January 1966-kii, wuxuu noqday madaxa ugu da'da yar ciidamada Nigeria isagoo 31 jir ah, maxaa yeelay afgambi milatari ayaa dhacay
koox ka tirsan saraakiisha hoose ee Major Chukwuma Kaduna Nzeogwu ayaa hogaamiyay in la rido dowlada rayidka ah ee Nigeria. Intii lagu guda jiray afgambigan, inta badan hogaamiyaasha waqooyiga iyo galbeedka ayaa la dilay, oo ay ku jiraan Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa, Ra'iisul Wasaaraha Nigeria; Sir Ahmadu Bello, Sardauna of Sokoto iyo Ra'iisul Wasaaraha Gobolka Waqooyiga; iyo Samuel Akintola, Ra'iisul Wasaaraha Gobolka Galbeedka, Lt Col Arthur Unegbe iyo kuwo kale oo badan. Kornayl Gowon wuxuu ka soo laabtay koorsadiisa Dugsiga Shaqaalaha Wadajirka ah, Latimer UK laba maalmood ka hor afgambiga - imaatin goor dambe ah oo laga yaabo inuu ka saaray liiska dilka shirqoolayaasha. Guulaha qarnigii labaatanaad ee arrimaha adduunka tan iyo 1919 iyo guuldaradii ka dambaysay ee Major General Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi (oo ahaa madaxa dowladda ka dib afgambigii Janaayo 1966 - oo uu la socday Gowon oo ahaa Madaxa Shaqaalaha) si uu ula kulmo dalabaadka Waqooyiga ee ku saabsan dacwadaynta afgambiyeyaasha ayaa sii huriyay cadhada Waqooyiga. Waxaa jiray taageero muhiim ah oo loogu talagalay afgambiyaasha gobolka Bari iyo sidoo kale saxaafadda "Lagos-Ibadan" ee garabka bidix.