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1966: The Assassination Of Alhaji (sir) Abubakar Tafawa-balewa - Politics (2) - Nairaland

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Re: 1966: The Assassination Of Alhaji (sir) Abubakar Tafawa-balewa by MightySparrow:
Reelectbuhari:
let's just allow them go

let igbos go

they want to leave nigeria
let them go
No way! They betrayed the trust reposited in the by northerners when they formed a unity government and Awolowo chose opposition. By Igbo sense, they wanted to outsmart their northern truthful friend, killed Tafawa Balewa, Ladoke Akintola, allowed Zik to escape


Following this, northerners can never trust Igbo.
They have made themselves endangered species.

This led to civil war. They wanted Awo to support them against their northern friend. He declined, that has become Awo' s unpardonable sin. They torment bothAwo and Yoruba race on media. Even now, Igbo's are known for dubious dealings.


They want to go. Na lie. If any part has any moral right to quit Nigeria, it should be any other tribes not Igbo's. Useless people..
Re: 1966: The Assassination Of Alhaji (sir) Abubakar Tafawa-balewa by Reelectbuhari: 12:56pm On Jan 18, 2018
MightySparrow:
No way! They betrayed the trust reposited in the by northerners when they formed a unity government and Awolowo chose opposition. By Igbo sense, they wanted to outsmart their northern truthful friend, killed Tafawa Balewa, Ladoke Akintola, allowed Zik to escape


Following this, northerners can never trust Igbo.
They have made themselves endangered species.

This led to civil war. They wanted Awo to support them against their northern friend. He declined, that has become Awo' s unpardonable sin. They torment bothAwo and Yoruba race on media. Even now, Igbo's are known for dubious dealings.


They want to go. Na lie. If any part has any moral to quit Nigeria, it should be any other tribes not Igbo's. Useless people..
u might has been angry based on the history u heard about igbos....
but still let's not judge that way......
our unity that is the unity of Nigeria is on trial and if their is any tribe that wants Nigeria to divide is still igbos.......

can't we leave them to go and form their own country, atleast we yorubas and hausa can stay together and strengthen our unity and interest......

let approach it on peaceful way....my brother....dont get yourself over angry on igbos..........
Re: 1966: The Assassination Of Alhaji (sir) Abubakar Tafawa-balewa by MightySparrow: 3:21am On Jan 19, 2018
Reelectbuhari:
u might has been angry based on the history u heard about igbos....
but still let's not judge that way......
our unity that is the unity of Nigeria is on trial and if their is any tribe that wants Nigeria to divide is still igbos.......

can't we leave them to go and form their own country, atleast we yorubas and hausa can stay together and strengthen our unity and interest......

let approach it on peaceful way....my brother....dont get yourself over angry on igbos..........
Who is holding you back? Go in the name of God,, go
Re: 1966: The Assassination Of Alhaji (sir) Abubakar Tafawa-balewa by fergie001(mod): 5:59am On Jan 19, 2018
sarrki:
You are a patriot
It is well huh
Re: 1966: The Assassination Of Alhaji (sir) Abubakar Tafawa-balewa by hmabdool(op): 11:04am On Jan 19, 2018
OneCorner:
Iboex and ipox are the same. Uncircumcised, deceptive and backstabbing set of people
e pain am
Re: 1966: The Assassination Of Alhaji (sir) Abubakar Tafawa-balewa by weownlagos: 6:37pm On Jan 25, 2018
OneCorner:
Iboex and ipox are the same.
Uncircumcised, deceptive and backstabbing set of people
Afonjas and yorubas are the same. incestuous, skull mining, Fulani ass lickers, backstabbers and most importantly cowards.
Re: 1966: The Assassination Of Alhaji (sir) Abubakar Tafawa-balewa by weownlagos: 6:37pm On Jan 25, 2018
hmabdool:
e pain am
The pain enter his skull.
Re: 1966: The Assassination Of Alhaji (sir) Abubakar Tafawa-balewa by Nobody: 6:41pm On Jan 25, 2018
Back to Daura

Re: 1966: The Assassination Of Alhaji (sir) Abubakar Tafawa-balewa by DerideGull(m): 7:04pm On Jan 25, 2018
hmabdool:
1966: ASSASSINATION OF ALHAJI (SIR) ABUBAKAR TAFAWA-BALEWA
“Who’s there?” A voice queried from inside. However, Ifeajuna replied by kicking the doors open with his boots.
“You’re under arrest sir,” Ifeajuna said, pointing his gun at the Prime Minister, who looked startled. “Get up sir, we don’t have a lot of time.”
“Alright,” the Prime Minister replied gently, “allow me to dress up.”
He put on a white flowing robe with white trousers, a pair of slippers and his prayer beads. Without fear and a disciplined face, he trudged out of the room and the residence gently as Ifeajuna and his soldiers accompanied him with pointed guns.
When they reached the parked vehicles, Ezedigbo had arrested the Finance Minister, Chief Okotie-Eboh, and had tossed him like a bag of groundnuts into the back of the 3-Ton truck while the Prime Minister was assisted into the backseat of Ifeajuna’s luxurious car, a red Mercedes Benz, as the convoy drove off to the rendezvous.
Some few kilometers to their rendezvous, the Prime Minister became restless and was muttering to himself as he rattled his prayer beads. Okafor hinted Ifeajuna of the situation who quickly slammed the brakes and came out of the car.
“Are you alright sir?” Ifeajuna asked the Prime Minister as he opened the side door. “Or would you like some fresh air?”
To Tafawa-Balewa, it was a rhetorical question and the decision to answer or not rested on him. Without answering the Major, he gently alighted from the car and ambled towards the darkness as Ifeajuna watched anxiously, oblivious to what the Prime Minister was up to.
Then from a slow walk, to a pace and a sprint, the Prime Minister dashed for the darkness. Ifeajuna did not bother to pursue. Quickly, he grabbed his gun from the car, cocked it and aimed for the fleeing Prime Minister whose white outfit contrasted the darkness and conspicuously gave him away.
The “revolution” had failed and the Prime Minister had become a liability to their movement anyway. The Major shot sporadically at the fleeing figure sending the tranquility of the darkness to a bustle of gunfire like the crackle of burning dried leaves.
Tafawa-Balewa fell as Ifeajuna stared in horror at the darkness whether he got his target. The Golden Voice of Africa had been silenced.
Quickly, he moved towards the still body of the Prime Minister and after confirming he was dead, dragged him to a tree trunk and rested the body in a seating position with his clothing still intact.
Then he and Okafor brought out Largema’s corpse from the boot of the car and laid it down beside Tafawa-Balewa’s body. Having realised the coup had failed on their part, they sped, en route Abeokuta-Sagamu, towards Enugu in the East, which was nearly 450 kilometres away.
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Source: A Carnage Before Dawn: A Historical Novel on Nigeria's First Coup D'etat by Ayomide Akinbode

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Arrant nonsensical narrative. Even Major Ifeajuna cannot give this conjectural crap talk less of a goofy dreamer.
Re: 1966: The Assassination Of Alhaji (sir) Abubakar Tafawa-balewa by DerideGull(m): 7:11pm On Jan 25, 2018
zendy:
Almost every country in West Africa went through military coup in 60's where the old order was brought down. But those countries later came together for the common good. If Nigeria cant do the same then we are wasting our time together. Also, there was already fire mountain before the first coup and the civil war. The 1945 Jos killings, the 1953 Kano massacre, the 1963 census riots, the election crises of 1964, operation 'wetie' in 1965. Nigerians were already killing themselves in huge numbers before and after independence. So this talk that the first coup and the war were the cause of all our troubles is false. Nigeria was already burning which was why Nzeogwu struck
In Ghana or Dahomey no ethnic group was demonized for the coups. However, in Nigeria a certain ethnicity was demonized and accused of intent to dominant the rest of the country. Nigeria is standing on borrowed feet.
Re: 1966: The Assassination Of Alhaji (sir) Abubakar Tafawa-balewa by hmabdool(op): 9:59pm On Jan 25, 2018
OneCorner:
Iboex and ipox are the same. Uncircumcised, deceptive and backstabbing set of people
na so e pain u reach... ipob yoots are terrorists tongue tongue
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