Kaduna Nzeogwu matashin soja ne wanda ya shirya juyin mulkin da sojoji suka yi a ranar 15 ga watan Janairun 1966 wanda ya yi sanadin mutuwar manyan ‘yan Najeriya da dama. Wadanda suka jikkata sun hada da Firimiyan Najeriya, Alhaji Abubakar Tafawa Balewa, Firimiyan yankin Arewa, Sir Ahmadu Bello, Firimiyan yankin Yamma, Cif Samuel Ladoke Akintola, da fitaccen ministan kudi, Festus Okotie-Eboh, da dai sauransu.
An dai shirya juyin mulkin ne domin a cewar masu wannan makarkashiyar, mutanen da ke kan madafun iko sun yi wa Najeriya kaca-kaca da cin hanci da rashawa. Ministocin da ke karkashinsu sun kasance suna rayuwa mai dadi da wawashe dukiyar al’umma suna kashe talakawan kasa.
An kashe Nzeogwu a yakin Biafra, aka garzaya da shi Kaduna, aka kuma yi masa jana’iza gadan-gadan bisa umarnin shugaban kasa na mulkin soja na lokacin, Yakubu Gowon. Kabarinsa na nan ne a makabartar sojoji ta Commonwealth da ke kan titin Kashim Ibrahim, tare da tambarin Manjo C K Chukwuma Nzeogwu, kabari mai lamba 9.
Bayan juyin mulkin da aka yi a Legas, mulki ya koma hannun Aguiyi-Ironsi a matsayin babban hafsan sojan kasar. A cikin watanninsa na farko a matsayin shugaban kasa, Ironsi ya kasa yanke shawarar abin da zai yi da Manjo Kaduna Nzeogwu da sauran shugabannin juyin mulkin.
