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THE NIGERIAN CIVIL WAR CRISIS OF 1967-70 — Government Keypoint

THE NIGERIAN CIVIL WAR CRISIS OF 1967-70

REMOTE CAUSES:

  1. The structural imbalance of the federation.
  2. The regional orientation of its politics.
  3. The abolition of the four regions by General Aguiyi Ironsi on May 24th 1966 and the declaration of unitary state.
  4. The politicization of the army.
  5. The census controversy of 1962.
  6. The general election crisis of 1964 and that of western elections of 1965.

IMMEDIATE CAUSES:

  1. The massive July and September killings of the lgbos in the North.
  2. The breakdown of the Aburi Accord.
  3. Ojukwu’s declaration of Eastern Nigeria as a sovereign State of Biafra on May 30th, 1967.
  4. The imposition of Gowon as the Head of State after the counter coup of 1966 instead of Brigadier Ogundipe.

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