January 15, 1966: An Inside Story of Nigeria's First Military Coup

An Inside Story of Nigeria's First Military Coup – January 15, 1966. #HistoryVille

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Video Credits: Adeyinka Makinde, Nigerian History Channel, videvo.net

TIMESTAMPS

00:00 Intro

01:14 A Background on Nigeria’s First Military Coup

07:20 The Coup Plotters – the January Boys

08:10 Were they Five Majors?

10:45 The ideology of the January Boys

12:10 How the January Coup happened

20:08 Who led Nigeria’s First Military Coup?

21:52 An Igbo Coup?

25:58 The Nigerian Army hierarchy as of January 15, 1966

29:43 Did Ironsi know of the coup?

33:17 The Aftermath of Nigeria's First Military Coup

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