Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - A cikin Janairu 1966 kasa coup d'état
A cikin watan Nuwamba na shekara ta 2015, wani rukuni na jami'an soji, karkashin jagorancin Manjo Chukwuma Nzeogwu, ya kifar da gwamnatin tsakiya da na yanki, ya kashe firaminista, Abubakar Tafawa Balewa kuma ya yi kokarin karbe iko da gwamnati. Janar Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi ya yi adawa da Nzeogwu, ya kama shi kuma ya daure shi. An nada Janar Aguiyi-Ironsi a matsayin Shugaban Sojoji.