The leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has instructed his lawyers to take legal action against anyone who refers to the 1966 military coup as an “Igbo coup”.
Kanu said only two Igbos were involved in the incident.
This development was disclosed by IPOB’s lawyer, Aloy Ejimakor, following a routine meeting with Kanu at the Department of State Services (DSS) facility in Abuja.
Ejimakor revealed that Kanu wants his lawyers to prosecute those who perpetuate the false narrative that the 1966 coup was an “Igbo coup”.
Ejimakor shared a list of the 1966 coup plotters and their ethnicities, highlighting that out of 14 plotters, only two were Igbo.
He said, “At today’s visitation with #MNK, he instructed us as his team of lawyers to take vigorous legal action against any person or entity that henceforth refers to the unnecessary 1966 coup as an Igbo coup. Full list of the 1966 coup plotters & their ethnicities are as follows:
1. Major Chukwuma Nzeogwu — IGBO
2. Major Adewale Ademoyega — YORUBA
3. Major E. Ifeajuna — IGBO
4. Capt. G. Adeleke — YORUBA
5. Capt. Gibson Jalo — BALI
6. Capt. Swanton — MIDDLE BELT
7. Lt. Fola Oyewole — YORUBA
8. Lt. R. Egbiko — ESAN
9. Lt. T. Katsina — HAUSA/FULANI
10. Lt. O. Olafemiyan — YORUBA
11. Lt. Hope Eghagha — URHOBO
12. Lt. Dag Warribor — IJAW
13. 2nd Lt. Saleh Dambo — HAUSA
14. 2nd Lt. John Atom Kpera — TIV
“Out of 14, ONLY 2 were Igbo; why Igbo traducers & Igbophobic falsifiers of history tagged it “IGBO COUP” only God knows.
“Such unfounded and unjustifiable hatred is why MAZI NNAMDI KANU is in detention without trial. Being the quintessential leader that he is, he doesn’t want any Igbo person to go through what he has experienced at the hands of the judiciary in Nigeria.”
