“Adebiyi, Manga, Oyegoke,” he called out to his sergeants who were of the NMTC.
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“Hands up, turn around, and face the wall,” Nzeogwu ordered, raising his gun. One of them quickly complied but the three others were defiant. “Kpruuuuuu, kpruuuuuu, kpruuuuuu.”
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“Adebiyi, Manga, Oyegoke,” he called out to his sergeants who were of the NMTC.
But they fired timidly without hitting the main target nor giving the noise Nzeogwu wanted. Sensing danger, Adebiyi got down quickly to help Manga to reload while Oyegoke who didn’t shoot at all was twitching with his weapon.
As Oyegoke sighted Nzeogwu coming towards them with his SMG, he made a quick dash for the dark.
“Adebiyi, take over Oyegoke's gun,” Nzeogwu ordered. “And keep firing at the damn building,” he screamed.
As the shooting was going on, a police patrol who had sighted the mutineers converging ominously in front of the Premier’s Lodge radioed the British Police officer on duty at the Kaduna Police Operations room who in turn...