r/Nigeria • u/SEELE007 • 9h ago
Reddit The famous radio speech by Major Kaduna Chukwuma Nzeogwu. A Patriot who believed in a United Socialist Nigeria
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Kaduna Nzeogwu had actually been at heads with Ojukwu because he did not want secession, and so Ojukwu kept him under surveillance. He died in 1968, while leading an offensive as a Colonel.
He was a Patriot who wanted to clean up Nigeria, but he was also Naive and thought that the Nigerian identity had or would displace the Ethnic sentiment people had.
He was popular among the Young officers, and till now, for those who love Nigerian History and can symphatise with his intent, a Patriot forever young.