Details of the brutal assassination of Aguiyi-ironsi: 50 years ago, a group of Arewa militants led by Major Theophilus Danjuma committed a terrible act of treason

Aguiyi-ironsi: 50 years ago, a group of Arewa militants led by Major Theophilus Danjuma committed a terrible act of treason

• Video of Ironsi's burial
• Ironsi's ADC's complicity
• How Major Theophilus Danjuma and other Arewa militants penetrated the Western Nigerian Governor’s lodge in Ibadan
• How Gowon betrayed Ironsi at the crucial minute

Fifty years ago, on a Friday night at the Western Nigerian Governor’s lodge in Ibadan, a group of soldiers led by Major Theophilus Danjuma committed a terrible act of treason. They accosted their Commander-in-chief, Major-General Johnson Umunnakwe Aguiyi-Ironsi, Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces and Military Head of state of Nigeria only six months in the making, stripped him of his epaulettes and his swagger stick shaped in the form of the Crocodile, and proceeded to arrest him and his host, the Military Governor of the West, Colonel Francis Adekunle Fajuyi.

Photo of Biafran nationalists charged for treason for peacefully protesting on the streets of Port Harcourt

Photo of Biafran nationalists charged for treason for peacefully protesting on the streets of Port Harcourt

This is the picture of the Biafran nationalists under the aegis of Indigenous People Of Biafra (IPOB), who have been unlawfully  detained by the Nigeria Government, for protesting peacefully and calling for the release Nnamdi Kanu.

Police arraign 20 pro Biafra supporters for treason

Police arraign 20 pro Biafra supporters for treason

Police have charged 20 pro Biafra supporters who were part of the protest by the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Monday, in Port Harcourt, among other things, for treasonable felony at a Magistrate’s court in Port Harcourt.

Chief Magistrate Andrew Jaja remanded the suspects in prison custody and adjourned the matter to Tuesday October 27 for their counsels to argue issues bordering on their bail application.

Try Junaid Mohammed for treason - Igbo think tank charges Buhari

Try Junaid Mohammed for treason - Igbo think tank charges Buhari

Frontline Igbo socio-political groups on Wednesday condemned the convener of the Coalition of Northern Politicians, Academics, Professionals and Businessmen, Junaid Mohammed, for asking Ndigbo to break away from Nigeria if they feel marginalised.