Question: What was Victor Banjo's position in the Nigerian Army at the beginning of the Nigeria/Biafra war?
Context: Republic of Biafra was a secessionist state in eastern Nigeria that was made up of the states in the old Eastern Region.  Its first attempt to leave Nigeria resulted in the Nigeria/Biafra war from 30 May 1967 to January 1970.  It took its name from the Bight of Biafra, the Atlantic bay to its south, on the east end of the Gulf of Guinea.  The inhabitants are mostly the Igbo people who led the secession due to economic, ethnic, cultural and religious tensions among the various peoples of Nigeria.  Other ethnic groups that constitute the republic are the Efik, Ibibio, Annang, Ejagham, Eket, Ibeno and the Ijaw among others. Victor Banjo (April 1, 1930 – September 22, 1967) was a Colonel in the Nigerian Army.  He ended up in the Biafran Army during the struggles between Nigeria and Biafra.  Victor Banjo was mistaken for a coup plotter against the Nigerian Prime Minister Tafawa Balewa, by the Government of Aguyi Ironsi (according with the book "Why we struck" by Adewale Ademoyega) He was alleged to have staged a coup plot against Biafran President Odumegwu Ojukwu.  and was executed as a result.  It took a second military tribunal judge to sentence Victor Banjo, because Odumegwu Ojukwu's first military judge stated that there were not enough evidence to convict Victor Banjo of coup charges.  There has been no third party verification of Victor Banjo's involvement in the Nigerian Coup nor Biafran Coup.  His alleged involvement in both coup plots has been based on unsubstantiated hearsay. 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The history of the Nigerian Armed forces records this particular event as a mistaken identity for Lt-General Olusegun Obasanjo, the then Chief of Staff of the Nigerian Army.  He was one of very few to have served both in the Nigerian Army and the Nigerian Air Force.  He was also a prominent indigene of the "Udu clan" in Delta state.  He retired as the Director General, Nigerian Army, Army Reserve and Recruitment, in January 1984.
Answer: Colonel