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Gowon denies prior knowledge of July 1966 counter-coup
Former Nigerian Head of State, Gen. Yakubu Gowon (rtd), has denied prior knowledge of the July 1966 counter-coup that led to the assassination of then Head of State, Gen. Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi, adding that the January 1967 summit in Aburi, Ghana, could have prevented the civil war.
Kehinde Olatunji
