On Monday, January 17, 1966, Major-General Johnson Thomas Umunnakwe Aguiyi-Ironsi held his first press conference following the military coup. Speaking from the Parliament Buildings in Lagos, Ironsi outlined how Nigeria would henceforth be governed under the newly established Supreme Military Council. He also responded to questions from a group of local and international journalists. Two days earlier, on January 15, 1966, a violent military mutiny led by Major Chukwuma Kaduna Nzeogwu and other y

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