Why We Struck Part 4: Inside the January 1966 Coup скачать в хорошем качестве

Why We Struck Part 4: Inside the January 1966 Coup

“There was an officer who was quick to get in touch with us and introduced us to other officers. That officer was Lieutenant Emmanuel Ifeajuna. It was my first time of meeting him. I had earlier learned about him in 1954 when he jumped six feet eight inches and won a gold medal at the Commonwealth Games in Vancouver, Canada. He later graduated in science at the University of Ibadan, joined the Army in 1960, and was commissioned the same year. “Uche also graduated in Economics at the University of Ibadan and both of them had earlier met at that premier institution. Ifeajuna received Uche and me particularly well. We discussed the political turn of events in Nigeria and unanimously came to the conclusion that the military was likely to be the only solution. We later spoke to other officers including Captain Okwechime, who encouraged us to come into the Army. “Later on, when I was alone with Uche, he expressed some misgivings about Ifeajuna being already in the Army. He explained that, during a planned agitation in their days together at the University of Ibadan, Ifeajuna deserted their group in the moment of action. He was, therefore, apprehensive that he (Ifeajuna) might do the same thing again, in the event of a planned military action.” Major Adewale Ademoyega in Why We Struck Order the mentioned books here: udarabooks.com WhatsApp chat: +2348099918449