Brigadier Zakariya Maimalari: How a Senior Nigerian Officer Fell in the January 1966 Coup
On 15 January 1966, Nigeria witnessed its first military coup. The uprising, led by a faction of junior army officers, resulted in the assassination of senior political and military figures. Among them was Brigadier Zakariya Maimalari, commander of the 2nd Brigade of the Nigerian Army, Lagos. His death became one of the defining moments...
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