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How I Arrested Aguiyi Ironsi And Took His Crocodile Staff – Danjuma - Thepodiummedia

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Fifty-three years ago, 29 July 1966 to be precise, Major General Aguiyi Ironsi (Iron Side for style), Head of State and Lt. Col. Adekunle Fajuyi, Military Governor of Western Region, were, in a coup d’etat, abducted and assassinated by soldiers in Ibadan where the two were holding a meeting with traditional rulers. General Theophilus Danjuma, who had earlier been in the entourage of the Nigerian leader from Lagos, was the one who went in to arre…
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The Podium Media broke the news in on Friday, August 15, 2025.
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