Don Okafor

Don Okafor
Rayuwa
Sana'a

Manjo Donatus Okafor (ya rasu a cikin watan Yulin 1966) hafsan sojan Najeriya ne, Kwamandan Rundunar Soja ta Tarayya, kuma ɗaya daga cikin manyan waɗanda suka shirya juyin mulkin ranar 15 ga watan Janairun 1966, lamarin da ya kawo cikas ga dimokuraɗiyyar Najeriya da ta ɓullo da mulkin soja a Najeriya.

Rayuwar farko

An haifi Okafor a garin Kaduna kuma ya iya Hausa sosai. An ruwaito cewa mahaifinsa yana da sana’a a Kano kuma mahaifiyarsa ƴar Tiv ce.

Sana'a

Okafor ya shiga aikin sojan Najeriya ne a matsayin jami’in da ba na kwamishina ba (NCO) kuma ya samu gajeriyar horon hidima a Mons Officer Cadet School a Aldershot, Ingila a 1959.

Shiga cikin juyin mulkin Janairu 15, 1966

A matsayinsa na kwamandan rundunonin tsaro na tarayya, rundunar da ke da alhakin samar da tsaro ga Firimiyan Najeriya Abubakar Tafawa Balewa, Okafor na da matuƙar muhimmanci ga masu yunƙurin juyin mulkin ranar 15 ga watan Janairun 1966, duba da irin saninsa na ƙut-da-ƙut da firaminista ke yi. Okafor yana da dangantaka ta sirri da Firayim Minista kuma an ɗauke shi ɗan gidan Balewa.

A daren 15 ga watan Janairun 1966, Manjo Okafor ya jagoranci sojojin gwamnatin tarayya zuwa gidan Birgediya Zakariya Maimalari da ke Thompson Avenue a Ikoyi. Ƙungiyar dai ba ta yi nasara ba, kuma Maimalari ya tsallake rijiya da baya tare da yi wa wani mai yunƙurin juyin mulki Emmanuel Ifeajuna hannu, wanda Maimalari bai sani ba yana cikin wannan maƙarƙashiyar kuma shi ne Brigade na Maimalari. Emmanuel Ifeajuna da Laftanar Ezedigbo na biyu sun bindige Maimalari. Marubuci Max Siollu, ya lura cewa PM Balewa da ya ga kisan Maimalari saboda Ifeajuna ya sace shi da wuri da yamma.

Janar Aguiyi-Ironsi ne ya tsare Okafor a gidan yarin Abeokuta saboda rawar da ya taka a juyin mulkin ranar 15 ga watan Janairun 1966.

Mutuwa

Sojoji ƴan asalin Arewa da suka yi mubayi’a a lokacin juyin mulkin Yuli sun shiga gidan yarin Abeokuta inda aka tsare Okafor. An azabtar da shi kuma a cewar wasu bayanan maharan sun binne shi da rai.