Deadlytruth:

He wasn't. Ifeajuna was. Even Adegboyega the author of the book you display here confirmed it in that book that Ifeajuna was the leader. Read the book yourself.
The coup is named Nzeogwu coup not because Nzeogwu architected or led it but because he alone was bold enough to come out and make a national broadcast after the coup had failed and his colleagues had consequently run into hiding out of fear.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.vanguardngr.com/2009/12/%25E2%2580%259Cjanuary-15-1966-not-nzeogwu%25E2%2580%2599s-coup%25E2%2580%259D/amp/

He made the broadcast because those in Lagos have failed to do so when they had the chance instead they where heading to the east and wanted to regroup

isthatso:


only an ibo man would say that. they were minding their business trying to educate and develop their region until your greed got the better of you and ruined our country forever.

what problem did Sardauna create? because he didnt allow you to dominate civil service as per your plan when you formed alliance with North?

It’s very stupid to think everyone here is IGBO

johntolu:


No Igbo man dead or alive, will ever admit that their actions on January 15th, 1966, was an open declaration of war against other Nigerians.

Hypocrisy will never let yorubas admit that Gowon abolished regions and took away resource control. The ports in Yoruba land generate billions a month but you don't get a penny of it. Now Buhari's waterways law means that every river and even lagoon in the south west is controlled by the north.

Gowon made Lagos the capital, employed Awo as his minister and gave some yorubas the opportunity to get rich through the indigenisation policy and tied your mouths permanently. Your fathers didn't know they were mortgaging your future. Blame Ironsi for that too

ADAMUdaCOWBOY:

What is Danjuma reaping? The dude is a billionaire! People like OBJ, Goodluck, Buhari and T.Y. Danjuma don't suffer all these things, it is you and me, and when Danjuma cries, he is doing so for the masses not himself.

Issorait

Deadlytruth:


Check this.

https://www.africabib.org/rec.php?RID=059397918

As expected you still have not been able to prove how Zik scattered the NYM. and again i was right with a small margin of error that Zik came from using within 1938 as that was the time west african pilot was launched and the link you put stated that Zik mobilised igbos who were excluded so how can NYM be nationalist if they were excluded? saying that Zik made himself a leader of igbo union when he was a nationalist shows that you arr equally ignorant of how the igbos function outside the igboland. the igbo union was a unification of various town groups that were formednto ensure togetherness of igbos and to assist with projects back home. in the 40s through the activities of the Onitsha Union. Onitsha as a township had streetlights. Please once again do your research and go easy on the lies

OROSUNBOLB:


Hmm,"he was supposed to be killed" but when he arrested his would be killers,he failed to kill them !

Come off it,Mr Ironsi knew about the coup right from the beginning.

I don’t know if he knew
All I know is he was marked

isthatso:


only an ibo man would say that. they were minding their business trying to educate and develop their region until your greed got the better of you and ruined our country forever.

what problem did Sardauna create? because he didnt allow you to dominate civil service as per your plan when you formed alliance with North?

The same thing Buhari is doing now.
They went after every politician causing problems

johntolu:


I am sure if you could be honest with yourself, you will realize that your write up, is absolute piece of shit.
Your kinsmen carried out a coup that eliminated all senior military and political leaders of other ethnic groups and spared everyone in your ethnic group. The next step you took after taking grabbing power, after the coup, was to give protection to your kinsmen that assassinated all the victims of the coup and thereafter, you set up an investigative committee to find out why the coup was carried out by your 'blothers'.

I am happy you mentioned in your 'piece of crap', that Nigeria is a very deep and wicked country', which in the estimation of most Nigerians, is what the Yeebos did to other Nigerians on January 15th, 1966.

For Bleep sake it’s not an IGBO coup.
Why are you labeling it IGBO?

What about the Fulani coup? Middle bet coup

johntolu:


I beg to disagree my Brother.
The only person among our founding fathers, who threw his foresight to the dogs, was Azikwe and he apparently did this, because of what himself and other Igbo leaders, felt they stand to benefit from a United Nigeria despite all the signals from the North that they were not interested in a United Nigeria.

Nigeria's creation was as a result of the mistake of 1914 which must be corrected; Alhaji Ahmadu Bello.

There is no basis for Nigeria's unity; Chief Obafemi Awolowo.

Let's forget our differences; Chief Nnamdi Azikiwe.

So why didn’t they LEAVE since it’s 2 against 1?
Don’t mention the British because they have always favored the fulanis

obynzo:


Zik introduced the non-secession clause because he was arm twisted to do so. Mind you the British point was clear do not split Nigeria beyond the borders created from the amalgamation or you get no independence, and the founding fathers Awo inclusive didn't want bloodshed even though Awo suggested it.


Where Awo is blamed was the Biafra impasse was a perfect opportunity to declare the western region's neutrality and as such force Gowon to accept Aburi accord which would have made the West amd Eastern regions go far ahead that what we have now. But he changed tune the moment he was made finance minister (with the hopes of becoming head of state). That was the last opportunity for the south to speak with one voice. That is why it is easy for the north to hold power because they simply bait one prominent southern politician and it is game over. case of Tinubu comes to mind

Zik was not armtwisted to do anything. His rejection of secession clause was from his mind. I thought you people claim that Zik was the most fearless and boldest in the agitation for independence? So how come the bravest person of that era was armtwisted on the issue of secession clause? Please recall that before the secession clause debates Zik had always declared that he was ready to pay the price to have Northerners as part of Nigeria. In one of the 1954 parliaments he discouraged the North from seceding with a long speech. I guess he was as well armtwisted into all that?

Your accusations against Awolowo on Aburi Accord issue are products of the usual propaganda that has been peddled for ages. First of all Awolowo didn't attend the Aburi summit. In fact he was not even invited or consulted during the planning stage. So how could he have had any input in the non-implementation of an agreement he was never part of? The video of Aburi summit is available online and no where in it does Awolowo appear. It was after the Accord hit the rocks completely that Ojukwu began to court Awolowo's support for secession obviously for the fact that he remembered that Awolowo once made a case for secession in the parliament some years back. Moreover, Awolowo joined Gowon's Government much much later when the war was fully in motion hence he couldn't have played any role in anything which happened between Ojukwu and Gowon prior to the war.
Secondly, Awolowo didn't betray Ojukwu as has been repeatedly alleged. It was even Ojukwu that betrayed Awolowo in the whole saga according to the details later narrated by Awolowo which Ojukwu never countered till he died. If you want those details I will furnish you with them.
Thirdly, in addition to Ojukwu flouting the agreement he had with Awolowo on how to go about a joint secession of the South, Awolowo abandoned Ojukwu and the East to fight the secession war all alone because in the early days of Biafra secessionist movement Ojukwu gave Azikiwe a very important post by which he was calling the shots and even drafting the Biafran national anthem. How do you expect Awolowo to be comfortable seeing Azikiwe who frustrated his secession clause motion now suddenly heading a secession movement he (Awolowo) was supposed to be part of? Ojukwu knew quite well that Awolowo and Azikiwe were ideological enemies even on the issue of secession so why did he involve Zik at all in the movement despite knowing Zik's Anti-secession credentials, and yet expected Awolowo to feel comfortable with that decision? Put yourself in Awolowo's shoes and see if you would work in a secession movement under the leadership of the very person who once killed your own earlier attempt to make a case for secession in the constitution?

Lastly, I don't see how this issue concerns Tinubu. We are discussing the past and Tinubu is of the present. How his politics turns out in 2023 is not relevant to this issue.

Deadlytruth:


Zik was not armtwisted to do anything. His rejection of secession clause was from his mind. I thought you people claim that Zik was the most fearless and boldest in the agitation for independence? So how come the bravest person of that era was armtwisted on the issue of secession clause? Please recall that before the secession clause debates Zik had always declared that he was ready to pay the price to have Northerners as part of Nigeria. In one of the 1954 parliaments he discouraged the North from seceding with a long speech. I guess he was as well armtwisted into all that?

Your accusations against Awolowo on Aburi Accord issue are products of the usual propaganda that has been peddled for ages. First of all Awolowo didn't attend the Aburi summit. In fact he was not even invited or consulted during the planning stage. So how could he have had any input in the non-implementation of an agreement he was never part of? The video of Aburi summit is available online and no where in it does Awolowo appear. It was after the Accord hit the rocks completely that Ojukwu began to court Awolowo's support for secession obviously for the fact that he remembered that Awolowo once made a case for secession in the parliament some years back. Moreover, Awolowo joined Gowon's Government much much later when the war was fully in motion hence he couldn't have played any role in anything which happened between Ojukwu and Gowon prior to the war.
Secondly, Awolowo didn't betray Ojukwu as has been repeatedly alleged. It was even Ojukwu that betrayed Awolowo in the whole saga according to the details later narrated by Awolowo which Ojukwu never countered till he died. If you want those details I will furnish you with them.
Thirdly, in addition to Ojukwu flouting the agreement he had with Awolowo on how to go about a joint secession of the South, Awolowo abandoned Ojukwu and the East to fight the secession war all alone because in the early days of Biafra secessionist movement Ojukwu gave Azikiwe a very important post by which he was calling the shots and even drafting the Biafran national anthem. How do you expect Awolowo to be comfortable seeing Azikiwe who frustrated his secession clause motion now suddenly heading a secession movement he (Awolowo) was supposed to be part of? Ojukwu knew quite well that Awolowo and Azikiwe were ideological enemies even on the issue of secession so why did he involve Zik at all in the movement despite knowing Zik's Anti-secession credentials, and yet excepted Awolowo to feel comfortable with that decision? Put yourself in Awolowo's shoes and see if you would work in a secession movement under the leadership of the very person who once killed your own earlier attempt to make a case for secession in the constitution?

Lastly, I don't see how this issue concerns Tinubu. We are discussing the past and Tinubu is of the present. How his politics turns out in 2023 is not relevant to this issue.

You seem to be highly ignorant of the political manoeuvres that went on before independence. The british made it clear that the colonial borders would never be changed and as such Zik had to use the non-secession clause in the constitution. And again you failed to report that even Ojukwu disagreed with Zik and you also failed to report that Ojukwu admired Awolowo's stand on confederation. Awolowo accepting the role of finance minister and even proposing using starvation as a weapon of war by imposing a blockade of PH to prevent supplies coming from thw coast to eastern Nigeria put paid to the unity of the south

obynzo:


As expected you still have not been able to prove how Zik scattered the NYM. and again i was right with a small margin of error that Zik came from using within 1938 as that was the time west african pilot was launched and the link you put stated that Zik mobilised igbos who were excluded so how can NYM be nationalist if they were excluded? saying that Zik made himself a leader of igbo union when he was a nationalist shows that you arr equally ignorant of how the igbos function outside the igboland. the igbo union was a unification of various town groups that were formednto ensure togetherness of igbos and to assist with projects back home. in the 40s through the activities of the Onitsha Union. Onitsha as a township had streetlights. Please once again do your research and go easy on the lies

I will take my time and search for the story of how Zik scattered NYM. Just be patient.
All tribal associations and tribal actions are of the same objective (to protect and promote their home developmental interest) as you credited Igo State Union with. I don't know of any tribal association ever formed to promote the interest of other tribes or the interest of Nigeria to the detriment of theirs. So how does Awolowo's concern for Yoruba land's socioeconomic development differ from that of ISU you enumerated above to warrant Awolowo being a tribalist and Zik a non-tribalist for defending his just like Awolowo did about his own too?

Deadlytruth:


Zik was not armtwisted to do anything. His rejection of secession clause was from his mind. I thought you people claim that Zik was the most fearless and boldest in the agitation for independence? So how come the bravest person of that era was armtwisted on the issue of secession clause? Please recall that before the secession clause debates Zik had always declared that he was ready to pay the price to have Northerners as part of Nigeria. In one of the 1954 parliaments he discouraged the North from seceding with a long speech. I guess he was as well armtwisted into all that?

Your accusations against Awolowo on Aburi Accord issue are products of the usual propaganda that has been peddled for ages. First of all Awolowo didn't attend the Aburi summit. In fact he was not even invited or consulted during the planning stage. So how could he have had any input in the non-implementation of an agreement he was never part of? The video of Aburi summit is available online and no where in it does Awolowo appear. It was after the Accord hit the rocks completely that Ojukwu began to court Awolowo's support for secession obviously for the fact that he remembered that Awolowo once made a case for secession in the parliament some years back. Moreover, Awolowo joined Gowon's Government much much later when the war was fully in motion hence he couldn't have played any role in anything which happened between Ojukwu and Gowon prior to the war.
Secondly, Awolowo didn't betray Ojukwu as has been repeatedly alleged. It was even Ojukwu that betrayed Awolowo in the whole saga according to the details later narrated by Awolowo which Ojukwu never countered till he died. If you want those details I will furnish you with them.
Thirdly, in addition to Ojukwu flouting the agreement he had with Awolowo on how to go about a joint secession of the South, Awolowo abandoned Ojukwu and the East to fight the secession war all alone because in the early days of Biafra secessionist movement Ojukwu gave Azikiwe a very important post by which he was calling the shots and even drafting the Biafran national anthem. How do you expect Awolowo to be comfortable seeing Azikiwe who frustrated his secession clause motion now suddenly heading a secession movement he (Awolowo) was supposed to be part of? Ojukwu knew quite well that Awolowo and Azikiwe were ideological enemies even on the issue of secession so why did he involve Zik at all in the movement despite knowing Zik's Anti-secession credentials, and yet excepted Awolowo to feel comfortable with that decision? Put yourself in Awolowo's shoes and see if you would work in a secession movement under the leadership of the very person who once killed your own earlier attempt to make a case for secession in the constitution?

Lastly, I don't see how this issue concerns Tinubu. We are discussing the past and Tinubu is of the present. How his politics turns out in 2023 is not relevant to this issue.

Also i stated that if Awolowo had stated that the West was neutral and remained so and not allow any Yoruba person take part in that war, then that would have forced Gowon to the negotiation table and would have allowed for confederation and true federalism that Awolowo wanted.

I see unconscious bias that is why you are not reading and understanding my comments clearly. I never in my comments said awolowo was in Aburi

obynzo:


You seem to be highly ignorant of the political manoeuvres that went on before independence. The british made it clear that the colonial borders would never be changed and as such Zik had to use the non-secession clause in the constitution. And again you failed to report that even Ojukwu disagreed with Zik and you also failed to report that Ojukwu admired Awolowo's stand on confederation. Awolowo accepting the role of finance minister and even proposing using starvation as a weapon of war by imposing a blockade of PH to prevent supplies coming from thw coast to eastern Nigeria put paid to the unity of the south

If Ojukwu admired Awolowo's stand on confederation, then why involve Zik, a unitary system advocate, in a secession movement for which he was courting Awolowo's support and was expecting Awolowo to really agree to work with Zik the Anti-secessionist who thwarted all secession moves in the past and was still likely to thwart that of Biafra which he was made to head? This is the simple question you are refusing to address.
And didn't Zik eventually move to the federal (One-Nigeria) side eventually without any British interest being involved this time around as the British had returned to their land and left Nigeria to herself?

Deadlytruth:

I will take my time and search for the story of how Zik scattered NYM. Just be patient.
All tribal associations and tribal actions are of the same objective (to protect and promote their home developmental interest) as you credited Igo State Union with. I don't know of any tribal association ever formed to promote the interest of other tribes or the interest of Nigeria to the detriment of theirs. So how does Awolowo's concern for Yoruba land's socioeconomic development differ from that of ISU you enumerated above to warrant Awolowo being a tribalist and Zik a non-tribalist for defending his just like Awolowo did about his own too?

So if you have not researched this. Why then did you state that Zik scattered NYM? How can you present what you cannot prove as a statement of fact? defending your people is one thing, but selfishly trying to exclude other Nigerians is another thing, so bros easy with the lies, there are igbos here who know their history very well.

Deadlytruth:


If Ojukwu admired Awolowo's stand on confederation, then why involve Zik, a unitary system advocate, in a secession movement for which he was courting Awolowo's support and was expecting Awolowo to really agree to work with Zik the Anti-secessionist who thwarted all secession moves in the past and was still likely to thwart that of Biafra which he was made to head? This is the simple question you are refusing to address.

Zik was used as an envoy in Biafra to ensure that diplomatically Biafra can have legitimacy. Zik, Kobani(an Ogoni man) and Mbu were the envoys for Biafra. Zik was never involved in administration of Biafra

obynzo:


So if you have not researched this. Why then did you state that Zik scattered NYM? How can you present what you cannot prove as a statement of fact? defending your people is one thing, but selfishly trying to exclude other Nigerians is another thing, so bros easy with the lies, there are igbos here who know their history very well.

I said I will search out the link...... this means the story already exists. You don't search for a non-existent thing.

Deadlytruth:


I said I will search out the link...... this means the story already exists. You don't search for a non-existent thing.

Ok i am waiting

obynzo:


Zik was used as an envoy in Biafra to ensure that diplomatically Biafra can have legitimacy. Zik, Kobani(an Ogoni man) and Mbu were the envoys for Biafra. Zik was never involved in administration of Biafra

So being an envoy seeking legitimacy for a movement is not tantamount to being part of the administration of that movement?
Why are you wasting your comedy skills online when inferior comedians like I go die and Teju baby face are raking in millions daily with their dry jokes?

Deadlytruth:


So being an envoy seeking legitimacy for a movement is not tantamount to being part of the administration of that movement?
Why are you wasting your comedy skills online when inferior comedians like I go die and Teju baby face are raking in millions daily with their dry jokes?

Bros you should know better than to trade insults and envoy's role is translate the state's diplomatic policies, and that what Zik was doing for Biafra. please if i am lying can you tell me Zik's post in Biafra otherwise you have just suceeded in messing yourself and introducing yourself in this forum as the real comedian

obynzo:


Also i stated that if Awolowo had stated that the West was neutral and remained so and not allow any Yoruba person take part in that war, then that would have forced Gowon to the negotiation table and would have allowed for confederation and true federalism that Awolowo wanted.

I see unconscious bias that is why you are not reading and understanding my comments clearly. I never in my comments said awolowo was in Aburi

David Ejoor the governor of Midwest declared that the Midwestern Region was neutral yet Biafra soldiers invaded the Midwest. So how would Awolowo have trusted Biafran soldiers not to also invade the West if he had declared neutrality for the West?
You are putting forward all these propositions obviously because you have never heard Awolowo's side of the story of the agreement between him and Ojukwu which he later narrated and Ojukwu didn't counter till he died.

obynzo:


Bros you should know better than to trade insults and envoy's role is translate the state's diplomatic policies, and that what Zik was doing for Biafra. please if i am lying can you tell me Zik's post in Biafra otherwise you have just suceeded in messing yourself and introducing yourself in this forum as the real comedian

Did Zik impose himself on Biafra as envoy? Wasn't it the Biafran Government that appointed him as envoy in the first instance?

Deadlytruth:


David Ejoor the governor of Midwest declared that the Midwestern Region was neutral yet Biafra soldiers invaded the Midwest. So how would Awolowo have trusted Biafran soldiers not to also invade the West if he had declared neutrality for the West?
You are putting forward all these propositions obviously because you have never heard Awolowo's side of the story of the agreement between him and Ojukwu which he later narrated and Ojukwu didn't counter till he died.

Oga you are trying to play smart. Invasion of Benin was what made Ojukwu sentence Banjo and Ifeajuna to death am sure you failed to explain that the head of the midwest invasion was a Yoruba man. the objective was for him to dislodge Gowon from Lagos

Deadlytruth:

Did Zik impose himself on Biafra as envoy? Wasn't it the Biafran Government that appointed him as envoy in the first instance?

You have no talk my brother. you are just shifting goal posts. check my previous comments you would see why Zik was made an envoy for Biafra. Again you have failed to answer what was Zik's post in Biafra?

ibietela2:


So why didn’t they LEAVE since it’s 2 against 1?
Don’t mention the British because they have always favored the fulanis

All that the British needed was just one dissenting voice which they always found in the East.

obynzo:


Do you know that there was a petition by the Yoruba intelligentsia to Ironsi urging Ironsi to spare the coup plotters because their act saved the western region from the crisis. i am not saying that killing people is justified on the contrary killing people to change a government is wrong but saying that their actions were tribalistic is false because an igbo colonel a quartermaster Col Unegbe was killed in that coup but propaganda spinners would hide that fact to make it seem like it was an igbo coup. Can you guess the people that signed the petition? Wole Soyinka, Dr Femi Ayantuga and co

Lt. Col Arthur Unegbe was shot and killed because he was known to be very close to Brig. Maimalari. He therefore, had to be silenced in order to prevent him from blowing the lid. He was the only Igbo that was killed.

Nzeogwu,Ifeajuna,Onwuatuegwu and other dead Igbo coupists would have to explain from their graves why they had to kill leaders of other ethnic nationalities and spared the lives of Igbo leaders for us to believe that the coup wasn't borne out of ethnic agenda.

It is only the truth that can set us all free as a people and put our country on the path of progress and development we all crave for.

johntolu:



I felt you conveniently avoided giving a response to my question, on why Ironsi refused restoring power to civilian authorities after foiling the coup. The excuse you gave for avoiding my question was that the question is an 'indictment of Nigeria educational system', which does not make sense in any way, without you giving an enlightenment to those of us, who are not opportuned to have the type of superior education you have as to the reason for Ironsi's act of treachery.
You are absolutely correct that there was no any official government Minister designated as Deputy Prime Minister in the Parliamentary system of government which Nigeria practiced in the 1st Republic. This does not implies that the major party in the ruling coalition then,
the Northern People's Congress (NPC), does not have an heirachical structure in place, among Cabinet Ministers, which is common practice in Britain, where the system was borrowed.

After the assassination of Tafawa Balewa, NPC cabinet members, who are the major partner in the coalition with NCNC and NNDP, chose Zanna Diprichima as the Prime Minister designate to succeed Tafawa Balewa but the move was scuttled by both Ironsi and Nwafor Orizu, the then acting President, in the absence of Azikwe, who was conveniently away on an extended 'medical cruise', in the Caribbean.

http://www.waado.org/nigerdelta/nigeria_facts/militaryrule/omoigui/northcountercoup.htm

Please do not make yourself a case study of this discuss. You have agreed the government was coalition type and must have the partners to remain in government. Why would you even insinuate about NPC being the major party in coalition when it could not form a government as so-called major party? If the NPC dreamt any attempt to show itself as a major party in the coalition, it would have become opposition party in a hurry. Action Group was already in alliance with NCNC and would have formed a coalition government without NPC. Being the party that won majority of the seats but not enough or even half of the seats to form a government does not confer anything to the party. NPC and NCNC could not agree on the prime minister candidate. In fact, NCNC already had a prime minister in wait who was the ranking minister and usually deputizes for the prime minister. However due to the foolhardy of the NPC ministers to follow simple protocol, they insisted to produce the prime minister in the coalition. In coalition government, the party which won most of the seats gets the prime minister while coalition partners gets the slot for the ranking minister who in practical terms, a deputy prime minister.

obynzo:


Oga you are trying to play smart. Invasion of Benin was what made Ojukwu sentence Banjo and Ifeajuna to death am sure you failed to explain that the head of the midwest invasion was a Yoruba man. the objective was for him to dislodge Gowon from Lagos

This is revisionism par excellence. Ojukwu sentenced Ifeajuna to death for trying to negotiate a cease fire and compromise with Nigeria on behalf of Biafra without being so authorized by the Biafran high command. Banjo's was for a similar reason.

Deadlytruth:

This is revisionism par excellence. Ojukwu sentenced Ifeajuna to death for trying to negotiate a cease fire and compromise with Nigeria on behalf of Biafra without being so authorized by the Biafran high command. Banjo's was for a similar reason.

You forgot to mention that Banjo was never suppose to invade Benin the plan was to head to Lagos to unseat Gowon and it was Banjo and Ifeajuna that were killed because they wanted to negotiate a ceasefire with Nigeria. You smartly tried to dodge the role of Banjo in this

obynzo:


You have no talk my brother. you are just shifting goal posts. check my previous comments you would see why Zik was made an envoy for Biafra. Again you have failed to answer what was Zik's post in Biafra?

You are the one without a point. Who is an envoy and who appoints an envoy?

OROSUNBOLB:


Lt. Col Arthur Unegbe was shot and killed because he was known to be very close to Brig. Maimalari. He therefore, had to be silenced in order to prevent him from blowing the lid. He was the only Igbo that was killed.

Nzeogwu,Ifeajuana,Onwuatuegwu and other dead Igbo coupists would have to explain from their graves while they had to kill leaders of other ethnic nationalities while they spared the lives of Igbo leaders for us to believe that the coup wasn't borne out of ethnic agenda.

It is only the truth that can set us all free as a people and put our country on the path of progress and development we all crave for.

I wouldn't blame anyone that says it was an ethnic agenda, but the truth was that the coup was bungled in the south especially Lagos as a result of Logistical blunders in the eastern region two things led to the failure there.one the presence of the papal nuncio as a guest of the governor and again the commandant sensing a coup was to take place in Enugu took control of the keys of the armoury.

In truth these logistical blunders fuelled the theory that it was an ethnic agenda. It was in the north that the coup was successful because of the efficiency of Nzeogwu and Onwatuegwu

obynzo:


You forgot to mention that Banjo was never suppose to invade Benin the plan was to head to Lagos to unseat Gowon and it was Banjo and Ifeajuna that were killed because they wanted to negotiate a ceasefire with Nigeria. You smartly tried to dodge the role of Banjo in this

Banjo was not supposed to invade Benin but when he invaded it and captured Osadebey House, Biafran soldiers dislodged David Ejoor and tried to capture him alive yet Ojukwu didn't investigate that but even gave approval for Ejoors replacement in the person of Okonkwo? When I call you a comedian you would accuse me of insulting you.