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The household of the archetypal subject Head of State, General Aguiyi Ironsi, has demanded an apology and compensation from the Federal Government of Nigeria implicit the assassination of the son.
Head of the family, Imo Aguiyi-Ironsi, who is the nephew of the deceased, made the request erstwhile helium appeared arsenic a impermanent successful an interrogation connected Arise Television’s ‘Prime Time’ connected Thursday.
He said described the erstwhile Head of State arsenic a detribalized, bully person and a antheral of vision, decrying that helium lone occupied the spot for lone six months earlier helium was killed.
According to him, determination was nary sincere apology from the Nigerian Government for the assassination of their son, who ne'er committed immoderate crime.
“The lone transgression helium committed was that helium was the astir elder serviceman astatine the time. And helium was called upon to instrumentality implicit aft the coup. He did nary instrumentality portion successful the coup. He accepted the telephone to service his fatherland earlier helium was gruesomely assassinated.
“After helium was assassinated, radical moved on. The household needs to beryllium compensated, fixed a sincere apology, and reconciliation,” helium said.
DAILY POST reports that Aguyi Ironsi became Nigeria’s Head of State aft the 1966 coup, which dissolved the parliamentary strategy of authorities Nigeria was practicing.
The coup led to the sidesplitting of the Nigeria’s Prime Minister, Alhaji Abubakar Tafawa Balewa and ...
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