The Impact of Military Rule on Nigeria’s Nation Building, 1966-1979
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...The coup of 15/1/1966 and the counter coup of July 1966 was a clear indication of regional politics within the army which was not good for building a young state like Nigeria (Abdulrahman, 2014)....
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"The Impact of Military Rule on Nige..." refers background in this paper
...…resulted in the assassination of Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa (Prime Minister), Chief Okotie Eboh (Federal Minister for Finance), and Sir Ahmadu Bello and Chief S.L. Akintola (Premiers of North and West respectively) as well as majority of officers above the rank of majors (Michael Crowder, 1980)....
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...However, despite his reservations about Gowon’s position, Ojukwu did agree at first to treat with the new regime (Michael Crowder, 1980)....
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...It was reported that the first sign of trouble for Ironsi regime started from Ahmadu Bellow University where it was alleged that a group of expatriate and Nigerian lecturers were instigating Northern students against the Southerners (Michael Crowder, 1980)....
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...(Michael Crowder, 1980) It could therefore be stated that the country was greatly helped by the new-found wealth that came from oil....
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...And to agree with the decision to use ‘Police Action, Ogoja and Nsuka were captured on 11 th and 15 th July respectively, and eleven days later on the 26 th , the oil terminal at Bonny was occupied by federal forces (Michael Crowder, 1980)....
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