Cika jumla mai zuwa:
Juyin mulkin Najeriya na 1966 da kuma juyin mulkin Najeriya na 1966 da ya biyo baya, wani tashin hankali da nuna adawa ga Igbos saboda shigarsu cikin juyin mulkin da ya gabata ya ƙare a cikin pogrom na anti-Igbo na 1966 wanda aka kiyasta cewa an kashe Igbos da mutanen gabas 30,000. Bayan lalacewar horo na soja da amincewa da kashe-kashen suka haifar, an kafa sabon tsarin soja na yanki tare da Gundumomin Sojoji a yankuna hudu (Arewa, Yamma, Tsakiyar Yamma, da Gabas) na kasar. Koyaya, wannan ya haifar da matsaloli yayin da tsarin kabilanci na rundunar sojin Mid-Western ya kasance mai tsattsauran ra'ayi ga Igbos na Midwestern, wanda ba wai kawai ya zama babban ɓangare na sojoji ba, amma sama da kashi 75% na jami'an Midwestern 42 su ne Igbo. A yunƙurin hana cin zarafin iko, Ejoor ya ƙi ba da izinin ƙungiyar da ta ƙunshi Yon DaKolo da Laftanar Kanar Mike Okwechime daga shigo da makamai, maimakon haka ya zaɓi ya nemi gwamnatin tarayya ta ba da makamai kai tsaye, wanda suka aika da ƙananan bindigogi na Mark V ga sojoji 300 a yankin. Wannan, tare da rashin ƙoƙari don tara sabbin sojoji sun bar yankin Mid-Western a cikin halin rashin ƙarfi a lokacin da Biafrans suka mamaye a 1967.