Sunday, January 16th 1966.

Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe, the former president of Nigeria, gives an interview to the world's press on the day after an army mutiny staged by middle-ranking officers had prompted the Council of State to cede power to a military junta headed by the Commander of the Nigerian Army, Major General Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi.

"Zik" was speaking in Dorking, Surrey in England where he had been convalescing after an operation.

Source: Associated Press.