My Fellow Nigerians: Recent Episodes
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My Fellow Nigerians is a chronological history of military coup culture in Nigeria from the first coup d'etat of January 15, 1966
The same actors from nine years earlier re-assemble for another coup plot only this time the target is General Yakubu Gowon
The ripple effects of the January 15, 1966 coup continues to be felt in the Nigerian armed forces and by May 1967, Nigeria witness one of the darkest periods in the country's history; the Nigerian - Biafran civil war
As part of the fall out from the January coup, there is great animosity between northern soldiers who want revenge for the killing of their senior colleagues in January and Igbo soldiers who are alleged to have have orchestrated the January coup. A new Head of State emerges in the person of 32 year old Yakubu 'Jack' Gowon.
The soldiers from Northern Nigeria take laws into their own hands and go on a killing spree in response to the January coup
In the aftermath of the January coup, soldiers from the northern region of the country and agitated and hurt especially because they suffer the most casualties. With the assassination of the Prime minister, Sardauna of Sokoto and other top military officers mostly from the northern region, critical questions are beginning to arise. Could the January coup be a plot to by Eastern region to take over power?
Pandora's box chronicles the history of the first military Coup d'etat in Nigerian history which took place on January 15th 1966. A group of disgruntled British trained Nigerian army officers conspired to do something about the dwindling fortunes of the country. Their plan was to arrest some key politicians and top military leaders and revolutionize the country with lofty ideas to a socialist state. However things don't go as planned and their collective actions would come to derail the affairs of the nation plunging it into the dark years of coups, counter coups and military governments for the next 33 years.