Apex Igbo socio-cultural organization, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has commended former Military President, General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida, for his bold and historic assertion that the January 1966 Coup d’état was not an Igbo coup.
Ohanaeze In a statement issued on Sunday by its factional Deputy President-General, Okechukwu Isiguzoro, and made available to newmen said this courageous acknowledgment stands as a crucial milestone in altering the narrative that has unjustly painted the Igbo people as antagonists within the broader scope of Nigeria’s tumultuous political landscape.
The Igbo body stated that IBB’s revelation on the 1966 coup signals a potential cessation of the entrenched vindictiveness, cruelty, and deep-seated animosities directed toward the Igbo Nation over the past five decades.
The statement partly reads “We demand a public and unreserved apology from the President on behalf of past military regimes, particularly that of General Yakubu Gowon, who orchestrated unprovoked bombardments and shellings over Igbo territory during the Nigeria-Biafra War, resulting in immense human suffering and loss.
