The January 1966 Coup: Competing Interpretations Of Nzeogwu’s Motives & The Death Of Ahmadu Bello

A Question That Continues to Shape Nigerian History MORE than six decades after Nigeria’s first military coup, one question continues to generate intense historical debate: Why did Major Patrick Chukwuma Kaduna Nzeogwu and his fellow coup plotters target Sir Ahmadu Bello, the Sardauna of Sokoto and Premier of the Northern Region? The answer has remained […]

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