(1937-02-26)26 February 1937 Kaduna, British Nigeria
Died
29 July 1967(1967-07-29) (aged 30) Near Nsukka, Nigeria
Buried
Kaduna
Allegiance
British Empire (1957–1960)
Nigeria (1960–1966)
Biafra (1967)
Service/branch
Nigerian Army Biafran Army[1]
Years of service
1957–1967
Rank
Lieutenant-Colonel
Battles/wars
Congo Crisis
Nigerian Civil War
Alma mater
Royal Military Academy Sandhurst
Nzeogwu's voice
from an interview, 16 January 1966
Lieutenant-Colonel Patrick Chukwuma "Kaduna" Nzeogwu (26 February 1937 – 29 July 1967) was a Nigerian military officer who played a leading role in the 1966 Nigerian coup d'état, which overthrew the First Nigerian Republic.[2]
^Davies, Patrick Ediomi (June 1995). "Use of propaganda in civil war: the Biafra experience" (PDF). core.ac.uk. Retrieved 25 October 2020.
^"Nzeogwu after 50 years: The nationalist dressed in the garb of a tribalist, by Reno Omokri". Vanguard News. 17 January 2016. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
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