Thiefobi1:


You forgot IBB wife na ibo woman.


It was expected of him

I think she was from old Bendel state.

I just love Igbo people right from my childhood days. Growing up with them in Sabo gari Kano and T/Wada kaduna, was really a fun, and that is why I claim to be one of them. They are hustlers, I also have some good reasonable YORUBA guys too, not these bombastic ones here on Nairaland. We all grew up like brothers back in the days.

OldNORSE:
DONT attempt to weaken this revelation by attaching Rufai’s name like he was the one who said it. BABANGIDA who was part and parcel of the Army and also a beneficiary of the coup said it with his full chest!

100%.

Omoboricash:
Before i could beleive this narrative, can we have the name of victim of that coup and also the beneficiary of the coup. Let compare and contrast. Then we can draw our conclusion.
By mere just putting out statement without presenting fact and fugure would not go well with me.

Ibrahim Babangida (IBB) Clears “Igbo Coup” In His New Book
* The 1966 Coup Was Never An Igbo Coup
*Exonerates The Igbos

He Wrote: “For instance, the head of the plotters, Major Kaduna Nzeogwu, was only Igbo in name. Born and raised in Kaduna, his immigrant parents were from Okpanam in today's Delta state, which, in 1966, was in the old mid-western region. Nzeogwu spoke fluent Hausa and was as 'Hausa' as any! He and his original team probably. thought, even if naively, that they could turn things around for the better in the country.

“That said, it was heinously callous for Nzeogwu to have murdered Sir Ahmadu Bello and his wife, Hafsatu, because not only were they eminently adored by many but also because they were said not to have put up a fight. From that moment, the putsch was infiltrated by 'outsiders' to its supposed original intention, and it took on an unmistakably ethnic colouration, compounded by the fact that there were no related coup activities in the Eastern region.

“It should, however, be borne in mind that some senior officers of Igbo extraction were also victims of the January coup. For instance, my erstwhile Commander at the Reconnaissance Squadron in Kaduna, Lt-Col. Arthur Chinyelu Unegbe, was brutally gunned down by his own 'brother, Major Chris Anuforo, in the presence of his pregnant wife, at his 7 Point Road residence in Apapa, for merely being a threat to the revolution As a disciplined and strict officer who, as the Quartermaster-General of the Army, was also in charge of ammunition, weapons, equipment, vehicles, and other vital items for the Army, the coup plotters feared that he might not cooperate with them.

“It should also be remembered that some non-Igbo officers, like Major Adewale Ademoyega, Captain Ganiyu Adeleke, Lts Pola Oyewole, and Olafimihan, took part in the failed coup. Another officer of Igbo extraction, Major John Obienu, crushed the coup. Those who argue that the original intention of the coup plotters was anything but et

Ebubu:


The major actors of IBB, Buhari and Abacha coups why are they not called Northern Coup?

Mumu man

Very dumb submission. You are the smartest person in your family. Think of something else please.

aswani:


Of course, that is why Nairaland has not seen peace since Peter Obi lost the last elections.

Even though my assertion above is more an Obidient thing rather than an Ndigbo one.

Stop the lie from the pit of hell there, I was here through the election period and I’ve never voted before all my life because I hate Nigeria politics, I live in another country and have been to many countries, It’s always peaceful election but Nigeria election is very violent in every part of the country, I have seen a lot of people I know got killed during election, shooting by the Agberos and thugs everywhere like a war zone , the problem started with the Governorship election because of the LP candidate, your elites thought he’ was going to defeat Sanwo-Olu, they started manufacturing lies and all sorts of propaganda against the young man, digging out all his old mistakes posts and how her mother and wife are Igbo, that we want to take Lagos from you guys, I only used to come to read here and go in the past before I couldn’t take those stupid propaganda against my people, my point is stop lying, it has nothing to do with Peter Obi, I can prove it with the statements from your elites, it’s all over the internet

BraniacX:
The objective of the coup was to kill ahmadu bello, akintola and zik and free awolowo from jail, tell me, how that is an igbo coup

Lies.

How come ifeajuna leaked the coup plot to zik. Which allowed him to escape.


And when in UK how come zik knew Ironsi will become the new head of state.

phemray:


No Igbo coup during Babangida reign but there was Igbo coup before Babangida. But coup is coup, it was not based on tribe then but the leader of the coup plot.

Descendant of the fallen demon, shut up! When we’re looking for cowards we will call you.

ZombieDredd:

You are waiting to be spoon fed?

Go and look for IBB book and buy if you have money....ademoyega has written his book since and he made sure to tell us it wasn't Igbo coup same thing IBB has said now....but Una want agenda, so carry on.

i have the book in pdf for free

fx45:
Nigerians loving each other is a pipe dream, wishful thinking and a delusion. It has never happened in the history of the Zoo and will never happen until the Zoo is finally broken into several fragments

Rich Igbos and your leaders know there is no breaking up anywhere.

omooba969:


I think she was from old Bendel state.

She was an Anioma woman.

Anioma people who are essentially Igbo people were part of the tribes that made up the old bendel state.

Helinues come and see ooh. It seems iBB and rufai oseni don join ipob

BraniacX:
The objective of the coup was to kill ahmadu bello, akintola and zik and free awolowo from jail, tell me, how that is an igbo coup

You obviously don't know your history. Why was it that Zik decided to travel out of the country on holiday (I think) few days to the coup?

Maybe it was a coincidence right?

You guys are funny...lol

All of a sudden we should believe Babangida and his coup lies but we shouldn't believe that he didn't order the annulment of June 12 election that Abiola won right? Continue

Orch1981:

Ibrahim Babangida (IBB) Clears “Igbo Coup” In His New Book
* The 1966 Coup Was Never An Igbo Coup
*Exonerates The Igbos

He Wrote: “For instance, the head of the plotters, Major Kaduna Nzeogwu, was only Igbo in name. Born and raised in Kaduna, his immigrant parents were from Okpanam in today's Delta state, which, in 1966, was in the old mid-western region. Nzeogwu spoke fluent Hausa and was as 'Hausa' as any! He and his original team probably. thought, even if naively, that they could turn things around for the better in the country.

“That said, it was heinously callous for Nzeogwu to have murdered Sir Ahmadu Bello and his wife, Hafsatu, because not only were they eminently adored by many but also because they were said not to have put up a fight. From that moment, the putsch was infiltrated by 'outsiders' to its supposed original intention, and it took on an unmistakably ethnic colouration, compounded by the fact that there were no related coup activities in the Eastern region.

“It should, however, be borne in mind that some senior officers of Igbo extraction were also victims of the January coup. For instance, my erstwhile Commander at the Reconnaissance Squadron in Kaduna, Lt-Col. Arthur Chinyelu Unegbe, was brutally gunned down by his own 'brother, Major Chris Anuforo, in the presence of his pregnant wife, at his 7 Point Road residence in Apapa, for merely being a threat to the revolution As a disciplined and strict officer who, as the Quartermaster-General of the Army, was also in charge of ammunition, weapons, equipment, vehicles, and other vital items for the Army, the coup plotters feared that he might not cooperate with them.

“It should also be remembered that some non-Igbo officers, like Major Adewale Ademoyega, Captain Ganiyu Adeleke, Lts Pola Oyewole, and Olafimihan, took part in the failed coup. Another officer of Igbo extraction, Major John Obienu, crushed the coup. Those who argue that the original intention of the coup plotters was anything but et

Major John Obienu was supposed to be part of the coup. He slept with an ashawo that night and didn't wake up early to carry out his assigned duty. By the time he woke up, his unit had already gone, he found himself in the midst of Gowon's team who were trying to quel the coup. He had no option than to join.

Have you ever read anything about this coup?

fx45:
Nigerians loving each other is a pipe dream, wishful thinking and a delusion. It has never happened in the history of the Zoo and will never happen until the Zoo is finally broken into several fragments

There is no country in the world where everyone loves each other.

Even our former colonial master self. One English man once asked a welshman whether he had travelled abroad. Yes, said the welshman. To two countries.. Bangladesh and England.( This is not a joke and is a true story).

Even USA. Divisions exist among white people alone. Before we talk of other races self.

The only ethnically homogenous state in Africa was Somalia. And even then they are divided. Instead of tribe na by clans and families.

Ojuntana:
There has never been an ethnic coup in Nigeria

Nigeria's military was too colonised to play along tribal lines in those days

Note this:
Aguiyi Ironsi became the first military head after the Igbo coup which killed two northern Muslims

He was killed in July in a counter coup and the man who emerged after him was a northern Christian who went on to become the longest serving military head of state we had.

He was removed and his replacement was a northern Muslim who barely lasted six months before he was also killed in a countercoup and the beneficiary was a southern Christian.

If you look at the trends of the aftermath of each coup, you'll notice the ultimate beneficiaries are not usually from the ethnic stock of those who carried out the coup

What are you saying? You start by saying there has not been any ethnic coup - then immediately talk about Ironsi, who was clearly of the same ethnicity as the majority of the plotters. That is baffling.

Next, you spend the body of your post citing examples of transitions of power between different religions. Ethnicity is not the same as religion. This is equally baffling, as it suggests that you were unable to find any examples to truly reflect your point. Which should suggest that you have an idea that your point is wrong.

Then, a key pillar of your premise is that in Nigeria, the beneficiaries of coups have been separated from their perpetrators. This is only true of the 1966 January and July coups. In subsequent coups, the beneficiaries were the lead perpetrators, being Buhari, Babangida, and Abacha.

You finally ended with what must be seen as an own goal. Since Ironsi was of the same ethnic stock as those who carried out the first coup, and other coups then, according to your (wrong) assertion, did not have beneficiaries of the same ethnic stock as the perpetrators, does this not then reinforce the Igbo coup narrative?

I don't understand what point you're making here.

nairalanda1:


She was an Anioma woman.

Anioma people who are essentially Igbo people were part of the tribes that made up the old bendel state.

Ok cool

OldNORSE:
DONT attempt to weaken this revelation by attaching Rufai’s name like he was the one who said it. BABANGIDA who was part and parcel of the Army and also a beneficiary of the coup said it with his full chest!

Just like clockwork, hundreds of threads created yesterday naming IBB as the one who said it was ignored for the one naming Rufai Oseni. Nairaland, una no dey hide una bigotry again. This one is glaring for the world to see!

Please use this opportunity to put the IBB page 39 under your post.

S3un and his mods intentionally refused to put the one by IBB on front page. It is all intentional

givedemwotowoto:


Random tribal bigot on nairaland vs IBB who was in the army when the coup happened, wrote a book about it and received over 10 billion naira support from political leaders across the country, an event attended by the current President himself. Who will Nigerians believe?

Lies have expiry dates, this one has expired! Now people wonder how Agbadorians will survive if nobody is buying the lies they peddle

IBB was irrelevant at the time,the fact that ibos rubbed it on the face on northerners after the death of their leaders ahmadu bello speaks volume
Video of ezeogwu beaming over his death

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wtfzsIs5vsw

You people are bunch of generational liars

saintkel:
even if Awolowo were to come back from d dead n tell u the 1966 coup had his blessings, u will still not believe.....continue to wallow in ur sheer hatred for d Igbo race....
Spits!

Even awolowo felt sorber about the role he played in the civil war against the igbos, before his death. He admonished the yorubas to align with igbos and leave nigeria

BafanaBafana:
Well, the coup was planned by Igbo politicians and soldiers, carried out by them (even though few mumu soldiers from other tribes were recruited into it thinking it was a revolution), the victims targeted were soldiers and politicians from other tribes. The people who took power after the coup were Igbo.

Even Nzeogwu, one of those who thought it was a revolution mentioned that the coup was tribalistic.

And in their usual fashion, Igbos gloated, celebrated and made fun of northerners after the coup.

Those are the facts. If you like you can give it any name you like.

Thank you.

Mvnster:
This would only make sense if the major actors where from the north, west and midwest and majority of the victims where from the east, you cant twist bare facts with propaganda.

There has never been an ethnic coup in Nigeria

Nigeria's military was too colonised to play along tribal lines in those days

Note this:
Aguiyi Ironsi became the first military head after the Igbo coup which killed two northern Muslims

He was killed in July in a counter coup and the man who emerged after him was a northern Christian who went on to become the longest serving military head of state we had.

He was removed and his replacement was a northern Muslim who barely lasted six months before he was also killed in a countercoup and the beneficiary was a southern Christian.

If you look at the trends of the aftermath of each coup, you'll notice the ultimate beneficiaries are not usually from the ethnic stock of those who carried out the coup

You will explain taya Mr igbo advocate. Who sent you or who asked your stupid narratives?
See his face like a baby Bat, idiot. Your life is filled with hate and you are saying someone peddled shit to promote hate whereas you are the grandson of hate with your washed and wear coat.

Nothing you and that Hundeyin goat will say either right or wrong I will accept or thumb up for, never. Because both of you are omo ale, omo irankiran eleri ibu anuofia bitch.

You threatened everybody, threatened Reno with assassinate and yet you are not hateful may Ogun plus amadioha kill you this nastard. Don't worry after 2027 we will tell LASG to mark Arise TV complex for demolition and we will never allow anyone to sell land for Arise TV in entire SW and The North so you can relocate to your father obi village and be causing trouble their. Ewu anukpamu.

I expected a young man like this eleri ibu idiot to used his medium to campaign for love and unity among youths regardless political affliation to wrestle our nation from all these old people but mbanu this motherfucker with obi and obidient started bullying everybody, threatening everybody, harassing everybody, became death merchants and political terrorist and you su c ks think people like me will yield to your nonsense? Impossible.

I repeat Ogun plus amadioha kill you their. Mind you as I have be saying I'm not from SW but I don't want to hear anything from this hate filled goat. I don't bloody care coup or no coup I don't care. He can also say there was no civil war as well. Ozuor!!!

OldNORSE:


Descendant of the fallen demon, shut up! When we’re looking for cowards we will call you.

Cowards are reasonable people that think of the consequences of Thier actions on the life and future of themselves and people around them. Not those that lead Thier tribe's future into war without thinking but later ran away, millions of generations distroyed for being foolish.

maivd:


IBB was irrelevant at the time,the fact that ibos rubbed it on the face on northerners after the death of their leaders ahmadu bello speaks volume
Video of ezeogwu beaming over his death

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wtfzsIs5vsw

You people are bunch of generational liars

Cho Cho Cho. The country is uniting against tribal bigots who are driven by envy and hate against Igbos. It’s only going to get worse for your kind

Orch1981:

Ibrahim Babangida (IBB) Clears “Igbo Coup” In His New Book
* The 1966 Coup Was Never An Igbo Coup
*Exonerates The Igbos

He Wrote: “For instance, the head of the plotters, Major Kaduna Nzeogwu, was only Igbo in name. Born and raised in Kaduna, his immigrant parents were from Okpanam in today's Delta state, which, in 1966, was in the old mid-western region. Nzeogwu spoke fluent Hausa and was as 'Hausa' as any! He and his original team probably. thought, even if naively, that they could turn things around for the better in the country.

“That said, it was heinously callous for Nzeogwu to have murdered Sir Ahmadu Bello and his wife, Hafsatu, because not only were they eminently adored by many but also because they were said not to have put up a fight. From that moment, the putsch was infiltrated by 'outsiders' to its supposed original intention, and it took on an unmistakably ethnic colouration, compounded by the fact that there were no related coup activities in the Eastern region.

“It should, however, be borne in mind that some senior officers of Igbo extraction were also victims of the January coup. For instance, my erstwhile Commander at the Reconnaissance Squadron in Kaduna, Lt-Col. Arthur Chinyelu Unegbe, was brutally gunned down by his own 'brother, Major Chris Anuforo, in the presence of his pregnant wife, at his 7 Point Road residence in Apapa, for merely being a threat to the revolution As a disciplined and strict officer who, as the Quartermaster-General of the Army, was also in charge of ammunition, weapons, equipment, vehicles, and other vital items for the Army, the coup plotters feared that he might not cooperate with them.

“It should also be remembered that some non-Igbo officers, like Major Adewale Ademoyega, Captain Ganiyu Adeleke, Lts Pola Oyewole, and Olafimihan, took part in the failed coup. Another officer of Igbo extraction, Major John Obienu, crushed the coup. Those who argue that the original intention of the coup plotters was anything but et

What you have just posted shows the exact opposite to your lead statement:

“That said, it was heinously callous for Nzeogwu to have murdered Sir Ahmadu Bello and his wife, Hafsatu, because not only were they eminently adored by many but also because they were said not to have put up a fight. From that moment, the putsch was infiltrated by 'outsiders' to its supposed original intention, and it took on an unmistakably ethnic colouration, compounded by the fact that there were no related coup activities in the Eastern region.

What IBB said here, in fact, means that the coup may not have sincerely started out as an Igbo coup, but it became one. Stop the lies.

Afamed,helinues and yarimo will avoid this thread 😄😄😄

Omoboricash:
Before i could beleive this narrative, can we have the name of victim of that coup and also the beneficiary of the coup. Let compare and contrast. Then we can draw our conclusion.
By mere just putting out statement without presenting fact and fugure would not go well with me.

These criminals know that majority of Nigerians lack the cognitive skills to research and ask critical questions.

nairalanda1:



It was not an Igbo coup.
It was a army coup carried out by socialist leaning officers in the Nigerian army.

Do you know who was the ring leader of the coup?
Do you know what Ironsi did during the coup?
Do you know what Nnamdi Azikiwe was doing during the coup?

I don't know if they had leftist ideals like you mentioned, but some of those soldiers thought they were carrying out a revolution not knowing they were only acting a script.
Even Nzeogwu lamented on how the coup took a tribal turn in the south.

blaise26abj:


It is TIRING my brother . Politician are stealing us blind without ethnic barriers. Nigerians are busy hating on themselves like there is a cup to be won at the end .

The history is important but the future is way more important. The way these issues are going I hope a generation won’t start another civil war

I'm happy whenever I see a responsible man here on a toxic nairaland. God bless you for this. I will continue to preach love amongst us. Like u rightly pointed out, politician can't be hurting us and we still hurt ourselves. It's Saddening.

Pls check my aza below 👇. Kitchen is empty bro. Kids are crying

givedemwotowoto:


Cho Cho Cho. The country is uniting against tribal bigots who are driven by envy and hate against Igbos. It’s only going to get worse for your kind

Keep deluding yourself about unification in your self consumed hatred for everyone. As it stands now you are a lone wolf crying for attention. Ibos cry about SouthAfrica hating them,Yorubas hate them,Hausa Hate them,Neighboring Ghana hates them. Your miseries are immeasurable.