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Ex Anambra State governor, Dr Chukwuemeka Ezeife has stated that the failed 1966 presidential coup was so beloved Nigerian philanthropist, Obafemi Awolowo could be in power.
Speaking at an Igbo-Israeli economic summit in Enugu, he said the failed Major Nzeogwu-led coup of 1966 was never an Igbo coup, rather, it was meant to install Chief Obafemi Awolowo as the Prime Minister of Nigeria.
"It is not true that Igbos plotted the 1966 coup. The coup was planned by some elements within the military disenchanted with the drift of Nigeria who felt that Awolowo was in the best position to move Nigeria forward. The problem was that the execution of the coup got awry at some axis and everybody now claimed it was Igbo coup.”
"The coup failed and General Ironsi carved provinces in Nigeria to help each group govern themselves better. They said that he was running a unitary system and killed him, yet Nigeria s practicing the same system for which Ironsi died," he added.
DailyPost
Speaking at an Igbo-Israeli economic summit in Enugu, he said the failed Major Nzeogwu-led coup of 1966 was never an Igbo coup, rather, it was meant to install Chief Obafemi Awolowo as the Prime Minister of Nigeria.
"It is not true that Igbos plotted the 1966 coup. The coup was planned by some elements within the military disenchanted with the drift of Nigeria who felt that Awolowo was in the best position to move Nigeria forward. The problem was that the execution of the coup got awry at some axis and everybody now claimed it was Igbo coup.”
"The coup failed and General Ironsi carved provinces in Nigeria to help each group govern themselves better. They said that he was running a unitary system and killed him, yet Nigeria s practicing the same system for which Ironsi died," he added.
DailyPost
