The Yakubu Gowon Coup of July 29, 1966

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19 күн бұрын

This is the full story of how the Chief of Staff, Nigerian Army, Lieutenant-Colonel Yakubu Gowon succeeded Major-General Johnson Thomas Aguiyi-Ironsi as Nigeria’s Head of State and Supreme Commander on August 1, 1966.
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@chukaman 17 күн бұрын

Those who dont know their history are bound to repeat it….

@benedictnwabuzor4401 17 күн бұрын

Gowon was twice accused of toppling two military regimes one of his principal, Major General Aguiyi Ironsi and his successor Murtala Mohammed

@isimibaba8233 15 күн бұрын

Gowon was not involved in any of the coups.

@Eman14128 14 күн бұрын

@@isimibaba8233 Gowon was involved in the Murtala assaination coup, he was in Britain at the time , his former aide da camp was the one who executed the coup .

@mylifewithjesus3 4 күн бұрын

Dimka was not the aide de camp of Gowon@@Eman14128

@godsonnsofor1554 15 күн бұрын

I love ❤️ how unbiased u are in yr analysis . Am a 🇳🇬 Nigerian and I won't support anyone that partook in this madness they are all guilty . But we the Younger generation should not allow this kind of madness ever happen again. If we must divide ➗️ lts do it amicably. Let love ❤️ lead ✌️ ☮️ 🕊 peace

@limatglobaltemp7181 15 күн бұрын

How could the July coup of 1966 be said to be the bloodiest? How many and who are the people that died in it compared with the January coup? Which coup was bloodier than the one where the Prime minister (Balewa), 2 Premiers (Akintola and Bello), Finance minister (Okoti Eboh), 2 brigadiers (Ademulegun, Maimalari), including the pregnant wife of Ademulegun, Cols Pam, Largema, Kur, Sodeinde, were all killed?

@henriomoeje8741 16 күн бұрын

He would call it the "boys' coup" but it was indeed "Gowon Coup." He'd his colleague killed, following the example of Ghana.

@10gallons 16 күн бұрын

You need to stress the disproportionate number of civilians who were killed by both military and civilian northerners. Nigerians don't know enough about the pogrom. It was horrific. The July 29 coup arguably had the largest number of cold-blooded murderers who simply vanished into the mists of history -- never to be known, named, or arrested. The blood of innocent people is extremely powerful...

@oladipoajayi3191 17 күн бұрын

If you leave in a glass house, please don't throw stones.

@mr7teen922 16 күн бұрын

😂😂 that "Coup" wasnt really a coup in its traditional sense, rather a mutiny that produced a leader at the end. Gowon himself was placed at the Top to quell the Northerners and relax the Southern fears.