It is fifty-five years, July twenty-nine, 1966 when Nigeria’s first military Head of State, General Johnson Thomas Umunnakwe Aguiyi-Ironsi was killed in a bloody coup. In this special News Commentary, Williams Yamah of our News and Current Affairs Department chronicles the life and times of late General Aguiyi-Ironsi. www.itvradiong.com www.youtube.com/itvradiong www.facebook.com/itvradiong Instagram: @itvng | INDEPENDENT TELEVISION/RADIO
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Major-General Aguiyi Ironsi becomes Nigeria's First Military Head of State following the January 15, 1966 military coup. Major General Johnson Thomas Umunnakwe Aguiyi-Ironsi (3 March 1924 – 29 July 1966) was a senior Nigerian military officer and second Nigerian Head of State. He seized power in the ensuing chaos following the January 15, 1966 military coup, serving as the Nigerian Head of State from 16 January 1966 until his murder on 29 July 1966 by a group of mutinous Northern army soldiers w
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