The 1966 Nigerian coup d’état began on January 15, 1966, when some Nigerian soldiers led by Chukwuma Kaduna Nzeogwu and Emmanuel Ifeajuna killed many politicians, including the Prime Minister, Sir ...
The 1966 Nigerian coup d’état began on January 15, 1966, when some Nigerian soldiers led by Chukwuma Kaduna Nzeogwu and Emmanuel Ifeajuna killed many politicians, including the Prime Minister, Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa; Premier of the Northern Region, Alhaji Ahmadu Bello; and Premier of Western Region, Chief Ladoke Akintola. The coup leaders said the move was to end corruption and ethnic rivalry.
It was on the following day that we learnt about some of the things that happened. I felt abnormal, but what would I do? Once it happened, I couldn’t bring him back to life, so it is only appropriate for me to pray for him. I was in Bauchi when my father died.I have a very strong will. I was the first person to break the news of my father’s death to my mother who was also here in Bauchi. The other wives came from Lagos and they were talking. I got there and told them what happened.
Since I got there and they had already started the process of burial, there was nothing else I could do. I just had to let them continue.I saw her trying to perform her ablutions in preparation for prayers but the other kids started crying and I went out. My father had four wives.Two of his wives, including my mother were here in Bauchi while the other two were with him in Lagos.
Your father’s corpse was said to have been found by the roadside, did you ever visit again the State House where your dad lived in Lagos and must have been taken? On the day the coup was carried out, I learnt that General Yakubu Gowon went to the State House around 5am because they were aware that something was going on. He wanted to know if everything was okay there. The news first broke after they took the Prime Minister. When they were to take him, his wife was in the room. So, he said to her, “Don’t bother, it is Major Okafor that is taking me home.” So, I think it was from there that they knew the people involved.
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