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On this episode I'm asking why and how the first Nigerian Coup Happened in January 15 1966?

I decided to look for answers myself. I pulled from authors like Max Siollun among a few others and later reached out to a friend, today's guest, Eyilola Ajibola. We exchanged resources and decided to have this conversation on the podcast with the goal of answering some of our questions on record and piecing together the seismic events that have shaped the country we see today.

In order to understand the motives for the January 15 1966 coup, we start on the political climate in 1960 by discussing the 3 major political (also regional parties), who formed them ? And what informed their ideologies and alliances?

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Music Credits

2TAP Intro & Outro Tune by 1705muzik

Intro Song : Falz - This is Nigeria

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References

1. Oil Politics and Violence: Nigeria's Military Coup Culture 1966 - 1976 by Max Siollun
2. Class Ethnicity and the Democratic State: Nigeria, 1950 - 1966 by Larry Diamond
3. Party Coalitions in Nigeria: History, Trends and Prospects by Anthony Akinola
4. Leadership Crisis and Political Instability in Nigeria, 1964 - 1966: the Personalities, the Parties and the Policies a Review by Emmanuel Oladipo Ojo
5. Nigerian Political Parties: Power in an Emergent African Nation by Robert L. Sklar
6. A History of Nigeria by Toyin Falola & Matthew M. Heaton