He was also appointed Minister of Local Government Affairs for the Western Region in that same year.In the early hours of the morning of 15 January 1966, Major Kaduna Nzeogwu, a Nigerian Army officer of Igbo extraction, attempted to effect the first military coup d'etat in the history of Nigeria.. 
Ó tún kọ́ nípa ìwakùsà góòlù ní Klonike.Bí ó ṣe sọ orílẹ̀-èdè Nàìjíríà lórukọ́ni àpilẹ̀kọ rẹ̀ kan tí ó jáde ní inú ìwé-ìròyìn  The Times ní ọjọ́ kẹjọ osù kíní ọdún 1897, ó dábàá orúkọ fún orílẹ̀-èdè Nàìjíríà pẹ̀lú bí ó ṣe ṣe afàyọ rè láti ara orúkọ odò kan tí ó n jẹ́ Niger River.. 