Pedzisa mutsara unotevera:
1966 Nigerian coup d'état and the subsequent 1966 Nigerian counter-coup, a wave of resentment and hostility against Igbos because of their involvement in the former coup culminated in the 1966 anti-Igbo pogrom in which 30,000 Igbos and easterners have been estimated to have been killed. Kutevera kuparara kwechirango chemauto uye kuvimba kwakakonzerwa nekuuraya, chimiro chitsva chemauto emudunhu chakaumbwa nematunhu emauto mumatunhu mana (Northern, Western, Mid-Western, uye Eastern) yenyika. Zvisinei, izvi zvakamutsa matambudziko sezvo rudzi rwemauto eMid-Western rwakanga rwakapesana zvikuru nemaIgbos eMid-Western, avo vasina kungoita chikamu chakakura chemauto, asi vanopfuura makumi manomwe neshanu muzana evakuru makumi mana nevaviri veMid-western vaive maIgbo. Mukuedza kudzivirira kushungurudzwa kwesimba, Ejoor akaramba kubvumidza boka raive naYon DaKolo uye Lt. Col. Mike Okwechime kubva mukutenga zvombo, pachinzvimbo chekusarudza kukumbira hurumende yemubatanidzwa zvombo zvakananga, izvo zvavakange vatumira huwandu hushoma hwezvombo zveMark V zvevarwi mazana matatu munzvimbo iyi. Izvi, pamwe chete nokushayikwa kwesimba rokuunganidza mauto matsva akasiya nzvimbo yeMid-Western iri mumamiriro ezvinhu asina simba panguva iyo maBiafrans akapinda muna 1967.