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There was another body, that of one of his wives who was killed along with him. His death was regrettable.” Five decades after his death, there is still yet to be a consensus on whether he was a hero or felon. He was feared because of his suicidal courage. After Ironsi was overthrown in July 1966, Nzeogwu remained in prison until he was released in March 1967 by the Eastern Region’s Military Governor Lt-Colonel Ojukwu.

Akilu quickly dressed up and drove to M.D. “At about 3:00 pm, we were told that Premier of the West had arrived and was on his way to General Usman Hassan Katsina House in Kawo, which was meant to be the Sardauna’s new official residence and office.

These factors led to the general conclusion that it was an Igbo coup.

The vehicle became immobilized and was surrounded by federal troops of the 21st battalion at a roadblock near the University of Nigeria Nsukka campus.

Idris said after Akintola left, it was too late for Bello to go and play his favourite game, Fives. According to him: “We were five in number, and initially we knew quite clearly what we wanted to do. Nzeogwu was believed to have stepped on toes of army officers in his capacity as a military intelligence officer and even clashed with the minister of state for the army, Ibrahim Tako Galadima, also known as Galadima Bida.

Both of us in the North (himself and Major T. C. Onwuatuegwu) did our best. And they will long to be together. He will always come to our house for steaming hot meal of pounded yam. “We promise that you will no more be ashamed to say that you are a Nigerian,” he stated emphatically. Major Chukwuma Kaduna Nzeogwu died in the final week of July 1967. Conscription by Nzeogwu meant being taken to the front line and faced with grave danger. He was later re-posted to the 5th Battalion in Kaduna, the land of his birth, where he became friends with Olusegun Obasanjo. However after his release his activities were curtailed. He attended Saint Joseph's Catholic Primary School in Kaduna for his elementary education and for his secondary education he attended the competitive Saint John's College in Kaduna. You know Major Chukwuma Kaduna Nzeogwu had all of the Premier’s wives, servants and wards brought out and asked them to sit down on the floor. Teslim Opemipo Omipidan is an award winning Nigerian journalist, poet, writer, historian and founder of OldNaija.com. He was free, so I put him through.

In time, we shall have complete unity.

The Prime minister, a federal minister, two regional premiers and top army officers from the northern and western regions of the nation were brutally murdered.

He then advised Akintola that since he was certain that it was going happen, to go back to his people and brief them to get prepared to fight. Conscription by Nzeogwu meant being taken to the front line and faced with grave danger. Kindly give us credit and backlink. We believed that he was a genuine patriotic officer who organised the 1966 coup with the best of intentions who was let down by his collaborators.

Akilu quickly dressed up and drove to M.D. OldNaija Historical Exhibition Project. “Later that night, after breaking of the day’s fast, the famous musician, Dan Kwairo, was around till about 10.30 pm, as he had come to entertain the Premier. He would impulsively conscript other soldiers to join him during these raids. The soldiers said if they were not told who Ahmadu Bello was in the group, they would shoot everyone. Shey you don hear, abeg no thief our contents o!

A personality cult bordering on hero worship grew up around him in the eastern region and he was being feted as an immortal indestructible warrior. “Akintola said he had come to see the Premier and to find out from him whether he was aware that the army would take over the government the following day. With Igbo, Hausa, Yoruba and all other ethnic groups.”. How Major Chukwuma Nzeogwu plotted the 1966 coup and died in ambush near Nsukka in 1967. fter Akintola left, it was too late for Bello to go and play his favourite game, Fives. He is also worried about my popularity among his own people. He was admired for his intelligence, warmth and charm. The interview did not go down well with Ojukwu and Nzeogwu’s words to Ejindu were the last official statements attributed to him before his death. Even though war between Nigeria and Biafra was imminent, in April 1967 Nzeogwu was suspended from all military activities by Ojukwu.

Relations between Ojukwu and Nzeogwu got bad enough for Ojukwu to consider putting Nzeogwu back in prison. Yusuf’s house. One gentleman’s agreement we have is that I can carry on with whatever pleases me.”.

Patrick Chukwuma Kaduna Nzeogwu hailed from the then Mid-western region town of Okpanam, near Asaba in the present day Anioma area of Delta state. - Major Chukwuman Nzeogwu was a young army officer who plotted the military coup of January 15, 1966 which led to the death of many senior Nigerians, - The prime minister, a federal minister, two regional premiers and top army officers from were brutally murdered in the coup, - He was killed during the Nigerian civil war, flown to Kaduna and was giving full military burial following the orders of the then military president, Yakubu Gowon. Domkat Bali referred to him as: “a nice, charismatic and disciplined officer, highly admired and respected by his colleagues.

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