List of the officers that participated in the 1966 coup (The Nigerian Army 1956-1966 by N.J. Miners)

shivisee:
God so 1 or two yorubas Dey??

shivisee:
God so 1 or two yorubas Dey??

Slytiger:
Yes. But there are like 26 Ibo officers for like 4 Yorubas. The people we call Yoruba buts today. The ones easily gaslighted. Out of 22 people murdered in that coup, only 1 was Ibo. Azikiwe and the minister of eastern region (Okpara) were likely tipped off.

Racoon:
In the military, a coup is a coup. Were it been they were court Marshall then, all of them will face the same end - death as it is a treasonable offense

DatNiggaDaz:


Useless diversion tactics. Concentrate on looking for the acheivements of the certificate fraud.

Always bringing ließ, deceit & propaganda to distort history that will draw more hate & division in already in a divided country.

This folks don't care about Nigeria. Don't don't care that the fraud they killed for is an absolute dunce.

There is no acheivement to show from Mr bulaba. So they invent propaganda to malign our brothers from the East. They can not defend Tinubu. They even defended the failures of their darling daddy more than they are doing because of the glaring cluelessness of the certificate fraud & tribal affliction.

Every day Igbo Igbo Igbo.

God truly bless our brothers and neigbours from the East

GeneralPula:
They thought it was a coup for real, not knowing the intention was to kill the western & northern premier leader..

Backstabbers dem! I like the fact that Ironsi didn’t die well !

Jogs1900:

But it’s sad our dear adekunle Fajuyi was killed because of Aguiyi ironsi

Racoon:
In the military, a coup is a coup. Were it been they were court Marshall then, all of them will face the same end - death as it is a treasonable offense

Benzigler:

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What happened to Igbos would have happened to Ewes in Ghana if Jerry Rawlings coup in Ghana had failed, most affected tribe during that coup was akans and they still lament about it until today but it reshaped Ghana as a better country until today. yorubas are the problem of Nigeria, not even Northerners carry that coup on head like Yorubas, it's disgusting

DatNiggaDaz:


Useless diversion tactics. Concentrate on looking for the acheivements of the certificate fraud.

Always bringing ließ, deceit & propaganda to distort history that will draw more hate & division in already in a divided country.

This folks don't care about Nigeria. Don't don't care that the fraud they killed for is an absolute dunce.

There is no acheivement to show from Mr bulaba. So they invent propaganda to malign our brothers from the East. They can not defend Tinubu. They even defended the failures of their darling daddy more than they are doing because of the glaring cluelessness of the certificate fraud & tribal affliction.

Every day Igbo Igbo Igbo.

God truly bless our brothers and neigbours from the East

shivisee:

And Una Dey cry every day like slaves wey dem tie their destiny! Opening threads to lament about marginalisation!

Slytiger:

There was a reason court martial did not happen.

This event was later tagged an "ibo coup" by other ethnic groups in the country based on some chains of coincidences :

i. The Killing patterns – only one of the 22 casualties is of Ibo origin, while notable Ibo politicians like the Premier of Eastern region and military personnel like Ironsi were unharmed.

ii. The handing over of the government to Ironsi by Orizu (the acting president and the senate president who could have called for the formation of another civilian government) made it look like it was planned out all along.

iii. The unification decree of May 1966 promulgated by Ironsi, leading to the abolition of regional system of government. Historically speaking, the West and North have always believed in the regional system of government as the best form of government for a multiethnic like Nigeria, however this was taken away by Ironsi, leading to a massive outrage and pogrom in the North.

iv. The coup plotters, though kept in jail but were not sentenced.

Catualities.
Civilians
- Prime Minister Abubakar Tafawa Balewa
- Premier Ahmadu Bello
- Premier Samuel Ladoke Akintola
- Finance Minister Festus Okotie-Eboh
- Ahmed Ben Musa (Bello's Senior Assistant " secretary for Security)
- Hafsatu Bello
- Mrs Latifat Ademulegun (pregnant)
- Zarumi Sardauna
- Ahmed Pategi (Bello's driver)

Military and police
- Brig. Samuel Ademulegun
- Brig. Zakariya Maimalari
- Col. Ralph Shodeinde
- Col. Kur Mohammed
- Lt. Col. Abogo Largema
- Lt. Col. James Pam
- Lt. Col. Arthur Unegbe
- Sergeant Daramola Oyegoke (Refused Nzeogwu's order in the attack on the Sardauna's lodge and according to the police report was murdered by Nzeogwu)
- Police Constable (PC) Yohana Garkawa
- Lance Corporal Musa Nimzo
- PC Akpan Anduka
- PC Hagai Lai
- Philip Lewande

What’s Aguiyi-Ironsi’s place in history?
The composition of the administration’s advisory team was also another source of discontent. Chief among them was Francis Nwokedi, an Igbo man and former permanent secretary in the Ministry of External Affairs, who had become close to him during his days in the Congo. Others were Pius Okigbo (economic adviser) and Lt. Col Patrick Anwunah who was later Chairman of the National Orientation Committee. The most common complaint against the appointments was that, although highly qualified and distinguished, they were either all Igbos or Igbo speaking.

On February 12, Ironsi took his most sensitive decision when he put Nwokedi in-charge of the establishment he set to work out the details of his unified Nigeria. He had also replaced the Attorney-General, Dr. Teslim Elias, with Gabriel Onyiuke, also of Igbo extraction. Similarly, Dr. Pius Okigbo became the Economic Adviser. Then, contrary to Katsina’s advice, he attempted to appoint Prof. J. C. Edozien from the University of Ibadan as the Vice Chancellor of the Ahmadu Bello University, instead of Prof. Ishaya Audu. When he effected promotions in the Army, of the 21 officers promoted from Majors to Lieutenant-Colonels, 18 were Igbo-speaking.

Slytiger:

There was a reason court martial did not happen.

This event was later tagged an "ibo coup" by other ethnic groups in the country based on some chains of coincidences :

i. The Killing patterns – only one of the 22 casualties is of Ibo origin, while notable Ibo politicians like the Premier of Eastern region and military personnel like Ironsi were unharmed.

ii. The handing over of the government to Ironsi by Orizu (the acting president and the senate president who could have called for the formation of another civilian government) made it look like it was planned out all along.

iii. The unification decree of May 1966 promulgated by Ironsi, leading to the abolition of regional system of government. Historically speaking, the West and North have always believed in the regional system of government as the best form of government for a multiethnic like Nigeria, however this was taken away by Ironsi, leading to a massive outrage and pogrom in the North.

iv. The coup plotters, though kept in jail but were not sentenced.

Catualities.
Civilians
- Prime Minister Abubakar Tafawa Balewa
- Premier Ahmadu Bello
- Premier Samuel Ladoke Akintola
- Finance Minister Festus Okotie-Eboh
- Ahmed Ben Musa (Bello's Senior Assistant " secretary for Security)
- Hafsatu Bello
- Mrs Latifat Ademulegun (pregnant)
- Zarumi Sardauna
- Ahmed Pategi (Bello's driver)

Military and police
- Brig. Samuel Ademulegun
- Brig. Zakariya Maimalari
- Col. Ralph Shodeinde
- Col. Kur Mohammed
- Lt. Col. Abogo Largema
- Lt. Col. James Pam
- Lt. Col. Arthur Unegbe
- Sergeant Daramola Oyegoke (Refused Nzeogwu's order in the attack on the Sardauna's lodge and according to the police report was murdered by Nzeogwu)
- Police Constable (PC) Yohana Garkawa
- Lance Corporal Musa Nimzo
- PC Akpan Anduka
- PC Hagai Lai
- Philip Lewande

What’s Aguiyi-Ironsi’s place in history?
The composition of the administration’s advisory team was also another source of discontent. Chief among them was Francis Nwokedi, an Igbo man and former permanent secretary in the Ministry of External Affairs, who had become close to him during his days in the Congo. Others were Pius Okigbo (economic adviser) and Lt. Col Patrick Anwunah who was later Chairman of the National Orientation Committee. The most common complaint against the appointments was that, although highly qualified and distinguished, they were either all Igbos or Igbo speaking.

On February 12, Ironsi took his most sensitive decision when he put Nwokedi in-charge of the establishment he set to work out the details of his unified Nigeria. He had also replaced the Attorney-General, Dr. Teslim Elias, with Gabriel Onyiuke, also of Igbo extraction. Similarly, Dr. Pius Okigbo became the Economic Adviser. Then, contrary to Katsina’s advice, he attempted to appoint Prof. J. C. Edozien from the University of Ibadan as the Vice Chancellor of the Ahmadu Bello University, instead of Prof. Ishaya Audu. When he effected promotions in the Army, of the 21 officers promoted from Majors to Lieutenant-Colonels, 18 were Igbo-speaking.

Benzigler:

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What happened to Igbos would have happened to Ewes in Ghana if Jerry Rawlings coup in Ghana had failed, most affected tribe during that coup was akans and they still lament about it until today but it reshaped Ghana as a better country until today. yorubas are the problem of Nigeria, not even Northerners carry that coup on head like Yorubas, it's disgusting

Racoon:
In the military, a coup is a coup. Were it been they were court Marshall then, all of them will face the same end - death as it is a treasonable offense