Top 8 Events that led to the Nigerian Civil War

The Nigerian Civil War, also known as the Biafran War or the Nigeria-Biafra War, was a war fought to counter the secession of the Republic of Biafra from Nigeria. Biafra, which declared its independence on May 30, 1967, was in the then Eastern Region of Nigeria with the Igbo people forming the majority. Well, the war lasted for 30 months, from July 6, 1967, to January 15, 1970, with millions of casualties on both sides. The war did not happen overnight but certain events led to it. In this video, we shall take a look at these Top 8 Events that led to the Nigerian Civil War where thousands (both military and civilians) lost their lives. #HistoryVille #NigerianCivilWar #Biafra Join this channel to become a member: https://www.youtube.com/HistoryVille/... Get Ayomide Akinbode's latest historical novels on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Ayomide-Akinbo... Subscribe to HistoryVille: https://www.youtube.com/HistoryVille?... ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Follow us on Social Media: Facebook:   / thehistoryville   Instagram:   / historyville   Twitter:   / historyville   LinkedIn:   / historyville   ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- For interesting historical articles visit: https://www.thehistoryville.com TIMESTAMPS 00:00 Intro 01:03 The Amalgamation of 1914 02:30 The 1946 Arthur Richards’ Constitution 03:44 The 1962 Western Region’s State of Emergency and Obafemi Awolowo’s incarceration 06:25 Operation Wet-ie and the Western Regional Elections of October 1965 09:41 January 15, 1966, Military Coup détat 12:18 July 29, 1966, Northern Counter-Coup 15:02 The January 1967 Aburi Conference 17:24 The Creation of 12 States and Declaration of Biafra in May 1967 21:24 Next Video