On Saturday, 15th January,1966, Nigerians woke up to the cold sound of martial music on radio. It was an eerie announcement of the country’s first military coup.
Among the many casualties of that coup were the country’s Prime Minister, Finance Minister, the Premiers of the now-defunct Western Region of Nigeria and Northern Region of Nigeria, top senior military officers, civilians etc.
Photograph shows Dr Abimbola Akintola, the 87-year old medical doctor younger daughter of Premier Akintola who was a two-time Federal Minister of Finance presenting me with the portrait of her late father at the 2024 SLA MEMORIAL LECTURE/AWARD HELD AT the House of Chiefs, Secretariat, Agodi Ibadan, Oyo State
I chaired the ceremony.
-Oloye Lekan Alabi
Abese Olubadan ti ile Ibadan
