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Moved by revelations made by former military Head of State, General Ibrahim Babangida (rtd), that the 1966 coup was not an Igbo coup, an Igbo group, Njiko Igbo Forum, has demanded N100 trillion from the Nigerian Government on account of the injustice suffered by Igbo people from 1966 till date.

Babangida had, in his new book, ‘A Journey in Service’, released last week, exonerated Igbo as plotters of the coup.

Reacting to the development, Njiko Igbo, an affiliate of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, in a statement by its President, Rev. Okechukwu Obioha, therefore, asked members of the National Assembly from the South-East to come up with a bill for a N100 trillion compensation to be paid to Igbo for the injustices suffered as a result of the wrong impression.

“This is compensation for the rejection, hate, marginalisation, pogrom/genocide and millions killed during the civil war, economic losses due to destruction of properties, businesses, seized properties, and so on, as a result of the false narrative.

“It is now very clear that the Commanders and leaders of the January coup of 1966, popularly characterised as an ‘Igbo coup’, were Kaduna Nzeogwu (Delta), Adewale Ademoyega (Yoruba), Capt. G. Adeleke (Yoruba), Lt. Fola Oyewole (Yoruba), Emmanuel Ifeajuna (Igbo), Lt. Tijani Katsina (Hausa), Capt. Gibson Jalo (Niger Delta) and Lt. O. Olafemiyan (Yoruba)”, the group said.

It added that more revelations have emerged that the coup was meant to free Obafemi Awolowo from prison and install him as Nigeria’s Prime Minister.

https://guardian.ng/politics/ibb-revelation-igbo-group-demands-n100tr-compensation-for-ndigbo/