Deuce Aquaberry

NIGERIAL MEMORIAL  ... With days and months approaching January 15th, Major Chukwuemeka Kaduna Nzeogwu Explored beyond the Areas sorrounding the official Lodge of the Northern Region Premier: the Sardauna of Sokoto Ahmadu Bello, Collecting Vital informations by Observation and other detection methods, and duely Noted the premier's security formation and movements... This, Nzeogwu did, by often taking his men on a night-time training exercise known as “Exercise Damisa.”.. the Military Boys who took part in Exercise Damisa were at ease participating in these military exercise as they saw it as a routine military training but unknown to them it was a actually Major Military Training to stage a military coup to overthrow the Government.  - COUP D'ETAT  In the early hours of January 15th 1966, Nzeogwu turned “Exercise Damisa” into a full-blown military coup. NOTE: Nzeogwu, Not trusting soldiers from the 2nd Brigade in Kaduna whose commander; Brigad...

NIGERIA MEMORIAL...  January 15th, 1966, the first Nigeria Military coup took place.. However, the actions and motivations of the principal actors remain a subject of misinterpretations for years.. That's where i come in. My intention is to describe accurately and to bring to your understanding, the political implication and cause of the sequence of events that led to the untold tragedies of 1966 and the after effect of series of Bloodbath that plunged Nigeria into a state of anarchy!!! ... NIGERIA MEMORIAL..  A research work done by - Deuce Aquaberry

...At these time the country was in a mess... following scandalous elections that were marred by massive rigging, thuggery, intimidation, and murder, and corruption was at the heights and drew public condemnation as the ostentatious lifestyle of government ministers such as Chief Festus Okotie-Eboh raised eyebrows. Festus Okotie-Eboh  (1919-1966) was a  Nigerian  politician and former  Minister of Finance  There were rumblings of possible military coup as early as 1964.  Then President Azikiwe had openly called on the army to intervene to break the political deadlock in the country after he refused to call Balewa to form a new government following scandalous elections that were marred by massive rigging, thuggery, intimidation, and murder. The heads of the army, navy, and air force all met with Azikiwe and made it clear that they would not intervene.  Azikiwe therefore eventually called on Balewa to form a new government after the n...

...The NPC government decided to authorise a massive security crackdown to curb the lawlessness in the West so the Ibadan-based 4th Battalion of the army (commanded by Lt-Col Abogo Largema) was deployed to restore order of which most of the soldiers in the 4th Battalion were of northern origin and the battalion itself was perceived as being pro-NPC and highly politicised.  but to carry out the crackdown, the government first had to reshuffle the upper echelons of the security establishment. Inspector-General of Police Louis Edet The Inspector-General of Police Louis Edet from the eastern part of the country was sent on leave and replaced by Kam Salem from the North.  The army’s General Officer Commanding: Major-General Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi also from the eastern part was also to be sent on indefinite leave and replaced by Brigadier Maimalari, another Northerner.  These reshuffles (by fault or design) would result in the replacement of two eastern ...

Chief Samuel Akintola Tafewa Balewa After Nigeria gained independence from the UK, its domestic politics TRIED to emulate that of its former colonial master by adopting a Westminster-style, parliamentary democracy.  There the similarities ended.  Instead of the cultured debate and sophisticated party political culture of the UK, Nigeria’s politics fragmented on regional and ethnic lines.  Due to the splitting of the country into three geopolitical regions, party politics (and political parties) took on the identity and ideology of each of the three regions.  The Northern Region was represented by the Northern People’s Congress (NPC) whose motto of “one north, one people” gave a realistic and accurate assessment of its objectives.  Southerners viewed the NPC as the party of the Hausa-Fulani.  The Western Region’s dominant party was the Yoruba-led Action Group (AG) and the East’s the National Council of Nigerian Citizens (NCNC), which was control...