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1 giorno fa · Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi, an Igbo and loyalist head of the Nigerian Army, suppressed coup operations in the South and he was declared head of state on 16 January after the surrender of the majors. [15] In the end though, the majors were not in the position to embark on this political goal.
- Southeastern Nigeria
- Dissolution of the Republic of Biafra
- Nigerian victory
2 ago 2024 · The coup resulted in the murder of Nigeria's first military Head of State General Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi and Lt Colonel Adekunle Fajuyi (who was hosting a visiting Aguiyi-Ironsi) in Ibadan by disgruntled northern non-commissioned officers (NCOs).
- 28 July-1 August 1966
- Nigeria
26 lug 2024 · A military administration was set up under Maj. Gen. Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi, but his plan to abolish the regions and impose a unitary government met with anti-Igbo riots in the north.
3 giorni fa · Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi was commissioned as early as 1949 (with the result that he later became the first Nigerian General Officer Commanding of the Army and the first military head of state), but the number of African officers rose only slowly during the 1950s.
4 giorni fa · The Majors’ failure to arrest or kill the General Officer Commanding (GOC) the Nigerian Army: Major-General Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi, has led some to believe that he was part of, or was at the very least tipped off about, the coup plot.
3 ago 2024 · A former Nigerian, Head of State, Yakubu Gowon, on Sunday commiserated with the family of the first Military Head of State, the late Major General Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi, over the death of...
18 lug 2024 · “The Gowon Regime,” in Nigeria: A Country Study, note 57 (“By 1964 Nigerian army units, under General Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi’s command, formed the backbone of the UN force”).
