Fineman87:


Bro, you don't know Kaduna Nzeogwu. He was also a northerner technically. Thats why he was buried in the north despite killing 'Sardauna'. He was in total control of the north and Ojukwu was in Kano, they would have fought Ironsi to standstill.

Fineman87:


Yes. It is true that Ironsi negotiated to halt Nzeogwu's march to Lagos. That's why he could not execute them. But you underestimate Nzeogwu. He had total control of the North. That guy is super, do your research.

kayusely70:
Fajuyi was not going to be killed but his insistence that he wont allow his c-in-c to be taken away in his presence made Danjuma took both of them away and killed them. That was undivided loyalty and heroism on the part of Francis Adekunle Fajuyi.

CloudResident:


They dragged them to the present day Lalupon on the outskirts of Ibadan.Sadly enough the 504 and Landrover defender jeep used to convey them is rotting away at the 2division of the Nigerian army Odogbo in Ibadan instead of the national museum!
It might also interest you that most soldiers do not even know the story of these vehicles in front of the soldiers block there.
What a country!

Afriifa:
and what came out of their born to rule leadership?

Baselm:
It was the action of Ironsi and other reactionists like Ojukwu who benefitted from the coup of the revolutionists (Ademoyega, Nzeogwu, Ifeanjuna, Onwuategu, Okafor and co) that made Nigerians term the First coup a tribal coup. Those guys planned everything, in fact they ensured there were no civilian casualties, Most of the politicians and officers killed were those who resisted arrest and later when they had to flee, they had to kill others as most of those Officers arrested are highly skilled and could take advantage of the situation.
The coup was largely celebrated as at then cos the country especially the western region was in tension. It was the tribalism exhibited by Ironsi that made people start reading tribalism in the coup.

To show they had a different outlook to Ojukwu, despite serving under the biafran army which granted them pardon, Nzeogwu was not given a command, Ifeanjuna was killed by Ojukwu, Ademoyega was released but wasn't supported in his bid to capture the mid western region and proceed to the western region, Ojukwu was only interested in the Eastern region, He was subsequently returned to prison after less than 2 months by Ojukwu.

Please you all should correct the wrong impression.
prime minister and all the regional premiers as well as other top government people including chief of defense Ironsi, were to be arrested. Those killed(Sardauna and Akintola resisted arrest by fighting back, Others like okoti eboh, Tafawa were killed after Ironsi had regained the command of troops by ).

Buffalo2:
wow! You read much about the coup. I learnt that Akintola even engaged them with rifle and Sardauna's guards did same. Sardauna's fence was brought down by Nseogwu himself with a Carl Gustav gun and he sustained injuries in the process.

PrecisionFx:



I dunno where u got ur info from, Aguiyi Ironsi's body was never found till today

JuanDeDios:

No, you overestimate him. Ironsi simply didn't want further bloodshed. That was his mistake - he thought he could stop bloodshed by letting people get away with murder. But Nzeogwu would not have won even if he had succeeded in raising an army in the north - which he could NOT have done.

goodyvin02:

go and read Nigeria revolution and Biafra war by maj Gen Alexander madiebo

Kelechi2012:
Oga...Please update this post...LT SANI BELLO did not die during the war.He served in 3MCDO in Bonny and survived the war. He became military governor of Kano state and retired as a Colonel in 78.He is currently a member of the Retired Military Billionaire Club. His son , Abubakar Sani Bello is the current Governor of Niger state.

superlightning:
immature people discussing what they know little or nothing about.

somehow i thank God Nigeria is suffering under this jihadist government so that their brains can be reformatted. Nigerians are so so myopic. exaggerating ironsi's mistakes won't conceal the hate and envy you lots have had for sincere and honest men like ironsi and fajuyi.

ironsi's only crime was not executing the couppplotters immediately and also, that he was IGBO.

anybody saying otherwise is just a zombie.

schoolboij:


Does what you typed made sense to you? They planned to install awolowo by making him win election?

schoolboij:


Does what you typed made sense to you? They planned to install awolowo by making him win election?

PrecisionFx:


So u would have preferred he rounded up 10 - 20 northern soldiers alleged to be planning a coup n slaughter all of them?

Baselm:


He has more chances of winning than Ojukwu did, yet Ojukwu engaged. Ure grossly underestimating Nzeogwu.

Baselm:


I like the fact u used the word claimed.
Nzeogwu died on one of his raids on the Federal troops when Ojukwu didn't give such a man a troop to lead.
It was Ifeanjuwa and Brigadier Banjo that were killed by Ojukwu on allegations of those claims.

Even if the allegations were true, was it not better Ojukwu was killed and they hand over to the federal troops rather than the thousands of lives wasted before Ojukwu fled and hand over.

It only shows who amongst them was tribal and who was a more tactical soldier.

Billionaire09:


And who confirmed T.Y, Obasunjo, late president Buhari, and others didn't killed General Ironsi?

IkonBee:


How can you call a man who commanded the entire UN peacekeeping force in Congo a coward. What do you call ogundipe then?

winj3:


Yes, he was the only military officer who went to Congo and other peace keeping missions
He was the only officer who sat in a big office in Congo and ordered men to battles and operations for which he won medals
He was the only officer who claimed victories for things foot soldiers did while he wore a big rank with siren blowing everywhere he went.

When it came to actually showing blatant bravery what did he do?
No other person in that era was directly more responsible than the head of state Ironsi who by his culpability, ineffectiveness and cowardice led to the events which caused the Nigerian civil war that claimed millions of lives among his own people and other Nigerians.

Some of the military officers who died and their families are well known to me till this day, so please for their sake do not insult our intelligence with your rubbish defense of Ironsi.

Ironsi knew it himself, he was a desk-clerk head of state, a spineless minion and useless military officer!

malakaimoscondo:
but why didd he spare the coupplotters?i wnt to knw pls i never mean any harm

Afriifa:
and what came out of their born to rule leadership?

IkonBee:


He commanded the entire UN peacekeeping forces in Congo. As a commadant, he bore the brunt when his forces failed, so it's logical that he's praised when his forces succeed.

Gowon outrightly caused the civil war not Ironsi. Gowon didn't stay by the aburi accord.

IkonBee:


Go to hell. You're dumb.

IkonBee:


He wasn't going to contest in elections. He'd go straight to become prime minister.

Why are you clutching at straws?

Baselm:


They walked in, picked Ironsi, drove him away and flogged him to death. Is that how a head of state should be overthrown, it shows how weak the structure was under him, he was just having a swell time as head of state, he doesn't even know what to do. If he wasn't listening to Ojukwu, then who was he listening to? Ojukwu was his right hand man.
That was the same way Ojukwu didn't prepare for the civil war before starting and was using civilians as a wall, till he eventually ran away cowardly.

winj3:


Yes, he was the only military officer who went to Congo and other peace keeping missions
He was the only officer who sat in a big office in Congo and ordered men to battles and operations for which he won medals
He was the only officer who claimed victories for things foot soldiers did while he wore a big rank with siren blowing everywhere he went.

When it came to actually showing blatant bravery what did he do?
No other person in that era was directly more responsible than the head of state Ironsi who by his culpability, ineffectiveness and cowardice led to the events which caused the Nigerian civil war that claimed millions of lives among his own people and other Nigerians.

Some of the military officers who died and their families are well known to me till this day, so please for their sake do not insult our intelligence with your rubbish defense of Ironsi.

Ironsi knew it himself, he was a desk-clerk head of state, a spineless minion and useless military officer!

winj3:

Yes, keep trying to rewrite history, some fools somewhere in IGBOLAND might believe you but we are not all stupid!

schoolboij:


Where in the world do someone become prime minister without winning election?

slowpoke!

Houseofglam7:
Lalast....iclala, front page worthy