My father Informed Gen. Aguiyi-Ironsi about the July 27, 1966, Coup, says Philip Effiong Jr.

In an appearance on 90MinutesAfrica, Prof. Philip Effiong Jr., the son of General Philip Effiong, the deputy to General Chukwuemeka Ojukwu, the leader of Biafra during the Nigerian-Biafra Civil War told Rudolf Okonkwo of 90MinutesAfrica that Ironsi ignored his father's warning. In an exclusive interview on IrokopostTV, Effiong Jr., a distinguished scholar and educator currently teaching drama at Michigan State University, reflected on Nigeria's past and present in the interview. The author of the critically acclaimed memoir "Nigeria's un-Civil War: Memories of a Biafran Child, described the current carnage in Nigeria as a continuation of what happened in the past.