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Monday 22 December 2014

Brigadier Ibrahim Ahmadu Bako. Only casualty of the Shagari/ Buhari coup 1983

In this UNIMOG utility truck,  Brigadier Ibrahim Ahmadu Bako, a first-rate officer was killed in an apparent exchange of fire on the night of 31 December 1983 as he made to arrest President Shehu Shagari, his alloted task on the night of that coup which ultimately ushered in the government of Major General Mohammadu Buhari at 0100 hrs on January 1st, 1984.
Bako was shot whilst he was still seated on the passenger’s side of the truck.
Source: Army Museum Zaria.


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