Who Was Victor Banjo And What Landed Him In Prison?
Lt. Colonel Victor Banjo was a gallant Nigerian military officer who was active from 1953 till his death in 1967 during the Nigerian civil war. Lt. Colonel Banjo’s name found its way into the history of Nigerian military through his involvement and mentions in some chains of events that happened shortly after the independence of Nigeria.
One of these events was the first military coup in Nigeria. Korokoro.name.ng gathered that on the fourth day of Major-General Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi as the first Nigerian military head of state, he summoned Lt. Colonel Victor Banjo to his office. While waiting for the Head of State, Victor Banjo was arrested on the count that he was planning to kill Aguiyi-Ironsi because he entered the office of the Supreme Commander with a pistol in his pock…CONTINUE FULL READING>>>
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