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IBB’s Book Hints On How Aguyi-Ironsi Caused Tension Between Gowon, Ojukwu

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Last updated: February 23, 2025 4:31 pm
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The Recently Launched Memoir of Former military Head of State, Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida, IBB, has equally hints that there was tension between former military Head of State, Yakubu Gowon and the late Biafra warlord, Emeka Odumegwu Ojukwu.

Babangida said Gowon’s emergence as Head of State brought about the tension with Ojukwu.

He disclosed that Ojukwu rejected Gowon’s emergence, saying in the absence of the killed Aguyi-Ironsi, a senior Army officer like Brigadier Babafemi Ogundipe should have been made the head of State.

The former military ruler disclosed this in his memoir, ‘A Journey in Service’.

“The emergence of Lt-Col. Gowon as the new Commander-in-Chief of the Nigerian Armed Forces marked the beginning of the tension between Gowon and Lt-Col. Emeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu.

“In an early morning broadcast from Enugu, Ojukwu rejected Gowon’s emergence as Head of State, insisting that in the absence of Aguiyi-Ironsi, the most senior Nigerian Army officer in the person of Brigadier Babafemi Ogundipe, should be Head of State and Commander-in-Chief.

“The state of national tension increased. Eager to restore confidence in the country, Lt-Col. Gowon assembled regional politicians, dubbed Leaders of Thought, to fashion a way forward for the country.

“Then, he turned his attention to the military, making a few tactical changes. Those changes were detailed enough to affect younger officers like me.

“In early August, I was transferred from the ‘A’ Squadron Reconnaissance Unit in Kaduna to the ‘B’ Squadron
in Abeokuta,” Babangida wrote.

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