Today 1st of October, 2023 marks Nigeria's 63rd Year of Independence. 63 years after been freed from colonial rule by Britain, Nigeria is indeed standing strong with a population of over 200 million people and an uninterrupted democracy that's already lasted for 24 years not a lot, but for Nigerians it's a milestone considering the 33 years spent in military rule. Now for most people the fore mentioned information is common but there is a much more popular question ask on every Independence Day celebration- how developed is the country since from 1960- it is also no secret that the answer to this question is much more negative than positive. But today we are not going to talk about the development status of the country but rather the most important and glaring issue the country has faced since 1960, "unity". In 1914 the British colonial administration led by Lord Lugard fused together three regions from Western Africa, the conservative Nothern Nigeria Prote
Major Chukwuma Kaduna Nzeogwu "In the name of the Supreme Council of the revolution of the Nigerian armed forces, I declare martial law over the northern provinces of Nigeria". Those were the words that open the speech of major Chukwuma Nzeogwu in which he announced the 15 January 1966 coup. The three major leaders of the 1966 coup are; Major Adewale Ademoyega, Major Emmanuel Ifeajuna and Major Chukwuma Nzeogwu. Ademoyega in his book "Why We Struck" talks about building a great friendship with Nzeogwu and Ifeajuna when he enlisted into the army in 1961. The three politically conscious young men believed in a military revolution to "shake up" the new Nigerian State. Over the years that followed the trio's aspirations solidified into a plot, and as politicians misgovernance worsened, the officers got more recruits into their fold. The plotters plan to strike at the federal capital Lagos, and all four regional capitals namely Kaduna,