The Yakubu Gowon Coup of July 29, 1966

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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