Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Muna January 1966, akava mukuru mukuru wemauto muduku zvikurusa weNigeria pazera remakore 31, nemhaka yokuti
Kuchinja kwechiuto kwakaitwa neboka revakuru vakuru vechidiki vaitungamirirwa naMajor Chukwuma Kaduna Nzeogwu kwakatungamira mukukundwa kwehurumende yevagari vemuNigeria. Mukufamba kwechiitiko ichi, vatungamiri vazhinji vekuchamhembe nekumadokero vakaurayiwa, kusanganisira Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa, Mutungamiri weNigeria; Sir Ahmadu Bello, Sardauna weSokoto uye Mutungamiri weNorthern Region; uye Samuel Akintola, Mutungamiri weWestern Region, Lt Col Arthur Unegbe nevamwe vakawanda. Mutevedzeri wemukuru wemauto panguva iyoyo VaGowon vakadzoka kubva kuchikoro chavo kuJoint Staff College, Latimer UK mazuva maviri pamberi pekuparadzwa - kusvika kunonoka uko kungangodaro kwakamubvisa kubva kune vanoronga kuronga. Kubudirira kwezana ramakore rechimakumi maviri munyaya dzenyika kubvira muna 1919 uye kukundikana kwakazotevera kwaMajor General Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi (uyo aive mukuru wenyika mushure meJanuary 1966 coup-naGowon mukuru wevashandi vake) kuti asangane nezvido zveNorthern zvekutongwa kwevanopandukira hurumende zvakatowedzera kutsamwa kweNorthern. Paive nerutsigiro rwakakosha rwevagadziri ve coup kubva kuEastern Region pamwe neakawanda-kuruboshwe "Lagos-Ibadan" press.