Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Muna 1963, rudzi rwacho rwakaumba republic yefederal, Azikiwe ari purezidhendi waro wokutanga. Kusaenzana uye uori hunoonekwa hwehurongwa hwesarudzo uye hwezvematongerwe enyika zvakatungamirira kukudhonzwa kwemauto maviri muna 1966. Nhamba
Chibharo chekutanga chaive muna Ndira 1966 uye chakatungamirwa kunyanya nemasoja eIgbo pasi paMajors Emmanuel Ifeajuna naChukwuma Kaduna Nzeogwu. Vavhiringidzi vakabudirira kuuraya Sir Ahmadu Bello naAbubakar Tafawa Balewa pamwe nevatungamiriri vane mukurumbira veNorthern Region uye zvakare Mutungamiriri Samuel Akintola weWestern Region, asi vapanduki vakaedza kuumba hurumende yepakati. Mutungamiri weSeneti Nwafor Orizu akapa hurumende kutonga kuuto, pasi pemutungamiri weimwe mukuru weIgbo, General Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi. Gare gare, kupandukira kwe1966, kwakatsigirwa zvikurukuru nevakuru vemauto okuchamhembe, kwakabatsira kusimuka kwaYakubu Gowon somukuru wemauto ehurumende. Kunetsana kwakamuka pakati pekuchamhembe nekumaodzanyemba; maIgbos mumaguta ekuchamhembe akatambudzwa uye vazhinji vakatizira kuEastern Region.