Here are the names and tribes of the plotters of January 15, 1966 military coup:
1. Maj. Adewale Ademoyega (Yoruba) author of "Why We Struck".
2. Capt. G. Adeleke (Yoruba).
3. Lt. Fola Oyewole (Yoruba) author of "The Reluctant Rebel".
4. Lt. R. Egbiko (Ishan).
5. Lt. Tijani Kastina (Hausa Fulani).
6. Lt O. Olafemiyan(Yoruba).
7. Capt Gibson Jalo (Bali).
8. Capt. J. Swanton (Middle Belt).
9. Lt. Hope Haris Eghagha (Urhobo).
10. Lt. Dag Warribor (Ijaw).
11. 2nd Lt. Saleh Dambo (Hausa).
12. 2nd Lt. John Atom Kpera (Tiv).
13. Maj. Chukwuma Kaduna Nzeogwu (Delta Igbo).
14. Ifeajuna (Igbo).
From the list above how can someone termed the coup of 1966 Military Coup as an Igbo coup.
Truth is bitter:
“What has constantly escaped most Nigerians in this entire travesty is the fact that mediocrity destroys the very fabric of a country as surely as war – ushering in all sorts of banality, ineptitude, corruption and debauchery.
Nigerians should also know that that coup failed because an Igbo man took up arms, arrested them, that is the coup plotters, and put them in prison. “That Igbo man was General Aguiyi Ironsi. It is important to know that it was an Igbo man who made that coup to fail. Ironsi was then commanding the army. If he had supported them, the coup may not have failed and may be the story of Nigeria may not be as it is today. So Igbo’s made that coup possible to be stopped”.
Nations enshrine mediocrity as their modus operandi, and create the fertile ground for the rise of tyrants and other base elements of the society, by silently dismantling systems of excellence because they do not immediately benefit one specific ethnic , racial, political, or specific interest group. That, in my humble opinion, is precisely where Nigeria finds itself today.” - Prof Chinua Achebe
Prof Achebe summarized the origin and future of the problems of the Nigerian state in those few lines. Catchment area, federal character, state of origin, all these destroyed the country that was Nigeria My friends in primary school from the North scored less than 100 in the common entrance exams (note the word common) they all went to federal government colleges, while I scored 222 and was denied admission since I was from the south. These people are now heading organisation were the people they head are far smarter than them. What do you expect from such an arrangement. Disaster - Kelechi Anodere
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