Benin City (Africa’s Ancient CITY OF BRONZE🌆) on Instagram: "The date was Friday March 10th, 1967, and for the second day running, Nigeria’s Supreme Military Council gathered in Benin City, the capital of the Mid-West Region. The Head of State, Lt. Col. Yakubu Gowon, had deliberately chosen Benin City, bordering the Eastern Region as a gesture to Lt. Col. Odumegwu Ojukwu, inviting him to attend with full assurances of safety. Ojukwu, however, refused. Barely two months after the Aburi meetings