe Ijaw sold your ancestors as slaves. A bloody minority. What about the Igala?

—1945 they used your ancestors as suya in a minority Jos. Your ancestors lives had no value.

—1966 counter coup mud over 50k of your kinsmen. Corpse litter the street and the Almajiri feast on the flesh of your ancestors. You know what your ancestors did? They ran away showing their back like true cowards.

—During the civil war, don’t let me talk of the atrocities that almost exterminated your people if not for the mercy shown by Nigeria. 3 million were erased, fed to the vultures, and left to rot. I won’t bother you with the gory images.

—Ojukwu is the only General I know that fled war in the most cowardice manner. He disguised like a woman and abandon his people. You know what? We brought him back to Nigeria in 1979/83 to campaign for the same Fulani hegemony that wasted his people.

—What about Kanu, if you say Yoruba should have done prison break for Awo, why you Ibos never do prison break for Kanu who is chained like a dog wearing dirty Gucci? Na mouth una get, no action.

—Obi the sissy said they rigged him out. If truly they rig him out, shouldn’t he raise army of Ibos to march to Aso Rock and remove Tinubu like strong men do? Nope he can’t, because he is a coward just like his ancestors.

Should we talk about constant mudding of your people, denying you leadership of the country, and holding you against your will since 1960.

You see how we deal with Babangida and Abacha? Even with the barrel of the gun, the Yoruba stood our ground and got back the mandate and Nigeria paid us back with 1999.

Nigeria mud 3 million of your people and yet their lives are too useless that Nigeria never think of giving you guys power even for just one day. You know why? Because they know you’re just loud mouthed cowards.

We can trample on the Ibos, we can invade their land, we can mud them at will, we can send python dance, we can deny them presidency, we can deny them Biafra, and NOTHING WILL HAPPEN!

It seems propaganda is your stock in trade