30/07/2025
IBADAN,WESTERN NIGERIA...
JULY 29,1966
O0:23 HRS
...all the three men(Ironsi,Fajuyi and Nwankwo) were stripped and flogged with Horsewhips.After being put into separate Vans,the convoy set off with Major Theo Danjuma leading.
When the reached the outskirts of Ibadan,at Mokola road junction,where the roads divide,one going to Oyo Town and the other to Letmauk Army Barracks,garrison of the 4th Battalion,the convoy split Danjuma headed back to Letmauk after giving whispered orders,to Lt William Walbe,the Commander of Aguiyi-Ironsi's es**rt .
The rest of the convoy proceeded.After ten Miles,the three army officers(Ironsi,Fajuyi and Nwankwo) were ordered down and made to march along a narrow footpath to the bush.They were stopped,and were beaten and tortured again so badly that they could hardly walk...."
It was in this melee that Nwankwo managed to untie the wire around his wrists and dashed into the bush...and escaped,while Ironsi and Fajuyi were later finished-off with bursts of Machine Gun.
Later,the Police found the bodies and buried them in Ibadan Cemetery,from where they were taken six months later and laid to rest in their respective home towns
..exactly 58 years today....July 28,1966.
