IBB’S bombshell: Igbo not behind 1966 Coup
•Says Intention to make Awolowo President
•Reveals Igbo Officer, Obienu, Crushed Mutiny
•’Senior Igbo Officers also murdered’
In a historic revelation, 59 years after the 1966 coup, former military leader, General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida, IBB, has absolved the Igbo ethnic group from any blame for the events that led to the military mutiny that ousted then Civilian Administration led by Prime Minister Tafawa Balewa.
Apart from Balewa, others killed by the Coupists include then-premier of northern region, Alhaji Ahmadu Bello; then-premier of western region, Chief Ladoke Akintola and several top Military Officers from the north.
