January 15, 1966: An Inside Story of Nigeria’s First Military Coup

An Inside Story of Nigeria’s First Military Coup – January 15, 1966. #HistoryVille Join this channel to become a member: Get Ayomide Akinbode’s latest historical novels on Amazon: and Okadabooks: Subscribe to HistoryVille: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Follow us on Social Media: Facebook: Instagram: Twitter: LinkedIn: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Visit our website for interesting historical articles: Video Credits: Adeyinka Makinde, Nigerian History Channel, TIMESTAMPS 00:00 Intro 01:14 A Background on Nigeria’s First Military Coup 07:20 The Coup Plotters – the January Boys 08:10 Were they Five Majors? 10:45 The ideology of the January Boys 12:10 How the January Coup happened 20:08 Who led Nigeria’s First Military Coup? 21:52 An Igbo Coup? 25:58 The Nigerian Army hierarchy as of January 15, 1966 29:43 Did Ironsi know of the coup? 33:17 The Aftermath of Nigeria’s First Military Coup 36:48 Next Video