Gowon’s chilling account of how Nigeria slid into military rule

…recalls the fear, bloodshed, betrayals that destroyed the First Republic By Luminous Jannamike The Atlantic waters were calm, but the conversations aboard the Elder Dempster liner MV Apapa were anything but. As the ship sailed from Liverpool toward West Africa in January 1966, a young Nigerian military officer, Yakubu Gowon, found himself surrounded by anxious passengers […] The post Gowon’s chilling account of how Nigeria slid into military rule appeared first on Vanguard News .

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