BafanaBafana:

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.

If you want to hate igbos it's your perogative.

I have resolved not to have hatred or bitterness towards anyone.

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

Pls show me some love.

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.

Ibb was in the military as a soldier and as an head of state.

He knows everything about the coups in Nigeria because him too was participant.

You can also write your own book on the coup to counter IBB.

maivd:


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. You miseries are immeasurable.

Don’t go bunkers on me now. Life has expiry dates. This one has expired. Take a deep breath. There’s more to life than hate, envy, and bigotry

Why are you afraid of the country uniting and thriving? There’s no hate when people unite now. Hahaha

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

You've only narrated the series of events but failed to argue why it wasn't an igbo coup.

nairalanda1:



If you want to hate igbos it's your perogative.

I have resolved not to have hatred or bitterness towards anyone.

You can love anybody you like but let's acknowledge what is true and what is not.

BafanaBafana:

You can love anybody you like but let's acknowledge what is true and what is not.

Yes. It was not an Igbo coup or a coup for Igbo interests.

Hatred of others harms you more

Wahabfuture:


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

What did I say in my post responding to the poster that you are referring to in this your rambling epistle?

By the way Adeleke also had an Igbo mum and wife, interesting that these dastardly Yoruba voted for him.

By the way, you know nothing about Ndi Yoruba if you think they follow any elites.

Nairaland moderators should correct the heading.

It was IBB that said it in his book not rufai oseni.

stanluiz:
Ibb was in the military as a soldier and as an head of state.

He knows everything about the coups in Nigeria because him too was participant.

You can also write your own book on the coup to counter IBB.

Is Babangida as a person known for saying the truth? Do you know he was invited to oputa panel and he refused to show up?
The guy wrote a book and is trying to paint himself white, blaming dead men for all the evil he did.

stanluiz:
Ibb was in the military as a soldier and as an head of state.

He knows everything about the coups in Nigeria because him too was participant.

You can also write your own book on the coup to counter IBB.

Perfect response

Ojuntana:

The beneficiaries of coups in Nigeria had nothing to do with names but rather titles. They were usually the highest ranking surviving officers

You're now claiming the coup had nothing to do with names but titles, how can you even separate the identities of the coup plotters from the coup plotters?

ZombieDredd:

The Igbos don't come across like power hungry people.

Dey play

nairalanda1:


Yes. It was not an Igbo coup or a coup for Igbo interests.

Hatred of others harms you more

If that's what you want to believe, enjoy. But tell a lie 1000 times, it can never be the truth.

Ebubu:


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

Mumu

Hausa/Fulani coup

Until Ndigbo appologize to Nigerians for the igbo coup

They will never be forgiven. Ndigbo must specifically appologize to the south west and south south for murdering our great sons during the Igbo coup.

Opening is just seeking for cheap attention.

BafanaBafana:

If that's what you want to believe, enjoy. But tell a lie 1000 times, it can never be the truth.

That's for you to understand, old boy

omooba969:


IBB IS A PATHOLOGICAL LIAR !!!

Can the leopard ever change its skin? These criminals parading as politicians/elder statesmen know that majority of Nigerians are very emotional, sentimental and don't have sense.

And IBB,buhari and abacha coup is called what?

BafanaBafana:

Is Babangida as a person known for saying the truth? Do you know he was invited to oputa panel and he refused to show up?
The guy wrote a book and is trying to paint himself white, blaming dead men for all the evil he did.

But you believe IBB when he said that Abiola won the 1993 election.

But he said that 1966 coup is not an igbo coup, you start to counter him.

Double standard.

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.

The authors def realise the eternal damage it would cause the Igbos should they posit such claim, it would be so damaging.

You have a brain to present a convincing argument, don't you?

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 in the army before they even birth his mother, yet the clown knows more than ibb

givedemwotowoto:


Don’t go bunkers on me now. Life has expiry dates. This one has expired. Take a deep breath. There’s more to life than hate, envy, and bigotry

Why are you afraid of the country uniting and thriving? There’s no hate when people unite now. Hahaha

Imagine hating on a minion, it's a waste of time. We just shit in you as usual and just move on. You products of baby factory are not worth the hate.

Orch1981:

And IBB,buhari and abacha coup is called what?

Not sure what you're driving at, can you make yasef clear.

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!

Reno omokri will soon come out with his own narrative he will even say ibb now have dementia and can no longer remember things very well or that he is lying

stanluiz:
But you believe IBB when he said that Abiola won the 1993 election.

But he said that 1966 coup is not an igbo coup, you start to counter him.

Double standard.

Did anyone ever say Abiola didn't win the election? He was even awarded a GCFR few years ago so IBB didn't make any revelation there.
Say something else please.

Ojuntana:

The beneficiaries of coups in Nigeria had nothing to do with names but rather titles. They were usually the highest ranking surviving officers

Likes of T. Y. Danjuma

dettolgel:


I know IBB revelations gave you some palpitations. Slow down ooh before you get hpb.

IBB has no credibility.

COFFINSELLER:


https://x.com/ruffydfire/status/1893163978831896800?s=19

This guy will just rush to Twitter to type and post without reading through what he has written. A screenshot of his original post and the errors pointed out on it is attached below.

He should be calming down or at least hire an assistant to help out some times. I guess his Twitter profile should have the editing privilege, he should learn to take advantage of that too.

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.

how will Nairaland see peace when all the Ojota protesters have done is damage to the entity Nigeria since 2012?

BafanaBafana:

Unlike you, this is not the first time we are hearing narratives about the coup. So the fact that the president attended and they donated plenty money makes whatever he said valid?
If that's how you reason, abeg you no reach to follow me argue.

IBB was a small boy in the army at that time. We have heard accounts from several key players, some of our elders were also eye witnesses.

If you are in doubt who to believe, don't believe the evil genius IBB. He is only trying to redeem his tarnished image.

Who should we believe then ? Your father ?
Typical ronu goat !!

masterfactor:
Lies from the PIT of hell, it was an Igbo coup, nobody should twist history.

Reno omokri is that you

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.

History is on your side papi. The indomie generation don't ask critical questions, neither do they wanna question why there was a reprisal attack against the igbos particularly in the North.