A MOMENT IN HISTORY
1966 Nigerian coup d'etat
1966 CE · Nigeria, Africa · War
On 15 January 1966, soldiers led by Kaduna Nzeogwu and four others carried out a military putsch, killing 22 people, including Prime Minister Abubakar Tafawa Balewa and Northern Premier Ahmadu Bello, many senior politicians, senior Army officers and their wives, and sentinels on protective duty.
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