THE STORY OF THE ASSASSINATION OF CHIEF SAMUEL LADOKE AKINTOLA that happed on JANUARY 15, 1966. He was premier of Western Nigeria from independence in 1960 till his assassination in 1966 During the first coup to ever happen in Nigeria.
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He was assassinated in the first coup to ever happen in Nigeria.
When solders came to his house, “Akintola, come down; you are for lawful arrest by the army on orders from HQ 2 Brigade,” Nwobosi shouted.
When solders came to his house, “Akintola, come down; you are for lawful arrest by the army on orders from HQ 2 Brigade,” Nwobosi shouted.
“Under arrest, ke?” Akintola said to himself, “Oya, come and greet your mother’s husband,” as he cocked his gun.
When Nwobosi hit the door in an attempt to force it open, the Premier opened fire from his room with a submachine gun, shooting continuously through the closed door.
When Nwobosi hit the door in an attempt to force it open, the Premier opened fire from his room with a submachine gun, shooting continuously through the closed door.
“Return fire,” Captain Nwobosi ordered his men, which they did, enormously.⠀
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“Please, sir, surrender sir. Stop shooting, please. They only came to take us to Lagos,” Fani-Kayode pleaded and shouted from the landrover urging the Premier to cease firing and surrender.
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“Please, sir, surrender sir. Stop shooting, please. They only came to take us to Lagos,” Fani-Kayode pleaded and shouted from the landrover urging the Premier to cease firing and surrender.
But the Premier kept on firing until he ran out of ammunition.⠀
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“Krrr, krrr,” the gun sounded. The Premier had run out of ammunition...⠀
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“Bring him out, bring him out,” Nwobosi shouted repeatedly after the firing had ceased.
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“Krrr, krrr,” the gun sounded. The Premier had run out of ammunition...⠀
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“Bring him out, bring him out,” Nwobosi shouted repeatedly after the firing had ceased.
“Egbikor, Chukwu,” Nwobosi called his soldiers and signalled to the two men to open fire on the Premier. Fani-Kayode stared in horror as the Premier endured a deluge of bullets as he fell to his knees still gasping for breath.
Nwobosi then joined them in firing at the Premier who fell backwards with a thud as life hurriedly escaped from him.
The Captain and his men...left Akintola’s mutilated body, riddled with bullets, surrounded by empty shell casings soaked in blood, lying there on the bare ground in his courtyard. The Aare Ona Kakanfo had fallen to his death. The curse persists.
He was also the first man to import a bullet-proof car into Nigeria. He took his security very seriously.
He imported the £8,000 Mercedes Benz car into the country in 1964.
He was later assassinated two years
He imported the £8,000 Mercedes Benz car into the country in 1964.
He was later assassinated two years
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