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Some Ethnic Bigots Will Be Upset That Babangida Debunked Igbo Coup Narrative; Truth is Bitter—Oseni Rufai

Renowned journalist and broadcaster Oseni Rufai has criticized some ethnic bigots for their outrage following Ibrahim Babangida’s revelation that the 1966 coup was not an Igbo coup

Rufai made this known in a post shared on his official X page.

To back up his claims, he stated that Ademoyega, a non-igbo man wrote a book and gave it a title “why we struck.”

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According to Rufai, the writer of the book revealed that it was not an ethnic coup.

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His post reads,”I know some ethnic bigots will be upset that Babangida debunked the Igbo coup narrative.

“Let’s refresh their memories Ademoyega wrote a book called “why we struck”and he also said it was not an ethnic coup! Ademoyega was not an igbo man.

“The truth is bitter Why we struck was released in 1981. Facts are sacred. Sentiment is free Babangida was right. It was not an Igbo coup,” he added.

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