The military men that ruled Nigeria immediately after the January 1966 military coup that dethroned the first republic’s parliamentary democracy: Maj. Gen. Aguiyi Ironsi (center and Head of State), From left to right – Major Usman Hassan Katsina (Northern Region), Lt. Col. Adekunle Fajuyi (Western Region), Lt. Col. Odumegwu Ojukwu (Eastern Region), and Lt. Col. David Ejoor (Mid Western Region).
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