Kammala jumla mai zuwa: A cikin 1960, Tarayyar Najeriya ta sami 'yanci daga Daular Burtaniya, daga baya ta zama Jamhuriyar Najeriya ta Farko a karkashin gwamnatin majalisa ta Abubakar Tafawa Balewa. A wannan lokacin, bangarorin hagu a cikin gwamnatocin yankuna na Yammacin Turai da Gabas sun kafa wani shiri na ƙauyukan gonaki, bisa tsarin Kibbutz, da niyyar sake ƙirƙirar rayuwar al'umma kafin mulkin mallaka. Waɗannan ƙauyukan da ke gudanar da kansu sun ƙunshi manoma da danginsu da ke zaune a kan haɗin kai, inda ake gudanar da kayan aikin gama gari kuma ana rarraba kayan da aka samar daidai tsakanin mazauna, yayin da aka yi musayar amfanin gona ta hanyar hadin gwiwa. Duk da haka, ka'idodin daidaito na shirin sun ƙare bayan da aka rushe Jamhuriyar Farko a cikin "
Juyin mulki", wanda ya kafa mulkin soja na farko na Najeriya a karkashin Babban Majalisar Sojoji, wanda Yakubu Gowon ya jagoranta. Juyin mulkin ya biyo bayan juyin mulki da kuma zanga-zangar anti-Igbo, wanda aka kiyasta cewa an kashe dubban 'yan kabilar Igbo, tare da wasu' yan kabilar Igbos miliyan 1 da suka tsere daga yankin Arewa zuwa yankin Gabas.