1966 Nigerian coup d'état (January)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/1966_Nigerian_coup_d'état_(January)
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf revolutionary
gptkbp:casualties Ahmadu Bello killed
Prime Minister Abubakar Tafawa Balewa killed
Samuel Akintola killed
Festus Okotie-Eboh killed
gptkbp:country gptkb:Nigeria
gptkbp:date 15 January 1966
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label 1966 Nigerian coup d'état (January)
gptkbp:leader gptkb:Major_Chukwuma_Kaduna_Nzeogwu
gptkb:Major_Emmanuel_Ifeajuna
gptkbp:location gptkb:Ibadan
gptkb:Lagos
Benin City
Enugu
Kaduna
gptkbp:motive political instability
alleged corruption
ethnic tensions
gptkbp:newLeader gptkb:Major_General_Johnson_Aguiyi-Ironsi
gptkbp:opposedBy Nigerian Army loyalists
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:First_Nigerian_Republic
gptkbp:relatedEvent gptkb:Nigerian_Civil_War
gptkb:1966_Nigerian_counter-coup_(July)
gptkbp:result end of First Nigerian Republic
establishment of military government
overthrow of Prime Minister Abubakar Tafawa Balewa
gptkbp:significance first military coup in Nigeria
gptkbp:successor gptkb:1966_Nigerian_counter-coup_(July)
gptkb:Military_government_of_Nigeria_(1966–1979)
gptkbp:target gptkb:Nigerian_government
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:1966_Nigerian_coups_d'état
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6