What the records say
- When
- 15 Jan 1966 – 16 Jan 1966
- Kind
- Coup
- Coordinates
- 9.00° N, 8.00° E
- Description
- violent overthrow of Nigerian government
1966 Nigerian coup d'état
Overthrow of the First Nigerian Republic
On 15 January 1966, soldiers led by Kaduna Nzeogwu and four others carried out a military putsch, killing 22 people, including Prime Minister Abubakar Tafawa Balewa and Northern Premier Ahmadu Bello, many senior politicians, senior Army officers and their wives, and sentinels on protective duty.
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- Wikidata: treaties and coupsWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Cline Center Coup d’État Project v2.2.2Cline Center for Advanced Social Research, University of Illinois · names it “Coup in Nigeria”Creative Commons Attribution 4.0
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “1966 Nigerian coup d'état: A bloody military coup is staged in Nigeria, deposing the civilian government and resulting in the death of Prime Minister Abubakar…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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