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372:, caught wind of the plot and escaped capture. He then began to move against the coup conspirators. Ironsi eventually managed to prevent the coup and was later appointed to take over leadership and bring stability to the country. During these events, Prime Minister Balewa died while under the arrest of Ifeajuna. Official police reports into the circumstances of his death (which remain redacted) claim Ifeajuna shot Balewa while driving to Abeokuta and abandoned the body by the road. Some claim that Balewa was not deliberately killed (given that he was not one of the coup's stated assassination targets), but rather died of an asthma or heart attack during the ordeal. This subject remains an unresolved element of the history of the 1966 coup attempt. 1227: 1200: 45: 101: 1146: 1119: 1092: 69: 1632: 1470: 1335: 1308: 1281: 1254: 1173: 1605: 1551: 1524: 1416: 1389: 1362: 1659: 1578: 1443: 171:, he attended Dennis Memorial Grammar School in his home town and displayed the characteristics that would later define his life. He trained in the high jump under his games teacher, and he also took part in a protest that closed down the school for a term. He graduated from high school in 1951. Ilesa Grammar School also claims him as a past alumnus. This is disputed, although he did do summer school teaching at the institution. 1497: 433:. The 1966 coup attempt is seen by many as an Igbo plot, although conspirators included non-Igbos, some coup targets were Igbos, and General Ironsi who prevented the coup was himself an Igbo. The manuscript is seen as a possible historical source for assessing both the racial element to the coup and Ifeajuna's role in it, which ranges from co-conspirator to intellectual leader. 282:, a contemporary and later a senator, remembered Ifeajuna being active in political agitation, but also claims that he was less willing to be involved in the protests themselves. Clark also attested to this, citing the example of a protest over a student hostel shutdown. The shutdown was prompted by the manslaughter trial of 416:
were accused by Ojukwu of negotiating with the federal Nigerian officials, via British agents, hoping to bring about a ceasefire, overthrow Ojukwu, and gain prominent positions for themselves. They were hastily tried and sentenced to death by firing squad for treason. Ifeajuna claimed the plan was to
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were the creators and protagonists of the coup plot in 1965, with Nzeogwu only becoming involved at a late stage. Ifeajuna is seen by some as the assassin of Prime Minister Balewa, which brought down the First Republic and caused civil war. No autopsy was carried on Balewa's body and no proof exists
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Ifeajuna has not featured prominently or favourably in the history of the Nigerian Civil War. While fellow 1966 coup maker Chukwuma Kaduna Nzeogwu has been decorated as a war hero and had a statue erected in his hometown, Ifeajuna has received little posthumous recognition. even when calls were made
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Ademoyega, Okafor, Anuforo and Chukwuka were the other majors based in Lagos, where Ifeajuna led movements. Ifeajuna led his brigade to the house of Prime Minister Balewa and arrested him. Meanwhile, Nzeogwu made public the names of who the coup aimed to kill and Balewa as a notable absence. Okafor
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In a 1992 interview, Ojukwu dismissed claims that Chukwuma Kaduna Nzeogwu was the leader of the plot, as was widely believed. A Nigerian Police Special Branch report, its first part partially redacted and the second part missing, stated that Ifeajuna, Don Okafor and Captain
357:, Ifeajuna's commanding officer. Maimalari escaped and upon finding Ifeajuna asked him for help. Ifeajuna killed Maimalari, which led to dissension among Ifeajuna's ranks, as he was a highly respected officer. Ifeajuna also shot Lieutenant Colonel 293:. Ifeajuna remained in regular contact with Okigbo, who also went on to teach, and the two continued to discuss revolutionary politics. This culminated in Ifeajuna leaving the teaching profession to join the army in 1960. He underwent training at 325:, Ifeajuna became a conspirator in a plot to overthrow the government. Given his studies, Ifeajuna has been regarded as one of the intellectual drivers of the conspiracy and he wrote an unpublished manuscript on the reasoning for the 102: 1765: 1274: 1247: 1220: 1193: 510: 174:
The 1954 Nigerian Athletics Championships saw him establish himself among the nation's best high jumpers. A jump of 6 feet 5.5 inches (1.97 m) meant Ifeajuna was chosen to represent his country at the
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from an oncoming assault by federal troops. Ifeajuna and his three co-conspirators were executed on 25 September 1967. Enugu, the Biafran capital, was captured by federal Nigerian forces two days later.
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for him to be honoured posthumously. Upon his death in 2011, former Biafran leader Ojukwu received the highest military accolades from Nigeria and his funeral was attended by the Nigerian President
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After his gold medal win, he ceased training in the high jump and did not return to the sport. He enrolled in a science degree at the
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that he was shot. Official reports document his body was found in a sitting position by a tree, next to the body of finance minister
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During his time at university, Ifeajuna met his wife Rose in 1955. Four years later the pair married and went on to have two sons.
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to win at a major international sports competition. The high jump had an African sweep of the medals that year, with Uganda's
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Ifeajuna's legacy within Black African sports history has been overshadowed by his political actions following his feats.
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finishing behind Ifeajuna and Nigeria's Osagie taking third place. Ifeajuna received a hero's welcome upon his return to
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that his life would not be at risk. He again became involved in the military, this time within the Biafran Army – the
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Upon completion of his science degree he went into teaching, being posted at Ebenezer Anglican Grammar School in
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Following Ironsi's move against the coup, Ifeajuna's friend Christopher Okigbo helped him cross the border into
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Ifeajuna has had a mixed legacy. His unpublished manuscript has attracted much attention, including that of
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attempt. He scorned the corruption and anarchy that resulted from mismanagement of the government. Major
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and became the organisation's Director of Information, encouraging protests. He was affiliated with the
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Athletes (track and field) at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
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and was paraded through the streets before speaking at a civic celebration.
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was the face of the coup attempt, which involved five other army majors:
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to win a gold medal at an international sports event when he won at the
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Dissatisfied with the direction his country had taken during the
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Gold medalist, Nigerian army major and high jumper (1935–1967)
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Medallists at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
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Participants in the January 1966 Nigerian military coup
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in 1954 and became involved within the institution's
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athletics
Nigeria
British Empire and Commonwealth Games
1954 Vancouver
High jump
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Nigerian
army major
high jumper
Black African
1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
British Empire record
Igbo
Onitsha
University College of Ibadan
politics
1966 Nigerian coup d'état
Onitsha
1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
Nafiu Osagie
Joshua Majekodunmi
1950 British Empire Games
1952 Olympic high jump
Vancouver
Games record
British Empire record
gold medal
Black African
Patrick Etolu

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