1966 Nigerian coup d'état

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf revolutionary
gptkbp:casualties Ahmadu Bello killed
Brigadier Hassan Katsina survived
Brigadier Ralph Shodeinde killed
Brigadier Samuel Ademulegun killed
Brigadier Zakariya Maimalari killed
Colonel Abogo Largema killed
Colonel Kur Mohammed killed
Prime Minister Abubakar Tafawa Balewa killed
Samuel Akintola killed
gptkbp:country gptkb:Nigeria
gptkbp:date 15 January 1966
gptkbp:followedBy Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi's military government
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label 1966 Nigerian coup d'état
gptkbp:leader gptkb:Major_Chukwuma_Kaduna_Nzeogwu
gptkb:Major_Emmanuel_Ifeajuna
gptkbp:location gptkb:Nigeria
gptkbp:perpetrator Nigerian Army officers
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:Nigerian_First_Republic
gptkbp:relatedEvent gptkb:Nigerian_Civil_War
gptkb:July_1966_Nigerian_counter-coup
gptkbp:result Major General Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi becomes Head of State
Overthrow of Prime Minister Abubakar Tafawa Balewa
gptkbp:significance First military coup in Nigeria
Led to July 1966 Nigerian counter-coup
gptkbp:target Nigerian First Republic government
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Ahmadu_Bello
gptkb:Sir_Ahmadu_Bello
gptkb:First_Republic_of_Nigeria
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6