An Inside Story of Nigeria's First Military Coup – January 15, 1966. #HistoryVille
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Video Credits: Adeyinka Makinde, Nigerian History Channel, videvo.net
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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