Trivia
- Thomas Aguiyi-Ironsi, Gen Aguiyi Ironsi's son was appointed to the position of Nigeria's Defence Minister on August 30, 2006-Forty years after his father's death.
- The swagger stick with a stuffed crocodile mascot carried by Gen Aguiyi-Ironsi was called Charlie. Legends had it that the crocodile mascot made Aguiyi-Ironsi invulnerable and that it was used to dodge or deflect bullets when he was on mission in the Congo. Despite the stories, the crocodile mascot probably had something to do with the fact that the name "Aguiyi" translates into "crocodile" in Igbo.
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