Ironsi was known for carrying a crocodile-shaped swagger stick around when he was alive.
Some believed the swagger stick had magical powers, and Ironsi was overpowered and killed that day because he did not have his swagger stick with him.
According to Eye Witnesses, that day, Theophilus Danjuma led other rampaging soldiers to kill Ironsi, he was with his swagger stick which was the first thing they grabbed, and the soldiers even demanded that Danjuma break the stick as they feared Ironsi would disappear but he refused.
The stick was named ‘Charlie’, also called ‘Aguiyi’, which means ‘crocodile’ or ‘beast of the water’ in General Ironsi’s native Igbo language….Read Full Story…>>>
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