The Senator representing Abia North senatorial district, Orji Uzor Kalu has presented a fresh perspective on the controversial 1966 coup, arguing that it was not an “Igbo coup” as widely perceived and alleging that former President Olusegun Obasanjo was involved but distanced himself from it.
Papers News reports that Kalu made these remarks while reacting to the newly launched book Journey in Service, authored by former Head of State Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida (IBB).
The book, which has stirred debates across Nigeria, challenges the long-standing narrative that the coup led by Major Kaduna Nzeogwu was an Igbo-driven plot.