Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Na Jenụwarị afọ 1966, ọ ghọrọ onye isi ndị agha Naịjirịa nke kachasị nta mgbe ọ dị afọ 31, n'ihi na a
Ọchịchị ndị agha nke otu ndị ọrụ gọọmentị nọ n'okpuru Major Chukwuma Kaduna Nzeogwu mere ka a kwatuo gọọmentị ndị nkịtị nke Naijiria. N'oge a na-eme ngagharịiwe a, e gburu ọtụtụ ndị isi ndị ugwu na ndị ọdịda anyanwụ, gụnyere Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa, Praịm Minista Naijiria; Sir Ahmadu Bello, Sardauna nke Sokoto na Praịm Minista nke Mpaghara Ugwu; na Samuel Akintola, Praịm Minista nke Mpaghara Ọdịda Anyanwụ, Lt Col Arthur Unegbe na ọtụtụ ndị ọzọ. Mgbe ahụ, Lieutenant Colonel Gowon si n'ụlọ akwụkwọ ya na Joint Staff College, Latimer UK lọta ụbọchị abụọ tupu ọgbaghara ahụ - ọbịbịa oge nke nwere ike ịhapụ ya na ndepụta ndị na-agba izu. Ihe ịga nke ọma na narị afọ nke iri abụọ na ụwa ụwa kemgbe 1919 na ọdịda nke Major General Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi (onye bụ onye isi ala mgbe Jenuwarị 1966 coup-na Gowon bụ onye isi ndị ọrụ ya) iji mezuo ihe ndị Northern chọrọ maka ikpe ndị coup planners kpasuru iwe Northern. E nwere nkwado dị ukwuu maka ndị na-agba izu na mpaghara Ọwụwa Anyanwụ yana ọtụtụ ndị aka ekpe "Lagos-Ibadan".