The IBB has confirmed that what happened in 1966 was not the Igbo coup, and pointed out that Major Kaduna Nzeogwu was Hausa.
Nigeria News Nalin Report on former military heads of state Photography by Ibrahim Badahasialso known as IBBdismissed the claim that the military takeover in 1966 was a “Ibo coup”.
IBB said Kaduna Nzeogwu, the head of the 1966 coup, spoke fluently about Hausa.
The former military head said in his just-released book, Journey to Service, that Nzeogwu was just the name of Igbo, but more of Hausa.
Babangida says it is really frustrating that Nzeogwu murdered Sir Ahmadu Bello and his wife Hafsatu because they It has been admired by many people.
He wrote: “For example, Major Kaduna Nzeogwu, the head of the drawing master, was just the name of Igbo. His immigrant parents were born and raised in Kaduna, from Okpanam, a current Delta state, was located in the ancient Midwest in 1966.
“nzeogwu says fluent Hausa, like anyone ‘hausa’! He and his original team might think that even if they are naive, they can turn things around nationwide.
“That is, Nzeogwu murdered Sir Ahmadu Bello and his wife Hafsatu, which is incredible because they were very admiring not only to many, but also because they did not fight.
“From that moment, putsch was infiltrated by ‘outsiders’ on what it called the original intention and undoubtedly adopted a racial hues, the fact that the eastern region had no relevant coup activities.
“However, it should be kept in mind that some senior officials who extracted Igbo are also victims of the January coup. For example, my former commander in the LT-COL KADUNA reconnaissance squadron. Arthur Chinyelu Unegbe In front of his pregnant wife, in front of his 7 o’clock road residence in Apapa, Major Chris Anuforo, was cruelly shot to death by his own “brother” Major Chris Anuforo, because this Just a threat to the revolution As the Army officer Prime Minister, he is also responsible for ammunition, weapons, equipment, vehicles and other important Army important items, and the coup planners are worried that he may not work with them.
“It should also be remembered that some non-igbo officials, such as Major Admayer, Captain Ganio Adlek, Captain Bora Oyer and Olafemihan, participated in the failed coup. Ibo Another official extracted, Major John Obiang, smashed the coup.
“Those who think the original intention of the coup planner is just race refer to the original purpose of the mastermind to release Chief Obafemi Awolowo from prison immediately after the coup and make him the executive interim president of Nigeria.
“These Igbo officials would do this to someone who didn’t know Igbos’s great ‘lover’, which might have brought a different racial color to the coup. But, again, I might be wrong here, Because this view is speculative. I admit that my position here may be the childish opinion of an unsuspecting young officer who watched the incident from a distance.”
