Image Number: APN155494
Media Id: 69_642
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Bailey's African History Archive /
Drum Social Histories
Description: . DRUM MAY 1967 àDAY OF MORNING àIRONSI IS ASSASSINATED. NIGED:POLITICS:PERSONALITIES:MAY 1967 àDay Of Mourning àIronsi Is Assassinated ÃÂAccompanied by a large crowd, officers carry the body of Lieutenant Colonel Fajuyi to his resting place. It was a solemn occasion, the most solemn that many Nigerians remember. Major-General Aguiyi-ironsi, former head of the federal military government and supreme commander of the armed forces, and Lieutenant-Colonel Adekunle Fajuyi, former military governor of Western Nigeria, were killed in Ibadan on July 29, 1966, by mutinous soldiers of the Nigerian army. The federal military government formally announced their death on Saturday, January 14, 1967, the eve of the first anniversary of the army mutiny. In deed, Major-General Aguiyi-Irons, and Lieutenant-Colonel Adekunle Fajuyi were mourned twice àprivately by thousands on August 1, and officially, by thousands in January 1967. (Photograph by Drum Photographer éBAHA)
Collections: Baileys African History Archive
Subcollections:
Drum Social Histories
Orientation: landscape
Pixel Size: 5253 x 4115
Credit: Drum Social Histories / Baileys African History Archive / Africa Media Online
Keywords:
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South Africa,
Africa,
horizontal,
Drum Magazine,
historical value,
socials,
history,
1967,
1960s,
mourners,
funeral,
funeral procession,
black african crowds,
army officers,
political assassinations,
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