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The immediate precursor to the massacres was the January 1966 Nigerian coup d'etat. [5] Most of the politicians and senior army officers killed by them were northerners because Northerners were the majority in Nigeria's government, [5] including Prime Minister Abubakar Tafawa Balewa and Ahmadu Bello the Sardauna of Sokoto. The coup was opposed ...
Pages in category "Military personnel killed in the Nigerian Civil War" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The Prime Minister (Abubakar Tafawa Balewa), a federal minister (Festus Okotie-Eboh), and top army officers mostly from the Northern and Western regions of the nation were also murdered. From the existing government, the premier of the Eastern region ( Michael Okpara ), the President of the Nigerian federation ( Nnamdi Azikiwe ) and the Igbo ...
On 15 January 1966, a group of young military officers overthrew Nigeria's government, ending the short-lived First Nigerian Republic.The officers who staged the coup were mostly young soldiers , led by Kaduna Nzeogwu, [2] and they assassinated several northerners, including Prime Minister Tafawa Balewa, Northern Region Premier Ahmadu Bello, Western Region Premier Ladoke Akintola, finance ...
Samuel Akintola, Premier of Western Nigeria: Killed during the 1966 Nigerian coup d'état January 15, 1966: Festus Okotie-Eboh, Finance Minister of Nigeria: Killed during the 1966 Nigerian coup d'état July 29, 1966: Adekunle Fajuyi, Military Governor of Western Nigeria Killed during the 1966 Nigerian counter-coup led by Theophilus Danjuma ...
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Militants enforcing a separatist lockdown in Nigeria’s southeastern region attacked security forces deployed to restore order, killing five soldiers and six civilians during a shootout, the Nigerian military said Friday. The soldiers were attacked on Thursday at a checkpoint in Abia state’s Aba town where the ...
[109] [110] Five people were killed as a result in the ensuing clashes. [111] Arewa Christians and Indigenous Pastors Association, however, claimed deaths of 30 Christians. [112] Federal Government of Nigeria has introduce RUGA settlement to cub conflicts between the Herdsmen and Farmer in Plateau State. [113] April 12, 2020
According to historian Max Siollun northern soldiers had a list of grievances [7] following the aborted 15 January 1966, coup which led to the planning of the counter-coup. A list of their grievances were: The murder of northern civilian leaders and military officers in the aborted 15 January 1966, coup d'etat