Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Wednesday described the January 15, 1966 coup, the July 29, 1966 counter-coup and the annulment of the June 12, 1993 presidential election as some of Nigeria’s “black days.”
This is as he urged Nigerians to learn from those painful episodes to foster unity and national development.
Obasanjo spoke in Umuahia during the 60th memorial service held in honour of Nigeria’s first military Head of State, Gen. Johnson Thomas Umunnakwe Aguiyi-Ironsi, who was assassinated on July 29, 1966.
The former President also renewed his call for the restoration of History as a subject in Nigerian schools, warning that a nation that neglects its past risks repeating the mistakes of previous generations.
“Nigeria has many black days, and because of these black days, we must remember history to learn the right lessons,” Obasanjo said.
