At the time he was born, in the mid-1960s, Nigeria was in crisis. First was the technically flawed military coup of Majors Ifeajuna and Nzeogwu, both Igbos from Eastern Nigeria and their colleagues, which inadvertently thrust power in the hands of Major General Aguiyi Ironsi, also from the East, in
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KEMI AJUMOBI
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