English: With the creation of states, however, the military not only unilaterally abrogated the geo-political structure that existed then, it went a step further to destroy the principle of federalism on which Nigeria gained independence in 1960 and which had sustained and kept the country together.
Igbo: Site na okike nke steeti, ọbụghị naanị na ndị agha kagburu usoro ndọrọ ndọrọ ọchịchị nke dị n'oge ahụ, ọ gara n'ihu mebie ụkpụrụ nke gọọmentị etiti nke Naịjirịa nke eji nwete nwere onwe na 1960 nke jigidere ma gbazie mba ọnụ .