Whakakiia te rerenga e whai ake nei:
1966 Nigerian coup d'état, I mauheretia a Aghanya i te 18 o Hanuere 1966 me te tahi me te Lieutenant Colonel Victor Banjo i whakapaehia mo te whakamahere ki te patu i te upoko o te kawanatanga hoia a Major General Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi. I mauheretia a Aghanya me te kore whakawakanga i te Kirikiri Maximum Security Prison me etahi atu e kii ana i uru ki te coup d'état. I muri mai ka nekehia ia ki Enugu, ka mutu ki nga whare herehere o Abakaliki. I muri mai, ko te hunga i uru kaha ki te whakamahere me te whakatinanatanga o te coup penei i a Major Adewale Ademoyega i whakaatu i te hara o Aghanya me Banjo i roto i a raatau tuhinga. Whai muri i te 1966 Nigerian counter-coup i roto i nei i kohurutia Aguyi Ironsi, Aghanya i tukuna mai i te whare herehere i te Maehe 1967 i runga i nga whakahau a te kawana o te rohe o te Rawhiti, Colonel (i muri mai ko General) Odumegwu Ojukwu, i te whakahe i nga whakahau a te rangatira hou o te kawanatanga Colonel (i muri mai ko General) Yakubu Gowon. Hei whakautu i kii a Gowon i te tukunga o Aghanya me etahi atu i muri i te meka.