Ka kammala wannan magana: Mutane dari uku 'yan kabilar Igbo ne suka mutu a rikicin Jos. A shekara ta 1953 irin wannan tarzoma ta faru a Kano daga baya. Shekaru goma bayan haka a cikin 1964 kuma yayin rikicin siyasar Yammacin ya raba Yankin Yammacin lokacin da Ladoke Akintola ya yi karo da Obafemi Awolowo. Rahotanni da yawa game da zamba sun lalata halattaccen zaɓen. Mutanen Yammacin Turai musamman sun yi fushi da mamayar siyasa ta Majalisar Dokokin Arewa, wanda da yawa daga cikin 'yan takararsa suka yi takara ba tare da adawa ba a zaben. Rikicin ya bazu ko'ina cikin ƙasar kuma wasu sun fara tserewa daga Arewa da Yamma, wasu zuwa Dahomey. Bayyanannen rinjaye na tsarin siyasa ta Arewa, da hargitsi da ke barkewa a duk faɗin ƙasar, ya motsa abubuwa a cikin sojoji don yin la'akari da yanke shawara. Gwamnatin tarayya, wacce Arewacin Najeriya ta mamaye ta, ta ba da damar rikicin ya bayyana tare da niyyar ayyana dokar ta baci da sanya Yankin Yamma a karkashin dokar ta baci. Wannan gwamnati ta gwamnatin tarayyar Najeriya ta kasance da yawa ana ganin cin hanci da rashawa. A watan Janairu na shekara ta 1966, yanayin ya canja. A
juyin mulkin soja ya faru a lokacin da wani rukuni na jami'an soja da suka hada da 'yan kabilar Igbo suka kashe shugabannin siyasa 30, ciki har da Firayim Ministan Najeriya, Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa, da Firayim Ministan Arewa, Sir Ahmadu Bello. An kuma kashe manyan jami'ai hudu na Arewa. Nnamdi Azikiwe, Shugaban kasa, na fitowar Igbo, da kuma dan siyasar Yammacin Yammacin Obafemi Awolowo ba a kashe su ba. Kwamandan sojojin, Janar Aguiyi Ironsi ya kwace mulki don kiyaye tsari.