1966 Nigerian coup d'etat

Ne zaman

15 Oca 1966 – 16 Oca 1966

Tür

Darbe

Koordinatlar

9.00° N, 8.00° E

Description

violent overthrow of Nigerian government

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)Kaynak sayfası
• Cline Center Coup d’État Project v2.2.2Cline Center for Advanced Social Research, University of Illinois · “Coup in Nigeria” adını veriyorCreative Commons Attribution 4.0
• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · “1966 Nigerian coup d'état: A bloody military coup is staged in Nigeria” adını veriyorCreative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Kaynak sayfası