Documentary from Archives of the Late JFK: America Welcomes Nigerian Prime Minister A. Balewa July 25, 1961 (1504 hits)
America Welcomes Prime Minister Abubakar Balewa of Nigeria, July 1961: 25-28 Motion picture covering the official state visit of Prime Minister Abubakar Balewa of Nigeria to the United States, including welcoming remarks by Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson and the Prime Minister's response, events with President John F. Kennedy, an address by the Prime Minister at the Capitol, stops at other sites in Washington, D.C., and stops in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, Chicago, Illinois, Knoxville, Tennessee, and New York City. Presented by: United States Information Service (USIS). Produced by: Thomas Craven Film Corporation
so this Great Nigerian Statesman was killed in "the first military coup in the country on January 15, 1966. First, was the headline news in August about the alleged kidnap of one Dr. Jhalil Tafawa Balewa, self-acclaimed National Coordinator of Jonathan na Kowa,(roughly Hausa equivalent for “Jonathan for all”), one of the myriads of fly by night outfits that have been campaigning for President Goodluck Jonathan’s bid for the presidency on his own steam next year."
