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Ekiti people are really surprising me.

Tinubu will get 90% of their votes should it continue like this till Election day

Chizorba, are you Sure

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If you insist Major Kaduna is an Igbo man then so be it.....

I have heard from those that witnessed the coup and those that also fought the civil war and they also said the coup was a collaborative coup by officers from different regions....

But as you guys decided to tag it Igbo coup i dare you to do more than yourselves.... Let the guns do the talking.....

If na war una want we ready full ground,,, mofos....

Nzeogwu was praised and immortalized by you people despite being the brain behind first Ever coup that killed only other ethnic.

What then is the Hypocrisy

https://www.nairaland.com/7528918/real-list-1966-coup-plotters

Tribal jingoists

Racoon:
Enjoy!

You'll enjoy sumptuous meal Amala and gbegiri.
More importantly, safe place unlike Ipob Terrorized region

Chief Wailer vomit it 1 2 3 as usual

Racoon:
.

Have you ever stepped your feet in kwara?

If not, Don't argue with me

ImmaculateJOE:
So Bukola Saraki will look on while Tinibu takes every vote..?

We're saying something.

So that can't be compared with Ipob Terrorist who kills, cannibalizes and destroys properties

Ayodeoba:
they didn’t kill any,if you have a proof,bring it out

Ask why your people here are trying to distort the history.

That's what brought about this

Pierocash:
When they saw that obi chances of clinching the victory is getting clearer day by day,they have decided to bring up a history that has longed been buried . The enemies of Nigeria will cry bitterly come feb25 after obi is declared winner.

They want to set the country on fire just because they are already seeing the defeat..


Should the igbos also start to disseminate the story of how 3m Igbos were starved to death?

Delta is no more Igbo when it's Nzeogwu but it's whenever you want your UNACHIEVABLE Biafra republic


Besides, from the list it's ONLY Nzeogwu you saw?

Malory:
Kaduna Nzeogwu is from Okpanam in Delta state. Is Delta state now an Igbo state?

How many security personnel and people has OPC slaughtered and cannibalize

Shut up
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)

Malory:
So Delta state is now part of Igbo land abi?

This is the first ever military coup in Nigeria which led to successive ones led by Igbo

https://www.nairaland.com/7528918/real-list-1966-coup-plotters#120118193

Nwamamaiwota Chizorba the Hypocrite

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Does it change the fact that Igbos conspired and carried out the coup?

Racoon:
Read Max Siollun's book "OIL POLITICS AND VIOLENCE - NIGERIAN MILITARY COUP CULTURE." to get the truest account of the Jan 15 1966 coup and all the participants

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

You want to distort the history
https://www.nairaland.com/7528918/real-list-1966-coup-plotters

Cyynthia:
So there are Igbos in Delta states after all?

Wonderful confusion !!

Are you not a Yoruba Christian again Yobabad?

Keep feigning ignorance.

You can't own to your doing with your full chest just like that COWARD from Anambra who answers .

Malory:
Same camp both of us are staying abi.

But they came?

You can now see you're a joke

Reinaldo:
Look at the faces. They are already tired of APC

How do you know this From your Ipob camp?

Malory:
Only 89 people means massive to you abi?

So Tinubu is sponsoring you Malory to kee your people and you obeyed.

Malory:
Shatap. Tinubu is the one sponsoring terrorists like you and Ekpa. Hand go soon touch both of you.

Mkpu.ru Mmiri addict

Even South South States, Obi won't win any not to talk of North

Deprofessional:
Obi will win the following northern states

1) Plateau state
2) Benue state
3) Taraba state
4) FCT
5) Nassarawa State
6) Bauchi state

He will do well in:

1) Kogi
2) Kaduna
3) Adamawa
4) Niger
5) Gombe


Now tell me which state your sick demented drug lord will win in the North

The rally is massive than what was captured.

Tinubu owns kwara votes, no doubt

Don't worry, Simon Ekpa faction will soon use you to eat akpu

Malory:
Imagine an erudite skulller calling a Yoruba prince a terrorist? Wonders.

Chizorba warn yourself

NwaMamaIwota:
are you a yoruba ?

You're a yoruba muslim

Obi will NEVER smell that seat, you all tribally bigoted souls should know

Ipob Terrorist leader Enugu command, don't bring Yoruba into your delusion

Malory:
Igbos and Yorubas will deliver 80 million votes to the people's choice Peter Obi.

Igbo agenda

We knew it has always not been about competence but tribalism.

Unfortunately for you all tribal bigot, Obi won't smell that seat

Once you identify with Tinubu, to them you're paid and a pauper.

Obingo are cursed

moscow007:
Whenever you see Urchin's comments lined up in a thread just know they just finished their whatsapp group meeting and shared 10 MB data to members.

I know hunger can format one's brain, but its an avoidable curse for any youth to be supporting APC.

The role you are playing in attempting to destroy the lives of over 200million people makes you the scorn of the earth worst than Hitler.
Continue...all the curses you are pilling on your children becos of 30k per month.

Can you provide evidence to your claim of Yorubas asking for the resignation of Buhari?

southsouthking:
In 2019, Yorubas wanted President Buhari to resign and handover power to Vice President Osibanjo due to his health.

In 2023, the same Yorubas are supporting Bola Tinubu whose health is worse than President Buhari’s health.

2023 general election has shown that North is not the problem of Nigeria but tribalism.

You're all delusional.

Tell us if Anambra State he governed is not finished today.

Obingo dunce everywhere

alsudan:
Nigeria is finished if it misses this man, good thing is most Nigerians are aware of this fact.

Wasn’t long before a useless Urchin showed up like the one below me.

Chizorba, nah you wan die for am

Malory:
Just sharap.