Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe Speaks To The British Press After The Nigerian Army Coup Of January 1966

Sunday, January 16th 1966. Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe, the former president of Nigeria, gives an interview to the world's press on the day after an army mutiny staged by middle-ranking officers had prompted the Council of State to cede power to a military junta headed by the Commander of the Nigerian Army, Major General Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi. "Zik" was speaking in Dorking, Surrey in England where he had been convalescing after an operation. Source: Associated Press.

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