General Babangida merely confirmed what General Olusegun Obasanjo and I had previously written about the January 15, 1966 coup. Please find below what I wrote on the fifty-ninth anniversary of the coup last month, on January 15, 2025. I said: ‘Many people think that Nzeogwu was a tribalistic Igbo. The truth is that he was not. Major Emmanuel Ifeajuna, who tricked him into taking part in the coup (it was not Nzeogwu who planned the coup), was a stark, raving Igbo irredentist. But Nzeogwu was not. Nzeogwu was a friend of Major Adewale Ademoyega, the only non-Igbo plotter among the putschists, although Ademoyega did not kill anyone during the coup. Major Nzeogwu was fluent in English, Igbo, Hausa and Gwari. He was that intelligent. Nevertheless, he was a homicidal fellow who locked empathy. Today, we now know that such individuals are psychopaths.’ What I wrote is almost exactly what General Babangida wrote. “Major Kaduna Nzeogwu, was only Igbo in name….Nzeogwu spoke fourth Hausa and was as ‘Hausa’ as any. He and his original team probably thought, even naively, that they could turn things around for better in the country. That said, it was heinously callous for Nzeogwu to have murdered sir Ahmadu Bello, and his wife, Hafsatu.” If you read my account and compare it to General Babangida’s testimony, they are identical. What I said, and which General Babangida also said, is that the coup was later hijacked by those who had an ethnic agenda. Which is what General Babangida said. His exact words are: “From that moment, the “putsch” was infiltrated by outsiders to its supposed original intention, and it took on an unmistakably ethnic colouration.” The January 15, 1966, coup began as a nationalistic coup and ended as a purely tribalistic coup. Listen, have you guys not learnt anything? I cannot be bullied. I deal with facts. Not in emotions. Please find below the names of those who planned and executed the coup and the names of those they killed. This is the same list I published on January 15, 1966: The following persons planned the January 15, 1966 coup: Major Emmanuel Ifeajuna-Igbo from Eastern Region. Major Chukwuma Nzeogwu-Igbo from the Midwest Region. Major Chris Anuforo-Igbo from Eastern Region. Major Don Okafor-Igbo from Eastern Region. Major Adewale Ademoyega-Yoruba from Western Region. Of these people, only Major Adewale Ademoyega did not take part in the killings. Please find below the names and regions of the people they killed, and you decide whether or not the coup was one-sided. 1. Sir Ahmadu Bello-Fulani from Northern Region. 2. Sir Abubakar Tafawa-Balewa-Gere from Northern Region. 3. Samuel Ladokr Akintola-Yoruba from Western Region. 4. Chief Festus Okotie-Eboh-Itsekiri from the Midwest Region. 5. Hafsatu Bello (wife of Sir Ahmadu Bello)-Fulani from Northern Region. 6. Mrs Latifat Ademulegun (Brigadier Ademulegun’s wife, who was eight months pregnant)-Yoruba from Western Region. 7. Brigadier Samuel Ademulegun-Yoruba from Western Region. 8. Brigadier Zakariya Maimalari-Kanuri from Northern Region. 9. Colonel Kur Mohammed-Kanuri from Northern Region. 10. Colonel Ralph Shodeinde-Yoruba from Western Region. 11. Lt. Colonel Abogo Lagerma-Marghi from Northern Region. 12. Lt. Colonel James Pam-Jos native from Northern Region. 13. Lt. Colonel Arthur Unegbe-Igbo from Eastern Region. 14. Sergeant Daramola Oyegoke-Yoruba from Western Region. 15. Police Constable Philip Lewande-Minority from Northern Region. 16. Police Corporal Akpan Anduka-Efik from Eastern Region. 17. Police Corporal Hagai Lai-Minority from Northern Region. 18. Police Corporal Yohana Garkawa-Minority from Northern Region. 19. Lance Corporal Musa Nimzo-Minirity from Northern Region. 20. Ahmed Pategi-Minority from Northern Region. 21. Zarumi Sardauna-Minority from Northern Region. Captain Ganiyu Adeleke, Lieutenant Olafimihan and Oyewole, did not take part in the planning of the coup. They were simply officers under the command of some of the coupists who obeyed the orders given to them. Sergeant Daramola Oyegoke refused to obey the order and was shot. If you were the others, what would you do? Just watch, they will come here to insult me, but yurt csnnot factually counter me. Reno Omokri Gospeller. Deep Thinker. #TableShaker. Ruffler of the Feathers of Obidents. #1 Bestselling author of Facts Versus Fiction: The True Story of the Jonathan Years. Hodophile. Hollywood Magazine Humanitarian of the Year, 2019. Business Insider Influencer of the Year 2022. 21st Most Talked About Person in Africa, 2024.
