December 31, 1983: The government of President Shehu Shagari is overthrown in a military coup, ending the Second Republic of Nigeria.
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The 1983 Nigerian military coup took place on December 31, 1983, a few hours after New Year's Day. It was coordinated by senior officers of the Nigerian military and led to the overthrow of the democratically elected government of President Shehu Shagari and the installation of Major General Muhammadu Buhari as head of state.
The 1983 coup was initially intended to install Brigadier Ibrahim Bako as head of state in Nigeria. However, during the gun battle in Lagos and Abuja aimed at ousting President Shagari, Bako was shot, leading to Muhammadu Buhari assuming the presidency in his place. The main characters of this story are President Shehu Shagari, Muhammadu Buhari, Ibrahim Bako and Ibrahim Babangida.
Ibrahim Ahmed Bako was a senior Nigerian military officer who played a major role in two Nigerian military coups: the July 1966 coup and the December 1983 coup that overthrew the democratic government of Shehu Shagari.
On the last day of 1983, a coup was staged to overthrow the democratically elected government of President Shehu Shagari. The most interesting thing about this coup was that, although it was carefully orchestrated by mid- and high-level military officials, Buhari was not originally the person who was supposed to become head of state. The person who was to become the new Chief of Staff after the coup was Brigadier Ibrahim Bako. Bako and his men attacked the President's residence to force him back. Shagari was woken up by his security team and told that Bako and his men were heading to State House to arrest him.
President Shagari was quickly evacuated to a safer location and the stage was set for one of the most dramatic shootings in Nigerian political history.
To protect and defend the Nigerian President, there was then the Guard Brigade, led by Captain Augustine A. Anyogo, an elite presidential bodyguard made up of some of the most trained hands in the armed forces.
Source: Nigeriahistory
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