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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