However, Babangida acknowledges that the coup triggered violent reprisals from northern soldiers, leading to a counter-coup in July 1966, during which many Igbo soldiers and civilians were killed.

Still, whether Igbo domination or Yoruba domination, the counter-coup was overtly geared towards northern (or far-northern) domination—and worse, it midwifed a horrid bloodlust and a total loss ...