It is fifty-five years, July twenty-nine, 1966 when Nigeria’s first military Head of State, General Johnson Thomas Umunnakwe Aguiyi-Ironsi was killed in a bloody coup. In this special News Commentary, Williams Yamah of our News and Current Affairs Department chronicles the life and times of late General Aguiyi-Ironsi. www.itvradiong.com www.youtube.com/itvradiong www.facebook.com/itvradiong Instagram: @itvng | INDEPENDENT TELEVISION/RADIO
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It is fifty-five years, July twenty-nine, 1966 when Nigeria’s first military Head of State, General Johnson Thomas Umunnakwe Aguiyi-Ironsi was killed in a bloody coup. In this special News Commentary, Williams Yamah of our News and Current Affairs Department chronicles the life and times of late General Aguiyi-Ironsi. www.itvradiong.com www.youtube.com/itvradiong www.facebook.com/itvradiong Instagram: @itvng | INDEPENDENT TELEVISION/RADIO
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