How Aguiyi-Ironsi was Killed in Northern Counter-coup July, 1966 - Full Account

This is a full account of the July 29, 1966 coup in Nigeria, detailing how General J.T.U Aguiyi Ironsi was overthrown in a northern counter-coup. Ibadan! July 28, 1966, the situation was tense. Northern civil servants, chiefs, and traditional rulers who had traveled to the South for the Conference of Traditional Rulers were ready to leave, apprehensive of being targeted in the so-called "Plan 15" Igbo Plot.
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Video Chapters:
00:00 intro background
00:48 28 July 1966 Tension and rumors in Ibadan
01:07: Ironsi and Fajuyi in UN peace keeping in Congo
01:46 what Garba Dada told T Y Danjuma
02:30 The Team Ignored Muhamm d Advise
03:36 the goal of the coup plotters
04:10 the command difficulties faced by Danjuma
05:30 Danjuma under pressure
06:11 Lt. Col. Hilary Njoku escaped
07:18 Lt. Onoja Ran away
07:50 Yakubu Gowon called and cautioned
08:40 Negotiation approach
09:36 Day break 29 July, 1966
10:56 Fajuyi came out of the building
11:27 Danjuma Meet Aguiyi ronsi
13:27 Aguiyi Ironsi kidnapped
14:18 Aguiyi Ironsi and Fajuyi killed
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