Coups are an integral part of Nigerian history and the following is a list of those who were accused by the government of plotting one coup or the other and what happened to them.
The following were charged by the Olusegun Obasanjo-led military government with orchestrating the bloody toppling of the government of General Murtala Ramat Muhammed, the Nigerian head of state who was assassinated on the 13th of February, 1976. They were all executed on the 11th of March, 1976:
1- Major-General I D Bisalla
2- Warrant Officer 2 (WO2) Monday Monchon
3- Staff Sergeant Richard Dungdang
4- Sergeant Sale Pankshin
5- Lieutenant Colonel A R Aliyu
6- Captain M Parvwong
7- Captain J F Idi
8- Captain S Wakins
9- Lieutenant Mohammed
10- Lieutenant E L K Shelleng
11- Lieutenant Colonel AyubaTense
12- Colonel A D S Way
13- Lieutenant Colonel T K Adamu
14- Lieutenant Colonel A B Umaru
15- Captain A A Aliyu
16- Captain Augustine Dawurang
17- Major M M Mshelia
18- Lieutenant William Seri
19- Major I B Ribo
20- Major K K Gagra
21- Captain M R Gelip
22- Mr. Abdulkarim Zakari
23- Lieutenant Peter Ggani
24- Major Ola Ogunmekan
25- Lieutenant O Zagmi
26- Lieutenant S Wayah
27- Sergeant Ahmadu Rege
28- Sergeant Bala Javan
29- WO2 Sambo Dankshin
30- WO2 Emmanuel Dakup Seri
31- Major J W Kasai
EXECUTED ON THE 17TH OF MAY, 1976
Buka Suka Dimka
Joseph D Gomwalk
Lieutenant S Kwale
Warrant Officer H E Bawa
Colonel I Buka
Major J K Afolabi
H Shaiyen
The late General Murtala Muhammed with members of his Supreme Military Council. Standing on the extreme left is Bisalla, described as a traitor and eventually executed as a traitor.
Buka Suka Dimka after he was caught.
General Bisalla was described as the chief plotter of the 1976 coup and he is shown here tied to the stakes at the Bar Beach before his public execution.
Lieutenant Colonel Ayuba Tense being led out of Kirikiri Prison to the public execution ground.
An army chaplain praying for Dimka.
S K Dimka
D Contulla
Gyang Pam
Captain C Wuyep
Captain A A Maidobo
WO2 E Izah
Sergeant I Bupwada
2nd Lieutenant A Walbe
Major A K Abang
S Anyadofu
Helen Gomwalk
Captain Peter Tembong
OTHER PRISON SENTENCES, 1976
Captain I Gowon – sentenced to 15 years in prison.
J Tuwe – sentenced to 10 years in prison.
Lieutenant Colonel J S Madugu – sentenced to two years in prison.
In 1986, the following were charged by the General Ibrahim Babangida-led military government with plotting to overthrow the regime:
EXECUTED IN JANUARY 1986
Major-General Mamman Jiya Vatsa
Lieutenant Colonel Musa Bitiyong
Lieutenant Colonel Chris Oche
Lieutenant Mike Fyorshe
Major Daniel Bamidele
Squadron Leader Martin Luther
Wing Commander Ben Ekele
Commander A Ogwuyi
Wing Commander Adamu C Sakaba
Squadron Leader A Ahira
In July 1995, the regime of General Sani Abacha ( convicted the following of plotting a coup against it. They were later freed by the General Abubakar Alhaji Abdulsami regime but one of them (Major-General Musa Yar’adua) died during Abacha’s regime while in jail.
LIFE IMPRISONMENT
Colonel Lawan Gwadabe
Colonel O Oloruntoba
Colonel R S B Fadile
Ex-Major Akinloye Akinyemi
OTHER PRISON SENTENCES
Major-General Shehu Musa Yar’adua – sentenced to 25 years in jail but died in prison. His younger brother, Umaru, would later become the president of Nigeria in 2007.
Lieutenant Colonel E H Bulus – sentenced to 25 years in jail
Lieutenant Colonel S E Oyewole – sentenced to 25 years in jail
Colonel C A Ajayi – sentenced to 25 years in jail
Colonel R N Emokpae – sentenced to 25 years in jail
Lieutenant Colonel M A Igwe – sentenced to 25 years in jail
Colonel Ndubueze – sentenced to 25 years in jail
Lieutenant A Olowokere – sentenced to 25 years in jail
Major E O Obalisa – sentenced to 25 years in jail
Lieutenant Colonel M A Ajayi (rtd) – sentenced to 25 years in jail
General Olusegun Obasanjo – sentenced to 15 years in jail.
Later freed and became the president of Nigeria from 1999
to 2007 before handing over to Umaru Yar’adua.
Captain M A Ibrahim – sentenced to 15 years in jail
2nd Lieutenant R Emouvhe – sentenced to 15 years in jail
Staff Sergeant Patrick Usikpo – sentenced to 15 years in jail
Commodore Limu Fabiyi – sentenced to 15 years in jail
Ben Charles Obi – sentenced to 15 years in jail
Shehu Sani – sentenced to 15 years in jail. Now a senator representing
Kaduna State at the National Assembly.
Lieutenant Colonel R D Obiki – sentenced to 15 years in jail
Sanusi Mato – sentenced to 15 years in jail
Julius Badejo – sentenced to 15 years in jail
Matthew Popoola – sentenced to 15 years in jail
Chris Anyanwu – sentenced to 15 years in jail. A journalist,
she later became a senator of the federal republic representing Imo State.
George Mba – sentenced to 15 years in jail
Kunle Ajibade – sentenced to 15 years in jail
Moses Ayegba – sentenced to 15 years in jail
Rebecca Onyebi Ikpe – sentenced to 15 years in jail
Beko Ransome Kuti – sentenced to 15 years in jail
Felix Ndamagidon – sentenced to 15 years in jail
DECLARED WANTED
Lieutenant Colonel M Sambo Dasuki (rtd), later appointed the National Security Adviser by President Goodluck Jonathan.
Lieutenant Colonel C A A Nyiam
Great Ogboru
Benson Ikpe
Anthony Auroloyi
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