Don Okafor
 Don Okafor | |
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Manjo Donatus Okafor (Ya rasu a cikin watan Yulin shekara ta alif Ɗari tara da sittin da shida miladiyya 1966) hafsan sojan Najeriya ne, Kwamandan Rundunar Soja ta Tarayya, kuma daya daga cikin manyan waɗanda suka shirya juyin mulkin ranar 15 ga watan Janairun 1966, lamarin da ya kawo cikas ga dimokuradiyyar Najeriya da ta bullo da mulkin soja a Najeriya.
Rayuwar farko
[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]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.[1]
Sana'a
[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]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.[2]
Shiga cikin juyin mulkin Janairu 15, 1966
[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]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 matukar muhimmanci ga masu yunkurin 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 dan gidan Balewa.[1]
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. Kungiyar dai ba ta yi nasara ba, kuma Maimalari ya tsallake rijiya da baya tare da yi wa wani mai yunkurin 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.[3]
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.[4]
Mutuwa
[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]Sojoji yan 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.[4][5]
Manazarta
[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Siollun, Max (2009). Oil, Politics and Violence: Nigeria's Military Coup Culture (1966-1976). Algora Publishing, 2009. p. 34. ISBN 9780875867106
- ↑ Luckham, Robin. The Nigerian Military a Sociological Analysis of Authority & Revolt 1960-1967. CUP Archive, 1971. p. 37.
- ↑ Siollun, Max (2009). Oil, Politics and Violence: Nigeria's Military Coup Culture (1966-1976). Algora Publishing, 2009. pp. 48–49. ISBN 9780875867106
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 http://www.gamji.com/nowa/nowa32.htm
- ↑ Luckham, Robin. The Nigerian Military a Sociological Analysis of Authority & Revolt 1960-1967. CUP Archive, 1971. p. 69.