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543:'s mutiny and violent coup attempt. He then assumed the position of Head of State of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and Supreme Commander of the Nigerian Armed Forces. However, a few months later, he was toppled in a successful northern coup d'Ă©tat, which was effected on 29 July 1966, and led by Lt. Col.
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Northern minorities at the Willinks minorities Commission in their quest for the creation of a middle belt region, which would have been carved out of the old
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664:'s presidential election on 12 June 1993, Chief Remilekun Fani-Kayode was one of those, who openly wrote about and spoke out strongly against the annulment. He even went to court over the issue. In 1994, the government of General
567:(as he then was). Both men were then whisked away and taken to a road side bush, where they were both stripped naked and shot. Such was the brutality of the northern "revenge" coup of 29 July 1966, that no less than 300
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Nigeria on 15 January 1966, Remilekun Fani-Kayode and a number of other notable figures were all detained by the military government of General
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Premier of the Western Region. Fani-Kayode was brutalised by the mutineers in front of his family and in the presence of his son,
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British colonial authorities for the active and passionate roles played in the struggle against the British. He was elected the leader of the
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army officers and non-commissioned officers were killed. This was due to the fact that, among a number of other grievances, the northern officers were of the view that
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youth wing in 1954. He set up a youth wing for the party, who wore "black shirts" and used the "mosquito" as their emblem to reflect their disdain for
British colonial rule.
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40 years later. He was then whisked away by them to an unknown destination. After leaving Fani-Kayode's home, the mutineers, with Fani-Kayode in their custody, went to the
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and later went on to become the principal of the famous CMS Grammar School in Lagos, serving from 1896 to 1914. This was a missionary school that was founded by Bishop
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General Aguiyi-Ironsi, was further fuelled by the fact that Aguiyi-Ironsi was of Igbo ethnic stock. Forty years after his murder, Aguiyi-Ironsi's son,
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1078:"Nigeria’s Military Coup Culture (1966–1976) – “The Best Book on the Period So Far”"
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