Matches in DBpedia 2015-04 for { ?s ?p "The 1966 Nigerian Coup d'état began on January 15, 1966 when rebel Southern Nigerian soldiers led by Kaduna Nzeogwu assassinated 11 senior Nigerian politicians and two soldiers as well as kidnapping three others. The coup plotters attacked the cities of Kaduna, Ibadan, and Lagos while also blockading the Niger and Benue River within a two day span of time. Before the coup plotters were subdued. A senior Army officer, General Aguyi Ironsi then used the coup as a pretext to annex power ending Nigeria's first Republic. It was the spark that erupted into the Nigerian Civil War."@en }
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- 1966_Nigerian_coup_d'%C3%A9tat abstract "The 1966 Nigerian Coup d'état began on January 15, 1966 when rebel Southern Nigerian soldiers led by Kaduna Nzeogwu assassinated 11 senior Nigerian politicians and two soldiers as well as kidnapping three others. The coup plotters attacked the cities of Kaduna, Ibadan, and Lagos while also blockading the Niger and Benue River within a two day span of time. Before the coup plotters were subdued. A senior Army officer, General Aguyi Ironsi then used the coup as a pretext to annex power ending Nigeria's first Republic. It was the spark that erupted into the Nigerian Civil War.".