Jealousy? Bad Belle? That’s not entirely true.
“Araba” was borne out of anger and a charge for violent revenge.
There was jubilation right after the Jan 66 coup, but a moment of damning realization of the sectional composition of the Jan 66 plotters changed everything. 1/
“Araba” was borne out of anger and a charge for violent revenge.
There was jubilation right after the Jan 66 coup, but a moment of damning realization of the sectional composition of the Jan 66 plotters changed everything. 1/
https://twitter.com/ugwunnaejikem/status/1399332804844982280
Agunyi Ironsi contributed a lot to his own downfall too.
-He refused to address the accusation that the coup was sectional.
- He didn’t establish a broad-based government, his small crew were incidentally Igbo.
-inspire of a one year freeze on military promotions, he...
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-He refused to address the accusation that the coup was sectional.
- He didn’t establish a broad-based government, his small crew were incidentally Igbo.
-inspire of a one year freeze on military promotions, he...
2/
... elevated 21 officers in the army to the rank of Lieutenant colonel, 18 of them were Igbo.
-Against all caution, Ironsi promulgated Decree Number 34 of 1966, which abrogated the federal system of government and substituted a unitary system,...
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-Against all caution, Ironsi promulgated Decree Number 34 of 1966, which abrogated the federal system of government and substituted a unitary system,...
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... opening up the northern civil service to Igbo officers for the first time.
The atmosphere was already tensed in the aftermath of the coup, these decisions reinforced the fear Northerners had that, a unitary system of government could lead to southerners taking control.
The atmosphere was already tensed in the aftermath of the coup, these decisions reinforced the fear Northerners had that, a unitary system of government could lead to southerners taking control.
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