| 词条 | Chris Anuforo |
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Chris Anuforo (died August 1966) was a Nigerian Army Major and one of the principal plotters of the January 15, 1966 coup, an event that derailed Nigeria's corrupt democracy and introduced military rule to Nigeria. EducationAnuforo attended Saint John's College in Kaduna, where he became close friends with Kaduna Nzeogwu.[1] He received his commission in 1961 from the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst.[2] Participation in the January 15, 1966 coupWhile serving as the Staff Officer at Army Headquarters, Anuforo along with other Majors (Kaduna Nzeogwu, Emmanuel Ifeajuna, Adewale Ademoyega, Don Okafor, Humphrey Chukwuka, and Timothy Onwuatuegwu plotted the overthrow of Abubakar Tafawa Balewa's government for what the conspirators perceived as the government's corrupt management of Nigeria. Anuforo was reportedly the most ruthless of the January 15 conspirators and according to the Nigerian Police Special Branch investigation of the coup, Anuforo executed Lt Colonels James Pam, Arthur Unegbe, Colonel Kur Mohammed and Federal Minister of Finance Festus Okotie-Eboh.[3][4] DeathIn August 1966 some troops (of northern origin) from the 4th battalion at Ibadan after attending a funeral in Benin learned that Anurofo and other January 15 conspirators were in the Benin prison and broke into it to execute revenge for what they perceived as an ethnic based coup targeting northerners in January 1966.[5] Anuforo and other soldiers in detention such as Warrant Officers James Ogbu and B. Okuge, Sergeants Chukwu, Ogbuhara, and Ndukife, were tortured and killed. References1. ^{{cite book|last1=Obasanjo|first1=Olusegun|title=Nzeogwu: An Intimate Portrait of Major Chukwuma Kaduna Nzeogwu|publisher=Spectrum Books, 1987|isbn=9789780291341|pages=18–19}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Anuforo, Chris}}2. ^{{cite book|last1=Luckham|first1=Robin|title=The Nigerian Military a Sociological Analysis of Authority & Revolt 1960-1967|publisher=CUP Archive, 1971|page=344}} 3. ^{{cite book|last1=Siollun|first1=Max|title=Oil, Politics and Violence: Nigeria's Military Coup Culture (1966-1976)|publisher=Algora Publishing, 2009|isbn=9780875867106|page=53}} 4. ^{{cite web|last1=Omoigui|first1=Nowa|title=The Key Players of the 1966 Rebellions-Where Are They Today?|url=http://www.gamji.com/nowa/nowa32.htm|website=Gamji|accessdate=28 January 2017}} 5. ^{{cite book|last1=Siollun|first1=Max|title=Oil, Politics and Violence: Nigeria's Military Coup Culture (1966-1976)|publisher=Algora Publishing, 2009|isbn=9780875867106|page=130}} 7 : Igbo Army personnel|Nigerian Army officers|Participants of coups in Nigeria|Participants in the January 1966 Nigerian military coup|Graduates of the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst|1966 deaths|Year of birth missing |
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