Wikipídiya iglwiki https://igl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ogb%C3%A1_ogbolo MediaWiki 1.47.0-wmf.1 first-letter Áméwn igò Egwéyí Úkọ̀lá Énéagwu Úkọ̀lá énéagwu Wikipídiya Úkọ̀lá Wikipídiya Fáílú Úkọ̀lá fáílú MediaWiki Úkọ̀lá MediaWiki Éwn malábó Úkọ̀lá éwn malábó Abune Úkọ̀lá abune Gbúgbe Úkọ̀lá gbúgbe TimedText TimedText talk Module Module talk Event Event talk 0 2074 40999 40998 2026-05-12T21:20:18Z Austinea3 116 40999 wikitext text/x-wiki {{short description|Nigerian brigadier (1943–1983)}}{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2023}} {{Infobox officeholder|name=Ibrahim Bako|honorific_prefix=[[Brigadier]]|image=|caption=|image_size=150px|office=Acting General Officer Commanding, [[1st Division (Nigeria)|1 Division]], Nigerian Army|term_start=|term_end=|predecessor=|successor=|birth_name=Ibrahim Ahmed Bako|birth_date=5 March 1943|death_date={{death date and age|1983|12|31|1943|3|5|df=y}}|allegiance={{NGR}}|branch={{army|Nigeria}}|service_years=1962–1983|rank=[[File:Nigeria-Army-OF-6.svg|20px]] [[Brigadier]]|alma_mater=[[Nigerian Defence Academy|Nigerian Military Training College]]<br>[[Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst|RMA Sandhurst]]}} '''Ibrahim Ahmed Bako''' (5 March 1943<ref name="Leadership-NG">{{Cite news|last1=Augustine|first1=Agbo-Paul|title=We've Forgiven Our Father's Killers – Prof Bako|url=http://leadership.ng/features/interviews/311481/weve-forgiven-our-fathers-killers-prof-bako|newspaper=[[Leadership (newspaper)|Leadership]]|access-date=9 January 2015}}</ref> – 31 December 1983) was a senior officer in the [[Nigerian Army]] who played a principal role in two Nigerian military coups: the [[1966 Nigerian counter-coup|July 1966 counter-coup]] and the [[1983 Nigerian coup d'état|December 1983]] coup. The 1983 coup ousted the democratic government of [[Shehu Shagari]] while the July 1966 coup ousted the military government of General [[Ironsi]]. Bako was killed during the [[1983 Nigerian coup d'état|December 1983 coup d'état]]. == Career == Ibrahim Ahmed Bako (N/548) FSS MSS psc ma bî éfu ó'chu ẹ́kẹ́ta nolu mẹ́lu éfu ọdọ 1943 efu [[Kaduna (city)|Kaduna]],kádunà státî . His primary education was at Junior Primary School, Kaduna from 1951 to 1954, later proceeding to Giwa Senior primary school to complete his primary education in 1956. He attended Government College, now [[Barewa College]] from 1957 to 1961 where he obtained the West African School Certificate. On completion of his secondary education he gained admission into the Nigerian Military Training College (NMTC) Kaduna, now Nigeria Defence Academy as a member of NMTC course 5 in 1962 for his preliminary military training. He later proceeded to the United Kingdom to complete his cadetship training at the [[Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst|Royal Military Academy Sandhurst]]. Regular Combatant Commission was granted on 17 December 1964 with the rank of Second Lieutenant and seniority of the same rank effective 19 April 1962. As a Nigerian Army Infantry officer, Ibrahim Bako started his career as Platoon Commander 4 Battalion, then Company Commander 5 Battalion. At the start of the civil war in 1967, he was appointed Staff Captain intelligence for Headquarters 1 Area Command (later redesignated 1 Division). He was made a temporary Major on 31 July 1968 before taking a more active role at the front as a Brigade Major 4 Infantry Brigade, with the rank being made substantive on 24 February 1969. He remained a Major until 1 October 1972 when he was afforded the temporary rank of Lieutenant Colonel and with it the duties of General Staff Officer Grade II Intelligence. Bako (then a Lt Colonel) served as a logistics officer on the National Census Board for the 1973 census.<ref name="Siollun15">{{cite book|last1=Siollun|first1=Max|title=Soldiers of Fortune: A History of Nigeria (1983-1993)|publisher=Cassava Republic Press|year=2013|isbn=9789785023824|edition=2013|pages=15}}</ref> The Substantive rank of Lieutenant Colonel was officially granted 1 April 1974, this time his orders were to report as Commander 20 Brigade. As a Lieutenant Colonel, he also held the posts of Assistant Quarter Master at Headquarters Lagos Garrison Organisation (now 81 Division Lagos) and then Commander 1 Infantry Division Garrison, Kaduna. On 1 November 1975, he was given the temporary rank of Colonel and by 5 July 1978 he was made a substantive Colonel and with it the new posting of General Staff Officer Grade 1 Coordination Army Headquarters. Colonel Bako led a [https://www.britishpathe.com/video/VLVA2M3MVXR2Y21YDXCC94S838D4C-LEBANON-NIGERIAN-SOLDIERS-ARRIVE-TO-JOIN-UN-PEACE-KEEPING-FORCE/query/Nigerian+Army+Lebanon Nigerian Battalion in peace keeping operations in Lebanon] under '''UNIFIL''', [[United Nations|UN]] peacekeeping mission established on 19 March 1978 by [[United Nations Security Council]] [[United Nations Security Council Resolution|Resolutions]] [[United Nations Security Council Resolution 425|425]] and [[United Nations Security Council Resolution 426|426]]. Ibrahim Bako attained the rank of Brigadier on 1 May 1980 serving as Commander 7 Mechanised Brigade and finally Director Army Faculty, [[Armed Forces Command and Staff College, Jaji]] before his death on 31 December 1983. At a point in his career, Ibrahim Bako led the [[Nigerian Army]] contingent that facilitated the transfer of about 100 former guerrillas from the Zimbabwean bushes (after the liberation struggle) for selection and training at the [[Nigerian Defence Academy]], [[Kaduna (city)|Kaduna]] in 1980. Those 100 former guerrillas formed the pioneer corp of the post-independence [[Zimbabwe National Army]],<ref name="Beegeagle">{{cite web|title=Nigerian Army Museum: a slice of Nigerian military history|url=https://beegeagle.wordpress.com/2012/03/24/nigerian-army-museum-a-slice-of-nigerian-military-history/|website=Beegeagle's Blog|date=24 March 2012|publisher=Beegeagle|access-date=5 January 2015}}</ref> leading Nigeria's assistance to other Southern African countries like Angola and South Africa in their fight against apartheid and colonialism. == Role on 28 July 1966 coup == The 28 July 1966 mutiny (often called the [[Nigerian counter-coup of 1966]]) was a violent overthrow of General [[Aguiyi-Ironsi]]'s military government, which came into power after the abortive January 15 coup, spearheaded by Major [[Emmanuel Ifeajuna]] and Lt Col [[Kaduna Nzeogwu]]. A group of military officers of northern Nigerian origin (including then Lts Ibrahim Bako, [[Shehu Musa Yar'Adua]], [[Theophilus Danjuma]], Captain [[Joe Garba]], Lt Col [[Murtala Muhammed]], among others) conspired and mutinied against General Ironsi's military government.<ref name="OPV">{{cite book|last1=Siollun|first1=Max|title=Oil, Politics and Violence: Nigeria's Military Coup Culture (1966-1976)|year=2009|publisher=Algora Publishing|isbn=9780875867106|pages=99}}</ref> Among the casualties of the mutiny were General [[Aguiyi Ironsi]] and Lt Colonel [[Adekunle Fajuyi]]. During reconnaissance for the counter coup, then Lt Col [[Murtala Mohammed]] would drive to Ibadan (where Bako was stationed along with others like then Lt [[Jerry Useni]]), Muhammed would often drive into town from Lagos, pick up Ibrahim Bako and Abdullai Shelleng at a pre-arranged location and drive around without stopping while they discussed their counter-coup plan.<ref name="Gamji-Omoigui">{{cite web|last1=Omoigui|first1=Nowa|title=Operation Aure (2): Planning to Overthrow General Ironsi|url=http://www.gamji.com/nowa/nowa26.htm|website=Gamji|publisher=Gamji|access-date=5 January 2015}}</ref> == Role on 31 December 1983 coup == Ibrahim Bako (then Director of the Army Faculty at the Armed Forces Command and staff College, Jaji)<ref name="Beegeagle" /> and acting GOC 1 Division, Kaduna,<ref name="Leadership-NG" /> was requested by the coup conspirators with securing President [[Shehu Shagari]] presumably after Shagari's [[Presidential Guard Brigade (Nigeria)|Brigade of Guards]] had been neutralized (without violence as planned) by Col [[Tunde Ogbeha]]. Author [[Max Siollun]] notes that Bako was chosen for the role because not only was Bako's father a personal friend to Shagari, as Commander 7 Mechanised Brigade Sokoto, he was well known and respected in the president's home state. Unknown to Bako was that the coup plot had been leaked to President Shagari, whose guards were on high alert. After arriving at the Presidential residence (in non-military attire) with an armed detachment to secure the President,<ref name="Omoiugui">{{cite web|last1=Omoigui|first1=Nowa|title=The palace coup of 27 August 1985 Part I|url=http://www.waado.org/nigerdelta/nigeria_facts/MilitaryRule/Omoigui/PalaceCoup-1985.htm|publisher=Uhrobo Historical Society|access-date=5 January 2015|archive-date=8 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210608090914/http://www.waado.org/nigerdelta/nigeria_facts/militaryrule/omoigui/PalaceCoup-1985.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> Bako was shot dead while sitting in the passenger side of a [[Unimog]] utility truck<ref name="Beegeagle" /> in an ensuing firefight between troops from Bako's detachment and the Brigade of Guards soldiers under the command of Captain Augustine Anyogo.<ref name="Siollun">{{cite book|last1=Siollun|first1=Max|title=Soldiers of Fortune: A History of Nigeria (1983-1993)|year=2013|publisher=Cassava Republic Press|isbn=9789785023824|pages=16–17|edition=2013}}</ref> The Unimog utility truck that Bako was killed in was on display at the Nigerian Army Museum in [[Zaria]], Nigeria. The senior military officers involved in the 1983 coup were:<ref name="Siollun13">{{cite book|last1=Siollun|first1=Max|title=Soldiers of Fortune: A History of Nigeria (1983-1993)|year=2013|publisher=Cassava Republic Press|isbn=9789785023824|pages=13|edition=2013}}</ref> * Major General [[Muhammadu Buhari]] (General Officer Commanding, 3rd Armored Division, Jos) * Major General [[Ibrahim Babangida]] (Director of Army Staff Duties and Plans) * Brigadier Ibrahim Bako (Acting General Officer Commanding, 1st Division Kaduna/Director Army Faculty, [[Armed Forces Command and Staff College, Jaji]]) * Brigadier [[Sani Abacha]] (Commander, 9th Mechanized Brigade) * Brigadier [[Tunde Idiagbon]] (Military Secretary, Army) * Lt Colonel [[Aliyu Mohammed Gusau]] (Director of Military Intelligence) * Lt Colonel [[Halilu Akilu]] * Lt Colonel [[David Mark]] * Lt Colonel [[Tunde Ogbeha]] * Major [[Sambo Dasuki]] (Military Assistant to the Chief of Army Staff, Lt-General [[Mohammed Inuwa Wushishi|Wushishi]]) * Major [[Abdulmumini Aminu]] * Major [[Lawan Gwadabe]] * Major Mustapha Jokolo (Senior Instructor, Basawa Barracks - Zaria) * Major [[Dangiwa Umar|Abubakar Umar]] Major General Buhari's Supreme Military Council (SMC) observed a minute of silence for the slain Brigadier Bako during SMC's first meeting.<ref name="NYT">{{cite news|last1=May|first1=Clifford|title=DEPOSED NIGERIAN PRESIDENT IS UNDER ARREST|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1984/01/04/world/deposed-nigerian-president-is-under-arrest.html|work=New York Times|date=4 January 1984|access-date=5 January 2015}}</ref> == References == {{Reflist}} js5v93c3zldvbwuuhrbhp909qd82dgq 41000 40999 2026-05-12T21:27:03Z Austinea3 116 41000 wikitext text/x-wiki {{short description|Nigerian brigadier (1943–1983)}}{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2023}} {{Infobox officeholder|name=Ibrahim Bako|honorific_prefix=[[Brigadier]]|image=|caption=|image_size=150px|office=Acting General Officer Commanding, [[1st Division (Nigeria)|1 Division]], Nigerian Army|term_start=|term_end=|predecessor=|successor=|birth_name=Ibrahim Ahmed Bako|birth_date=5 March 1943|death_date={{death date and age|1983|12|31|1943|3|5|df=y}}|allegiance={{NGR}}|branch={{army|Nigeria}}|service_years=1962–1983|rank=[[File:Nigeria-Army-OF-6.svg|20px]] [[Brigadier]]|alma_mater=[[Nigerian Defence Academy|Nigerian Military Training College]]<br>[[Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst|RMA Sandhurst]]}} '''Ibrahim Ahmed Bako''' (5 March 1943<ref name="Leadership-NG">{{Cite news|last1=Augustine|first1=Agbo-Paul|title=We've Forgiven Our Father's Killers – Prof Bako|url=http://leadership.ng/features/interviews/311481/weve-forgiven-our-fathers-killers-prof-bako|newspaper=[[Leadership (newspaper)|Leadership]]|access-date=9 January 2015}}</ref> – 31 December 1983) was a senior officer in the [[Nigerian Army]] who played a principal role in two Nigerian military coups: the [[1966 Nigerian counter-coup|July 1966 counter-coup]] and the [[1983 Nigerian coup d'état|December 1983]] coup. The 1983 coup ousted the democratic government of [[Shehu Shagari]] while the July 1966 coup ousted the military government of General [[Ironsi]]. Bako was killed during the [[1983 Nigerian coup d'état|December 1983 coup d'état]]. == Career == Ibrahim Ahmed Bako (N/548) FSS MSS psc ma bî éfu ó'chu ẹ́kẹ́ta nolu mẹ́lu éfu ọdọ 1943 efu [[Kaduna (city)|Kaduna]],kádunà státî. Íkọ́ ẹ̀kọ́ ìlùmẹ́ kíkọ n’ìfẹ̀ oñwu chi Junior Primary School, Kaduna kwì efu ọ̀dọ̀ 1951 tì 1954, oñwu l’adú d’anyí lo tì Giwa Senior Primary School n’ìchẹ́ kpa ẹ̀kọ́ ìlùmẹ́ kíkọ n’ìfẹ̀ nwu.” His primary education was at Junior Primary School, Kaduna from 1951 to 1954, later proceeding to Giwa Senior primary school to complete his primary education in 1956. He attended Government College, now [[Barewa College]] from 1957 to 1961 where he obtained the West African School Certificate. On completion of his secondary education he gained admission into the Nigerian Military Training College (NMTC) Kaduna, now Nigeria Defence Academy as a member of NMTC course 5 in 1962 for his preliminary military training. He later proceeded to the United Kingdom to complete his cadetship training at the [[Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst|Royal Military Academy Sandhurst]]. Regular Combatant Commission was granted on 17 December 1964 with the rank of Second Lieutenant and seniority of the same rank effective 19 April 1962. As a Nigerian Army Infantry officer, Ibrahim Bako started his career as Platoon Commander 4 Battalion, then Company Commander 5 Battalion. At the start of the civil war in 1967, he was appointed Staff Captain intelligence for Headquarters 1 Area Command (later redesignated 1 Division). He was made a temporary Major on 31 July 1968 before taking a more active role at the front as a Brigade Major 4 Infantry Brigade, with the rank being made substantive on 24 February 1969. He remained a Major until 1 October 1972 when he was afforded the temporary rank of Lieutenant Colonel and with it the duties of General Staff Officer Grade II Intelligence. Bako (then a Lt Colonel) served as a logistics officer on the National Census Board for the 1973 census.<ref name="Siollun15">{{cite book|last1=Siollun|first1=Max|title=Soldiers of Fortune: A History of Nigeria (1983-1993)|publisher=Cassava Republic Press|year=2013|isbn=9789785023824|edition=2013|pages=15}}</ref> The Substantive rank of Lieutenant Colonel was officially granted 1 April 1974, this time his orders were to report as Commander 20 Brigade. As a Lieutenant Colonel, he also held the posts of Assistant Quarter Master at Headquarters Lagos Garrison Organisation (now 81 Division Lagos) and then Commander 1 Infantry Division Garrison, Kaduna. On 1 November 1975, he was given the temporary rank of Colonel and by 5 July 1978 he was made a substantive Colonel and with it the new posting of General Staff Officer Grade 1 Coordination Army Headquarters. Colonel Bako led a [https://www.britishpathe.com/video/VLVA2M3MVXR2Y21YDXCC94S838D4C-LEBANON-NIGERIAN-SOLDIERS-ARRIVE-TO-JOIN-UN-PEACE-KEEPING-FORCE/query/Nigerian+Army+Lebanon Nigerian Battalion in peace keeping operations in Lebanon] under '''UNIFIL''', [[United Nations|UN]] peacekeeping mission established on 19 March 1978 by [[United Nations Security Council]] [[United Nations Security Council Resolution|Resolutions]] [[United Nations Security Council Resolution 425|425]] and [[United Nations Security Council Resolution 426|426]]. Ibrahim Bako attained the rank of Brigadier on 1 May 1980 serving as Commander 7 Mechanised Brigade and finally Director Army Faculty, [[Armed Forces Command and Staff College, Jaji]] before his death on 31 December 1983. At a point in his career, Ibrahim Bako led the [[Nigerian Army]] contingent that facilitated the transfer of about 100 former guerrillas from the Zimbabwean bushes (after the liberation struggle) for selection and training at the [[Nigerian Defence Academy]], [[Kaduna (city)|Kaduna]] in 1980. Those 100 former guerrillas formed the pioneer corp of the post-independence [[Zimbabwe National Army]],<ref name="Beegeagle">{{cite web|title=Nigerian Army Museum: a slice of Nigerian military history|url=https://beegeagle.wordpress.com/2012/03/24/nigerian-army-museum-a-slice-of-nigerian-military-history/|website=Beegeagle's Blog|date=24 March 2012|publisher=Beegeagle|access-date=5 January 2015}}</ref> leading Nigeria's assistance to other Southern African countries like Angola and South Africa in their fight against apartheid and colonialism. == Role on 28 July 1966 coup == The 28 July 1966 mutiny (often called the [[Nigerian counter-coup of 1966]]) was a violent overthrow of General [[Aguiyi-Ironsi]]'s military government, which came into power after the abortive January 15 coup, spearheaded by Major [[Emmanuel Ifeajuna]] and Lt Col [[Kaduna Nzeogwu]]. A group of military officers of northern Nigerian origin (including then Lts Ibrahim Bako, [[Shehu Musa Yar'Adua]], [[Theophilus Danjuma]], Captain [[Joe Garba]], Lt Col [[Murtala Muhammed]], among others) conspired and mutinied against General Ironsi's military government.<ref name="OPV">{{cite book|last1=Siollun|first1=Max|title=Oil, Politics and Violence: Nigeria's Military Coup Culture (1966-1976)|year=2009|publisher=Algora Publishing|isbn=9780875867106|pages=99}}</ref> Among the casualties of the mutiny were General [[Aguiyi Ironsi]] and Lt Colonel [[Adekunle Fajuyi]]. During reconnaissance for the counter coup, then Lt Col [[Murtala Mohammed]] would drive to Ibadan (where Bako was stationed along with others like then Lt [[Jerry Useni]]), Muhammed would often drive into town from Lagos, pick up Ibrahim Bako and Abdullai Shelleng at a pre-arranged location and drive around without stopping while they discussed their counter-coup plan.<ref name="Gamji-Omoigui">{{cite web|last1=Omoigui|first1=Nowa|title=Operation Aure (2): Planning to Overthrow General Ironsi|url=http://www.gamji.com/nowa/nowa26.htm|website=Gamji|publisher=Gamji|access-date=5 January 2015}}</ref> == Role on 31 December 1983 coup == Ibrahim Bako (then Director of the Army Faculty at the Armed Forces Command and staff College, Jaji)<ref name="Beegeagle" /> and acting GOC 1 Division, Kaduna,<ref name="Leadership-NG" /> was requested by the coup conspirators with securing President [[Shehu Shagari]] presumably after Shagari's [[Presidential Guard Brigade (Nigeria)|Brigade of Guards]] had been neutralized (without violence as planned) by Col [[Tunde Ogbeha]]. Author [[Max Siollun]] notes that Bako was chosen for the role because not only was Bako's father a personal friend to Shagari, as Commander 7 Mechanised Brigade Sokoto, he was well known and respected in the president's home state. Unknown to Bako was that the coup plot had been leaked to President Shagari, whose guards were on high alert. After arriving at the Presidential residence (in non-military attire) with an armed detachment to secure the President,<ref name="Omoiugui">{{cite web|last1=Omoigui|first1=Nowa|title=The palace coup of 27 August 1985 Part I|url=http://www.waado.org/nigerdelta/nigeria_facts/MilitaryRule/Omoigui/PalaceCoup-1985.htm|publisher=Uhrobo Historical Society|access-date=5 January 2015|archive-date=8 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210608090914/http://www.waado.org/nigerdelta/nigeria_facts/militaryrule/omoigui/PalaceCoup-1985.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> Bako was shot dead while sitting in the passenger side of a [[Unimog]] utility truck<ref name="Beegeagle" /> in an ensuing firefight between troops from Bako's detachment and the Brigade of Guards soldiers under the command of Captain Augustine Anyogo.<ref name="Siollun">{{cite book|last1=Siollun|first1=Max|title=Soldiers of Fortune: A History of Nigeria (1983-1993)|year=2013|publisher=Cassava Republic Press|isbn=9789785023824|pages=16–17|edition=2013}}</ref> The Unimog utility truck that Bako was killed in was on display at the Nigerian Army Museum in [[Zaria]], Nigeria. The senior military officers involved in the 1983 coup were:<ref name="Siollun13">{{cite book|last1=Siollun|first1=Max|title=Soldiers of Fortune: A History of Nigeria (1983-1993)|year=2013|publisher=Cassava Republic Press|isbn=9789785023824|pages=13|edition=2013}}</ref> * Major General [[Muhammadu Buhari]] (General Officer Commanding, 3rd Armored Division, Jos) * Major General [[Ibrahim Babangida]] (Director of Army Staff Duties and Plans) * Brigadier Ibrahim Bako (Acting General Officer Commanding, 1st Division Kaduna/Director Army Faculty, [[Armed Forces Command and Staff College, Jaji]]) * Brigadier [[Sani Abacha]] (Commander, 9th Mechanized Brigade) * Brigadier [[Tunde Idiagbon]] (Military Secretary, Army) * Lt Colonel [[Aliyu Mohammed Gusau]] (Director of Military Intelligence) * Lt Colonel [[Halilu Akilu]] * Lt Colonel [[David Mark]] * Lt Colonel [[Tunde Ogbeha]] * Major [[Sambo Dasuki]] (Military Assistant to the Chief of Army Staff, Lt-General [[Mohammed Inuwa Wushishi|Wushishi]]) * Major [[Abdulmumini Aminu]] * Major [[Lawan Gwadabe]] * Major Mustapha Jokolo (Senior Instructor, Basawa Barracks - Zaria) * Major [[Dangiwa Umar|Abubakar Umar]] Major General Buhari's Supreme Military Council (SMC) observed a minute of silence for the slain Brigadier Bako during SMC's first meeting.<ref name="NYT">{{cite news|last1=May|first1=Clifford|title=DEPOSED NIGERIAN PRESIDENT IS UNDER ARREST|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1984/01/04/world/deposed-nigerian-president-is-under-arrest.html|work=New York Times|date=4 January 1984|access-date=5 January 2015}}</ref> == References == {{Reflist}} mns3csfbxdz2tfh2vbwq0rq58y9pogm 41001 41000 2026-05-12T21:28:36Z Austinea3 116 41001 wikitext text/x-wiki {{short description|Nigerian brigadier (1943–1983)}}{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2023}} {{Infobox officeholder|name=Ibrahim Bako|honorific_prefix=[[Brigadier]]|image=|caption=|image_size=150px|office=Acting General Officer Commanding, [[1st Division (Nigeria)|1 Division]], Nigerian Army|term_start=|term_end=|predecessor=|successor=|birth_name=Ibrahim Ahmed Bako|birth_date=5 March 1943|death_date={{death date and age|1983|12|31|1943|3|5|df=y}}|allegiance={{NGR}}|branch={{army|Nigeria}}|service_years=1962–1983|rank=[[File:Nigeria-Army-OF-6.svg|20px]] [[Brigadier]]|alma_mater=[[Nigerian Defence Academy|Nigerian Military Training College]]<br>[[Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst|RMA Sandhurst]]}} '''Ibrahim Ahmed Bako''' (5 March 1943<ref name="Leadership-NG">{{Cite news|last1=Augustine|first1=Agbo-Paul|title=We've Forgiven Our Father's Killers – Prof Bako|url=http://leadership.ng/features/interviews/311481/weve-forgiven-our-fathers-killers-prof-bako|newspaper=[[Leadership (newspaper)|Leadership]]|access-date=9 January 2015}}</ref> – 31 December 1983) was a senior officer in the [[Nigerian Army]] who played a principal role in two Nigerian military coups: the [[1966 Nigerian counter-coup|July 1966 counter-coup]] and the [[1983 Nigerian coup d'état|December 1983]] coup. The 1983 coup ousted the democratic government of [[Shehu Shagari]] while the July 1966 coup ousted the military government of General [[Ironsi]]. Bako was killed during the [[1983 Nigerian coup d'état|December 1983 coup d'état]]. == Career == Ibrahim Ahmed Bako (N/548) FSS MSS psc ma bî éfu ó'chu ẹ́kẹ́ta nolu mẹ́lu éfu ọdọ 1943 efu [[Kaduna (city)|Kaduna]],kádunà státî. Íkọ́ ẹ̀kọ́ ìlùmẹ́ kíkọ n’ìfẹ̀ oñwu chi Junior Primary School, Kaduna kwì efu ọ̀dọ̀ 1951 tì 1954, oñwu l’adú d’anyí lo tì Giwa Senior Primary School n’ìchẹ́ kpa ẹ̀kọ́ ìlùmẹ́ kíkọ n’ìfẹ̀ nwu éfu ọdọ in 1956. He attended Government College, now [[Barewa College]] from 1957 to 1961 where he obtained the West African School Certificate. On completion of his secondary education he gained admission into the Nigerian Military Training College (NMTC) Kaduna, now Nigeria Defence Academy as a member of NMTC course 5 in 1962 for his preliminary military training. He later proceeded to the United Kingdom to complete his cadetship training at the [[Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst|Royal Military Academy Sandhurst]]. Regular Combatant Commission was granted on 17 December 1964 with the rank of Second Lieutenant and seniority of the same rank effective 19 April 1962. As a Nigerian Army Infantry officer, Ibrahim Bako started his career as Platoon Commander 4 Battalion, then Company Commander 5 Battalion. At the start of the civil war in 1967, he was appointed Staff Captain intelligence for Headquarters 1 Area Command (later redesignated 1 Division). He was made a temporary Major on 31 July 1968 before taking a more active role at the front as a Brigade Major 4 Infantry Brigade, with the rank being made substantive on 24 February 1969. He remained a Major until 1 October 1972 when he was afforded the temporary rank of Lieutenant Colonel and with it the duties of General Staff Officer Grade II Intelligence. Bako (then a Lt Colonel) served as a logistics officer on the National Census Board for the 1973 census.<ref name="Siollun15">{{cite book|last1=Siollun|first1=Max|title=Soldiers of Fortune: A History of Nigeria (1983-1993)|publisher=Cassava Republic Press|year=2013|isbn=9789785023824|edition=2013|pages=15}}</ref> The Substantive rank of Lieutenant Colonel was officially granted 1 April 1974, this time his orders were to report as Commander 20 Brigade. As a Lieutenant Colonel, he also held the posts of Assistant Quarter Master at Headquarters Lagos Garrison Organisation (now 81 Division Lagos) and then Commander 1 Infantry Division Garrison, Kaduna. On 1 November 1975, he was given the temporary rank of Colonel and by 5 July 1978 he was made a substantive Colonel and with it the new posting of General Staff Officer Grade 1 Coordination Army Headquarters. Colonel Bako led a [https://www.britishpathe.com/video/VLVA2M3MVXR2Y21YDXCC94S838D4C-LEBANON-NIGERIAN-SOLDIERS-ARRIVE-TO-JOIN-UN-PEACE-KEEPING-FORCE/query/Nigerian+Army+Lebanon Nigerian Battalion in peace keeping operations in Lebanon] under '''UNIFIL''', [[United Nations|UN]] peacekeeping mission established on 19 March 1978 by [[United Nations Security Council]] [[United Nations Security Council Resolution|Resolutions]] [[United Nations Security Council Resolution 425|425]] and [[United Nations Security Council Resolution 426|426]]. Ibrahim Bako attained the rank of Brigadier on 1 May 1980 serving as Commander 7 Mechanised Brigade and finally Director Army Faculty, [[Armed Forces Command and Staff College, Jaji]] before his death on 31 December 1983. At a point in his career, Ibrahim Bako led the [[Nigerian Army]] contingent that facilitated the transfer of about 100 former guerrillas from the Zimbabwean bushes (after the liberation struggle) for selection and training at the [[Nigerian Defence Academy]], [[Kaduna (city)|Kaduna]] in 1980. Those 100 former guerrillas formed the pioneer corp of the post-independence [[Zimbabwe National Army]],<ref name="Beegeagle">{{cite web|title=Nigerian Army Museum: a slice of Nigerian military history|url=https://beegeagle.wordpress.com/2012/03/24/nigerian-army-museum-a-slice-of-nigerian-military-history/|website=Beegeagle's Blog|date=24 March 2012|publisher=Beegeagle|access-date=5 January 2015}}</ref> leading Nigeria's assistance to other Southern African countries like Angola and South Africa in their fight against apartheid and colonialism. == Role on 28 July 1966 coup == The 28 July 1966 mutiny (often called the [[Nigerian counter-coup of 1966]]) was a violent overthrow of General [[Aguiyi-Ironsi]]'s military government, which came into power after the abortive January 15 coup, spearheaded by Major [[Emmanuel Ifeajuna]] and Lt Col [[Kaduna Nzeogwu]]. A group of military officers of northern Nigerian origin (including then Lts Ibrahim Bako, [[Shehu Musa Yar'Adua]], [[Theophilus Danjuma]], Captain [[Joe Garba]], Lt Col [[Murtala Muhammed]], among others) conspired and mutinied against General Ironsi's military government.<ref name="OPV">{{cite book|last1=Siollun|first1=Max|title=Oil, Politics and Violence: Nigeria's Military Coup Culture (1966-1976)|year=2009|publisher=Algora Publishing|isbn=9780875867106|pages=99}}</ref> Among the casualties of the mutiny were General [[Aguiyi Ironsi]] and Lt Colonel [[Adekunle Fajuyi]]. During reconnaissance for the counter coup, then Lt Col [[Murtala Mohammed]] would drive to Ibadan (where Bako was stationed along with others like then Lt [[Jerry Useni]]), Muhammed would often drive into town from Lagos, pick up Ibrahim Bako and Abdullai Shelleng at a pre-arranged location and drive around without stopping while they discussed their counter-coup plan.<ref name="Gamji-Omoigui">{{cite web|last1=Omoigui|first1=Nowa|title=Operation Aure (2): Planning to Overthrow General Ironsi|url=http://www.gamji.com/nowa/nowa26.htm|website=Gamji|publisher=Gamji|access-date=5 January 2015}}</ref> == Role on 31 December 1983 coup == Ibrahim Bako (then Director of the Army Faculty at the Armed Forces Command and staff College, Jaji)<ref name="Beegeagle" /> and acting GOC 1 Division, Kaduna,<ref name="Leadership-NG" /> was requested by the coup conspirators with securing President [[Shehu Shagari]] presumably after Shagari's [[Presidential Guard Brigade (Nigeria)|Brigade of Guards]] had been neutralized (without violence as planned) by Col [[Tunde Ogbeha]]. Author [[Max Siollun]] notes that Bako was chosen for the role because not only was Bako's father a personal friend to Shagari, as Commander 7 Mechanised Brigade Sokoto, he was well known and respected in the president's home state. Unknown to Bako was that the coup plot had been leaked to President Shagari, whose guards were on high alert. After arriving at the Presidential residence (in non-military attire) with an armed detachment to secure the President,<ref name="Omoiugui">{{cite web|last1=Omoigui|first1=Nowa|title=The palace coup of 27 August 1985 Part I|url=http://www.waado.org/nigerdelta/nigeria_facts/MilitaryRule/Omoigui/PalaceCoup-1985.htm|publisher=Uhrobo Historical Society|access-date=5 January 2015|archive-date=8 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210608090914/http://www.waado.org/nigerdelta/nigeria_facts/militaryrule/omoigui/PalaceCoup-1985.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> Bako was shot dead while sitting in the passenger side of a [[Unimog]] utility truck<ref name="Beegeagle" /> in an ensuing firefight between troops from Bako's detachment and the Brigade of Guards soldiers under the command of Captain Augustine Anyogo.<ref name="Siollun">{{cite book|last1=Siollun|first1=Max|title=Soldiers of Fortune: A History of Nigeria (1983-1993)|year=2013|publisher=Cassava Republic Press|isbn=9789785023824|pages=16–17|edition=2013}}</ref> The Unimog utility truck that Bako was killed in was on display at the Nigerian Army Museum in [[Zaria]], Nigeria. The senior military officers involved in the 1983 coup were:<ref name="Siollun13">{{cite book|last1=Siollun|first1=Max|title=Soldiers of Fortune: A History of Nigeria (1983-1993)|year=2013|publisher=Cassava Republic Press|isbn=9789785023824|pages=13|edition=2013}}</ref> * Major General [[Muhammadu Buhari]] (General Officer Commanding, 3rd Armored Division, Jos) * Major General [[Ibrahim Babangida]] (Director of Army Staff Duties and Plans) * Brigadier Ibrahim Bako (Acting General Officer Commanding, 1st Division Kaduna/Director Army Faculty, [[Armed Forces Command and Staff College, Jaji]]) * Brigadier [[Sani Abacha]] (Commander, 9th Mechanized Brigade) * Brigadier [[Tunde Idiagbon]] (Military Secretary, Army) * Lt Colonel [[Aliyu Mohammed Gusau]] (Director of Military Intelligence) * Lt Colonel [[Halilu Akilu]] * Lt Colonel [[David Mark]] * Lt Colonel [[Tunde Ogbeha]] * Major [[Sambo Dasuki]] (Military Assistant to the Chief of Army Staff, Lt-General [[Mohammed Inuwa Wushishi|Wushishi]]) * Major [[Abdulmumini Aminu]] * Major [[Lawan Gwadabe]] * Major Mustapha Jokolo (Senior Instructor, Basawa Barracks - Zaria) * Major [[Dangiwa Umar|Abubakar Umar]] Major General Buhari's Supreme Military Council (SMC) observed a minute of silence for the slain Brigadier Bako during SMC's first meeting.<ref name="NYT">{{cite news|last1=May|first1=Clifford|title=DEPOSED NIGERIAN PRESIDENT IS UNDER ARREST|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1984/01/04/world/deposed-nigerian-president-is-under-arrest.html|work=New York Times|date=4 January 1984|access-date=5 January 2015}}</ref> == References == {{Reflist}} 7hhuelh4iodozt7infcdg2w9hsp7ues 41002 41001 2026-05-12T21:38:42Z Austinea3 116 41002 wikitext text/x-wiki {{short description|Nigerian brigadier (1943–1983)}}{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2023}} {{Infobox officeholder|name=Ibrahim Bako|honorific_prefix=[[Brigadier]]|image=|caption=|image_size=150px|office=Acting General Officer Commanding, [[1st Division (Nigeria)|1 Division]], Nigerian Army|term_start=|term_end=|predecessor=|successor=|birth_name=Ibrahim Ahmed Bako|birth_date=5 March 1943|death_date={{death date and age|1983|12|31|1943|3|5|df=y}}|allegiance={{NGR}}|branch={{army|Nigeria}}|service_years=1962–1983|rank=[[File:Nigeria-Army-OF-6.svg|20px]] [[Brigadier]]|alma_mater=[[Nigerian Defence Academy|Nigerian Military Training College]]<br>[[Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst|RMA Sandhurst]]}} '''Ibrahim Ahmed Bako''' (5 March 1943<ref name="Leadership-NG">{{Cite news|last1=Augustine|first1=Agbo-Paul|title=We've Forgiven Our Father's Killers – Prof Bako|url=http://leadership.ng/features/interviews/311481/weve-forgiven-our-fathers-killers-prof-bako|newspaper=[[Leadership (newspaper)|Leadership]]|access-date=9 January 2015}}</ref> – 31 December 1983) was a senior officer in the [[Nigerian Army]] who played a principal role in two Nigerian military coups: the [[1966 Nigerian counter-coup|July 1966 counter-coup]] and the [[1983 Nigerian coup d'état|December 1983]] coup. The 1983 coup ousted the democratic government of [[Shehu Shagari]] while the July 1966 coup ousted the military government of General [[Ironsi]]. Bako was killed during the [[1983 Nigerian coup d'état|December 1983 coup d'état]]. == Career == Ibrahim Ahmed Bako (N/548) FSS MSS psc ma bî éfu ó'chu ẹ́kẹ́ta nolu mẹ́lu éfu ọdọ 1943 efu [[Kaduna (city)|Kaduna]],kádunà státî. Íkọ́ ẹ̀kọ́ ìlùmẹ́ kíkọ n’ìfẹ̀ oñwu chi Junior Primary School, Kaduna kwì efu ọ̀dọ̀ 1951 tì 1954, oñwu l’adú d’anyí lo tì Giwa Senior Primary School n’ìchẹ́ kpa ẹ̀kọ́ ìlùmẹ́ kíkọ n’ìfẹ̀ nwu éfu ọdọ 1956. Î ló ti ukoche ísakulu Goméntì yi kóllégè , abójoì kî chî He attended Government College, now [[Barewa College]] kwî éfu ọdọ from 1957 ló téfu ọdọ to 1961 Abodu kù dabi kpa kù mé kù Igala kà kì amó kù i che nwi West African School Certificate (WASC). Igbele kù i che kpa gwi unyi ùkoche sakandiri, i nwo che t'unyi ùkoche am'ùja kì dì Kaduna kì amó ma dó Nigerian Military Training College (NMTC), kù amó ma dó kù ebèí i che Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA), efù amó kì dó NMTC Course 5 efù ódù 1962, nwi ùkoche ùja kì i koche kù i jé n'ogbagba.where he obtained the West African School Certificate. On completion of his secondary education he gained admission into the Nigerian Military Training College (NMTC) Kaduna, now Nigeria Defence Academy as a member of NMTC course 5 in 1962 for his preliminary military training. He later proceeded to the United Kingdom to complete his cadetship training at the [[Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst|Royal Military Academy Sandhurst]]. Regular Combatant Commission was granted on 17 December 1964 with the rank of Second Lieutenant and seniority of the same rank effective 19 April 1962. As a Nigerian Army Infantry officer, Ibrahim Bako started his career as Platoon Commander 4 Battalion, then Company Commander 5 Battalion. At the start of the civil war in 1967, he was appointed Staff Captain intelligence for Headquarters 1 Area Command (later redesignated 1 Division). He was made a temporary Major on 31 July 1968 before taking a more active role at the front as a Brigade Major 4 Infantry Brigade, with the rank being made substantive on 24 February 1969. He remained a Major until 1 October 1972 when he was afforded the temporary rank of Lieutenant Colonel and with it the duties of General Staff Officer Grade II Intelligence. Bako (then a Lt Colonel) served as a logistics officer on the National Census Board for the 1973 census.<ref name="Siollun15">{{cite book|last1=Siollun|first1=Max|title=Soldiers of Fortune: A History of Nigeria (1983-1993)|publisher=Cassava Republic Press|year=2013|isbn=9789785023824|edition=2013|pages=15}}</ref> The Substantive rank of Lieutenant Colonel was officially granted 1 April 1974, this time his orders were to report as Commander 20 Brigade. As a Lieutenant Colonel, he also held the posts of Assistant Quarter Master at Headquarters Lagos Garrison Organisation (now 81 Division Lagos) and then Commander 1 Infantry Division Garrison, Kaduna. On 1 November 1975, he was given the temporary rank of Colonel and by 5 July 1978 he was made a substantive Colonel and with it the new posting of General Staff Officer Grade 1 Coordination Army Headquarters. Colonel Bako led a [https://www.britishpathe.com/video/VLVA2M3MVXR2Y21YDXCC94S838D4C-LEBANON-NIGERIAN-SOLDIERS-ARRIVE-TO-JOIN-UN-PEACE-KEEPING-FORCE/query/Nigerian+Army+Lebanon Nigerian Battalion in peace keeping operations in Lebanon] under '''UNIFIL''', [[United Nations|UN]] peacekeeping mission established on 19 March 1978 by [[United Nations Security Council]] [[United Nations Security Council Resolution|Resolutions]] [[United Nations Security Council Resolution 425|425]] and [[United Nations Security Council Resolution 426|426]]. Ibrahim Bako attained the rank of Brigadier on 1 May 1980 serving as Commander 7 Mechanised Brigade and finally Director Army Faculty, [[Armed Forces Command and Staff College, Jaji]] before his death on 31 December 1983. At a point in his career, Ibrahim Bako led the [[Nigerian Army]] contingent that facilitated the transfer of about 100 former guerrillas from the Zimbabwean bushes (after the liberation struggle) for selection and training at the [[Nigerian Defence Academy]], [[Kaduna (city)|Kaduna]] in 1980. Those 100 former guerrillas formed the pioneer corp of the post-independence [[Zimbabwe National Army]],<ref name="Beegeagle">{{cite web|title=Nigerian Army Museum: a slice of Nigerian military history|url=https://beegeagle.wordpress.com/2012/03/24/nigerian-army-museum-a-slice-of-nigerian-military-history/|website=Beegeagle's Blog|date=24 March 2012|publisher=Beegeagle|access-date=5 January 2015}}</ref> leading Nigeria's assistance to other Southern African countries like Angola and South Africa in their fight against apartheid and colonialism. == Role on 28 July 1966 coup == The 28 July 1966 mutiny (often called the [[Nigerian counter-coup of 1966]]) was a violent overthrow of General [[Aguiyi-Ironsi]]'s military government, which came into power after the abortive January 15 coup, spearheaded by Major [[Emmanuel Ifeajuna]] and Lt Col [[Kaduna Nzeogwu]]. A group of military officers of northern Nigerian origin (including then Lts Ibrahim Bako, [[Shehu Musa Yar'Adua]], [[Theophilus Danjuma]], Captain [[Joe Garba]], Lt Col [[Murtala Muhammed]], among others) conspired and mutinied against General Ironsi's military government.<ref name="OPV">{{cite book|last1=Siollun|first1=Max|title=Oil, Politics and Violence: Nigeria's Military Coup Culture (1966-1976)|year=2009|publisher=Algora Publishing|isbn=9780875867106|pages=99}}</ref> Among the casualties of the mutiny were General [[Aguiyi Ironsi]] and Lt Colonel [[Adekunle Fajuyi]]. During reconnaissance for the counter coup, then Lt Col [[Murtala Mohammed]] would drive to Ibadan (where Bako was stationed along with others like then Lt [[Jerry Useni]]), Muhammed would often drive into town from Lagos, pick up Ibrahim Bako and Abdullai Shelleng at a pre-arranged location and drive around without stopping while they discussed their counter-coup plan.<ref name="Gamji-Omoigui">{{cite web|last1=Omoigui|first1=Nowa|title=Operation Aure (2): Planning to Overthrow General Ironsi|url=http://www.gamji.com/nowa/nowa26.htm|website=Gamji|publisher=Gamji|access-date=5 January 2015}}</ref> == Role on 31 December 1983 coup == Ibrahim Bako (then Director of the Army Faculty at the Armed Forces Command and staff College, Jaji)<ref name="Beegeagle" /> and acting GOC 1 Division, Kaduna,<ref name="Leadership-NG" /> was requested by the coup conspirators with securing President [[Shehu Shagari]] presumably after Shagari's [[Presidential Guard Brigade (Nigeria)|Brigade of Guards]] had been neutralized (without violence as planned) by Col [[Tunde Ogbeha]]. Author [[Max Siollun]] notes that Bako was chosen for the role because not only was Bako's father a personal friend to Shagari, as Commander 7 Mechanised Brigade Sokoto, he was well known and respected in the president's home state. Unknown to Bako was that the coup plot had been leaked to President Shagari, whose guards were on high alert. After arriving at the Presidential residence (in non-military attire) with an armed detachment to secure the President,<ref name="Omoiugui">{{cite web|last1=Omoigui|first1=Nowa|title=The palace coup of 27 August 1985 Part I|url=http://www.waado.org/nigerdelta/nigeria_facts/MilitaryRule/Omoigui/PalaceCoup-1985.htm|publisher=Uhrobo Historical Society|access-date=5 January 2015|archive-date=8 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210608090914/http://www.waado.org/nigerdelta/nigeria_facts/militaryrule/omoigui/PalaceCoup-1985.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> Bako was shot dead while sitting in the passenger side of a [[Unimog]] utility truck<ref name="Beegeagle" /> in an ensuing firefight between troops from Bako's detachment and the Brigade of Guards soldiers under the command of Captain Augustine Anyogo.<ref name="Siollun">{{cite book|last1=Siollun|first1=Max|title=Soldiers of Fortune: A History of Nigeria (1983-1993)|year=2013|publisher=Cassava Republic Press|isbn=9789785023824|pages=16–17|edition=2013}}</ref> The Unimog utility truck that Bako was killed in was on display at the Nigerian Army Museum in [[Zaria]], Nigeria. The senior military officers involved in the 1983 coup were:<ref name="Siollun13">{{cite book|last1=Siollun|first1=Max|title=Soldiers of Fortune: A History of Nigeria (1983-1993)|year=2013|publisher=Cassava Republic Press|isbn=9789785023824|pages=13|edition=2013}}</ref> * Major General [[Muhammadu Buhari]] (General Officer Commanding, 3rd Armored Division, Jos) * Major General [[Ibrahim Babangida]] (Director of Army Staff Duties and Plans) * Brigadier Ibrahim Bako (Acting General Officer Commanding, 1st Division Kaduna/Director Army Faculty, [[Armed Forces Command and Staff College, Jaji]]) * Brigadier [[Sani Abacha]] (Commander, 9th Mechanized Brigade) * Brigadier [[Tunde Idiagbon]] (Military Secretary, Army) * Lt Colonel [[Aliyu Mohammed Gusau]] (Director of Military Intelligence) * Lt Colonel [[Halilu Akilu]] * Lt Colonel [[David Mark]] * Lt Colonel [[Tunde Ogbeha]] * Major [[Sambo Dasuki]] (Military Assistant to the Chief of Army Staff, Lt-General [[Mohammed Inuwa Wushishi|Wushishi]]) * Major [[Abdulmumini Aminu]] * Major [[Lawan Gwadabe]] * Major Mustapha Jokolo (Senior Instructor, Basawa Barracks - Zaria) * Major [[Dangiwa Umar|Abubakar Umar]] Major General Buhari's Supreme Military Council (SMC) observed a minute of silence for the slain Brigadier Bako during SMC's first meeting.<ref name="NYT">{{cite news|last1=May|first1=Clifford|title=DEPOSED NIGERIAN PRESIDENT IS UNDER ARREST|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1984/01/04/world/deposed-nigerian-president-is-under-arrest.html|work=New York Times|date=4 January 1984|access-date=5 January 2015}}</ref> == References == {{Reflist}} ra6qidqfxcfy16crjpnsjiypedxc4zx 41003 41002 2026-05-12T21:44:12Z Austinea3 116 /* Role on 31 December 1983 coup */ 41003 wikitext text/x-wiki {{short description|Nigerian brigadier (1943–1983)}}{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2023}} {{Infobox officeholder|name=Ibrahim Bako|honorific_prefix=[[Brigadier]]|image=|caption=|image_size=150px|office=Acting General Officer Commanding, [[1st Division (Nigeria)|1 Division]], Nigerian Army|term_start=|term_end=|predecessor=|successor=|birth_name=Ibrahim Ahmed Bako|birth_date=5 March 1943|death_date={{death date and age|1983|12|31|1943|3|5|df=y}}|allegiance={{NGR}}|branch={{army|Nigeria}}|service_years=1962–1983|rank=[[File:Nigeria-Army-OF-6.svg|20px]] [[Brigadier]]|alma_mater=[[Nigerian Defence Academy|Nigerian Military Training College]]<br>[[Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst|RMA Sandhurst]]}} '''Ibrahim Ahmed Bako''' (5 March 1943<ref name="Leadership-NG">{{Cite news|last1=Augustine|first1=Agbo-Paul|title=We've Forgiven Our Father's Killers – Prof Bako|url=http://leadership.ng/features/interviews/311481/weve-forgiven-our-fathers-killers-prof-bako|newspaper=[[Leadership (newspaper)|Leadership]]|access-date=9 January 2015}}</ref> – 31 December 1983) was a senior officer in the [[Nigerian Army]] who played a principal role in two Nigerian military coups: the [[1966 Nigerian counter-coup|July 1966 counter-coup]] and the [[1983 Nigerian coup d'état|December 1983]] coup. The 1983 coup ousted the democratic government of [[Shehu Shagari]] while the July 1966 coup ousted the military government of General [[Ironsi]]. Bako was killed during the [[1983 Nigerian coup d'état|December 1983 coup d'état]]. == Career == Ibrahim Ahmed Bako (N/548) FSS MSS psc ma bî éfu ó'chu ẹ́kẹ́ta nolu mẹ́lu éfu ọdọ 1943 efu [[Kaduna (city)|Kaduna]],kádunà státî. Íkọ́ ẹ̀kọ́ ìlùmẹ́ kíkọ n’ìfẹ̀ oñwu chi Junior Primary School, Kaduna kwì efu ọ̀dọ̀ 1951 tì 1954, oñwu l’adú d’anyí lo tì Giwa Senior Primary School n’ìchẹ́ kpa ẹ̀kọ́ ìlùmẹ́ kíkọ n’ìfẹ̀ nwu éfu ọdọ 1956. Î ló ti ukoche ísakulu Goméntì yi kóllégè , abójoì kî chî [[Barewa College]] kwî éfu ọdọ 1957 ló téfu ọdọ 1961 Abodu kù dabi kpa kù mé kù Igala kà kì amó kù i che nwi West African School cértîvîcatẹ̀ (WASC). Igbele kù i che kpa gwi unyi ùkoche sakandiri, i nwo che t'unyi ùkoche am'ùja kì dì Kaduna kì amó ma dó Úkọchẹ ama jîmî anakpala ogîjo kóllégè Naijiria (NMTC), kù amó ma dó kù ebèí i che Naijiria Defence Academy (NDA), efù amó kì dó NMTC Course 5 efù ódù 1962, nwi ùkoche ùja kì i koche kù i jé n'ogbagba. He later proceeded to the United Kingdom to complete his cadetship training at the [[Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst|Royal Military Academy Sandhurst]]. Regular Combatant Commission was granted on 17 December 1964 with the rank of Second Lieutenant and seniority of the same rank effective 19 April 1962. As a Nigerian Army Infantry officer, Ibrahim Bako started his career as Platoon Commander 4 Battalion, then Company Commander 5 Battalion. At the start of the civil war in 1967, he was appointed Staff Captain intelligence for Headquarters 1 Area Command (later redesignated 1 Division). He was made a temporary Major on 31 July 1968 before taking a more active role at the front as a Brigade Major 4 Infantry Brigade, with the rank being made substantive on 24 February 1969. He remained a Major until 1 October 1972 when he was afforded the temporary rank of Lieutenant Colonel and with it the duties of General Staff Officer Grade II Intelligence. Bako (then a Lt Colonel) served as a logistics officer on the National Census Board for the 1973 census.<ref name="Siollun15">{{cite book|last1=Siollun|first1=Max|title=Soldiers of Fortune: A History of Nigeria (1983-1993)|publisher=Cassava Republic Press|year=2013|isbn=9789785023824|edition=2013|pages=15}}</ref> The Substantive rank of Lieutenant Colonel was officially granted 1 April 1974, this time his orders were to report as Commander 20 Brigade. As a Lieutenant Colonel, he also held the posts of Assistant Quarter Master at Headquarters Lagos Garrison Organisation (now 81 Division Lagos) and then Commander 1 Infantry Division Garrison, Kaduna. On 1 November 1975, he was given the temporary rank of Colonel and by 5 July 1978 he was made a substantive Colonel and with it the new posting of General Staff Officer Grade 1 Coordination Army Headquarters. Colonel Bako led a [https://www.britishpathe.com/video/VLVA2M3MVXR2Y21YDXCC94S838D4C-LEBANON-NIGERIAN-SOLDIERS-ARRIVE-TO-JOIN-UN-PEACE-KEEPING-FORCE/query/Nigerian+Army+Lebanon Nigerian Battalion in peace keeping operations in Lebanon] under '''UNIFIL''', [[United Nations|UN]] peacekeeping mission established on 19 March 1978 by [[United Nations Security Council]] [[United Nations Security Council Resolution|Resolutions]] [[United Nations Security Council Resolution 425|425]] and [[United Nations Security Council Resolution 426|426]]. Ibrahim Bako attained the rank of Brigadier on 1 May 1980 serving as Commander 7 Mechanised Brigade and finally Director Army Faculty, [[Armed Forces Command and Staff College, Jaji]] before his death on 31 December 1983. At a point in his career, Ibrahim Bako led the [[Nigerian Army]] contingent that facilitated the transfer of about 100 former guerrillas from the Zimbabwean bushes (after the liberation struggle) for selection and training at the [[Nigerian Defence Academy]], [[Kaduna (city)|Kaduna]] in 1980. Those 100 former guerrillas formed the pioneer corp of the post-independence [[Zimbabwe National Army]],<ref name="Beegeagle">{{cite web|title=Nigerian Army Museum: a slice of Nigerian military history|url=https://beegeagle.wordpress.com/2012/03/24/nigerian-army-museum-a-slice-of-nigerian-military-history/|website=Beegeagle's Blog|date=24 March 2012|publisher=Beegeagle|access-date=5 January 2015}}</ref> leading Nigeria's assistance to other Southern African countries like Angola and South Africa in their fight against apartheid and colonialism. == Role on 28 July 1966 coup == The 28 July 1966 mutiny (often called the [[Nigerian counter-coup of 1966]]) was a violent overthrow of General [[Aguiyi-Ironsi]]'s military government, which came into power after the abortive January 15 coup, spearheaded by Major [[Emmanuel Ifeajuna]] and Lt Col [[Kaduna Nzeogwu]]. A group of military officers of northern Nigerian origin (including then Lts Ibrahim Bako, [[Shehu Musa Yar'Adua]], [[Theophilus Danjuma]], Captain [[Joe Garba]], Lt Col [[Murtala Muhammed]], among others) conspired and mutinied against General Ironsi's military government.<ref name="OPV">{{cite book|last1=Siollun|first1=Max|title=Oil, Politics and Violence: Nigeria's Military Coup Culture (1966-1976)|year=2009|publisher=Algora Publishing|isbn=9780875867106|pages=99}}</ref> Among the casualties of the mutiny were General [[Aguiyi Ironsi]] and Lt Colonel [[Adekunle Fajuyi]]. During reconnaissance for the counter coup, then Lt Col [[Murtala Mohammed]] would drive to Ibadan (where Bako was stationed along with others like then Lt [[Jerry Useni]]), Muhammed would often drive into town from Lagos, pick up Ibrahim Bako and Abdullai Shelleng at a pre-arranged location and drive around without stopping while they discussed their counter-coup plan.<ref name="Gamji-Omoigui">{{cite web|last1=Omoigui|first1=Nowa|title=Operation Aure (2): Planning to Overthrow General Ironsi|url=http://www.gamji.com/nowa/nowa26.htm|website=Gamji|publisher=Gamji|access-date=5 January 2015}}</ref> == Role on 31 December 1983 coup == Ibrahim Bako (then Director of the Army Faculty at the Armed Forces Command and staff College, Jaji)<ref name="Beegeagle" /> and acting GOC 1 Division, Kaduna,<ref name="Leadership-NG" /> was requested by the coup conspirators with securing President [[Shehu Shagari]] presumably after Shagari's [[Presidential Guard Brigade (Nigeria)|Brigade of Guards]] had been neutralized (without violence as planned) by Col [[Tunde Ogbeha]]. Author [[Max Siollun]] notes that Bako was chosen for the role because not only was Bako's father a personal friend to Shagari, as Commander 7 Mechanised Brigade Sokoto, he was well known and respected in the president's home state. Unknown to Bako was that the coup plot had been leaked to President Shagari, whose guards were on high alert. After arriving at the Presidential residence (in non-military attire) with an armed detachment to secure the President,<ref name="Omoiugui">{{cite web|last1=Omoigui|first1=Nowa|title=The palace coup of 27 August 1985 Part I|url=http://www.waado.org/nigerdelta/nigeria_facts/MilitaryRule/Omoigui/PalaceCoup-1985.htm|publisher=Uhrobo Historical Society|access-date=5 January 2015|archive-date=8 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210608090914/http://www.waado.org/nigerdelta/nigeria_facts/militaryrule/omoigui/PalaceCoup-1985.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> Bako was shot dead while sitting in the passenger side of a [[Unimog]] utility truck<ref name="Beegeagle" /> in an ensuing firefight between troops from Bako's detachment and the Brigade of Guards soldiers under the command of Captain Augustine Anyogo.<ref name="Siollun">{{cite book|last1=Siollun|first1=Max|title=Soldiers of Fortune: A History of Nigeria (1983-1993)|year=2013|publisher=Cassava Republic Press|isbn=9789785023824|pages=16–17|edition=2013}}</ref> The Unimog utility truck that Bako was killed in was on display at the Nigerian Army Museum in [[Zaria]], Nigeria. The senior military officers involved in the 1983 coup were:<ref name="Siollun13">{{cite book|last1=Siollun|first1=Max|title=Soldiers of Fortune: A History of Nigeria (1983-1993)|year=2013|publisher=Cassava Republic Press|isbn=9789785023824|pages=13|edition=2013}}</ref> * Major General [[Muhammadu Buhari]] (General Officer Commanding, 3rd Armored Division, Jos) * Major General [[Ibrahim Babangida]] (Director of Army Staff Duties and Plans) * Brigadier Ibrahim Bako (Acting General Officer Commanding, 1st Division Kaduna/Director Army Faculty, [[Armed Forces Command and Staff College, Jaji]]) * Brigadier [[Sani Abacha]] (Commander, 9th Mechanized Brigade) * Brigadier [[Tunde Idiagbon]] (Military Secretary, Army) * Lt Colonel [[Aliyu Mohammed Gusau]] (Director of Military Intelligence) * Lt Colonel [[Halilu Akilu]] * Lt Colonel [[David Mark]] * Lt Colonel [[Tunde Ogbeha]] * Major [[Sambo Dasuki]] (Military Assistant to the Chief of Army Staff, Lt-General [[Mohammed Inuwa Wushishi|Wushishi]]) * Major [[Abdulmumini Aminu]] * Major [[Lawan Gwadabe]] * Major Mustapha Jokolo (Senior Instructor, Basawa Barracks - Zaria) * Major [[Dangiwa Umar|Abubakar Umar]] Major General Buhari's Supreme Military Council (SMC) observed a minute of silence for the slain Brigadier Bako during SMC's first meeting.<ref name="NYT">{{cite news|last1=May|first1=Clifford|title=DEPOSED NIGERIAN PRESIDENT IS UNDER ARREST|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1984/01/04/world/deposed-nigerian-president-is-under-arrest.html|work=New York Times|date=4 January 1984|access-date=5 January 2015}}</ref> == References == {{Reflist}} e0rvy5ngabr2shxu3k26nsbok5p8pry 41004 41003 2026-05-12T21:51:44Z Austinea3 116 /* Role on 31 December 1983 coup */ 41004 wikitext text/x-wiki {{short description|Nigerian brigadier (1943–1983)}}{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2023}} {{Infobox officeholder|name=Ibrahim Bako|honorific_prefix=[[Brigadier]]|image=|caption=|image_size=150px|office=Acting General Officer Commanding, [[1st Division (Nigeria)|1 Division]], Nigerian Army|term_start=|term_end=|predecessor=|successor=|birth_name=Ibrahim Ahmed Bako|birth_date=5 March 1943|death_date={{death date and age|1983|12|31|1943|3|5|df=y}}|allegiance={{NGR}}|branch={{army|Nigeria}}|service_years=1962–1983|rank=[[File:Nigeria-Army-OF-6.svg|20px]] [[Brigadier]]|alma_mater=[[Nigerian Defence Academy|Nigerian Military Training College]]<br>[[Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst|RMA Sandhurst]]}} '''Ibrahim Ahmed Bako''' (5 March 1943<ref name="Leadership-NG">{{Cite news|last1=Augustine|first1=Agbo-Paul|title=We've Forgiven Our Father's Killers – Prof Bako|url=http://leadership.ng/features/interviews/311481/weve-forgiven-our-fathers-killers-prof-bako|newspaper=[[Leadership (newspaper)|Leadership]]|access-date=9 January 2015}}</ref> – 31 December 1983) was a senior officer in the [[Nigerian Army]] who played a principal role in two Nigerian military coups: the [[1966 Nigerian counter-coup|July 1966 counter-coup]] and the [[1983 Nigerian coup d'état|December 1983]] coup. The 1983 coup ousted the democratic government of [[Shehu Shagari]] while the July 1966 coup ousted the military government of General [[Ironsi]]. Bako was killed during the [[1983 Nigerian coup d'état|December 1983 coup d'état]]. == Career == Ibrahim Ahmed Bako (N/548) FSS MSS psc ma bî éfu ó'chu ẹ́kẹ́ta nolu mẹ́lu éfu ọdọ 1943 efu [[Kaduna (city)|Kaduna]],kádunà státî. Íkọ́ ẹ̀kọ́ ìlùmẹ́ kíkọ n’ìfẹ̀ oñwu chi Junior Primary School, Kaduna kwì efu ọ̀dọ̀ 1951 tì 1954, oñwu l’adú d’anyí lo tì Giwa Senior Primary School n’ìchẹ́ kpa ẹ̀kọ́ ìlùmẹ́ kíkọ n’ìfẹ̀ nwu éfu ọdọ 1956. Î ló ti ukoche ísakulu Goméntì yi kóllégè , abójoì kî chî [[Barewa College]] kwî éfu ọdọ 1957 ló téfu ọdọ 1961 Abodu kù dabi kpa kù mé kù Igala kà kì amó kù i che nwi West African School cértîvîcatẹ̀ (WASC). Igbele kù i che kpa gwi unyi ùkoche sakandiri, i nwo che t'unyi ùkoche am'ùja kì dì Kaduna kì amó ma dó Úkọchẹ ama jîmî anakpala ogîjo kóllégè Naijiria (NMTC), kù amó ma dó kù ebèí i che Naijiria Defence Academy (NDA), efù amó kì dó NMTC Course 5 efù ódù 1962, nwi ùkoche ùja kì i koche kù i jé n'ogbagba. I nwo lo unyi ukoche kì dì United Kingdom kù i che kpa nwi ukoche am’uja cadetship.He later proceeded to the United Kingdom to complete his cadetship training at the [[Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst|Royal Military Academy Sandhurst]].Ma n’u kpañ’ù oji Regular Combatant Commission efù ochù kochù k’égwa méji nolu ogwú-ny’ẹ́yọ́ mébie, efù ódù 1964, kù i che rank Second Lieutenant. I nwo n’eñwu ogbagba rank lé kpaí amó k’i dó seniority gwi ochù kochù k’ẹ́lẹ́ nolu ogwú-ny’ẹ́yọ́ mẹ́lā, efù ódù 1962 Regular Combatant Commission was granted on 17 December 1964 with the rank of Second Lieutenant and seniority of the same rank effective 19 April 1962. As a Nigerian Army Infantry officer, Ibrahim Bako started his career as Platoon Commander 4 Battalion, then Company Commander 5 Battalion. At the start of the civil war in 1967, he was appointed Staff Captain intelligence for Headquarters 1 Area Command (later redesignated 1 Division). He was made a temporary Major on 31 July 1968 before taking a more active role at the front as a Brigade Major 4 Infantry Brigade, with the rank being made substantive on 24 February 1969. He remained a Major until 1 October 1972 when he was afforded the temporary rank of Lieutenant Colonel and with it the duties of General Staff Officer Grade II Intelligence. Bako (then a Lt Colonel) served as a logistics officer on the National Census Board for the 1973 census.<ref name="Siollun15">{{cite book|last1=Siollun|first1=Max|title=Soldiers of Fortune: A History of Nigeria (1983-1993)|publisher=Cassava Republic Press|year=2013|isbn=9789785023824|edition=2013|pages=15}}</ref> The Substantive rank of Lieutenant Colonel was officially granted 1 April 1974, this time his orders were to report as Commander 20 Brigade. As a Lieutenant Colonel, he also held the posts of Assistant Quarter Master at Headquarters Lagos Garrison Organisation (now 81 Division Lagos) and then Commander 1 Infantry Division Garrison, Kaduna. On 1 November 1975, he was given the temporary rank of Colonel and by 5 July 1978 he was made a substantive Colonel and with it the new posting of General Staff Officer Grade 1 Coordination Army Headquarters. Colonel Bako led a [https://www.britishpathe.com/video/VLVA2M3MVXR2Y21YDXCC94S838D4C-LEBANON-NIGERIAN-SOLDIERS-ARRIVE-TO-JOIN-UN-PEACE-KEEPING-FORCE/query/Nigerian+Army+Lebanon Nigerian Battalion in peace keeping operations in Lebanon] under '''UNIFIL''', [[United Nations|UN]] peacekeeping mission established on 19 March 1978 by [[United Nations Security Council]] [[United Nations Security Council Resolution|Resolutions]] [[United Nations Security Council Resolution 425|425]] and [[United Nations Security Council Resolution 426|426]]. Ibrahim Bako attained the rank of Brigadier on 1 May 1980 serving as Commander 7 Mechanised Brigade and finally Director Army Faculty, [[Armed Forces Command and Staff College, Jaji]] before his death on 31 December 1983. At a point in his career, Ibrahim Bako led the [[Nigerian Army]] contingent that facilitated the transfer of about 100 former guerrillas from the Zimbabwean bushes (after the liberation struggle) for selection and training at the [[Nigerian Defence Academy]], [[Kaduna (city)|Kaduna]] in 1980. Those 100 former guerrillas formed the pioneer corp of the post-independence [[Zimbabwe National Army]],<ref name="Beegeagle">{{cite web|title=Nigerian Army Museum: a slice of Nigerian military history|url=https://beegeagle.wordpress.com/2012/03/24/nigerian-army-museum-a-slice-of-nigerian-military-history/|website=Beegeagle's Blog|date=24 March 2012|publisher=Beegeagle|access-date=5 January 2015}}</ref> leading Nigeria's assistance to other Southern African countries like Angola and South Africa in their fight against apartheid and colonialism. == Role on 28 July 1966 coup == The 28 July 1966 mutiny (often called the [[Nigerian counter-coup of 1966]]) was a violent overthrow of General [[Aguiyi-Ironsi]]'s military government, which came into power after the abortive January 15 coup, spearheaded by Major [[Emmanuel Ifeajuna]] and Lt Col [[Kaduna Nzeogwu]]. A group of military officers of northern Nigerian origin (including then Lts Ibrahim Bako, [[Shehu Musa Yar'Adua]], [[Theophilus Danjuma]], Captain [[Joe Garba]], Lt Col [[Murtala Muhammed]], among others) conspired and mutinied against General Ironsi's military government.<ref name="OPV">{{cite book|last1=Siollun|first1=Max|title=Oil, Politics and Violence: Nigeria's Military Coup Culture (1966-1976)|year=2009|publisher=Algora Publishing|isbn=9780875867106|pages=99}}</ref> Among the casualties of the mutiny were General [[Aguiyi Ironsi]] and Lt Colonel [[Adekunle Fajuyi]]. During reconnaissance for the counter coup, then Lt Col [[Murtala Mohammed]] would drive to Ibadan (where Bako was stationed along with others like then Lt [[Jerry Useni]]), Muhammed would often drive into town from Lagos, pick up Ibrahim Bako and Abdullai Shelleng at a pre-arranged location and drive around without stopping while they discussed their counter-coup plan.<ref name="Gamji-Omoigui">{{cite web|last1=Omoigui|first1=Nowa|title=Operation Aure (2): Planning to Overthrow General Ironsi|url=http://www.gamji.com/nowa/nowa26.htm|website=Gamji|publisher=Gamji|access-date=5 January 2015}}</ref> == Role on 31 December 1983 coup == Ibrahim Bako (then Director of the Army Faculty at the Armed Forces Command and staff College, Jaji)<ref name="Beegeagle" /> and acting GOC 1 Division, Kaduna,<ref name="Leadership-NG" /> was requested by the coup conspirators with securing President [[Shehu Shagari]] presumably after Shagari's [[Presidential Guard Brigade (Nigeria)|Brigade of Guards]] had been neutralized (without violence as planned) by Col [[Tunde Ogbeha]]. Author [[Max Siollun]] notes that Bako was chosen for the role because not only was Bako's father a personal friend to Shagari, as Commander 7 Mechanised Brigade Sokoto, he was well known and respected in the president's home state. Unknown to Bako was that the coup plot had been leaked to President Shagari, whose guards were on high alert. After arriving at the Presidential residence (in non-military attire) with an armed detachment to secure the President,<ref name="Omoiugui">{{cite web|last1=Omoigui|first1=Nowa|title=The palace coup of 27 August 1985 Part I|url=http://www.waado.org/nigerdelta/nigeria_facts/MilitaryRule/Omoigui/PalaceCoup-1985.htm|publisher=Uhrobo Historical Society|access-date=5 January 2015|archive-date=8 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210608090914/http://www.waado.org/nigerdelta/nigeria_facts/militaryrule/omoigui/PalaceCoup-1985.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> Bako was shot dead while sitting in the passenger side of a [[Unimog]] utility truck<ref name="Beegeagle" /> in an ensuing firefight between troops from Bako's detachment and the Brigade of Guards soldiers under the command of Captain Augustine Anyogo.<ref name="Siollun">{{cite book|last1=Siollun|first1=Max|title=Soldiers of Fortune: A History of Nigeria (1983-1993)|year=2013|publisher=Cassava Republic Press|isbn=9789785023824|pages=16–17|edition=2013}}</ref> The Unimog utility truck that Bako was killed in was on display at the Nigerian Army Museum in [[Zaria]], Nigeria. The senior military officers involved in the 1983 coup were:<ref name="Siollun13">{{cite book|last1=Siollun|first1=Max|title=Soldiers of Fortune: A History of Nigeria (1983-1993)|year=2013|publisher=Cassava Republic Press|isbn=9789785023824|pages=13|edition=2013}}</ref> * Major General [[Muhammadu Buhari]] (General Officer Commanding, 3rd Armored Division, Jos) * Major General [[Ibrahim Babangida]] (Director of Army Staff Duties and Plans) * Brigadier Ibrahim Bako (Acting General Officer Commanding, 1st Division Kaduna/Director Army Faculty, [[Armed Forces Command and Staff College, Jaji]]) * Brigadier [[Sani Abacha]] (Commander, 9th Mechanized Brigade) * Brigadier [[Tunde Idiagbon]] (Military Secretary, Army) * Lt Colonel [[Aliyu Mohammed Gusau]] (Director of Military Intelligence) * Lt Colonel [[Halilu Akilu]] * Lt Colonel [[David Mark]] * Lt Colonel [[Tunde Ogbeha]] * Major [[Sambo Dasuki]] (Military Assistant to the Chief of Army Staff, Lt-General [[Mohammed Inuwa Wushishi|Wushishi]]) * Major [[Abdulmumini Aminu]] * Major [[Lawan Gwadabe]] * Major Mustapha Jokolo (Senior Instructor, Basawa Barracks - Zaria) * Major [[Dangiwa Umar|Abubakar Umar]] Major General Buhari's Supreme Military Council (SMC) observed a minute of silence for the slain Brigadier Bako during SMC's first meeting.<ref name="NYT">{{cite news|last1=May|first1=Clifford|title=DEPOSED NIGERIAN PRESIDENT IS UNDER ARREST|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1984/01/04/world/deposed-nigerian-president-is-under-arrest.html|work=New York Times|date=4 January 1984|access-date=5 January 2015}}</ref> == References == {{Reflist}} 5mp1386pluqxgral0smkrk9o01ryxuu 41005 41004 2026-05-12T21:54:34Z Austinea3 116 /* Role on 31 December 1983 coup */ 41005 wikitext text/x-wiki {{short description|Nigerian brigadier (1943–1983)}}{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2023}} {{Infobox officeholder|name=Ibrahim Bako|honorific_prefix=[[Brigadier]]|image=|caption=|image_size=150px|office=Acting General Officer Commanding, [[1st Division (Nigeria)|1 Division]], Nigerian Army|term_start=|term_end=|predecessor=|successor=|birth_name=Ibrahim Ahmed Bako|birth_date=5 March 1943|death_date={{death date and age|1983|12|31|1943|3|5|df=y}}|allegiance={{NGR}}|branch={{army|Nigeria}}|service_years=1962–1983|rank=[[File:Nigeria-Army-OF-6.svg|20px]] [[Brigadier]]|alma_mater=[[Nigerian Defence Academy|Nigerian Military Training College]]<br>[[Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst|RMA Sandhurst]]}} '''Ibrahim Ahmed Bako''' (5 March 1943<ref name="Leadership-NG">{{Cite news|last1=Augustine|first1=Agbo-Paul|title=We've Forgiven Our Father's Killers – Prof Bako|url=http://leadership.ng/features/interviews/311481/weve-forgiven-our-fathers-killers-prof-bako|newspaper=[[Leadership (newspaper)|Leadership]]|access-date=9 January 2015}}</ref> – 31 December 1983) was a senior officer in the [[Nigerian Army]] who played a principal role in two Nigerian military coups: the [[1966 Nigerian counter-coup|July 1966 counter-coup]] and the [[1983 Nigerian coup d'état|December 1983]] coup. The 1983 coup ousted the democratic government of [[Shehu Shagari]] while the July 1966 coup ousted the military government of General [[Ironsi]]. Bako was killed during the [[1983 Nigerian coup d'état|December 1983 coup d'état]]. == Career == Ibrahim Ahmed Bako (N/548) FSS MSS psc ma bî éfu ó'chu ẹ́kẹ́ta nolu mẹ́lu éfu ọdọ 1943 efu [[Kaduna (city)|Kaduna]],kádunà státî. Íkọ́ ẹ̀kọ́ ìlùmẹ́ kíkọ n’ìfẹ̀ oñwu chi Junior Primary School, Kaduna kwì efu ọ̀dọ̀ 1951 tì 1954, oñwu l’adú d’anyí lo tì Giwa Senior Primary School n’ìchẹ́ kpa ẹ̀kọ́ ìlùmẹ́ kíkọ n’ìfẹ̀ nwu éfu ọdọ 1956. Î ló ti ukoche ísakulu Goméntì yi kóllégè , abójoì kî chî [[Barewa College]] kwî éfu ọdọ 1957 ló téfu ọdọ 1961 Abodu kù dabi kpa kù mé kù Igala kà kì amó kù i che nwi West African School cértîvîcatẹ̀ (WASC). Igbele kù i che kpa gwi unyi ùkoche sakandiri, i nwo che t'unyi ùkoche am'ùja kì dì Kaduna kì amó ma dó Úkọchẹ ama jîmî anakpala ogîjo kóllégè Naijiria (NMTC), kù amó ma dó kù ebèí i che Naijiria Defence Academy (NDA), efù amó kì dó NMTC Course 5 efù ódù 1962, nwi ùkoche ùja kì i koche kù i jé n'ogbagba. I nwo lo unyi ukoche kì dì United Kingdom kù i che kpa nwi ukoche am’uja [[Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst|Royal Military Academy Sandhurst]].Ma n’u kpañ’ù oji Regular Combatant Commission efù ochù kochù k’égwa méji nolu ogwú-ny’ẹ́yọ́ mébie, efù ódù 1964, kù i che rank Second Lieutenant. I nwo n’eñwu ogbagba rank lé kpaí amó k’i dó seniority gwi ochù kochù k’ẹ́lẹ́ nolu ogwú-ny’ẹ́yọ́ mẹ́lā, efù ódù 1962. As a Nigerian Army Infantry officer, Ibrahim Bako started his career as Platoon Commander 4 Battalion, then Company Commander 5 Battalion. At the start of the civil war in 1967, he was appointed Staff Captain intelligence for Headquarters 1 Area Command (later redesignated 1 Division). He was made a temporary Major on 31 July 1968 before taking a more active role at the front as a Brigade Major 4 Infantry Brigade, with the rank being made substantive on 24 February 1969. He remained a Major until 1 October 1972 when he was afforded the temporary rank of Lieutenant Colonel and with it the duties of General Staff Officer Grade II Intelligence. Bako (then a Lt Colonel) served as a logistics officer on the National Census Board for the 1973 census.<ref name="Siollun15">{{cite book|last1=Siollun|first1=Max|title=Soldiers of Fortune: A History of Nigeria (1983-1993)|publisher=Cassava Republic Press|year=2013|isbn=9789785023824|edition=2013|pages=15}}</ref> The Substantive rank of Lieutenant Colonel was officially granted 1 April 1974, this time his orders were to report as Commander 20 Brigade. As a Lieutenant Colonel, he also held the posts of Assistant Quarter Master at Headquarters Lagos Garrison Organisation (now 81 Division Lagos) and then Commander 1 Infantry Division Garrison, Kaduna. On 1 November 1975, he was given the temporary rank of Colonel and by 5 July 1978 he was made a substantive Colonel and with it the new posting of General Staff Officer Grade 1 Coordination Army Headquarters. Colonel Bako led a [https://www.britishpathe.com/video/VLVA2M3MVXR2Y21YDXCC94S838D4C-LEBANON-NIGERIAN-SOLDIERS-ARRIVE-TO-JOIN-UN-PEACE-KEEPING-FORCE/query/Nigerian+Army+Lebanon Nigerian Battalion in peace keeping operations in Lebanon] under '''UNIFIL''', [[United Nations|UN]] peacekeeping mission established on 19 March 1978 by [[United Nations Security Council]] [[United Nations Security Council Resolution|Resolutions]] [[United Nations Security Council Resolution 425|425]] and [[United Nations Security Council Resolution 426|426]]. Ibrahim Bako attained the rank of Brigadier on 1 May 1980 serving as Commander 7 Mechanised Brigade and finally Director Army Faculty, [[Armed Forces Command and Staff College, Jaji]] before his death on 31 December 1983. At a point in his career, Ibrahim Bako led the [[Nigerian Army]] contingent that facilitated the transfer of about 100 former guerrillas from the Zimbabwean bushes (after the liberation struggle) for selection and training at the [[Nigerian Defence Academy]], [[Kaduna (city)|Kaduna]] in 1980. Those 100 former guerrillas formed the pioneer corp of the post-independence [[Zimbabwe National Army]],<ref name="Beegeagle">{{cite web|title=Nigerian Army Museum: a slice of Nigerian military history|url=https://beegeagle.wordpress.com/2012/03/24/nigerian-army-museum-a-slice-of-nigerian-military-history/|website=Beegeagle's Blog|date=24 March 2012|publisher=Beegeagle|access-date=5 January 2015}}</ref> leading Nigeria's assistance to other Southern African countries like Angola and South Africa in their fight against apartheid and colonialism. == Role on 28 July 1966 coup == The 28 July 1966 mutiny (often called the [[Nigerian counter-coup of 1966]]) was a violent overthrow of General [[Aguiyi-Ironsi]]'s military government, which came into power after the abortive January 15 coup, spearheaded by Major [[Emmanuel Ifeajuna]] and Lt Col [[Kaduna Nzeogwu]]. A group of military officers of northern Nigerian origin (including then Lts Ibrahim Bako, [[Shehu Musa Yar'Adua]], [[Theophilus Danjuma]], Captain [[Joe Garba]], Lt Col [[Murtala Muhammed]], among others) conspired and mutinied against General Ironsi's military government.<ref name="OPV">{{cite book|last1=Siollun|first1=Max|title=Oil, Politics and Violence: Nigeria's Military Coup Culture (1966-1976)|year=2009|publisher=Algora Publishing|isbn=9780875867106|pages=99}}</ref> Among the casualties of the mutiny were General [[Aguiyi Ironsi]] and Lt Colonel [[Adekunle Fajuyi]]. During reconnaissance for the counter coup, then Lt Col [[Murtala Mohammed]] would drive to Ibadan (where Bako was stationed along with others like then Lt [[Jerry Useni]]), Muhammed would often drive into town from Lagos, pick up Ibrahim Bako and Abdullai Shelleng at a pre-arranged location and drive around without stopping while they discussed their counter-coup plan.<ref name="Gamji-Omoigui">{{cite web|last1=Omoigui|first1=Nowa|title=Operation Aure (2): Planning to Overthrow General Ironsi|url=http://www.gamji.com/nowa/nowa26.htm|website=Gamji|publisher=Gamji|access-date=5 January 2015}}</ref> == Role on 31 December 1983 coup == Ibrahim Bako (then Director of the Army Faculty at the Armed Forces Command and staff College, Jaji)<ref name="Beegeagle" /> and acting GOC 1 Division, Kaduna,<ref name="Leadership-NG" /> was requested by the coup conspirators with securing President [[Shehu Shagari]] presumably after Shagari's [[Presidential Guard Brigade (Nigeria)|Brigade of Guards]] had been neutralized (without violence as planned) by Col [[Tunde Ogbeha]]. Author [[Max Siollun]] notes that Bako was chosen for the role because not only was Bako's father a personal friend to Shagari, as Commander 7 Mechanised Brigade Sokoto, he was well known and respected in the president's home state. Unknown to Bako was that the coup plot had been leaked to President Shagari, whose guards were on high alert. After arriving at the Presidential residence (in non-military attire) with an armed detachment to secure the President,<ref name="Omoiugui">{{cite web|last1=Omoigui|first1=Nowa|title=The palace coup of 27 August 1985 Part I|url=http://www.waado.org/nigerdelta/nigeria_facts/MilitaryRule/Omoigui/PalaceCoup-1985.htm|publisher=Uhrobo Historical Society|access-date=5 January 2015|archive-date=8 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210608090914/http://www.waado.org/nigerdelta/nigeria_facts/militaryrule/omoigui/PalaceCoup-1985.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> Bako was shot dead while sitting in the passenger side of a [[Unimog]] utility truck<ref name="Beegeagle" /> in an ensuing firefight between troops from Bako's detachment and the Brigade of Guards soldiers under the command of Captain Augustine Anyogo.<ref name="Siollun">{{cite book|last1=Siollun|first1=Max|title=Soldiers of Fortune: A History of Nigeria (1983-1993)|year=2013|publisher=Cassava Republic Press|isbn=9789785023824|pages=16–17|edition=2013}}</ref> The Unimog utility truck that Bako was killed in was on display at the Nigerian Army Museum in [[Zaria]], Nigeria. The senior military officers involved in the 1983 coup were:<ref name="Siollun13">{{cite book|last1=Siollun|first1=Max|title=Soldiers of Fortune: A History of Nigeria (1983-1993)|year=2013|publisher=Cassava Republic Press|isbn=9789785023824|pages=13|edition=2013}}</ref> * Major General [[Muhammadu Buhari]] (General Officer Commanding, 3rd Armored Division, Jos) * Major General [[Ibrahim Babangida]] (Director of Army Staff Duties and Plans) * Brigadier Ibrahim Bako (Acting General Officer Commanding, 1st Division Kaduna/Director Army Faculty, [[Armed Forces Command and Staff College, Jaji]]) * Brigadier [[Sani Abacha]] (Commander, 9th Mechanized Brigade) * Brigadier [[Tunde Idiagbon]] (Military Secretary, Army) * Lt Colonel [[Aliyu Mohammed Gusau]] (Director of Military Intelligence) * Lt Colonel [[Halilu Akilu]] * Lt Colonel [[David Mark]] * Lt Colonel [[Tunde Ogbeha]] * Major [[Sambo Dasuki]] (Military Assistant to the Chief of Army Staff, Lt-General [[Mohammed Inuwa Wushishi|Wushishi]]) * Major [[Abdulmumini Aminu]] * Major [[Lawan Gwadabe]] * Major Mustapha Jokolo (Senior Instructor, Basawa Barracks - Zaria) * Major [[Dangiwa Umar|Abubakar Umar]] Major General Buhari's Supreme Military Council (SMC) observed a minute of silence for the slain Brigadier Bako during SMC's first meeting.<ref name="NYT">{{cite news|last1=May|first1=Clifford|title=DEPOSED NIGERIAN PRESIDENT IS UNDER ARREST|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1984/01/04/world/deposed-nigerian-president-is-under-arrest.html|work=New York Times|date=4 January 1984|access-date=5 January 2015}}</ref> == References == {{Reflist}} cf9b4k2h3ezj135wl3yq12vyiay23v7 41006 41005 2026-05-12T21:57:17Z Austinea3 116 /* Career */ 41006 wikitext text/x-wiki {{short description|Nigerian brigadier (1943–1983)}}{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2023}} {{Infobox officeholder|name=Ibrahim Bako|honorific_prefix=[[Brigadier]]|image=|caption=|image_size=150px|office=Acting General Officer Commanding, [[1st Division (Nigeria)|1 Division]], Nigerian Army|term_start=|term_end=|predecessor=|successor=|birth_name=Ibrahim Ahmed Bako|birth_date=5 March 1943|death_date={{death date and age|1983|12|31|1943|3|5|df=y}}|allegiance={{NGR}}|branch={{army|Nigeria}}|service_years=1962–1983|rank=[[File:Nigeria-Army-OF-6.svg|20px]] [[Brigadier]]|alma_mater=[[Nigerian Defence Academy|Nigerian Military Training College]]<br>[[Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst|RMA Sandhurst]]}} '''Ibrahim Ahmed Bako''' (5 March 1943<ref name="Leadership-NG">{{Cite news|last1=Augustine|first1=Agbo-Paul|title=We've Forgiven Our Father's Killers – Prof Bako|url=http://leadership.ng/features/interviews/311481/weve-forgiven-our-fathers-killers-prof-bako|newspaper=[[Leadership (newspaper)|Leadership]]|access-date=9 January 2015}}</ref> – 31 December 1983) was a senior officer in the [[Nigerian Army]] who played a principal role in two Nigerian military coups: the [[1966 Nigerian counter-coup|July 1966 counter-coup]] and the [[1983 Nigerian coup d'état|December 1983]] coup. The 1983 coup ousted the democratic government of [[Shehu Shagari]] while the July 1966 coup ousted the military government of General [[Ironsi]]. Bako was killed during the [[1983 Nigerian coup d'état|December 1983 coup d'état]]. == Career == Ibrahim Ahmed Bako (N/548) FSS MSS psc ma bî éfu ó'chu ẹ́kẹ́ta nolu mẹ́lu éfu ọdọ 1943 efu [[Kaduna (city)|Kaduna]],kádunà státî. Íkọ́ ẹ̀kọ́ ìlùmẹ́ kíkọ n’ìfẹ̀ oñwu chi Junior Primary School, Kaduna kwì efu ọ̀dọ̀ 1951 tì 1954, oñwu l’adú d’anyí lo tì Giwa Senior Primary School n’ìchẹ́ kpa ẹ̀kọ́ ìlùmẹ́ kíkọ n’ìfẹ̀ nwu éfu ọdọ 1956. Î ló ti ukoche ísakulu Goméntì yi kóllégè , abójoì kî chî [[Barewa College]] kwî éfu ọdọ 1957 ló téfu ọdọ 1961 Abodu kù dabi kpa kù mé kù Igala kà kì amó kù i che nwi West African School cértîvîcatẹ̀ (WASC). Igbele kù i che kpa gwi unyi ùkoche sakandiri, i nwo che t'unyi ùkoche am'ùja kì dì Kaduna kì amó ma dó Úkọchẹ ama jîmî anakpala ogîjo kóllégè Naijiria (NMTC), kù amó ma dó kù ebèí i che Naijiria Defence Academy (NDA), efù amó kì dó NMTC Course 5 efù ódù 1962, nwi ùkoche ùja kì i koche kù i jé n'ogbagba. I nwo lo unyi ukoche kì dì United Kingdom kù i che kpa nwi ukoche am’uja [[Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst|Royal Military Academy Sandhurst]].Ma n’u kpañ’ù oji Regular Combatant Commission efù ochù kochù k’égwa méji nolu ogwú-ny’ẹ́yọ́ mébie, efù ódù 1964, kù i che rank Second Lieutenant. I nwo n’eñwu ogbagba rank lé kpaí amó k’i dó seniority gwi ochù kochù k’ẹ́lẹ́ nolu ogwú-ny’ẹ́yọ́ mẹ́lā, efù ódù 1962. Alu kù i che infantry ofisa efù am’uja Nigeria, Ibrahim Bako kàn’ùkólò n’ochu alu kù i che Platoon Commander efù 4 Battalion, i nwo che Company Commander efù 5 Battalion. Egba kù ùja civil war chàn’e efù ódù 1967, ma d’u nwi ùkólò Staff Captain Intelligence nwi Headquarters 1 Area Command (kì amó ma dabi dó 1 Division). Ma n’u kpañ’ù oji Major temporary nolu ogwú-ny’ẹ́yọ́ m’ẹ́ta-ny’ẹ́yọ́ kaye efù ochù kochù k’ébíé efù ódù 1968, tógba kù i nwo lo oji ùja gbagba alu kù i che Brigade Major nwi 4 Infantry Brigade. As a Nigerian Army Infantry officer, Ibrahim Bako started his career as Platoon Commander 4 Battalion, then Company Commander 5 Battalion. At the start of the civil war in 1967, he was appointed Staff Captain intelligence for Headquarters 1 Area Command (later redesignated 1 Division). He was made a temporary Major on 31 July 1968 before taking a more active role at the front as a Brigade Major 4 Infantry Brigade, with the rank being made substantive on 24 February 1969. He remained a Major until 1 October 1972 when he was afforded the temporary rank of Lieutenant Colonel and with it the duties of General Staff Officer Grade II Intelligence. Bako (then a Lt Colonel) served as a logistics officer on the National Census Board for the 1973 census.<ref name="Siollun15">{{cite book|last1=Siollun|first1=Max|title=Soldiers of Fortune: A History of Nigeria (1983-1993)|publisher=Cassava Republic Press|year=2013|isbn=9789785023824|edition=2013|pages=15}}</ref> The Substantive rank of Lieutenant Colonel was officially granted 1 April 1974, this time his orders were to report as Commander 20 Brigade. As a Lieutenant Colonel, he also held the posts of Assistant Quarter Master at Headquarters Lagos Garrison Organisation (now 81 Division Lagos) and then Commander 1 Infantry Division Garrison, Kaduna. On 1 November 1975, he was given the temporary rank of Colonel and by 5 July 1978 he was made a substantive Colonel and with it the new posting of General Staff Officer Grade 1 Coordination Army Headquarters. Colonel Bako led a [https://www.britishpathe.com/video/VLVA2M3MVXR2Y21YDXCC94S838D4C-LEBANON-NIGERIAN-SOLDIERS-ARRIVE-TO-JOIN-UN-PEACE-KEEPING-FORCE/query/Nigerian+Army+Lebanon Nigerian Battalion in peace keeping operations in Lebanon] under '''UNIFIL''', [[United Nations|UN]] peacekeeping mission established on 19 March 1978 by [[United Nations Security Council]] [[United Nations Security Council Resolution|Resolutions]] [[United Nations Security Council Resolution 425|425]] and [[United Nations Security Council Resolution 426|426]]. Ibrahim Bako attained the rank of Brigadier on 1 May 1980 serving as Commander 7 Mechanised Brigade and finally Director Army Faculty, [[Armed Forces Command and Staff College, Jaji]] before his death on 31 December 1983. At a point in his career, Ibrahim Bako led the [[Nigerian Army]] contingent that facilitated the transfer of about 100 former guerrillas from the Zimbabwean bushes (after the liberation struggle) for selection and training at the [[Nigerian Defence Academy]], [[Kaduna (city)|Kaduna]] in 1980. Those 100 former guerrillas formed the pioneer corp of the post-independence [[Zimbabwe National Army]],<ref name="Beegeagle">{{cite web|title=Nigerian Army Museum: a slice of Nigerian military history|url=https://beegeagle.wordpress.com/2012/03/24/nigerian-army-museum-a-slice-of-nigerian-military-history/|website=Beegeagle's Blog|date=24 March 2012|publisher=Beegeagle|access-date=5 January 2015}}</ref> leading Nigeria's assistance to other Southern African countries like Angola and South Africa in their fight against apartheid and colonialism. == Role on 28 July 1966 coup == The 28 July 1966 mutiny (often called the [[Nigerian counter-coup of 1966]]) was a violent overthrow of General [[Aguiyi-Ironsi]]'s military government, which came into power after the abortive January 15 coup, spearheaded by Major [[Emmanuel Ifeajuna]] and Lt Col [[Kaduna Nzeogwu]]. A group of military officers of northern Nigerian origin (including then Lts Ibrahim Bako, [[Shehu Musa Yar'Adua]], [[Theophilus Danjuma]], Captain [[Joe Garba]], Lt Col [[Murtala Muhammed]], among others) conspired and mutinied against General Ironsi's military government.<ref name="OPV">{{cite book|last1=Siollun|first1=Max|title=Oil, Politics and Violence: Nigeria's Military Coup Culture (1966-1976)|year=2009|publisher=Algora Publishing|isbn=9780875867106|pages=99}}</ref> Among the casualties of the mutiny were General [[Aguiyi Ironsi]] and Lt Colonel [[Adekunle Fajuyi]]. During reconnaissance for the counter coup, then Lt Col [[Murtala Mohammed]] would drive to Ibadan (where Bako was stationed along with others like then Lt [[Jerry Useni]]), Muhammed would often drive into town from Lagos, pick up Ibrahim Bako and Abdullai Shelleng at a pre-arranged location and drive around without stopping while they discussed their counter-coup plan.<ref name="Gamji-Omoigui">{{cite web|last1=Omoigui|first1=Nowa|title=Operation Aure (2): Planning to Overthrow General Ironsi|url=http://www.gamji.com/nowa/nowa26.htm|website=Gamji|publisher=Gamji|access-date=5 January 2015}}</ref> == Role on 31 December 1983 coup == Ibrahim Bako (then Director of the Army Faculty at the Armed Forces Command and staff College, Jaji)<ref name="Beegeagle" /> and acting GOC 1 Division, Kaduna,<ref name="Leadership-NG" /> was requested by the coup conspirators with securing President [[Shehu Shagari]] presumably after Shagari's [[Presidential Guard Brigade (Nigeria)|Brigade of Guards]] had been neutralized (without violence as planned) by Col [[Tunde Ogbeha]]. Author [[Max Siollun]] notes that Bako was chosen for the role because not only was Bako's father a personal friend to Shagari, as Commander 7 Mechanised Brigade Sokoto, he was well known and respected in the president's home state. Unknown to Bako was that the coup plot had been leaked to President Shagari, whose guards were on high alert. After arriving at the Presidential residence (in non-military attire) with an armed detachment to secure the President,<ref name="Omoiugui">{{cite web|last1=Omoigui|first1=Nowa|title=The palace coup of 27 August 1985 Part I|url=http://www.waado.org/nigerdelta/nigeria_facts/MilitaryRule/Omoigui/PalaceCoup-1985.htm|publisher=Uhrobo Historical Society|access-date=5 January 2015|archive-date=8 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210608090914/http://www.waado.org/nigerdelta/nigeria_facts/militaryrule/omoigui/PalaceCoup-1985.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> Bako was shot dead while sitting in the passenger side of a [[Unimog]] utility truck<ref name="Beegeagle" /> in an ensuing firefight between troops from Bako's detachment and the Brigade of Guards soldiers under the command of Captain Augustine Anyogo.<ref name="Siollun">{{cite book|last1=Siollun|first1=Max|title=Soldiers of Fortune: A History of Nigeria (1983-1993)|year=2013|publisher=Cassava Republic Press|isbn=9789785023824|pages=16–17|edition=2013}}</ref> The Unimog utility truck that Bako was killed in was on display at the Nigerian Army Museum in [[Zaria]], Nigeria. The senior military officers involved in the 1983 coup were:<ref name="Siollun13">{{cite book|last1=Siollun|first1=Max|title=Soldiers of Fortune: A History of Nigeria (1983-1993)|year=2013|publisher=Cassava Republic Press|isbn=9789785023824|pages=13|edition=2013}}</ref> * Major General [[Muhammadu Buhari]] (General Officer Commanding, 3rd Armored Division, Jos) * Major General [[Ibrahim Babangida]] (Director of Army Staff Duties and Plans) * Brigadier Ibrahim Bako (Acting General Officer Commanding, 1st Division Kaduna/Director Army Faculty, [[Armed Forces Command and Staff College, Jaji]]) * Brigadier [[Sani Abacha]] (Commander, 9th Mechanized Brigade) * Brigadier [[Tunde Idiagbon]] (Military Secretary, Army) * Lt Colonel [[Aliyu Mohammed Gusau]] (Director of Military Intelligence) * Lt Colonel [[Halilu Akilu]] * Lt Colonel [[David Mark]] * Lt Colonel [[Tunde Ogbeha]] * Major [[Sambo Dasuki]] (Military Assistant to the Chief of Army Staff, Lt-General [[Mohammed Inuwa Wushishi|Wushishi]]) * Major [[Abdulmumini Aminu]] * Major [[Lawan Gwadabe]] * Major Mustapha Jokolo (Senior Instructor, Basawa Barracks - Zaria) * Major [[Dangiwa Umar|Abubakar Umar]] Major General Buhari's Supreme Military Council (SMC) observed a minute of silence for the slain Brigadier Bako during SMC's first meeting.<ref name="NYT">{{cite news|last1=May|first1=Clifford|title=DEPOSED NIGERIAN PRESIDENT IS UNDER ARREST|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1984/01/04/world/deposed-nigerian-president-is-under-arrest.html|work=New York Times|date=4 January 1984|access-date=5 January 2015}}</ref> == References == {{Reflist}} h9h80ah34z0zvi2uvbvan1ebuyzoa6z 41007 41006 2026-05-12T22:00:52Z Austinea3 116 /* Career */ 41007 wikitext text/x-wiki {{short description|Nigerian brigadier (1943–1983)}}{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2023}} {{Infobox officeholder|name=Ibrahim Bako|honorific_prefix=[[Brigadier]]|image=|caption=|image_size=150px|office=Acting General Officer Commanding, [[1st Division (Nigeria)|1 Division]], Nigerian Army|term_start=|term_end=|predecessor=|successor=|birth_name=Ibrahim Ahmed Bako|birth_date=5 March 1943|death_date={{death date and age|1983|12|31|1943|3|5|df=y}}|allegiance={{NGR}}|branch={{army|Nigeria}}|service_years=1962–1983|rank=[[File:Nigeria-Army-OF-6.svg|20px]] [[Brigadier]]|alma_mater=[[Nigerian Defence Academy|Nigerian Military Training College]]<br>[[Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst|RMA Sandhurst]]}} '''Ibrahim Ahmed Bako''' (5 March 1943<ref name="Leadership-NG">{{Cite news|last1=Augustine|first1=Agbo-Paul|title=We've Forgiven Our Father's Killers – Prof Bako|url=http://leadership.ng/features/interviews/311481/weve-forgiven-our-fathers-killers-prof-bako|newspaper=[[Leadership (newspaper)|Leadership]]|access-date=9 January 2015}}</ref> – 31 December 1983) was a senior officer in the [[Nigerian Army]] who played a principal role in two Nigerian military coups: the [[1966 Nigerian counter-coup|July 1966 counter-coup]] and the [[1983 Nigerian coup d'état|December 1983]] coup. The 1983 coup ousted the democratic government of [[Shehu Shagari]] while the July 1966 coup ousted the military government of General [[Ironsi]]. Bako was killed during the [[1983 Nigerian coup d'état|December 1983 coup d'état]]. == Career == Ibrahim Ahmed Bako (N/548) FSS MSS psc ma bî éfu ó'chu ẹ́kẹ́ta nolu mẹ́lu éfu ọdọ 1943 efu [[Kaduna (city)|Kaduna]],kádunà státî. Íkọ́ ẹ̀kọ́ ìlùmẹ́ kíkọ n’ìfẹ̀ oñwu chi Junior Primary School, Kaduna kwì efu ọ̀dọ̀ 1951 tì 1954, oñwu l’adú d’anyí lo tì Giwa Senior Primary School n’ìchẹ́ kpa ẹ̀kọ́ ìlùmẹ́ kíkọ n’ìfẹ̀ nwu éfu ọdọ 1956. Î ló ti ukoche ísakulu Goméntì yi kóllégè , abójoì kî chî [[Barewa College]] kwî éfu ọdọ 1957 ló téfu ọdọ 1961 Abodu kù dabi kpa kù mé kù Igala kà kì amó kù i che nwi West African School cértîvîcatẹ̀ (WASC). Igbele kù i che kpa gwi unyi ùkoche sakandiri, i nwo che t'unyi ùkoche am'ùja kì dì Kaduna kì amó ma dó Úkọchẹ ama jîmî anakpala ogîjo kóllégè Naijiria (NMTC), kù amó ma dó kù ebèí i che Naijiria Defence Academy (NDA), efù amó kì dó NMTC Course 5 efù ódù 1962, nwi ùkoche ùja kì i koche kù i jé n'ogbagba. I nwo lo unyi ukoche kì dì United Kingdom kù i che kpa nwi ukoche am’uja [[Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst|Royal Military Academy Sandhurst]].Ma n’u kpañ’ù oji Regular Combatant Commission efù ochù kochù k’égwa méji nolu ogwú-ny’ẹ́yọ́ mébie, efù ódù 1964, kù i che rank Second Lieutenant. I nwo n’eñwu ogbagba rank lé kpaí amó k’i dó seniority gwi ochù kochù k’ẹ́lẹ́ nolu ogwú-ny’ẹ́yọ́ mẹ́lā, efù ódù 1962. Alu kù i che infantry ofisa efù am’uja Nigeria, Ibrahim Bako kàn’ùkólò n’ochu alu kù i che Platoon Commander efù 4 Battalion, i nwo che Company Commander efù 5 Battalion. Egba kù ùja civil war chàn’e efù ódù 1967, ma d’u nwi ùkólò Staff Captain Intelligence nwi Headquarters 1 Area Command (kì amó ma dabi dó 1 Division). Ma n’u kpañ’ù oji Major temporary nolu ogwú-ny’ẹ́yọ́ m’ẹ́ta-ny’ẹ́yọ́ kaye efù ochù kochù k’ébíé efù ódù 1968, tógba kù i nwo lo oji ùja gbagba alu kù i che Brigade Major nwi 4 Infantry Brigade. I dì efù rank Major lé lo tì nolu kaye efù ochù kochù k’égwa efù ódù 1972, egba kù ma n’u kpañ’ù oji temporary Lieutenant Colonel; oñwu nwo ch’ùkólò General Staff Officer Grade II Intelligence nwa. Bako (kì i che Lt Colonel egba lé) nwo ch’ùkólò logistics ofisa efù National Census Board nwi amó kì d’ọ̀nọ̀ amonẹ efù ódù 1973.He remained a Major until 1 October 1972 when he was afforded the temporary rank of Lieutenant Colonel and with it the duties of General Staff Officer Grade II Intelligence. Bako (then a Lt Colonel) served as a logistics officer on the National Census Board for the 1973 census.<ref name="Siollun15">{{cite book|last1=Siollun|first1=Max|title=Soldiers of Fortune: A History of Nigeria (1983-1993)|publisher=Cassava Republic Press|year=2013|isbn=9789785023824|edition=2013|pages=15}}</ref> The Substantive rank of Lieutenant Colonel was officially granted 1 April 1974, this time his orders were to report as Commander 20 Brigade. As a Lieutenant Colonel, he also held the posts of Assistant Quarter Master at Headquarters Lagos Garrison Organisation (now 81 Division Lagos) and then Commander 1 Infantry Division Garrison, Kaduna. On 1 November 1975, he was given the temporary rank of Colonel and by 5 July 1978 he was made a substantive Colonel and with it the new posting of General Staff Officer Grade 1 Coordination Army Headquarters. Colonel Bako led a [https://www.britishpathe.com/video/VLVA2M3MVXR2Y21YDXCC94S838D4C-LEBANON-NIGERIAN-SOLDIERS-ARRIVE-TO-JOIN-UN-PEACE-KEEPING-FORCE/query/Nigerian+Army+Lebanon Nigerian Battalion in peace keeping operations in Lebanon] under '''UNIFIL''', [[United Nations|UN]] peacekeeping mission established on 19 March 1978 by [[United Nations Security Council]] [[United Nations Security Council Resolution|Resolutions]] [[United Nations Security Council Resolution 425|425]] and [[United Nations Security Council Resolution 426|426]]. Ibrahim Bako attained the rank of Brigadier on 1 May 1980 serving as Commander 7 Mechanised Brigade and finally Director Army Faculty, [[Armed Forces Command and Staff College, Jaji]] before his death on 31 December 1983. At a point in his career, Ibrahim Bako led the [[Nigerian Army]] contingent that facilitated the transfer of about 100 former guerrillas from the Zimbabwean bushes (after the liberation struggle) for selection and training at the [[Nigerian Defence Academy]], [[Kaduna (city)|Kaduna]] in 1980. Those 100 former guerrillas formed the pioneer corp of the post-independence [[Zimbabwe National Army]],<ref name="Beegeagle">{{cite web|title=Nigerian Army Museum: a slice of Nigerian military history|url=https://beegeagle.wordpress.com/2012/03/24/nigerian-army-museum-a-slice-of-nigerian-military-history/|website=Beegeagle's Blog|date=24 March 2012|publisher=Beegeagle|access-date=5 January 2015}}</ref> leading Nigeria's assistance to other Southern African countries like Angola and South Africa in their fight against apartheid and colonialism. == Role on 28 July 1966 coup == The 28 July 1966 mutiny (often called the [[Nigerian counter-coup of 1966]]) was a violent overthrow of General [[Aguiyi-Ironsi]]'s military government, which came into power after the abortive January 15 coup, spearheaded by Major [[Emmanuel Ifeajuna]] and Lt Col [[Kaduna Nzeogwu]]. A group of military officers of northern Nigerian origin (including then Lts Ibrahim Bako, [[Shehu Musa Yar'Adua]], [[Theophilus Danjuma]], Captain [[Joe Garba]], Lt Col [[Murtala Muhammed]], among others) conspired and mutinied against General Ironsi's military government.<ref name="OPV">{{cite book|last1=Siollun|first1=Max|title=Oil, Politics and Violence: Nigeria's Military Coup Culture (1966-1976)|year=2009|publisher=Algora Publishing|isbn=9780875867106|pages=99}}</ref> Among the casualties of the mutiny were General [[Aguiyi Ironsi]] and Lt Colonel [[Adekunle Fajuyi]]. During reconnaissance for the counter coup, then Lt Col [[Murtala Mohammed]] would drive to Ibadan (where Bako was stationed along with others like then Lt [[Jerry Useni]]), Muhammed would often drive into town from Lagos, pick up Ibrahim Bako and Abdullai Shelleng at a pre-arranged location and drive around without stopping while they discussed their counter-coup plan.<ref name="Gamji-Omoigui">{{cite web|last1=Omoigui|first1=Nowa|title=Operation Aure (2): Planning to Overthrow General Ironsi|url=http://www.gamji.com/nowa/nowa26.htm|website=Gamji|publisher=Gamji|access-date=5 January 2015}}</ref> == Role on 31 December 1983 coup == Ibrahim Bako (then Director of the Army Faculty at the Armed Forces Command and staff College, Jaji)<ref name="Beegeagle" /> and acting GOC 1 Division, Kaduna,<ref name="Leadership-NG" /> was requested by the coup conspirators with securing President [[Shehu Shagari]] presumably after Shagari's [[Presidential Guard Brigade (Nigeria)|Brigade of Guards]] had been neutralized (without violence as planned) by Col [[Tunde Ogbeha]]. Author [[Max Siollun]] notes that Bako was chosen for the role because not only was Bako's father a personal friend to Shagari, as Commander 7 Mechanised Brigade Sokoto, he was well known and respected in the president's home state. Unknown to Bako was that the coup plot had been leaked to President Shagari, whose guards were on high alert. After arriving at the Presidential residence (in non-military attire) with an armed detachment to secure the President,<ref name="Omoiugui">{{cite web|last1=Omoigui|first1=Nowa|title=The palace coup of 27 August 1985 Part I|url=http://www.waado.org/nigerdelta/nigeria_facts/MilitaryRule/Omoigui/PalaceCoup-1985.htm|publisher=Uhrobo Historical Society|access-date=5 January 2015|archive-date=8 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210608090914/http://www.waado.org/nigerdelta/nigeria_facts/militaryrule/omoigui/PalaceCoup-1985.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> Bako was shot dead while sitting in the passenger side of a [[Unimog]] utility truck<ref name="Beegeagle" /> in an ensuing firefight between troops from Bako's detachment and the Brigade of Guards soldiers under the command of Captain Augustine Anyogo.<ref name="Siollun">{{cite book|last1=Siollun|first1=Max|title=Soldiers of Fortune: A History of Nigeria (1983-1993)|year=2013|publisher=Cassava Republic Press|isbn=9789785023824|pages=16–17|edition=2013}}</ref> The Unimog utility truck that Bako was killed in was on display at the Nigerian Army Museum in [[Zaria]], Nigeria. The senior military officers involved in the 1983 coup were:<ref name="Siollun13">{{cite book|last1=Siollun|first1=Max|title=Soldiers of Fortune: A History of Nigeria (1983-1993)|year=2013|publisher=Cassava Republic Press|isbn=9789785023824|pages=13|edition=2013}}</ref> * Major General [[Muhammadu Buhari]] (General Officer Commanding, 3rd Armored Division, Jos) * Major General [[Ibrahim Babangida]] (Director of Army Staff Duties and Plans) * Brigadier Ibrahim Bako (Acting General Officer Commanding, 1st Division Kaduna/Director Army Faculty, [[Armed Forces Command and Staff College, Jaji]]) * Brigadier [[Sani Abacha]] (Commander, 9th Mechanized Brigade) * Brigadier [[Tunde Idiagbon]] (Military Secretary, Army) * Lt Colonel [[Aliyu Mohammed Gusau]] (Director of Military Intelligence) * Lt Colonel [[Halilu Akilu]] * Lt Colonel [[David Mark]] * Lt Colonel [[Tunde Ogbeha]] * Major [[Sambo Dasuki]] (Military Assistant to the Chief of Army Staff, Lt-General [[Mohammed Inuwa Wushishi|Wushishi]]) * Major [[Abdulmumini Aminu]] * Major [[Lawan Gwadabe]] * Major Mustapha Jokolo (Senior Instructor, Basawa Barracks - Zaria) * Major [[Dangiwa Umar|Abubakar Umar]] Major General Buhari's Supreme Military Council (SMC) observed a minute of silence for the slain Brigadier Bako during SMC's first meeting.<ref name="NYT">{{cite news|last1=May|first1=Clifford|title=DEPOSED NIGERIAN PRESIDENT IS UNDER ARREST|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1984/01/04/world/deposed-nigerian-president-is-under-arrest.html|work=New York Times|date=4 January 1984|access-date=5 January 2015}}</ref> == References == {{Reflist}} jvlqpp9vgekfcytmulx2uipxxc1fm7q 41008 41007 2026-05-12T22:02:57Z Austinea3 116 /* Career */ 41008 wikitext text/x-wiki {{short description|Nigerian brigadier (1943–1983)}}{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2023}} {{Infobox officeholder|name=Ibrahim Bako|honorific_prefix=[[Brigadier]]|image=|caption=|image_size=150px|office=Acting General Officer Commanding, [[1st Division (Nigeria)|1 Division]], Nigerian Army|term_start=|term_end=|predecessor=|successor=|birth_name=Ibrahim Ahmed Bako|birth_date=5 March 1943|death_date={{death date and age|1983|12|31|1943|3|5|df=y}}|allegiance={{NGR}}|branch={{army|Nigeria}}|service_years=1962–1983|rank=[[File:Nigeria-Army-OF-6.svg|20px]] [[Brigadier]]|alma_mater=[[Nigerian Defence Academy|Nigerian Military Training College]]<br>[[Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst|RMA Sandhurst]]}} '''Ibrahim Ahmed Bako''' (5 March 1943<ref name="Leadership-NG">{{Cite news|last1=Augustine|first1=Agbo-Paul|title=We've Forgiven Our Father's Killers – Prof Bako|url=http://leadership.ng/features/interviews/311481/weve-forgiven-our-fathers-killers-prof-bako|newspaper=[[Leadership (newspaper)|Leadership]]|access-date=9 January 2015}}</ref> – 31 December 1983) was a senior officer in the [[Nigerian Army]] who played a principal role in two Nigerian military coups: the [[1966 Nigerian counter-coup|July 1966 counter-coup]] and the [[1983 Nigerian coup d'état|December 1983]] coup. The 1983 coup ousted the democratic government of [[Shehu Shagari]] while the July 1966 coup ousted the military government of General [[Ironsi]]. Bako was killed during the [[1983 Nigerian coup d'état|December 1983 coup d'état]]. == Career == Ibrahim Ahmed Bako (N/548) FSS MSS psc ma bî éfu ó'chu ẹ́kẹ́ta nolu mẹ́lu éfu ọdọ 1943 efu [[Kaduna (city)|Kaduna]],kádunà státî. Íkọ́ ẹ̀kọ́ ìlùmẹ́ kíkọ n’ìfẹ̀ oñwu chi Junior Primary School, Kaduna kwì efu ọ̀dọ̀ 1951 tì 1954, oñwu l’adú d’anyí lo tì Giwa Senior Primary School n’ìchẹ́ kpa ẹ̀kọ́ ìlùmẹ́ kíkọ n’ìfẹ̀ nwu éfu ọdọ 1956. Î ló ti ukoche ísakulu Goméntì yi kóllégè , abójoì kî chî [[Barewa College]] kwî éfu ọdọ 1957 ló téfu ọdọ 1961 Abodu kù dabi kpa kù mé kù Igala kà kì amó kù i che nwi West African School cértîvîcatẹ̀ (WASC). Igbele kù i che kpa gwi unyi ùkoche sakandiri, i nwo che t'unyi ùkoche am'ùja kì dì Kaduna kì amó ma dó Úkọchẹ ama jîmî anakpala ogîjo kóllégè Naijiria (NMTC), kù amó ma dó kù ebèí i che Naijiria Defence Academy (NDA), efù amó kì dó NMTC Course 5 efù ódù 1962, nwi ùkoche ùja kì i koche kù i jé n'ogbagba. I nwo lo unyi ukoche kì dì United Kingdom kù i che kpa nwi ukoche am’uja [[Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst|Royal Military Academy Sandhurst]].Ma n’u kpañ’ù oji Regular Combatant Commission efù ochù kochù k’égwa méji nolu ogwú-ny’ẹ́yọ́ mébie, efù ódù 1964, kù i che rank Second Lieutenant. I nwo n’eñwu ogbagba rank lé kpaí amó k’i dó seniority gwi ochù kochù k’ẹ́lẹ́ nolu ogwú-ny’ẹ́yọ́ mẹ́lā, efù ódù 1962. Alu kù i che infantry ofisa efù am’uja Nigeria, Ibrahim Bako kàn’ùkólò n’ochu alu kù i che Platoon Commander efù 4 Battalion, i nwo che Company Commander efù 5 Battalion. Egba kù ùja civil war chàn’e efù ódù 1967, ma d’u nwi ùkólò Staff Captain Intelligence nwi Headquarters 1 Area Command (kì amó ma dabi dó 1 Division). Ma n’u kpañ’ù oji Major temporary nolu ogwú-ny’ẹ́yọ́ m’ẹ́ta-ny’ẹ́yọ́ kaye efù ochù kochù k’ébíé efù ódù 1968, tógba kù i nwo lo oji ùja gbagba alu kù i che Brigade Major nwi 4 Infantry Brigade. I dì efù rank Major lé lo tì nolu kaye efù ochù kochù k’égwa efù ódù 1972, egba kù ma n’u kpañ’ù oji temporary Lieutenant Colonel; oñwu nwo ch’ùkólò General Staff Officer Grade II Intelligence nwa. Bako (kì i che Lt Colonel egba lé) nwo ch’ùkólò logistics ofisa efù National Census Board nwi amó kì d’ọ̀nọ̀ amonẹ efù ódù 1973.<ref name="Siollun15">{{cite book|last1=Siollun|first1=Max|title=Soldiers of Fortune: A History of Nigeria (1983-1993)|publisher=Cassava Republic Press|year=2013|isbn=9789785023824|edition=2013|pages=15}}</ref> The Substantive rank of Lieutenant Colonel was officially granted 1 April 1974, this time his orders were to report as Commander 20 Brigade. As a Lieutenant Colonel, he also held the posts of Assistant Quarter Master at Headquarters Lagos Garrison Organisation (now 81 Division Lagos) and then Commander 1 Infantry Division Garrison, Kaduna. On 1 November 1975, he was given the temporary rank of Colonel and by 5 July 1978 he was made a substantive Colonel and with it the new posting of General Staff Officer Grade 1 Coordination Army Headquarters. Colonel Bako led a [https://www.britishpathe.com/video/VLVA2M3MVXR2Y21YDXCC94S838D4C-LEBANON-NIGERIAN-SOLDIERS-ARRIVE-TO-JOIN-UN-PEACE-KEEPING-FORCE/query/Nigerian+Army+Lebanon Nigerian Battalion in peace keeping operations in Lebanon] under '''UNIFIL''', [[United Nations|UN]] peacekeeping mission established on 19 March 1978 by [[United Nations Security Council]] [[United Nations Security Council Resolution|Resolutions]] [[United Nations Security Council Resolution 425|425]] and [[United Nations Security Council Resolution 426|426]]. Ibrahim Bako attained the rank of Brigadier on 1 May 1980 serving as Commander 7 Mechanised Brigade and finally Director Army Faculty, [[Armed Forces Command and Staff College, Jaji]] before his death on 31 December 1983. At a point in his career, Ibrahim Bako led the [[Nigerian Army]] contingent that facilitated the transfer of about 100 former guerrillas from the Zimbabwean bushes (after the liberation struggle) for selection and training at the [[Nigerian Defence Academy]], [[Kaduna (city)|Kaduna]] in 1980. Those 100 former guerrillas formed the pioneer corp of the post-independence [[Zimbabwe National Army]],<ref name="Beegeagle">{{cite web|title=Nigerian Army Museum: a slice of Nigerian military history|url=https://beegeagle.wordpress.com/2012/03/24/nigerian-army-museum-a-slice-of-nigerian-military-history/|website=Beegeagle's Blog|date=24 March 2012|publisher=Beegeagle|access-date=5 January 2015}}</ref> leading Nigeria's assistance to other Southern African countries like Angola and South Africa in their fight against apartheid and colonialism. == Role on 28 July 1966 coup == The 28 July 1966 mutiny (often called the [[Nigerian counter-coup of 1966]]) was a violent overthrow of General [[Aguiyi-Ironsi]]'s military government, which came into power after the abortive January 15 coup, spearheaded by Major [[Emmanuel Ifeajuna]] and Lt Col [[Kaduna Nzeogwu]]. A group of military officers of northern Nigerian origin (including then Lts Ibrahim Bako, [[Shehu Musa Yar'Adua]], [[Theophilus Danjuma]], Captain [[Joe Garba]], Lt Col [[Murtala Muhammed]], among others) conspired and mutinied against General Ironsi's military government.<ref name="OPV">{{cite book|last1=Siollun|first1=Max|title=Oil, Politics and Violence: Nigeria's Military Coup Culture (1966-1976)|year=2009|publisher=Algora Publishing|isbn=9780875867106|pages=99}}</ref> Among the casualties of the mutiny were General [[Aguiyi Ironsi]] and Lt Colonel [[Adekunle Fajuyi]]. During reconnaissance for the counter coup, then Lt Col [[Murtala Mohammed]] would drive to Ibadan (where Bako was stationed along with others like then Lt [[Jerry Useni]]), Muhammed would often drive into town from Lagos, pick up Ibrahim Bako and Abdullai Shelleng at a pre-arranged location and drive around without stopping while they discussed their counter-coup plan.<ref name="Gamji-Omoigui">{{cite web|last1=Omoigui|first1=Nowa|title=Operation Aure (2): Planning to Overthrow General Ironsi|url=http://www.gamji.com/nowa/nowa26.htm|website=Gamji|publisher=Gamji|access-date=5 January 2015}}</ref> == Role on 31 December 1983 coup == Ibrahim Bako (then Director of the Army Faculty at the Armed Forces Command and staff College, Jaji)<ref name="Beegeagle" /> and acting GOC 1 Division, Kaduna,<ref name="Leadership-NG" /> was requested by the coup conspirators with securing President [[Shehu Shagari]] presumably after Shagari's [[Presidential Guard Brigade (Nigeria)|Brigade of Guards]] had been neutralized (without violence as planned) by Col [[Tunde Ogbeha]]. Author [[Max Siollun]] notes that Bako was chosen for the role because not only was Bako's father a personal friend to Shagari, as Commander 7 Mechanised Brigade Sokoto, he was well known and respected in the president's home state. Unknown to Bako was that the coup plot had been leaked to President Shagari, whose guards were on high alert. After arriving at the Presidential residence (in non-military attire) with an armed detachment to secure the President,<ref name="Omoiugui">{{cite web|last1=Omoigui|first1=Nowa|title=The palace coup of 27 August 1985 Part I|url=http://www.waado.org/nigerdelta/nigeria_facts/MilitaryRule/Omoigui/PalaceCoup-1985.htm|publisher=Uhrobo Historical Society|access-date=5 January 2015|archive-date=8 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210608090914/http://www.waado.org/nigerdelta/nigeria_facts/militaryrule/omoigui/PalaceCoup-1985.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> Bako was shot dead while sitting in the passenger side of a [[Unimog]] utility truck<ref name="Beegeagle" /> in an ensuing firefight between troops from Bako's detachment and the Brigade of Guards soldiers under the command of Captain Augustine Anyogo.<ref name="Siollun">{{cite book|last1=Siollun|first1=Max|title=Soldiers of Fortune: A History of Nigeria (1983-1993)|year=2013|publisher=Cassava Republic Press|isbn=9789785023824|pages=16–17|edition=2013}}</ref> The Unimog utility truck that Bako was killed in was on display at the Nigerian Army Museum in [[Zaria]], Nigeria. The senior military officers involved in the 1983 coup were:<ref name="Siollun13">{{cite book|last1=Siollun|first1=Max|title=Soldiers of Fortune: A History of Nigeria (1983-1993)|year=2013|publisher=Cassava Republic Press|isbn=9789785023824|pages=13|edition=2013}}</ref> * Major General [[Muhammadu Buhari]] (General Officer Commanding, 3rd Armored Division, Jos) * Major General [[Ibrahim Babangida]] (Director of Army Staff Duties and Plans) * Brigadier Ibrahim Bako (Acting General Officer Commanding, 1st Division Kaduna/Director Army Faculty, [[Armed Forces Command and Staff College, Jaji]]) * Brigadier [[Sani Abacha]] (Commander, 9th Mechanized Brigade) * Brigadier [[Tunde Idiagbon]] (Military Secretary, Army) * Lt Colonel [[Aliyu Mohammed Gusau]] (Director of Military Intelligence) * Lt Colonel [[Halilu Akilu]] * Lt Colonel [[David Mark]] * Lt Colonel [[Tunde Ogbeha]] * Major [[Sambo Dasuki]] (Military Assistant to the Chief of Army Staff, Lt-General [[Mohammed Inuwa Wushishi|Wushishi]]) * Major [[Abdulmumini Aminu]] * Major [[Lawan Gwadabe]] * Major Mustapha Jokolo (Senior Instructor, Basawa Barracks - Zaria) * Major [[Dangiwa Umar|Abubakar Umar]] Major General Buhari's Supreme Military Council (SMC) observed a minute of silence for the slain Brigadier Bako during SMC's first meeting.<ref name="NYT">{{cite news|last1=May|first1=Clifford|title=DEPOSED NIGERIAN PRESIDENT IS UNDER ARREST|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1984/01/04/world/deposed-nigerian-president-is-under-arrest.html|work=New York Times|date=4 January 1984|access-date=5 January 2015}}</ref> == References == {{Reflist}} h4pth1l4wcyc1o6fhzjep3uxz0mp6g2 41009 41008 2026-05-12T22:06:32Z Austinea3 116 41009 wikitext text/x-wiki {{short description|Nigerian brigadier (1943–1983)}}{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2023}} {{Infobox officeholder|name=Ibrahim Bako|honorific_prefix=[[Brigadier]]|image=|caption=|image_size=150px|office=Acting General Officer Commanding, [[1st Division (Nigeria)|1 Division]], Nigerian Army|term_start=|term_end=|predecessor=|successor=|birth_name=Ibrahim Ahmed Bako|birth_date=5 March 1943|death_date={{death date and age|1983|12|31|1943|3|5|df=y}}|allegiance={{NGR}}|branch={{army|Nigeria}}|service_years=1962–1983|rank=[[File:Nigeria-Army-OF-6.svg|20px]] [[Brigadier]]|alma_mater=[[Nigerian Defence Academy|Nigerian Military Training College]]<br>[[Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst|RMA Sandhurst]]}} '''Ibrahim Ahmed Bako''' (5 March 1943<ref name="Leadership-NG">{{Cite news|last1=Augustine|first1=Agbo-Paul|title=We've Forgiven Our Father's Killers – Prof Bako|url=http://leadership.ng/features/interviews/311481/weve-forgiven-our-fathers-killers-prof-bako|newspaper=[[Leadership (newspaper)|Leadership]]|access-date=9 January 2015}}</ref> – 31 December 1983) was a senior officer in the [[Nigerian Army]] who played a principal role in two Nigerian military coups: the [[1966 Nigerian counter-coup|July 1966 counter-coup]] and the [[1983 Nigerian coup d'état|December 1983]] coup. The 1983 coup ousted the democratic government of [[Shehu Shagari]] while the July 1966 coup ousted the military government of General [[Ironsi]]. Bako was killed during the [[1983 Nigerian coup d'état|December 1983 coup d'état]]. == Career == Ibrahim Ahmed Bako (N/548) FSS MSS psc ma bî éfu ó'chu ẹ́kẹ́ta nolu mẹ́lu éfu ọdọ 1943 efu [[Kaduna (city)|Kaduna]],kádunà státî. Íkọ́ ẹ̀kọ́ ìlùmẹ́ kíkọ n’ìfẹ̀ oñwu chi Junior Primary School, Kaduna kwì efu ọ̀dọ̀ 1951 tì 1954, oñwu l’adú d’anyí lo tì Giwa Senior Primary School n’ìchẹ́ kpa ẹ̀kọ́ ìlùmẹ́ kíkọ n’ìfẹ̀ nwu éfu ọdọ 1956. Î ló ti ukoche ísakulu Goméntì yi kóllégè , abójoì kî chî [[Barewa College]] kwî éfu ọdọ 1957 ló téfu ọdọ 1961 Abodu kù dabi kpa kù mé kù Igala kà kì amó kù i che nwi West African School cértîvîcatẹ̀ (WASC). Igbele kù i che kpa gwi unyi ùkoche sakandiri, i nwo che t'unyi ùkoche am'ùja kì dì Kaduna kì amó ma dó Úkọchẹ ama jîmî anakpala ogîjo kóllégè Naijiria (NMTC), kù amó ma dó kù ebèí i che Naijiria Defence Academy (NDA), efù amó kì dó NMTC Course 5 efù ódù 1962, nwi ùkoche ùja kì i koche kù i jé n'ogbagba. I nwo lo unyi ukoche kì dì United Kingdom kù i che kpa nwi ukoche am’uja [[Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst|Royal Military Academy Sandhurst]].Ma n’u kpañ’ù oji Regular Combatant Commission efù ochù kochù k’égwa méji nolu ogwú-ny’ẹ́yọ́ mébie, efù ódù 1964, kù i che rank Second Lieutenant. I nwo n’eñwu ogbagba rank lé kpaí amó k’i dó seniority gwi ochù kochù k’ẹ́lẹ́ nolu ogwú-ny’ẹ́yọ́ mẹ́lā, efù ódù 1962. Alu kù i che infantry ofisa efù am’uja Nigeria, Ibrahim Bako kàn’ùkólò n’ochu alu kù i che Platoon Commander efù 4 Battalion, i nwo che Company Commander efù 5 Battalion. Egba kù ùja civil war chàn’e efù ódù 1967, ma d’u nwi ùkólò Staff Captain Intelligence nwi Headquarters 1 Area Command (kì amó ma dabi dó 1 Division). Ma n’u kpañ’ù oji Major temporary nolu ogwú-ny’ẹ́yọ́ m’ẹ́ta-ny’ẹ́yọ́ kaye efù ochù kochù k’ébíé efù ódù 1968, tógba kù i nwo lo oji ùja gbagba alu kù i che Brigade Major nwi 4 Infantry Brigade. I dì efù rank Major lé lo tì nolu kaye efù ochù kochù k’égwa efù ódù 1972, egba kù ma n’u kpañ’ù oji temporary Lieutenant Colonel; oñwu nwo ch’ùkólò General Staff Officer Grade II Intelligence nwa. Bako (kì i che Lt Colonel egba lé) nwo ch’ùkólò logistics ofisa efù National Census Board nwi amó kì d’ọ̀nọ̀ amonẹ efù ódù 1973.<ref name="Siollun15">{{cite book|last1=Siollun|first1=Max|title=Soldiers of Fortune: A History of Nigeria (1983-1993)|publisher=Cassava Republic Press|year=2013|isbn=9789785023824|edition=2013|pages=15}}</ref> Ma d’u kpañ’ù oji rank Lieutenant Colonel gbagba nolu kaye efù ochù kochù k’ẹ́lẹ́ efù ódù 1974; egba lé, ma n’u odù kù i lo ch’ùkólò alu kù i che Commander nwi 20 Brigade. Alu kù i che Lieutenant Colonel lé, i nwo ch’ùkólò Assistant Quarter Master efù Headquarters Lagos Garrison Organisation (kì amó ma dó 81 Division, Lagos abajọì), i nwo dabi che Commander nwi 1 Infantry Division Garrison kì dì Kaduna. The Substantive rank of Lieutenant Colonel was officially granted 1 April 1974, this time his orders were to report as Commander 20 Brigade. As a Lieutenant Colonel, he also held the posts of Assistant Quarter Master at Headquarters Lagos Garrison Organisation (now 81 Division Lagos) and then Commander 1 Infantry Division Garrison, Kaduna. On 1 November 1975, he was given the temporary rank of Colonel and by 5 July 1978 he was made a substantive Colonel and with it the new posting of General Staff Officer Grade 1 Coordination Army Headquarters. Colonel Bako led a [https://www.britishpathe.com/video/VLVA2M3MVXR2Y21YDXCC94S838D4C-LEBANON-NIGERIAN-SOLDIERS-ARRIVE-TO-JOIN-UN-PEACE-KEEPING-FORCE/query/Nigerian+Army+Lebanon Nigerian Battalion in peace keeping operations in Lebanon] under '''UNIFIL''', [[United Nations|UN]] peacekeeping mission established on 19 March 1978 by [[United Nations Security Council]] [[United Nations Security Council Resolution|Resolutions]] [[United Nations Security Council Resolution 425|425]] and [[United Nations Security Council Resolution 426|426]]. Ibrahim Bako attained the rank of Brigadier on 1 May 1980 serving as Commander 7 Mechanised Brigade and finally Director Army Faculty, [[Armed Forces Command and Staff College, Jaji]] before his death on 31 December 1983. At a point in his career, Ibrahim Bako led the [[Nigerian Army]] contingent that facilitated the transfer of about 100 former guerrillas from the Zimbabwean bushes (after the liberation struggle) for selection and training at the [[Nigerian Defence Academy]], [[Kaduna (city)|Kaduna]] in 1980. Those 100 former guerrillas formed the pioneer corp of the post-independence [[Zimbabwe National Army]],<ref name="Beegeagle">{{cite web|title=Nigerian Army Museum: a slice of Nigerian military history|url=https://beegeagle.wordpress.com/2012/03/24/nigerian-army-museum-a-slice-of-nigerian-military-history/|website=Beegeagle's Blog|date=24 March 2012|publisher=Beegeagle|access-date=5 January 2015}}</ref> leading Nigeria's assistance to other Southern African countries like Angola and South Africa in their fight against apartheid and colonialism. == Role on 28 July 1966 coup == The 28 July 1966 mutiny (often called the [[Nigerian counter-coup of 1966]]) was a violent overthrow of General [[Aguiyi-Ironsi]]'s military government, which came into power after the abortive January 15 coup, spearheaded by Major [[Emmanuel Ifeajuna]] and Lt Col [[Kaduna Nzeogwu]]. A group of military officers of northern Nigerian origin (including then Lts Ibrahim Bako, [[Shehu Musa Yar'Adua]], [[Theophilus Danjuma]], Captain [[Joe Garba]], Lt Col [[Murtala Muhammed]], among others) conspired and mutinied against General Ironsi's military government.<ref name="OPV">{{cite book|last1=Siollun|first1=Max|title=Oil, Politics and Violence: Nigeria's Military Coup Culture (1966-1976)|year=2009|publisher=Algora Publishing|isbn=9780875867106|pages=99}}</ref> Among the casualties of the mutiny were General [[Aguiyi Ironsi]] and Lt Colonel [[Adekunle Fajuyi]]. During reconnaissance for the counter coup, then Lt Col [[Murtala Mohammed]] would drive to Ibadan (where Bako was stationed along with others like then Lt [[Jerry Useni]]), Muhammed would often drive into town from Lagos, pick up Ibrahim Bako and Abdullai Shelleng at a pre-arranged location and drive around without stopping while they discussed their counter-coup plan.<ref name="Gamji-Omoigui">{{cite web|last1=Omoigui|first1=Nowa|title=Operation Aure (2): Planning to Overthrow General Ironsi|url=http://www.gamji.com/nowa/nowa26.htm|website=Gamji|publisher=Gamji|access-date=5 January 2015}}</ref> == Role on 31 December 1983 coup == Ibrahim Bako (then Director of the Army Faculty at the Armed Forces Command and staff College, Jaji)<ref name="Beegeagle" /> and acting GOC 1 Division, Kaduna,<ref name="Leadership-NG" /> was requested by the coup conspirators with securing President [[Shehu Shagari]] presumably after Shagari's [[Presidential Guard Brigade (Nigeria)|Brigade of Guards]] had been neutralized (without violence as planned) by Col [[Tunde Ogbeha]]. Author [[Max Siollun]] notes that Bako was chosen for the role because not only was Bako's father a personal friend to Shagari, as Commander 7 Mechanised Brigade Sokoto, he was well known and respected in the president's home state. Unknown to Bako was that the coup plot had been leaked to President Shagari, whose guards were on high alert. After arriving at the Presidential residence (in non-military attire) with an armed detachment to secure the President,<ref name="Omoiugui">{{cite web|last1=Omoigui|first1=Nowa|title=The palace coup of 27 August 1985 Part I|url=http://www.waado.org/nigerdelta/nigeria_facts/MilitaryRule/Omoigui/PalaceCoup-1985.htm|publisher=Uhrobo Historical Society|access-date=5 January 2015|archive-date=8 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210608090914/http://www.waado.org/nigerdelta/nigeria_facts/militaryrule/omoigui/PalaceCoup-1985.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> Bako was shot dead while sitting in the passenger side of a [[Unimog]] utility truck<ref name="Beegeagle" /> in an ensuing firefight between troops from Bako's detachment and the Brigade of Guards soldiers under the command of Captain Augustine Anyogo.<ref name="Siollun">{{cite book|last1=Siollun|first1=Max|title=Soldiers of Fortune: A History of Nigeria (1983-1993)|year=2013|publisher=Cassava Republic Press|isbn=9789785023824|pages=16–17|edition=2013}}</ref> The Unimog utility truck that Bako was killed in was on display at the Nigerian Army Museum in [[Zaria]], Nigeria. The senior military officers involved in the 1983 coup were:<ref name="Siollun13">{{cite book|last1=Siollun|first1=Max|title=Soldiers of Fortune: A History of Nigeria (1983-1993)|year=2013|publisher=Cassava Republic Press|isbn=9789785023824|pages=13|edition=2013}}</ref> * Major General [[Muhammadu Buhari]] (General Officer Commanding, 3rd Armored Division, Jos) * Major General [[Ibrahim Babangida]] (Director of Army Staff Duties and Plans) * Brigadier Ibrahim Bako (Acting General Officer Commanding, 1st Division Kaduna/Director Army Faculty, [[Armed Forces Command and Staff College, Jaji]]) * Brigadier [[Sani Abacha]] (Commander, 9th Mechanized Brigade) * Brigadier [[Tunde Idiagbon]] (Military Secretary, Army) * Lt Colonel [[Aliyu Mohammed Gusau]] (Director of Military Intelligence) * Lt Colonel [[Halilu Akilu]] * Lt Colonel [[David Mark]] * Lt Colonel [[Tunde Ogbeha]] * Major [[Sambo Dasuki]] (Military Assistant to the Chief of Army Staff, Lt-General [[Mohammed Inuwa Wushishi|Wushishi]]) * Major [[Abdulmumini Aminu]] * Major [[Lawan Gwadabe]] * Major Mustapha Jokolo (Senior Instructor, Basawa Barracks - Zaria) * Major [[Dangiwa Umar|Abubakar Umar]] Major General Buhari's Supreme Military Council (SMC) observed a minute of silence for the slain Brigadier Bako during SMC's first meeting.<ref name="NYT">{{cite news|last1=May|first1=Clifford|title=DEPOSED NIGERIAN PRESIDENT IS UNDER ARREST|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1984/01/04/world/deposed-nigerian-president-is-under-arrest.html|work=New York Times|date=4 January 1984|access-date=5 January 2015}}</ref> == References == {{Reflist}} 50yf6jv868e0g4w6aqu8cibrfv72rre 41010 41009 2026-05-12T22:08:30Z Austinea3 116 /* Role on 31 December 1983 coup */ 41010 wikitext text/x-wiki {{short description|Nigerian brigadier (1943–1983)}}{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2023}} {{Infobox officeholder|name=Ibrahim Bako|honorific_prefix=[[Brigadier]]|image=|caption=|image_size=150px|office=Acting General Officer Commanding, [[1st Division (Nigeria)|1 Division]], Nigerian Army|term_start=|term_end=|predecessor=|successor=|birth_name=Ibrahim Ahmed Bako|birth_date=5 March 1943|death_date={{death date and age|1983|12|31|1943|3|5|df=y}}|allegiance={{NGR}}|branch={{army|Nigeria}}|service_years=1962–1983|rank=[[File:Nigeria-Army-OF-6.svg|20px]] [[Brigadier]]|alma_mater=[[Nigerian Defence Academy|Nigerian Military Training College]]<br>[[Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst|RMA Sandhurst]]}} '''Ibrahim Ahmed Bako''' (5 March 1943<ref name="Leadership-NG">{{Cite news|last1=Augustine|first1=Agbo-Paul|title=We've Forgiven Our Father's Killers – Prof Bako|url=http://leadership.ng/features/interviews/311481/weve-forgiven-our-fathers-killers-prof-bako|newspaper=[[Leadership (newspaper)|Leadership]]|access-date=9 January 2015}}</ref> – 31 December 1983) was a senior officer in the [[Nigerian Army]] who played a principal role in two Nigerian military coups: the [[1966 Nigerian counter-coup|July 1966 counter-coup]] and the [[1983 Nigerian coup d'état|December 1983]] coup. The 1983 coup ousted the democratic government of [[Shehu Shagari]] while the July 1966 coup ousted the military government of General [[Ironsi]]. Bako was killed during the [[1983 Nigerian coup d'état|December 1983 coup d'état]]. == Career == Ibrahim Ahmed Bako (N/548) FSS MSS psc ma bî éfu ó'chu ẹ́kẹ́ta nolu mẹ́lu éfu ọdọ 1943 efu [[Kaduna (city)|Kaduna]],kádunà státî. Íkọ́ ẹ̀kọ́ ìlùmẹ́ kíkọ n’ìfẹ̀ oñwu chi Junior Primary School, Kaduna kwì efu ọ̀dọ̀ 1951 tì 1954, oñwu l’adú d’anyí lo tì Giwa Senior Primary School n’ìchẹ́ kpa ẹ̀kọ́ ìlùmẹ́ kíkọ n’ìfẹ̀ nwu éfu ọdọ 1956. Î ló ti ukoche ísakulu Goméntì yi kóllégè , abójoì kî chî [[Barewa College]] kwî éfu ọdọ 1957 ló téfu ọdọ 1961 Abodu kù dabi kpa kù mé kù Igala kà kì amó kù i che nwi West African School cértîvîcatẹ̀ (WASC). Igbele kù i che kpa gwi unyi ùkoche sakandiri, i nwo che t'unyi ùkoche am'ùja kì dì Kaduna kì amó ma dó Úkọchẹ ama jîmî anakpala ogîjo kóllégè Naijiria (NMTC), kù amó ma dó kù ebèí i che Naijiria Defence Academy (NDA), efù amó kì dó NMTC Course 5 efù ódù 1962, nwi ùkoche ùja kì i koche kù i jé n'ogbagba. I nwo lo unyi ukoche kì dì United Kingdom kù i che kpa nwi ukoche am’uja [[Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst|Royal Military Academy Sandhurst]].Ma n’u kpañ’ù oji Regular Combatant Commission efù ochù kochù k’égwa méji nolu ogwú-ny’ẹ́yọ́ mébie, efù ódù 1964, kù i che rank Second Lieutenant. I nwo n’eñwu ogbagba rank lé kpaí amó k’i dó seniority gwi ochù kochù k’ẹ́lẹ́ nolu ogwú-ny’ẹ́yọ́ mẹ́lā, efù ódù 1962. Alu kù i che infantry ofisa efù am’uja Nigeria, Ibrahim Bako kàn’ùkólò n’ochu alu kù i che Platoon Commander efù 4 Battalion, i nwo che Company Commander efù 5 Battalion. Egba kù ùja civil war chàn’e efù ódù 1967, ma d’u nwi ùkólò Staff Captain Intelligence nwi Headquarters 1 Area Command (kì amó ma dabi dó 1 Division). Ma n’u kpañ’ù oji Major temporary nolu ogwú-ny’ẹ́yọ́ m’ẹ́ta-ny’ẹ́yọ́ kaye efù ochù kochù k’ébíé efù ódù 1968, tógba kù i nwo lo oji ùja gbagba alu kù i che Brigade Major nwi 4 Infantry Brigade. I dì efù rank Major lé lo tì nolu kaye efù ochù kochù k’égwa efù ódù 1972, egba kù ma n’u kpañ’ù oji temporary Lieutenant Colonel; oñwu nwo ch’ùkólò General Staff Officer Grade II Intelligence nwa. Bako (kì i che Lt Colonel egba lé) nwo ch’ùkólò logistics ofisa efù National Census Board nwi amó kì d’ọ̀nọ̀ amonẹ efù ódù 1973.<ref name="Siollun15">{{cite book|last1=Siollun|first1=Max|title=Soldiers of Fortune: A History of Nigeria (1983-1993)|publisher=Cassava Republic Press|year=2013|isbn=9789785023824|edition=2013|pages=15}}</ref> Ma d’u kpañ’ù oji rank Lieutenant Colonel gbagba nolu kaye efù ochù kochù k’ẹ́lẹ́ efù ódù 1974; egba lé, ma n’u odù kù i lo ch’ùkólò alu kù i che Commander nwi 20 Brigade. Alu kù i che Lieutenant Colonel lé, i nwo ch’ùkólò Assistant Quarter Master efù Headquarters Lagos Garrison Organisation (kì amó ma dó 81 Division, Lagos abajọì), i nwo dabi che Commander nwi 1 Infantry Division Garrison kì dì Kaduna. On 1 November 1975, he was given the temporary rank of Colonel and by 5 July 1978 he was made a substantive Colonel and with it the new posting of General Staff Officer Grade 1 Coordination Army Headquarters. Colonel Bako led a [https://www.britishpathe.com/video/VLVA2M3MVXR2Y21YDXCC94S838D4C-LEBANON-NIGERIAN-SOLDIERS-ARRIVE-TO-JOIN-UN-PEACE-KEEPING-FORCE/query/Nigerian+Army+Lebanon Nigerian Battalion in peace keeping operations in Lebanon] under '''UNIFIL''', [[United Nations|UN]] peacekeeping mission established on 19 March 1978 by [[United Nations Security Council]] [[United Nations Security Council Resolution|Resolutions]] [[United Nations Security Council Resolution 425|425]] and [[United Nations Security Council Resolution 426|426]]. Ibrahim Bako attained the rank of Brigadier on 1 May 1980 serving as Commander 7 Mechanised Brigade and finally Director Army Faculty, [[Armed Forces Command and Staff College, Jaji]] before his death on 31 December 1983. At a point in his career, Ibrahim Bako led the [[Nigerian Army]] contingent that facilitated the transfer of about 100 former guerrillas from the Zimbabwean bushes (after the liberation struggle) for selection and training at the [[Nigerian Defence Academy]], [[Kaduna (city)|Kaduna]] in 1980. Those 100 former guerrillas formed the pioneer corp of the post-independence [[Zimbabwe National Army]],<ref name="Beegeagle">{{cite web|title=Nigerian Army Museum: a slice of Nigerian military history|url=https://beegeagle.wordpress.com/2012/03/24/nigerian-army-museum-a-slice-of-nigerian-military-history/|website=Beegeagle's Blog|date=24 March 2012|publisher=Beegeagle|access-date=5 January 2015}}</ref> leading Nigeria's assistance to other Southern African countries like Angola and South Africa in their fight against apartheid and colonialism. == Role on 28 July 1966 coup == The 28 July 1966 mutiny (often called the [[Nigerian counter-coup of 1966]]) was a violent overthrow of General [[Aguiyi-Ironsi]]'s military government, which came into power after the abortive January 15 coup, spearheaded by Major [[Emmanuel Ifeajuna]] and Lt Col [[Kaduna Nzeogwu]]. A group of military officers of northern Nigerian origin (including then Lts Ibrahim Bako, [[Shehu Musa Yar'Adua]], [[Theophilus Danjuma]], Captain [[Joe Garba]], Lt Col [[Murtala Muhammed]], among others) conspired and mutinied against General Ironsi's military government.<ref name="OPV">{{cite book|last1=Siollun|first1=Max|title=Oil, Politics and Violence: Nigeria's Military Coup Culture (1966-1976)|year=2009|publisher=Algora Publishing|isbn=9780875867106|pages=99}}</ref> Among the casualties of the mutiny were General [[Aguiyi Ironsi]] and Lt Colonel [[Adekunle Fajuyi]]. During reconnaissance for the counter coup, then Lt Col [[Murtala Mohammed]] would drive to Ibadan (where Bako was stationed along with others like then Lt [[Jerry Useni]]), Muhammed would often drive into town from Lagos, pick up Ibrahim Bako and Abdullai Shelleng at a pre-arranged location and drive around without stopping while they discussed their counter-coup plan.<ref name="Gamji-Omoigui">{{cite web|last1=Omoigui|first1=Nowa|title=Operation Aure (2): Planning to Overthrow General Ironsi|url=http://www.gamji.com/nowa/nowa26.htm|website=Gamji|publisher=Gamji|access-date=5 January 2015}}</ref> == Role on 31 December 1983 coup == Ibrahim Bako (then Director of the Army Faculty at the Armed Forces Command and staff College, Jaji)<ref name="Beegeagle" /> and acting GOC 1 Division, Kaduna,<ref name="Leadership-NG" /> was requested by the coup conspirators with securing President [[Shehu Shagari]] presumably after Shagari's [[Presidential Guard Brigade (Nigeria)|Brigade of Guards]] had been neutralized (without violence as planned) by Col [[Tunde Ogbeha]]. Author [[Max Siollun]] notes that Bako was chosen for the role because not only was Bako's father a personal friend to Shagari, as Commander 7 Mechanised Brigade Sokoto, he was well known and respected in the president's home state. Unknown to Bako was that the coup plot had been leaked to President Shagari, whose guards were on high alert. After arriving at the Presidential residence (in non-military attire) with an armed detachment to secure the President,<ref name="Omoiugui">{{cite web|last1=Omoigui|first1=Nowa|title=The palace coup of 27 August 1985 Part I|url=http://www.waado.org/nigerdelta/nigeria_facts/MilitaryRule/Omoigui/PalaceCoup-1985.htm|publisher=Uhrobo Historical Society|access-date=5 January 2015|archive-date=8 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210608090914/http://www.waado.org/nigerdelta/nigeria_facts/militaryrule/omoigui/PalaceCoup-1985.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> Bako was shot dead while sitting in the passenger side of a [[Unimog]] utility truck<ref name="Beegeagle" /> in an ensuing firefight between troops from Bako's detachment and the Brigade of Guards soldiers under the command of Captain Augustine Anyogo.<ref name="Siollun">{{cite book|last1=Siollun|first1=Max|title=Soldiers of Fortune: A History of Nigeria (1983-1993)|year=2013|publisher=Cassava Republic Press|isbn=9789785023824|pages=16–17|edition=2013}}</ref> The Unimog utility truck that Bako was killed in was on display at the Nigerian Army Museum in [[Zaria]], Nigeria. The senior military officers involved in the 1983 coup were:<ref name="Siollun13">{{cite book|last1=Siollun|first1=Max|title=Soldiers of Fortune: A History of Nigeria (1983-1993)|year=2013|publisher=Cassava Republic Press|isbn=9789785023824|pages=13|edition=2013}}</ref> * Major General [[Muhammadu Buhari]] (General Officer Commanding, 3rd Armored Division, Jos) * Major General [[Ibrahim Babangida]] (Director of Army Staff Duties and Plans) * Brigadier Ibrahim Bako (Acting General Officer Commanding, 1st Division Kaduna/Director Army Faculty, [[Armed Forces Command and Staff College, Jaji]]) * Brigadier [[Sani Abacha]] (Commander, 9th Mechanized Brigade) * Brigadier [[Tunde Idiagbon]] (Military Secretary, Army) * Lt Colonel [[Aliyu Mohammed Gusau]] (Director of Military Intelligence) * Lt Colonel [[Halilu Akilu]] * Lt Colonel [[David Mark]] * Lt Colonel [[Tunde Ogbeha]] * Major [[Sambo Dasuki]] (Military Assistant to the Chief of Army Staff, Lt-General [[Mohammed Inuwa Wushishi|Wushishi]]) * Major [[Abdulmumini Aminu]] * Major [[Lawan Gwadabe]] * Major Mustapha Jokolo (Senior Instructor, Basawa Barracks - Zaria) * Major [[Dangiwa Umar|Abubakar Umar]] Major General Buhari's Supreme Military Council (SMC) observed a minute of silence for the slain Brigadier Bako during SMC's first meeting.<ref name="NYT">{{cite news|last1=May|first1=Clifford|title=DEPOSED NIGERIAN PRESIDENT IS UNDER ARREST|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1984/01/04/world/deposed-nigerian-president-is-under-arrest.html|work=New York Times|date=4 January 1984|access-date=5 January 2015}}</ref> == References == {{Reflist}} a3vwr3cpyuohkvqp9w1fc5iz3qf9wpm 41011 41010 2026-05-12T22:11:33Z Austinea3 116 /* Role on 31 December 1983 coup */ 41011 wikitext text/x-wiki {{short description|Nigerian brigadier (1943–1983)}}{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2023}} {{Infobox officeholder|name=Ibrahim Bako|honorific_prefix=[[Brigadier]]|image=|caption=|image_size=150px|office=Acting General Officer Commanding, [[1st Division (Nigeria)|1 Division]], Nigerian Army|term_start=|term_end=|predecessor=|successor=|birth_name=Ibrahim Ahmed Bako|birth_date=5 March 1943|death_date={{death date and age|1983|12|31|1943|3|5|df=y}}|allegiance={{NGR}}|branch={{army|Nigeria}}|service_years=1962–1983|rank=[[File:Nigeria-Army-OF-6.svg|20px]] [[Brigadier]]|alma_mater=[[Nigerian Defence Academy|Nigerian Military Training College]]<br>[[Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst|RMA Sandhurst]]}} '''Ibrahim Ahmed Bako''' (5 March 1943<ref name="Leadership-NG">{{Cite news|last1=Augustine|first1=Agbo-Paul|title=We've Forgiven Our Father's Killers – Prof Bako|url=http://leadership.ng/features/interviews/311481/weve-forgiven-our-fathers-killers-prof-bako|newspaper=[[Leadership (newspaper)|Leadership]]|access-date=9 January 2015}}</ref> – 31 December 1983) was a senior officer in the [[Nigerian Army]] who played a principal role in two Nigerian military coups: the [[1966 Nigerian counter-coup|July 1966 counter-coup]] and the [[1983 Nigerian coup d'état|December 1983]] coup. The 1983 coup ousted the democratic government of [[Shehu Shagari]] while the July 1966 coup ousted the military government of General [[Ironsi]]. Bako was killed during the [[1983 Nigerian coup d'état|December 1983 coup d'état]]. == Career == Ibrahim Ahmed Bako (N/548) FSS MSS psc ma bî éfu ó'chu ẹ́kẹ́ta nolu mẹ́lu éfu ọdọ 1943 efu [[Kaduna (city)|Kaduna]],kádunà státî. Íkọ́ ẹ̀kọ́ ìlùmẹ́ kíkọ n’ìfẹ̀ oñwu chi Junior Primary School, Kaduna kwì efu ọ̀dọ̀ 1951 tì 1954, oñwu l’adú d’anyí lo tì Giwa Senior Primary School n’ìchẹ́ kpa ẹ̀kọ́ ìlùmẹ́ kíkọ n’ìfẹ̀ nwu éfu ọdọ 1956. Î ló ti ukoche ísakulu Goméntì yi kóllégè , abójoì kî chî [[Barewa College]] kwî éfu ọdọ 1957 ló téfu ọdọ 1961 Abodu kù dabi kpa kù mé kù Igala kà kì amó kù i che nwi West African School cértîvîcatẹ̀ (WASC). Igbele kù i che kpa gwi unyi ùkoche sakandiri, i nwo che t'unyi ùkoche am'ùja kì dì Kaduna kì amó ma dó Úkọchẹ ama jîmî anakpala ogîjo kóllégè Naijiria (NMTC), kù amó ma dó kù ebèí i che Naijiria Defence Academy (NDA), efù amó kì dó NMTC Course 5 efù ódù 1962, nwi ùkoche ùja kì i koche kù i jé n'ogbagba. I nwo lo unyi ukoche kì dì United Kingdom kù i che kpa nwi ukoche am’uja [[Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst|Royal Military Academy Sandhurst]].Ma n’u kpañ’ù oji Regular Combatant Commission efù ochù kochù k’égwa méji nolu ogwú-ny’ẹ́yọ́ mébie, efù ódù 1964, kù i che rank Second Lieutenant. I nwo n’eñwu ogbagba rank lé kpaí amó k’i dó seniority gwi ochù kochù k’ẹ́lẹ́ nolu ogwú-ny’ẹ́yọ́ mẹ́lā, efù ódù 1962. Alu kù i che infantry ofisa efù am’uja Nigeria, Ibrahim Bako kàn’ùkólò n’ochu alu kù i che Platoon Commander efù 4 Battalion, i nwo che Company Commander efù 5 Battalion. Egba kù ùja civil war chàn’e efù ódù 1967, ma d’u nwi ùkólò Staff Captain Intelligence nwi Headquarters 1 Area Command (kì amó ma dabi dó 1 Division). Ma n’u kpañ’ù oji Major temporary nolu ogwú-ny’ẹ́yọ́ m’ẹ́ta-ny’ẹ́yọ́ kaye efù ochù kochù k’ébíé efù ódù 1968, tógba kù i nwo lo oji ùja gbagba alu kù i che Brigade Major nwi 4 Infantry Brigade. I dì efù rank Major lé lo tì nolu kaye efù ochù kochù k’égwa efù ódù 1972, egba kù ma n’u kpañ’ù oji temporary Lieutenant Colonel; oñwu nwo ch’ùkólò General Staff Officer Grade II Intelligence nwa. Bako (kì i che Lt Colonel egba lé) nwo ch’ùkólò logistics ofisa efù National Census Board nwi amó kì d’ọ̀nọ̀ amonẹ efù ódù 1973.<ref name="Siollun15">{{cite book|last1=Siollun|first1=Max|title=Soldiers of Fortune: A History of Nigeria (1983-1993)|publisher=Cassava Republic Press|year=2013|isbn=9789785023824|edition=2013|pages=15}}</ref> Ma d’u kpañ’ù oji rank Lieutenant Colonel gbagba nolu kaye efù ochù kochù k’ẹ́lẹ́ efù ódù 1974; egba lé, ma n’u odù kù i lo ch’ùkólò alu kù i che Commander nwi 20 Brigade. Alu kù i che Lieutenant Colonel lé, i nwo ch’ùkólò Assistant Quarter Master efù Headquarters Lagos Garrison Organisation (kì amó ma dó 81 Division, Lagos abajọì), i nwo dabi che Commander nwi 1 Infantry Division Garrison kì dì Kaduna. Nolu kaye efù ochù kochù k’égwa-ka efù ódù 1975, ma n’u kpañ’ù oji temporary rank Colonel; lo tì nolu mébie efù ochù kochù k’ébíé efù ódù 1978, egba kù i n’u oji rank Colonel gbagba. Oñwu nwo n’ùkólò efù ọ̀tẹ̀ k’ajì am’ùja (Army Headquarters) alu kù i che General Staff Officer Grade 1 Coordination. Colonel Bako nwo k’ọ̀nọ̀... On 1 November 1975, he was given the temporary rank of Colonel and by 5 July 1978 he was made a substantive Colonel and with it the new posting of General Staff Officer Grade 1 Coordination Army Headquarters. Colonel Bako led a [https://www.britishpathe.com/video/VLVA2M3MVXR2Y21YDXCC94S838D4C-LEBANON-NIGERIAN-SOLDIERS-ARRIVE-TO-JOIN-UN-PEACE-KEEPING-FORCE/query/Nigerian+Army+Lebanon Nigerian Battalion in peace keeping operations in Lebanon] under '''UNIFIL''', [[United Nations|UN]] peacekeeping mission established on 19 March 1978 by [[United Nations Security Council]] [[United Nations Security Council Resolution|Resolutions]] [[United Nations Security Council Resolution 425|425]] and [[United Nations Security Council Resolution 426|426]]. Ibrahim Bako attained the rank of Brigadier on 1 May 1980 serving as Commander 7 Mechanised Brigade and finally Director Army Faculty, [[Armed Forces Command and Staff College, Jaji]] before his death on 31 December 1983. At a point in his career, Ibrahim Bako led the [[Nigerian Army]] contingent that facilitated the transfer of about 100 former guerrillas from the Zimbabwean bushes (after the liberation struggle) for selection and training at the [[Nigerian Defence Academy]], [[Kaduna (city)|Kaduna]] in 1980. Those 100 former guerrillas formed the pioneer corp of the post-independence [[Zimbabwe National Army]],<ref name="Beegeagle">{{cite web|title=Nigerian Army Museum: a slice of Nigerian military history|url=https://beegeagle.wordpress.com/2012/03/24/nigerian-army-museum-a-slice-of-nigerian-military-history/|website=Beegeagle's Blog|date=24 March 2012|publisher=Beegeagle|access-date=5 January 2015}}</ref> leading Nigeria's assistance to other Southern African countries like Angola and South Africa in their fight against apartheid and colonialism. == Role on 28 July 1966 coup == The 28 July 1966 mutiny (often called the [[Nigerian counter-coup of 1966]]) was a violent overthrow of General [[Aguiyi-Ironsi]]'s military government, which came into power after the abortive January 15 coup, spearheaded by Major [[Emmanuel Ifeajuna]] and Lt Col [[Kaduna Nzeogwu]]. A group of military officers of northern Nigerian origin (including then Lts Ibrahim Bako, [[Shehu Musa Yar'Adua]], [[Theophilus Danjuma]], Captain [[Joe Garba]], Lt Col [[Murtala Muhammed]], among others) conspired and mutinied against General Ironsi's military government.<ref name="OPV">{{cite book|last1=Siollun|first1=Max|title=Oil, Politics and Violence: Nigeria's Military Coup Culture (1966-1976)|year=2009|publisher=Algora Publishing|isbn=9780875867106|pages=99}}</ref> Among the casualties of the mutiny were General [[Aguiyi Ironsi]] and Lt Colonel [[Adekunle Fajuyi]]. During reconnaissance for the counter coup, then Lt Col [[Murtala Mohammed]] would drive to Ibadan (where Bako was stationed along with others like then Lt [[Jerry Useni]]), Muhammed would often drive into town from Lagos, pick up Ibrahim Bako and Abdullai Shelleng at a pre-arranged location and drive around without stopping while they discussed their counter-coup plan.<ref name="Gamji-Omoigui">{{cite web|last1=Omoigui|first1=Nowa|title=Operation Aure (2): Planning to Overthrow General Ironsi|url=http://www.gamji.com/nowa/nowa26.htm|website=Gamji|publisher=Gamji|access-date=5 January 2015}}</ref> == Role on 31 December 1983 coup == Ibrahim Bako (then Director of the Army Faculty at the Armed Forces Command and staff College, Jaji)<ref name="Beegeagle" /> and acting GOC 1 Division, Kaduna,<ref name="Leadership-NG" /> was requested by the coup conspirators with securing President [[Shehu Shagari]] presumably after Shagari's [[Presidential Guard Brigade (Nigeria)|Brigade of Guards]] had been neutralized (without violence as planned) by Col [[Tunde Ogbeha]]. Author [[Max Siollun]] notes that Bako was chosen for the role because not only was Bako's father a personal friend to Shagari, as Commander 7 Mechanised Brigade Sokoto, he was well known and respected in the president's home state. Unknown to Bako was that the coup plot had been leaked to President Shagari, whose guards were on high alert. After arriving at the Presidential residence (in non-military attire) with an armed detachment to secure the President,<ref name="Omoiugui">{{cite web|last1=Omoigui|first1=Nowa|title=The palace coup of 27 August 1985 Part I|url=http://www.waado.org/nigerdelta/nigeria_facts/MilitaryRule/Omoigui/PalaceCoup-1985.htm|publisher=Uhrobo Historical Society|access-date=5 January 2015|archive-date=8 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210608090914/http://www.waado.org/nigerdelta/nigeria_facts/militaryrule/omoigui/PalaceCoup-1985.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> Bako was shot dead while sitting in the passenger side of a [[Unimog]] utility truck<ref name="Beegeagle" /> in an ensuing firefight between troops from Bako's detachment and the Brigade of Guards soldiers under the command of Captain Augustine Anyogo.<ref name="Siollun">{{cite book|last1=Siollun|first1=Max|title=Soldiers of Fortune: A History of Nigeria (1983-1993)|year=2013|publisher=Cassava Republic Press|isbn=9789785023824|pages=16–17|edition=2013}}</ref> The Unimog utility truck that Bako was killed in was on display at the Nigerian Army Museum in [[Zaria]], Nigeria. The senior military officers involved in the 1983 coup were:<ref name="Siollun13">{{cite book|last1=Siollun|first1=Max|title=Soldiers of Fortune: A History of Nigeria (1983-1993)|year=2013|publisher=Cassava Republic Press|isbn=9789785023824|pages=13|edition=2013}}</ref> * Major General [[Muhammadu Buhari]] (General Officer Commanding, 3rd Armored Division, Jos) * Major General [[Ibrahim Babangida]] (Director of Army Staff Duties and Plans) * Brigadier Ibrahim Bako (Acting General Officer Commanding, 1st Division Kaduna/Director Army Faculty, [[Armed Forces Command and Staff College, Jaji]]) * Brigadier [[Sani Abacha]] (Commander, 9th Mechanized Brigade) * Brigadier [[Tunde Idiagbon]] (Military Secretary, Army) * Lt Colonel [[Aliyu Mohammed Gusau]] (Director of Military Intelligence) * Lt Colonel [[Halilu Akilu]] * Lt Colonel [[David Mark]] * Lt Colonel [[Tunde Ogbeha]] * Major [[Sambo Dasuki]] (Military Assistant to the Chief of Army Staff, Lt-General [[Mohammed Inuwa Wushishi|Wushishi]]) * Major [[Abdulmumini Aminu]] * Major [[Lawan Gwadabe]] * Major Mustapha Jokolo (Senior Instructor, Basawa Barracks - Zaria) * Major [[Dangiwa Umar|Abubakar Umar]] Major General Buhari's Supreme Military Council (SMC) observed a minute of silence for the slain Brigadier Bako during SMC's first meeting.<ref name="NYT">{{cite news|last1=May|first1=Clifford|title=DEPOSED NIGERIAN PRESIDENT IS UNDER ARREST|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1984/01/04/world/deposed-nigerian-president-is-under-arrest.html|work=New York Times|date=4 January 1984|access-date=5 January 2015}}</ref> == References == {{Reflist}} 6bbr5e3hucy359k9u0xpja9ohwup72k 41012 41011 2026-05-12T22:13:19Z Austinea3 116 41012 wikitext text/x-wiki {{short description|Nigerian brigadier (1943–1983)}}{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2023}} {{Infobox officeholder|name=Ibrahim Bako|honorific_prefix=[[Brigadier]]|image=|caption=|image_size=150px|office=Acting General Officer Commanding, [[1st Division (Nigeria)|1 Division]], Nigerian Army|term_start=|term_end=|predecessor=|successor=|birth_name=Ibrahim Ahmed Bako|birth_date=5 March 1943|death_date={{death date and age|1983|12|31|1943|3|5|df=y}}|allegiance={{NGR}}|branch={{army|Nigeria}}|service_years=1962–1983|rank=[[File:Nigeria-Army-OF-6.svg|20px]] [[Brigadier]]|alma_mater=[[Nigerian Defence Academy|Nigerian Military Training College]]<br>[[Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst|RMA Sandhurst]]}} '''Ibrahim Ahmed Bako''' (5 March 1943<ref name="Leadership-NG">{{Cite news|last1=Augustine|first1=Agbo-Paul|title=We've Forgiven Our Father's Killers – Prof Bako|url=http://leadership.ng/features/interviews/311481/weve-forgiven-our-fathers-killers-prof-bako|newspaper=[[Leadership (newspaper)|Leadership]]|access-date=9 January 2015}}</ref> – 31 December 1983) was a senior officer in the [[Nigerian Army]] who played a principal role in two Nigerian military coups: the [[1966 Nigerian counter-coup|July 1966 counter-coup]] and the [[1983 Nigerian coup d'état|December 1983]] coup. The 1983 coup ousted the democratic government of [[Shehu Shagari]] while the July 1966 coup ousted the military government of General [[Ironsi]]. Bako was killed during the [[1983 Nigerian coup d'état|December 1983 coup d'état]]. == Career == Ibrahim Ahmed Bako (N/548) FSS MSS psc ma bî éfu ó'chu ẹ́kẹ́ta nolu mẹ́lu éfu ọdọ 1943 efu [[Kaduna (city)|Kaduna]],kádunà státî. Íkọ́ ẹ̀kọ́ ìlùmẹ́ kíkọ n’ìfẹ̀ oñwu chi Junior Primary School, Kaduna kwì efu ọ̀dọ̀ 1951 tì 1954, oñwu l’adú d’anyí lo tì Giwa Senior Primary School n’ìchẹ́ kpa ẹ̀kọ́ ìlùmẹ́ kíkọ n’ìfẹ̀ nwu éfu ọdọ 1956. Î ló ti ukoche ísakulu Goméntì yi kóllégè , abójoì kî chî [[Barewa College]] kwî éfu ọdọ 1957 ló téfu ọdọ 1961 Abodu kù dabi kpa kù mé kù Igala kà kì amó kù i che nwi West African School cértîvîcatẹ̀ (WASC). Igbele kù i che kpa gwi unyi ùkoche sakandiri, i nwo che t'unyi ùkoche am'ùja kì dì Kaduna kì amó ma dó Úkọchẹ ama jîmî anakpala ogîjo kóllégè Naijiria (NMTC), kù amó ma dó kù ebèí i che Naijiria Defence Academy (NDA), efù amó kì dó NMTC Course 5 efù ódù 1962, nwi ùkoche ùja kì i koche kù i jé n'ogbagba. I nwo lo unyi ukoche kì dì United Kingdom kù i che kpa nwi ukoche am’uja [[Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst|Royal Military Academy Sandhurst]].Ma n’u kpañ’ù oji Regular Combatant Commission efù ochù kochù k’égwa méji nolu ogwú-ny’ẹ́yọ́ mébie, efù ódù 1964, kù i che rank Second Lieutenant. I nwo n’eñwu ogbagba rank lé kpaí amó k’i dó seniority gwi ochù kochù k’ẹ́lẹ́ nolu ogwú-ny’ẹ́yọ́ mẹ́lā, efù ódù 1962. Alu kù i che infantry ofisa efù am’uja Nigeria, Ibrahim Bako kàn’ùkólò n’ochu alu kù i che Platoon Commander efù 4 Battalion, i nwo che Company Commander efù 5 Battalion. Egba kù ùja civil war chàn’e efù ódù 1967, ma d’u nwi ùkólò Staff Captain Intelligence nwi Headquarters 1 Area Command (kì amó ma dabi dó 1 Division). Ma n’u kpañ’ù oji Major temporary nolu ogwú-ny’ẹ́yọ́ m’ẹ́ta-ny’ẹ́yọ́ kaye efù ochù kochù k’ébíé efù ódù 1968, tógba kù i nwo lo oji ùja gbagba alu kù i che Brigade Major nwi 4 Infantry Brigade. I dì efù rank Major lé lo tì nolu kaye efù ochù kochù k’égwa efù ódù 1972, egba kù ma n’u kpañ’ù oji temporary Lieutenant Colonel; oñwu nwo ch’ùkólò General Staff Officer Grade II Intelligence nwa. Bako (kì i che Lt Colonel egba lé) nwo ch’ùkólò logistics ofisa efù National Census Board nwi amó kì d’ọ̀nọ̀ amonẹ efù ódù 1973.<ref name="Siollun15">{{cite book|last1=Siollun|first1=Max|title=Soldiers of Fortune: A History of Nigeria (1983-1993)|publisher=Cassava Republic Press|year=2013|isbn=9789785023824|edition=2013|pages=15}}</ref> Ma d’u kpañ’ù oji rank Lieutenant Colonel gbagba nolu kaye efù ochù kochù k’ẹ́lẹ́ efù ódù 1974; egba lé, ma n’u odù kù i lo ch’ùkólò alu kù i che Commander nwi 20 Brigade. Alu kù i che Lieutenant Colonel lé, i nwo ch’ùkólò Assistant Quarter Master efù Headquarters Lagos Garrison Organisation (kì amó ma dó 81 Division, Lagos abajọì), i nwo dabi che Commander nwi 1 Infantry Division Garrison kì dì Kaduna. Nolu kaye efù ochù kochù k’égwa-ka efù ódù 1975, ma n’u kpañ’ù oji temporary rank Colonel; lo tì nolu mébie efù ochù kochù k’ébíé efù ódù 1978, egba kù i n’u oji rank Colonel gbagba. Oñwu nwo n’ùkólò efù ọ̀tẹ̀ k’ajì am’ùja (Army Headquarters) alu kù i che General Staff Officer Grade 1 Coordination. Colonel Bako nwo k’ọ̀nọ̀, [https://www.britishpathe.com/video/VLVA2M3MVXR2Y21YDXCC94S838D4C-LEBANON-NIGERIAN-SOLDIERS-ARRIVE-TO-JOIN-UN-PEACE-KEEPING-FORCE/query/Nigerian+Army+Lebanon Nigerian Battalion in peace keeping operations in Lebanon] under '''UNIFIL''', [[United Nations|UN]] peacekeeping mission established on 19 March 1978 by [[United Nations Security Council]] [[United Nations Security Council Resolution|Resolutions]] [[United Nations Security Council Resolution 425|425]] kpaí and [[United Nations Security Council Resolution 426|426]]. Ibrahim Bako attained the rank of Brigadier on 1 May 1980 serving as Commander 7 Mechanised Brigade and finally Director Army Faculty, [[Armed Forces Command and Staff College, Jaji]] before his death on 31 December 1983. At a point in his career, Ibrahim Bako led the [[Nigerian Army]] contingent that facilitated the transfer of about 100 former guerrillas from the Zimbabwean bushes (after the liberation struggle) for selection and training at the [[Nigerian Defence Academy]], [[Kaduna (city)|Kaduna]] in 1980. Those 100 former guerrillas formed the pioneer corp of the post-independence [[Zimbabwe National Army]],<ref name="Beegeagle">{{cite web|title=Nigerian Army Museum: a slice of Nigerian military history|url=https://beegeagle.wordpress.com/2012/03/24/nigerian-army-museum-a-slice-of-nigerian-military-history/|website=Beegeagle's Blog|date=24 March 2012|publisher=Beegeagle|access-date=5 January 2015}}</ref> leading Nigeria's assistance to other Southern African countries like Angola and South Africa in their fight against apartheid and colonialism. == Role on 28 July 1966 coup == The 28 July 1966 mutiny (often called the [[Nigerian counter-coup of 1966]]) was a violent overthrow of General [[Aguiyi-Ironsi]]'s military government, which came into power after the abortive January 15 coup, spearheaded by Major [[Emmanuel Ifeajuna]] and Lt Col [[Kaduna Nzeogwu]]. A group of military officers of northern Nigerian origin (including then Lts Ibrahim Bako, [[Shehu Musa Yar'Adua]], [[Theophilus Danjuma]], Captain [[Joe Garba]], Lt Col [[Murtala Muhammed]], among others) conspired and mutinied against General Ironsi's military government.<ref name="OPV">{{cite book|last1=Siollun|first1=Max|title=Oil, Politics and Violence: Nigeria's Military Coup Culture (1966-1976)|year=2009|publisher=Algora Publishing|isbn=9780875867106|pages=99}}</ref> Among the casualties of the mutiny were General [[Aguiyi Ironsi]] and Lt Colonel [[Adekunle Fajuyi]]. During reconnaissance for the counter coup, then Lt Col [[Murtala Mohammed]] would drive to Ibadan (where Bako was stationed along with others like then Lt [[Jerry Useni]]), Muhammed would often drive into town from Lagos, pick up Ibrahim Bako and Abdullai Shelleng at a pre-arranged location and drive around without stopping while they discussed their counter-coup plan.<ref name="Gamji-Omoigui">{{cite web|last1=Omoigui|first1=Nowa|title=Operation Aure (2): Planning to Overthrow General Ironsi|url=http://www.gamji.com/nowa/nowa26.htm|website=Gamji|publisher=Gamji|access-date=5 January 2015}}</ref> == Role on 31 December 1983 coup == Ibrahim Bako (then Director of the Army Faculty at the Armed Forces Command and staff College, Jaji)<ref name="Beegeagle" /> and acting GOC 1 Division, Kaduna,<ref name="Leadership-NG" /> was requested by the coup conspirators with securing President [[Shehu Shagari]] presumably after Shagari's [[Presidential Guard Brigade (Nigeria)|Brigade of Guards]] had been neutralized (without violence as planned) by Col [[Tunde Ogbeha]]. Author [[Max Siollun]] notes that Bako was chosen for the role because not only was Bako's father a personal friend to Shagari, as Commander 7 Mechanised Brigade Sokoto, he was well known and respected in the president's home state. Unknown to Bako was that the coup plot had been leaked to President Shagari, whose guards were on high alert. After arriving at the Presidential residence (in non-military attire) with an armed detachment to secure the President,<ref name="Omoiugui">{{cite web|last1=Omoigui|first1=Nowa|title=The palace coup of 27 August 1985 Part I|url=http://www.waado.org/nigerdelta/nigeria_facts/MilitaryRule/Omoigui/PalaceCoup-1985.htm|publisher=Uhrobo Historical Society|access-date=5 January 2015|archive-date=8 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210608090914/http://www.waado.org/nigerdelta/nigeria_facts/militaryrule/omoigui/PalaceCoup-1985.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> Bako was shot dead while sitting in the passenger side of a [[Unimog]] utility truck<ref name="Beegeagle" /> in an ensuing firefight between troops from Bako's detachment and the Brigade of Guards soldiers under the command of Captain Augustine Anyogo.<ref name="Siollun">{{cite book|last1=Siollun|first1=Max|title=Soldiers of Fortune: A History of Nigeria (1983-1993)|year=2013|publisher=Cassava Republic Press|isbn=9789785023824|pages=16–17|edition=2013}}</ref> The Unimog utility truck that Bako was killed in was on display at the Nigerian Army Museum in [[Zaria]], Nigeria. The senior military officers involved in the 1983 coup were:<ref name="Siollun13">{{cite book|last1=Siollun|first1=Max|title=Soldiers of Fortune: A History of Nigeria (1983-1993)|year=2013|publisher=Cassava Republic Press|isbn=9789785023824|pages=13|edition=2013}}</ref> * Major General [[Muhammadu Buhari]] (General Officer Commanding, 3rd Armored Division, Jos) * Major General [[Ibrahim Babangida]] (Director of Army Staff Duties and Plans) * Brigadier Ibrahim Bako (Acting General Officer Commanding, 1st Division Kaduna/Director Army Faculty, [[Armed Forces Command and Staff College, Jaji]]) * Brigadier [[Sani Abacha]] (Commander, 9th Mechanized Brigade) * Brigadier [[Tunde Idiagbon]] (Military Secretary, Army) * Lt Colonel [[Aliyu Mohammed Gusau]] (Director of Military Intelligence) * Lt Colonel [[Halilu Akilu]] * Lt Colonel [[David Mark]] * Lt Colonel [[Tunde Ogbeha]] * Major [[Sambo Dasuki]] (Military Assistant to the Chief of Army Staff, Lt-General [[Mohammed Inuwa Wushishi|Wushishi]]) * Major [[Abdulmumini Aminu]] * Major [[Lawan Gwadabe]] * Major Mustapha Jokolo (Senior Instructor, Basawa Barracks - Zaria) * Major [[Dangiwa Umar|Abubakar Umar]] Major General Buhari's Supreme Military Council (SMC) observed a minute of silence for the slain Brigadier Bako during SMC's first meeting.<ref name="NYT">{{cite news|last1=May|first1=Clifford|title=DEPOSED NIGERIAN PRESIDENT IS UNDER ARREST|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1984/01/04/world/deposed-nigerian-president-is-under-arrest.html|work=New York Times|date=4 January 1984|access-date=5 January 2015}}</ref> == References == {{Reflist}} obbhsko49o02wh19g0wlplwtw65iht0 41013 41012 2026-05-12T22:18:34Z Austinea3 116 /* Role on 31 December 1983 coup */ 41013 wikitext text/x-wiki {{short description|Nigerian brigadier (1943–1983)}}{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2023}} {{Infobox officeholder|name=Ibrahim Bako|honorific_prefix=[[Brigadier]]|image=|caption=|image_size=150px|office=Acting General Officer Commanding, [[1st Division (Nigeria)|1 Division]], Nigerian Army|term_start=|term_end=|predecessor=|successor=|birth_name=Ibrahim Ahmed Bako|birth_date=5 March 1943|death_date={{death date and age|1983|12|31|1943|3|5|df=y}}|allegiance={{NGR}}|branch={{army|Nigeria}}|service_years=1962–1983|rank=[[File:Nigeria-Army-OF-6.svg|20px]] [[Brigadier]]|alma_mater=[[Nigerian Defence Academy|Nigerian Military Training College]]<br>[[Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst|RMA Sandhurst]]}} '''Ibrahim Ahmed Bako''' (5 March 1943<ref name="Leadership-NG">{{Cite news|last1=Augustine|first1=Agbo-Paul|title=We've Forgiven Our Father's Killers – Prof Bako|url=http://leadership.ng/features/interviews/311481/weve-forgiven-our-fathers-killers-prof-bako|newspaper=[[Leadership (newspaper)|Leadership]]|access-date=9 January 2015}}</ref> – 31 December 1983) was a senior officer in the [[Nigerian Army]] who played a principal role in two Nigerian military coups: the [[1966 Nigerian counter-coup|July 1966 counter-coup]] and the [[1983 Nigerian coup d'état|December 1983]] coup. The 1983 coup ousted the democratic government of [[Shehu Shagari]] while the July 1966 coup ousted the military government of General [[Ironsi]]. Bako was killed during the [[1983 Nigerian coup d'état|December 1983 coup d'état]]. == Career == Ibrahim Ahmed Bako (N/548) FSS MSS psc ma bî éfu ó'chu ẹ́kẹ́ta nolu mẹ́lu éfu ọdọ 1943 efu [[Kaduna (city)|Kaduna]],kádunà státî. Íkọ́ ẹ̀kọ́ ìlùmẹ́ kíkọ n’ìfẹ̀ oñwu chi Junior Primary School, Kaduna kwì efu ọ̀dọ̀ 1951 tì 1954, oñwu l’adú d’anyí lo tì Giwa Senior Primary School n’ìchẹ́ kpa ẹ̀kọ́ ìlùmẹ́ kíkọ n’ìfẹ̀ nwu éfu ọdọ 1956. Î ló ti ukoche ísakulu Goméntì yi kóllégè , abójoì kî chî [[Barewa College]] kwî éfu ọdọ 1957 ló téfu ọdọ 1961 Abodu kù dabi kpa kù mé kù Igala kà kì amó kù i che nwi West African School cértîvîcatẹ̀ (WASC). Igbele kù i che kpa gwi unyi ùkoche sakandiri, i nwo che t'unyi ùkoche am'ùja kì dì Kaduna kì amó ma dó Úkọchẹ ama jîmî anakpala ogîjo kóllégè Naijiria (NMTC), kù amó ma dó kù ebèí i che Naijiria Defence Academy (NDA), efù amó kì dó NMTC Course 5 efù ódù 1962, nwi ùkoche ùja kì i koche kù i jé n'ogbagba. I nwo lo unyi ukoche kì dì United Kingdom kù i che kpa nwi ukoche am’uja [[Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst|Royal Military Academy Sandhurst]].Ma n’u kpañ’ù oji Regular Combatant Commission efù ochù kochù k’égwa méji nolu ogwú-ny’ẹ́yọ́ mébie, efù ódù 1964, kù i che rank Second Lieutenant. I nwo n’eñwu ogbagba rank lé kpaí amó k’i dó seniority gwi ochù kochù k’ẹ́lẹ́ nolu ogwú-ny’ẹ́yọ́ mẹ́lā, efù ódù 1962. Alu kù i che infantry ofisa efù am’uja Nigeria, Ibrahim Bako kàn’ùkólò n’ochu alu kù i che Platoon Commander efù 4 Battalion, i nwo che Company Commander efù 5 Battalion. Egba kù ùja civil war chàn’e efù ódù 1967, ma d’u nwi ùkólò Staff Captain Intelligence nwi Headquarters 1 Area Command (kì amó ma dabi dó 1 Division). Ma n’u kpañ’ù oji Major temporary nolu ogwú-ny’ẹ́yọ́ m’ẹ́ta-ny’ẹ́yọ́ kaye efù ochù kochù k’ébíé efù ódù 1968, tógba kù i nwo lo oji ùja gbagba alu kù i che Brigade Major nwi 4 Infantry Brigade. I dì efù rank Major lé lo tì nolu kaye efù ochù kochù k’égwa efù ódù 1972, egba kù ma n’u kpañ’ù oji temporary Lieutenant Colonel; oñwu nwo ch’ùkólò General Staff Officer Grade II Intelligence nwa. Bako (kì i che Lt Colonel egba lé) nwo ch’ùkólò logistics ofisa efù National Census Board nwi amó kì d’ọ̀nọ̀ amonẹ efù ódù 1973.<ref name="Siollun15">{{cite book|last1=Siollun|first1=Max|title=Soldiers of Fortune: A History of Nigeria (1983-1993)|publisher=Cassava Republic Press|year=2013|isbn=9789785023824|edition=2013|pages=15}}</ref> Ma d’u kpañ’ù oji rank Lieutenant Colonel gbagba nolu kaye efù ochù kochù k’ẹ́lẹ́ efù ódù 1974; egba lé, ma n’u odù kù i lo ch’ùkólò alu kù i che Commander nwi 20 Brigade. Alu kù i che Lieutenant Colonel lé, i nwo ch’ùkólò Assistant Quarter Master efù Headquarters Lagos Garrison Organisation (kì amó ma dó 81 Division, Lagos abajọì), i nwo dabi che Commander nwi 1 Infantry Division Garrison kì dì Kaduna. Nolu kaye efù ochù kochù k’égwa-ka efù ódù 1975, ma n’u kpañ’ù oji temporary rank Colonel; lo tì nolu mébie efù ochù kochù k’ébíé efù ódù 1978, egba kù i n’u oji rank Colonel gbagba. Oñwu nwo n’ùkólò efù ọ̀tẹ̀ k’ajì am’ùja (Army Headquarters) alu kù i cheOfisa kì kọ̀nọ̀ nwi am’ofisa gbagba efù ùkólò Coordination Bako nwo k’ọ̀nọ̀, [https://www.britishpathe.com/video/VLVA2M3MVXR2Y21YDXCC94S838D4C-LEBANON-NIGERIAN-SOLDIERS-ARRIVE-TO-JOIN-UN-PEACE-KEEPING-FORCE/query/Nigerian+Army+Lebanon Nigerian Battalion in peace keeping operations in Lebanon] under '''UNIFIL''', [[United Nations|UN]] peacekeeping mission established on 19 March 1978 by [[United Nations Security Council]] [[United Nations Security Council Resolution|Resolutions]] [[United Nations Security Council Resolution 425|425]] kpaî [[United Nations Security Council Resolution 426|426]]. Ibrahim Bako attained the rank of Brigadier on 1 May 1980 serving as Commander 7 Mechanised Brigade and finally Director Army Faculty, [[Armed Forces Command and Staff College, Jaji]] before his death on 31 December 1983. At a point in his career, Ibrahim Bako led the [[Nigerian Army]] contingent that facilitated the transfer of about 100 former guerrillas from the Zimbabwean bushes (after the liberation struggle) for selection and training at the [[Nigerian Defence Academy]], [[Kaduna (city)|Kaduna]] in 1980. Those 100 former guerrillas formed the pioneer corp of the post-independence [[Zimbabwe National Army]],<ref name="Beegeagle">{{cite web|title=Nigerian Army Museum: a slice of Nigerian military history|url=https://beegeagle.wordpress.com/2012/03/24/nigerian-army-museum-a-slice-of-nigerian-military-history/|website=Beegeagle's Blog|date=24 March 2012|publisher=Beegeagle|access-date=5 January 2015}}</ref> leading Nigeria's assistance to other Southern African countries like Angola and South Africa in their fight against apartheid and colonialism. == Role on 28 July 1966 coup == The 28 July 1966 mutiny (often called the [[Nigerian counter-coup of 1966]]) was a violent overthrow of General [[Aguiyi-Ironsi]]'s military government, which came into power after the abortive January 15 coup, spearheaded by Major [[Emmanuel Ifeajuna]] and Lt Col [[Kaduna Nzeogwu]]. A group of military officers of northern Nigerian origin (including then Lts Ibrahim Bako, [[Shehu Musa Yar'Adua]], [[Theophilus Danjuma]], Captain [[Joe Garba]], Lt Col [[Murtala Muhammed]], among others) conspired and mutinied against General Ironsi's military government.<ref name="OPV">{{cite book|last1=Siollun|first1=Max|title=Oil, Politics and Violence: Nigeria's Military Coup Culture (1966-1976)|year=2009|publisher=Algora Publishing|isbn=9780875867106|pages=99}}</ref> Among the casualties of the mutiny were General [[Aguiyi Ironsi]] and Lt Colonel [[Adekunle Fajuyi]]. During reconnaissance for the counter coup, then Lt Col [[Murtala Mohammed]] would drive to Ibadan (where Bako was stationed along with others like then Lt [[Jerry Useni]]), Muhammed would often drive into town from Lagos, pick up Ibrahim Bako and Abdullai Shelleng at a pre-arranged location and drive around without stopping while they discussed their counter-coup plan.<ref name="Gamji-Omoigui">{{cite web|last1=Omoigui|first1=Nowa|title=Operation Aure (2): Planning to Overthrow General Ironsi|url=http://www.gamji.com/nowa/nowa26.htm|website=Gamji|publisher=Gamji|access-date=5 January 2015}}</ref> == Role on 31 December 1983 coup == Ibrahim Bako (then Director of the Army Faculty at the Armed Forces Command and staff College, Jaji)<ref name="Beegeagle" /> and acting GOC 1 Division, Kaduna,<ref name="Leadership-NG" /> was requested by the coup conspirators with securing President [[Shehu Shagari]] presumably after Shagari's [[Presidential Guard Brigade (Nigeria)|Brigade of Guards]] had been neutralized (without violence as planned) by Col [[Tunde Ogbeha]]. Author [[Max Siollun]] notes that Bako was chosen for the role because not only was Bako's father a personal friend to Shagari, as Commander 7 Mechanised Brigade Sokoto, he was well known and respected in the president's home state. Unknown to Bako was that the coup plot had been leaked to President Shagari, whose guards were on high alert. After arriving at the Presidential residence (in non-military attire) with an armed detachment to secure the President,<ref name="Omoiugui">{{cite web|last1=Omoigui|first1=Nowa|title=The palace coup of 27 August 1985 Part I|url=http://www.waado.org/nigerdelta/nigeria_facts/MilitaryRule/Omoigui/PalaceCoup-1985.htm|publisher=Uhrobo Historical Society|access-date=5 January 2015|archive-date=8 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210608090914/http://www.waado.org/nigerdelta/nigeria_facts/militaryrule/omoigui/PalaceCoup-1985.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> Bako was shot dead while sitting in the passenger side of a [[Unimog]] utility truck<ref name="Beegeagle" /> in an ensuing firefight between troops from Bako's detachment and the Brigade of Guards soldiers under the command of Captain Augustine Anyogo.<ref name="Siollun">{{cite book|last1=Siollun|first1=Max|title=Soldiers of Fortune: A History of Nigeria (1983-1993)|year=2013|publisher=Cassava Republic Press|isbn=9789785023824|pages=16–17|edition=2013}}</ref> The Unimog utility truck that Bako was killed in was on display at the Nigerian Army Museum in [[Zaria]], Nigeria. The senior military officers involved in the 1983 coup were:<ref name="Siollun13">{{cite book|last1=Siollun|first1=Max|title=Soldiers of Fortune: A History of Nigeria (1983-1993)|year=2013|publisher=Cassava Republic Press|isbn=9789785023824|pages=13|edition=2013}}</ref> * Major General [[Muhammadu Buhari]] (General Officer Commanding, 3rd Armored Division, Jos) * Major General [[Ibrahim Babangida]] (Director of Army Staff Duties and Plans) * Brigadier Ibrahim Bako (Acting General Officer Commanding, 1st Division Kaduna/Director Army Faculty, [[Armed Forces Command and Staff College, Jaji]]) * Brigadier [[Sani Abacha]] (Commander, 9th Mechanized Brigade) * Brigadier [[Tunde Idiagbon]] (Military Secretary, Army) * Lt Colonel [[Aliyu Mohammed Gusau]] (Director of Military Intelligence) * Lt Colonel [[Halilu Akilu]] * Lt Colonel [[David Mark]] * Lt Colonel [[Tunde Ogbeha]] * Major [[Sambo Dasuki]] (Military Assistant to the Chief of Army Staff, Lt-General [[Mohammed Inuwa Wushishi|Wushishi]]) * Major [[Abdulmumini Aminu]] * Major [[Lawan Gwadabe]] * Major Mustapha Jokolo (Senior Instructor, Basawa Barracks - Zaria) * Major [[Dangiwa Umar|Abubakar Umar]] Major General Buhari's Supreme Military Council (SMC) observed a minute of silence for the slain Brigadier Bako during SMC's first meeting.<ref name="NYT">{{cite news|last1=May|first1=Clifford|title=DEPOSED NIGERIAN PRESIDENT IS UNDER ARREST|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1984/01/04/world/deposed-nigerian-president-is-under-arrest.html|work=New York Times|date=4 January 1984|access-date=5 January 2015}}</ref> == References == {{Reflist}} lld3detsn4d3fyhyy4qwiig3lhhn57l 41014 41013 2026-05-13T09:47:45Z Austinea3 116 41014 wikitext text/x-wiki {{short description|Nigerian brigadier (1943–1983)}}{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2023}} {{Infobox officeholder|name=Ibrahim Bako|honorific_prefix=[[Brigadier]]|image=|caption=|image_size=150px|office=Acting General Officer Commanding, [[1st Division (Nigeria)|1 Division]], Nigerian Army|term_start=|term_end=|predecessor=|successor=|birth_name=Ibrahim Ahmed Bako|birth_date=5 March 1943|death_date={{death date and age|1983|12|31|1943|3|5|df=y}}|allegiance={{NGR}}|branch={{army|Nigeria}}|service_years=1962–1983|rank=[[File:Nigeria-Army-OF-6.svg|20px]] [[Brigadier]]|alma_mater=[[Nigerian Defence Academy|Nigerian Military Training College]]<br>[[Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst|RMA Sandhurst]]}} '''Ibrahim Ahmed Bako''' (5 March 1943<ref name="Leadership-NG">{{Cite news|last1=Augustine|first1=Agbo-Paul|title=We've Forgiven Our Father's Killers – Prof Bako|url=http://leadership.ng/features/interviews/311481/weve-forgiven-our-fathers-killers-prof-bako|newspaper=[[Leadership (newspaper)|Leadership]]|access-date=9 January 2015}}</ref> – 31 December 1983) was a senior officer in the [[Nigerian Army]] who played a principal role in two Nigerian military coups: the [[1966 Nigerian counter-coup|July 1966 counter-coup]] and the [[1983 Nigerian coup d'état|December 1983]] coup. The 1983 coup ousted the democratic government of [[Shehu Shagari]] while the July 1966 coup ousted the military government of General [[Ironsi]]. Bako was killed during the [[1983 Nigerian coup d'état|December 1983 coup d'état]]. == Career == Ibrahim Ahmed Bako (N/548) FSS MSS psc ma bî éfu ó'chu ẹ́kẹ́ta nolu mẹ́lu éfu ọdọ 1943 efu [[Kaduna (city)|Kaduna]],kádunà státî. Íkọ́ ẹ̀kọ́ ìlùmẹ́ kíkọ n’ìfẹ̀ oñwu chi Junior Primary School, Kaduna kwì efu ọ̀dọ̀ 1951 tì 1954, oñwu l’adú d’anyí lo tì Giwa Senior Primary School n’ìchẹ́ kpa ẹ̀kọ́ ìlùmẹ́ kíkọ n’ìfẹ̀ nwu éfu ọdọ 1956. Î ló ti ukoche ísakulu Goméntì yi kóllégè , abójoì kî chî [[Barewa College]] kwî éfu ọdọ 1957 ló téfu ọdọ 1961 Abodu kù dabi kpa kù mé kù Igala kà kì amó kù i che nwi West African School cértîvîcatẹ̀ (WASC). Igbele kù i che kpa gwi unyi ùkoche sakandiri, i nwo che t'unyi ùkoche am'ùja kì dì Kaduna kì amó ma dó Úkọchẹ ama jîmî anakpala ogîjo kóllégè Naijiria (NMTC), kù amó ma dó kù ebèí i che Naijiria Defence Academy (NDA), efù amó kì dó NMTC Course 5 efù ódù 1962, nwi ùkoche ùja kì i koche kù i jé n'ogbagba. I nwo lo unyi ukoche kì dì United Kingdom kù i che kpa nwi ukoche am’uja [[Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst|Royal Military Academy Sandhurst]].Ma n’u kpañ’ù oji Regular Combatant Commission efù ochù kochù k’égwa méji nolu ogwú-ny’ẹ́yọ́ mébie, efù ódù 1964, kù i che rank Second Lieutenant. I nwo n’eñwu ogbagba rank lé kpaí amó k’i dó seniority gwi ochù kochù k’ẹ́lẹ́ nolu ogwú-ny’ẹ́yọ́ mẹ́lā, efù ódù 1962. Alu kù i che infantry ofisa efù am’uja Nigeria, Ibrahim Bako kàn’ùkólò n’ochu alu kù i che Platoon Commander efù 4 Battalion, i nwo che Company Commander efù 5 Battalion. Egba kù ùja civil war chàn’e efù ódù 1967, ma d’u nwi ùkólò Staff Captain Intelligence nwi Headquarters 1 Area Command (kì amó ma dabi dó 1 Division). Ma n’u kpañ’ù oji Major temporary nolu ogwú-ny’ẹ́yọ́ m’ẹ́ta-ny’ẹ́yọ́ kaye efù ochù kochù k’ébíé efù ódù 1968, tógba kù i nwo lo oji ùja gbagba alu kù i che Brigade Major nwi 4 Infantry Brigade. I dì efù rank Major lé lo tì nolu kaye efù ochù kochù k’égwa efù ódù 1972, egba kù ma n’u kpañ’ù oji temporary Lieutenant Colonel; oñwu nwo ch’ùkólò General Staff Officer Grade II Intelligence nwa. Bako (kì i che Lt Colonel egba lé) nwo ch’ùkólò logistics ofisa efù National Census Board nwi amó kì d’ọ̀nọ̀ amonẹ efù ódù 1973.<ref name="Siollun15">{{cite book|last1=Siollun|first1=Max|title=Soldiers of Fortune: A History of Nigeria (1983-1993)|publisher=Cassava Republic Press|year=2013|isbn=9789785023824|edition=2013|pages=15}}</ref> Ma d’u kpañ’ù oji rank Lieutenant Colonel gbagba nolu kaye efù ochù kochù k’ẹ́lẹ́ efù ódù 1974; egba lé, ma n’u odù kù i lo ch’ùkólò alu kù i che Commander nwi 20 Brigade. Alu kù i che Lieutenant Colonel lé, i nwo ch’ùkólò Assistant Quarter Master efù Headquarters Lagos Garrison Organisation (kì amó ma dó 81 Division, Lagos abajọì), i nwo dabi che Commander nwi 1 Infantry Division Garrison kì dì Kaduna. Nolu kaye efù ochù kochù k’égwa-ka efù ódù 1975, ma n’u kpañ’ù oji temporary rank Colonel; lo tì nolu mébie efù ochù kochù k’ébíé efù ódù 1978, egba kù i n’u oji rank Colonel gbagba. Oñwu nwo n’ùkólò efù ọ̀tẹ̀ k’ajì am’ùja (Army Headquarters) alu kù i cheOfisa kì kọ̀nọ̀ nwi am’ofisa gbagba efù ùkólò Coordination Bako nwo k’ọ̀nọ̀, [https://www.britishpathe.com/video/VLVA2M3MVXR2Y21YDXCC94S838D4C-LEBANON-NIGERIAN-SOLDIERS-ARRIVE-TO-JOIN-UN-PEACE-KEEPING-FORCE/query/Nigerian+Army+Lebanon Nigerian Battalion in peace keeping operations in Lebanon] under '''UNIFIL''', [[United Nations|UN]] Ùkólò ukpahiọ ubi kì ma chánẹ́ ọjọ kî'ochu ẹ́kẹ̀ta nolu mẹ́gẹ́lè efù ódù peacekeeping mission established on 19 March 1978 by [[United Nations Security Council]] [[United Nations Security Council Resolution|Resolutions]] [[United Nations Security Council Resolution 425|425]] kpaî [[United Nations Security Council Resolution 426|426]]. Ibrahim Bako attained the rank of Brigadier on 1 May 1980 serving as Commander 7 Mechanised Brigade and finally Director Army Faculty, [[Armed Forces Command and Staff College, Jaji]] before his death on 31 December 1983. At a point in his career, Ibrahim Bako led the [[Nigerian Army]] contingent that facilitated the transfer of about 100 former guerrillas from the Zimbabwean bushes (after the liberation struggle) for selection and training at the [[Nigerian Defence Academy]], [[Kaduna (city)|Kaduna]] in 1980. Those 100 former guerrillas formed the pioneer corp of the post-independence [[Zimbabwe National Army]],<ref name="Beegeagle">{{cite web|title=Nigerian Army Museum: a slice of Nigerian military history|url=https://beegeagle.wordpress.com/2012/03/24/nigerian-army-museum-a-slice-of-nigerian-military-history/|website=Beegeagle's Blog|date=24 March 2012|publisher=Beegeagle|access-date=5 January 2015}}</ref> leading Nigeria's assistance to other Southern African countries like Angola and South Africa in their fight against apartheid and colonialism. == Role on 28 July 1966 coup == The 28 July 1966 mutiny (often called the [[Nigerian counter-coup of 1966]]) was a violent overthrow of General [[Aguiyi-Ironsi]]'s military government, which came into power after the abortive January 15 coup, spearheaded by Major [[Emmanuel Ifeajuna]] and Lt Col [[Kaduna Nzeogwu]]. A group of military officers of northern Nigerian origin (including then Lts Ibrahim Bako, [[Shehu Musa Yar'Adua]], [[Theophilus Danjuma]], Captain [[Joe Garba]], Lt Col [[Murtala Muhammed]], among others) conspired and mutinied against General Ironsi's military government.<ref name="OPV">{{cite book|last1=Siollun|first1=Max|title=Oil, Politics and Violence: Nigeria's Military Coup Culture (1966-1976)|year=2009|publisher=Algora Publishing|isbn=9780875867106|pages=99}}</ref> Among the casualties of the mutiny were General [[Aguiyi Ironsi]] and Lt Colonel [[Adekunle Fajuyi]]. During reconnaissance for the counter coup, then Lt Col [[Murtala Mohammed]] would drive to Ibadan (where Bako was stationed along with others like then Lt [[Jerry Useni]]), Muhammed would often drive into town from Lagos, pick up Ibrahim Bako and Abdullai Shelleng at a pre-arranged location and drive around without stopping while they discussed their counter-coup plan.<ref name="Gamji-Omoigui">{{cite web|last1=Omoigui|first1=Nowa|title=Operation Aure (2): Planning to Overthrow General Ironsi|url=http://www.gamji.com/nowa/nowa26.htm|website=Gamji|publisher=Gamji|access-date=5 January 2015}}</ref> == Role on 31 December 1983 coup == Ibrahim Bako (then Director of the Army Faculty at the Armed Forces Command and staff College, Jaji)<ref name="Beegeagle" /> and acting GOC 1 Division, Kaduna,<ref name="Leadership-NG" /> was requested by the coup conspirators with securing President [[Shehu Shagari]] presumably after Shagari's [[Presidential Guard Brigade (Nigeria)|Brigade of Guards]] had been neutralized (without violence as planned) by Col [[Tunde Ogbeha]]. Author [[Max Siollun]] notes that Bako was chosen for the role because not only was Bako's father a personal friend to Shagari, as Commander 7 Mechanised Brigade Sokoto, he was well known and respected in the president's home state. Unknown to Bako was that the coup plot had been leaked to President Shagari, whose guards were on high alert. After arriving at the Presidential residence (in non-military attire) with an armed detachment to secure the President,<ref name="Omoiugui">{{cite web|last1=Omoigui|first1=Nowa|title=The palace coup of 27 August 1985 Part I|url=http://www.waado.org/nigerdelta/nigeria_facts/MilitaryRule/Omoigui/PalaceCoup-1985.htm|publisher=Uhrobo Historical Society|access-date=5 January 2015|archive-date=8 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210608090914/http://www.waado.org/nigerdelta/nigeria_facts/militaryrule/omoigui/PalaceCoup-1985.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> Bako was shot dead while sitting in the passenger side of a [[Unimog]] utility truck<ref name="Beegeagle" /> in an ensuing firefight between troops from Bako's detachment and the Brigade of Guards soldiers under the command of Captain Augustine Anyogo.<ref name="Siollun">{{cite book|last1=Siollun|first1=Max|title=Soldiers of Fortune: A History of Nigeria (1983-1993)|year=2013|publisher=Cassava Republic Press|isbn=9789785023824|pages=16–17|edition=2013}}</ref> The Unimog utility truck that Bako was killed in was on display at the Nigerian Army Museum in [[Zaria]], Nigeria. The senior military officers involved in the 1983 coup were:<ref name="Siollun13">{{cite book|last1=Siollun|first1=Max|title=Soldiers of Fortune: A History of Nigeria (1983-1993)|year=2013|publisher=Cassava Republic Press|isbn=9789785023824|pages=13|edition=2013}}</ref> * Major General [[Muhammadu Buhari]] (General Officer Commanding, 3rd Armored Division, Jos) * Major General [[Ibrahim Babangida]] (Director of Army Staff Duties and Plans) * Brigadier Ibrahim Bako (Acting General Officer Commanding, 1st Division Kaduna/Director Army Faculty, [[Armed Forces Command and Staff College, Jaji]]) * Brigadier [[Sani Abacha]] (Commander, 9th Mechanized Brigade) * Brigadier [[Tunde Idiagbon]] (Military Secretary, Army) * Lt Colonel [[Aliyu Mohammed Gusau]] (Director of Military Intelligence) * Lt Colonel [[Halilu Akilu]] * Lt Colonel [[David Mark]] * Lt Colonel [[Tunde Ogbeha]] * Major [[Sambo Dasuki]] (Military Assistant to the Chief of Army Staff, Lt-General [[Mohammed Inuwa Wushishi|Wushishi]]) * Major [[Abdulmumini Aminu]] * Major [[Lawan Gwadabe]] * Major Mustapha Jokolo (Senior Instructor, Basawa Barracks - Zaria) * Major [[Dangiwa Umar|Abubakar Umar]] Major General Buhari's Supreme Military Council (SMC) observed a minute of silence for the slain Brigadier Bako during SMC's first meeting.<ref name="NYT">{{cite news|last1=May|first1=Clifford|title=DEPOSED NIGERIAN PRESIDENT IS UNDER ARREST|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1984/01/04/world/deposed-nigerian-president-is-under-arrest.html|work=New York Times|date=4 January 1984|access-date=5 January 2015}}</ref> == References == {{Reflist}} ayqpwxvuiul0koqpyes3fu4aw0t9w84 41015 41014 2026-05-13T09:48:42Z Austinea3 116 /* Career */ 41015 wikitext text/x-wiki {{short description|Nigerian brigadier (1943–1983)}}{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2023}} {{Infobox officeholder|name=Ibrahim Bako|honorific_prefix=[[Brigadier]]|image=|caption=|image_size=150px|office=Acting General Officer Commanding, [[1st Division (Nigeria)|1 Division]], Nigerian Army|term_start=|term_end=|predecessor=|successor=|birth_name=Ibrahim Ahmed Bako|birth_date=5 March 1943|death_date={{death date and age|1983|12|31|1943|3|5|df=y}}|allegiance={{NGR}}|branch={{army|Nigeria}}|service_years=1962–1983|rank=[[File:Nigeria-Army-OF-6.svg|20px]] [[Brigadier]]|alma_mater=[[Nigerian Defence Academy|Nigerian Military Training College]]<br>[[Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst|RMA Sandhurst]]}} '''Ibrahim Ahmed Bako''' (5 March 1943<ref name="Leadership-NG">{{Cite news|last1=Augustine|first1=Agbo-Paul|title=We've Forgiven Our Father's Killers – Prof Bako|url=http://leadership.ng/features/interviews/311481/weve-forgiven-our-fathers-killers-prof-bako|newspaper=[[Leadership (newspaper)|Leadership]]|access-date=9 January 2015}}</ref> – 31 December 1983) was a senior officer in the [[Nigerian Army]] who played a principal role in two Nigerian military coups: the [[1966 Nigerian counter-coup|July 1966 counter-coup]] and the [[1983 Nigerian coup d'état|December 1983]] coup. The 1983 coup ousted the democratic government of [[Shehu Shagari]] while the July 1966 coup ousted the military government of General [[Ironsi]]. Bako was killed during the [[1983 Nigerian coup d'état|December 1983 coup d'état]]. == Career == Ibrahim Ahmed Bako (N/548) FSS MSS psc ma bî éfu ó'chu ẹ́kẹ́ta nolu mẹ́lu éfu ọdọ 1943 efu [[Kaduna (city)|Kaduna]],kádunà státî. Íkọ́ ẹ̀kọ́ ìlùmẹ́ kíkọ n’ìfẹ̀ oñwu chi Junior Primary School, Kaduna kwì efu ọ̀dọ̀ 1951 tì 1954, oñwu l’adú d’anyí lo tì Giwa Senior Primary School n’ìchẹ́ kpa ẹ̀kọ́ ìlùmẹ́ kíkọ n’ìfẹ̀ nwu éfu ọdọ 1956. Î ló ti ukoche ísakulu Goméntì yi kóllégè , abójoì kî chî [[Barewa College]] kwî éfu ọdọ 1957 ló téfu ọdọ 1961 Abodu kù dabi kpa kù mé kù Igala kà kì amó kù i che nwi West African School cértîvîcatẹ̀ (WASC). Igbele kù i che kpa gwi unyi ùkoche sakandiri, i nwo che t'unyi ùkoche am'ùja kì dì Kaduna kì amó ma dó Úkọchẹ ama jîmî anakpala ogîjo kóllégè Naijiria (NMTC), kù amó ma dó kù ebèí i che Naijiria Defence Academy (NDA), efù amó kì dó NMTC Course 5 efù ódù 1962, nwi ùkoche ùja kì i koche kù i jé n'ogbagba. I nwo lo unyi ukoche kì dì United Kingdom kù i che kpa nwi ukoche am’uja [[Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst|Royal Military Academy Sandhurst]].Ma n’u kpañ’ù oji Regular Combatant Commission efù ochù kochù k’égwa méji nolu ogwú-ny’ẹ́yọ́ mébie, efù ódù 1964, kù i che rank Second Lieutenant. I nwo n’eñwu ogbagba rank lé kpaí amó k’i dó seniority gwi ochù kochù k’ẹ́lẹ́ nolu ogwú-ny’ẹ́yọ́ mẹ́lā, efù ódù 1962. Alu kù i che infantry ofisa efù am’uja Nigeria, Ibrahim Bako kàn’ùkólò n’ochu alu kù i che Platoon Commander efù 4 Battalion, i nwo che Company Commander efù 5 Battalion. Egba kù ùja civil war chàn’e efù ódù 1967, ma d’u nwi ùkólò Staff Captain Intelligence nwi Headquarters 1 Area Command (kì amó ma dabi dó 1 Division). Ma n’u kpañ’ù oji Major temporary nolu ogwú-ny’ẹ́yọ́ m’ẹ́ta-ny’ẹ́yọ́ kaye efù ochù kochù k’ébíé efù ódù 1968, tógba kù i nwo lo oji ùja gbagba alu kù i che Brigade Major nwi 4 Infantry Brigade. I dì efù rank Major lé lo tì nolu kaye efù ochù kochù k’égwa efù ódù 1972, egba kù ma n’u kpañ’ù oji temporary Lieutenant Colonel; oñwu nwo ch’ùkólò General Staff Officer Grade II Intelligence nwa. Bako (kì i che Lt Colonel egba lé) nwo ch’ùkólò logistics ofisa efù National Census Board nwi amó kì d’ọ̀nọ̀ amonẹ efù ódù 1973.<ref name="Siollun15">{{cite book|last1=Siollun|first1=Max|title=Soldiers of Fortune: A History of Nigeria (1983-1993)|publisher=Cassava Republic Press|year=2013|isbn=9789785023824|edition=2013|pages=15}}</ref> Ma d’u kpañ’ù oji rank Lieutenant Colonel gbagba nolu kaye efù ochù kochù k’ẹ́lẹ́ efù ódù 1974; egba lé, ma n’u odù kù i lo ch’ùkólò alu kù i che Commander nwi 20 Brigade. Alu kù i che Lieutenant Colonel lé, i nwo ch’ùkólò Assistant Quarter Master efù Headquarters Lagos Garrison Organisation (kì amó ma dó 81 Division, Lagos abajọì), i nwo dabi che Commander nwi 1 Infantry Division Garrison kì dì Kaduna. Nolu kaye efù ochù kochù k’égwa-ka efù ódù 1975, ma n’u kpañ’ù oji temporary rank Colonel; lo tì nolu mébie efù ochù kochù k’ébíé efù ódù 1978, egba kù i n’u oji rank Colonel gbagba. Oñwu nwo n’ùkólò efù ọ̀tẹ̀ k’ajì am’ùja (Army Headquarters) alu kù i cheOfisa kì kọ̀nọ̀ nwi am’ofisa gbagba efù ùkólò Coordination Bako nwo k’ọ̀nọ̀, [https://www.britishpathe.com/video/VLVA2M3MVXR2Y21YDXCC94S838D4C-LEBANON-NIGERIAN-SOLDIERS-ARRIVE-TO-JOIN-UN-PEACE-KEEPING-FORCE/query/Nigerian+Army+Lebanon Nigerian Battalion in peace keeping operations in Lebanon] under '''UNIFIL''', [[United Nations|UN]] Ùkólò ukpahiọ ubi kì ma chánẹ́ ọjọ kî'ochu ẹ́kẹ̀ta nolu mẹ́gẹ́lè efu ọdọ 1978 by [[United Nations Security Council]] [[United Nations Security Council Resolution|Resolutions]] [[United Nations Security Council Resolution 425|425]] kpaî [[United Nations Security Council Resolution 426|426]]. Ibrahim Bako attained the rank of Brigadier on 1 May 1980 serving as Commander 7 Mechanised Brigade and finally Director Army Faculty, [[Armed Forces Command and Staff College, Jaji]] before his death on 31 December 1983. At a point in his career, Ibrahim Bako led the [[Nigerian Army]] contingent that facilitated the transfer of about 100 former guerrillas from the Zimbabwean bushes (after the liberation struggle) for selection and training at the [[Nigerian Defence Academy]], [[Kaduna (city)|Kaduna]] in 1980. Those 100 former guerrillas formed the pioneer corp of the post-independence [[Zimbabwe National Army]],<ref name="Beegeagle">{{cite web|title=Nigerian Army Museum: a slice of Nigerian military history|url=https://beegeagle.wordpress.com/2012/03/24/nigerian-army-museum-a-slice-of-nigerian-military-history/|website=Beegeagle's Blog|date=24 March 2012|publisher=Beegeagle|access-date=5 January 2015}}</ref> leading Nigeria's assistance to other Southern African countries like Angola and South Africa in their fight against apartheid and colonialism. == Role on 28 July 1966 coup == The 28 July 1966 mutiny (often called the [[Nigerian counter-coup of 1966]]) was a violent overthrow of General [[Aguiyi-Ironsi]]'s military government, which came into power after the abortive January 15 coup, spearheaded by Major [[Emmanuel Ifeajuna]] and Lt Col [[Kaduna Nzeogwu]]. A group of military officers of northern Nigerian origin (including then Lts Ibrahim Bako, [[Shehu Musa Yar'Adua]], [[Theophilus Danjuma]], Captain [[Joe Garba]], Lt Col [[Murtala Muhammed]], among others) conspired and mutinied against General Ironsi's military government.<ref name="OPV">{{cite book|last1=Siollun|first1=Max|title=Oil, Politics and Violence: Nigeria's Military Coup Culture (1966-1976)|year=2009|publisher=Algora Publishing|isbn=9780875867106|pages=99}}</ref> Among the casualties of the mutiny were General [[Aguiyi Ironsi]] and Lt Colonel [[Adekunle Fajuyi]]. During reconnaissance for the counter coup, then Lt Col [[Murtala Mohammed]] would drive to Ibadan (where Bako was stationed along with others like then Lt [[Jerry Useni]]), Muhammed would often drive into town from Lagos, pick up Ibrahim Bako and Abdullai Shelleng at a pre-arranged location and drive around without stopping while they discussed their counter-coup plan.<ref name="Gamji-Omoigui">{{cite web|last1=Omoigui|first1=Nowa|title=Operation Aure (2): Planning to Overthrow General Ironsi|url=http://www.gamji.com/nowa/nowa26.htm|website=Gamji|publisher=Gamji|access-date=5 January 2015}}</ref> == Role on 31 December 1983 coup == Ibrahim Bako (then Director of the Army Faculty at the Armed Forces Command and staff College, Jaji)<ref name="Beegeagle" /> and acting GOC 1 Division, Kaduna,<ref name="Leadership-NG" /> was requested by the coup conspirators with securing President [[Shehu Shagari]] presumably after Shagari's [[Presidential Guard Brigade (Nigeria)|Brigade of Guards]] had been neutralized (without violence as planned) by Col [[Tunde Ogbeha]]. Author [[Max Siollun]] notes that Bako was chosen for the role because not only was Bako's father a personal friend to Shagari, as Commander 7 Mechanised Brigade Sokoto, he was well known and respected in the president's home state. Unknown to Bako was that the coup plot had been leaked to President Shagari, whose guards were on high alert. After arriving at the Presidential residence (in non-military attire) with an armed detachment to secure the President,<ref name="Omoiugui">{{cite web|last1=Omoigui|first1=Nowa|title=The palace coup of 27 August 1985 Part I|url=http://www.waado.org/nigerdelta/nigeria_facts/MilitaryRule/Omoigui/PalaceCoup-1985.htm|publisher=Uhrobo Historical Society|access-date=5 January 2015|archive-date=8 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210608090914/http://www.waado.org/nigerdelta/nigeria_facts/militaryrule/omoigui/PalaceCoup-1985.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> Bako was shot dead while sitting in the passenger side of a [[Unimog]] utility truck<ref name="Beegeagle" /> in an ensuing firefight between troops from Bako's detachment and the Brigade of Guards soldiers under the command of Captain Augustine Anyogo.<ref name="Siollun">{{cite book|last1=Siollun|first1=Max|title=Soldiers of Fortune: A History of Nigeria (1983-1993)|year=2013|publisher=Cassava Republic Press|isbn=9789785023824|pages=16–17|edition=2013}}</ref> The Unimog utility truck that Bako was killed in was on display at the Nigerian Army Museum in [[Zaria]], Nigeria. The senior military officers involved in the 1983 coup were:<ref name="Siollun13">{{cite book|last1=Siollun|first1=Max|title=Soldiers of Fortune: A History of Nigeria (1983-1993)|year=2013|publisher=Cassava Republic Press|isbn=9789785023824|pages=13|edition=2013}}</ref> * Major General [[Muhammadu Buhari]] (General Officer Commanding, 3rd Armored Division, Jos) * Major General [[Ibrahim Babangida]] (Director of Army Staff Duties and Plans) * Brigadier Ibrahim Bako (Acting General Officer Commanding, 1st Division Kaduna/Director Army Faculty, [[Armed Forces Command and Staff College, Jaji]]) * Brigadier [[Sani Abacha]] (Commander, 9th Mechanized Brigade) * Brigadier [[Tunde Idiagbon]] (Military Secretary, Army) * Lt Colonel [[Aliyu Mohammed Gusau]] (Director of Military Intelligence) * Lt Colonel [[Halilu Akilu]] * Lt Colonel [[David Mark]] * Lt Colonel [[Tunde Ogbeha]] * Major [[Sambo Dasuki]] (Military Assistant to the Chief of Army Staff, Lt-General [[Mohammed Inuwa Wushishi|Wushishi]]) * Major [[Abdulmumini Aminu]] * Major [[Lawan Gwadabe]] * Major Mustapha Jokolo (Senior Instructor, Basawa Barracks - Zaria) * Major [[Dangiwa Umar|Abubakar Umar]] Major General Buhari's Supreme Military Council (SMC) observed a minute of silence for the slain Brigadier Bako during SMC's first meeting.<ref name="NYT">{{cite news|last1=May|first1=Clifford|title=DEPOSED NIGERIAN PRESIDENT IS UNDER ARREST|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1984/01/04/world/deposed-nigerian-president-is-under-arrest.html|work=New York Times|date=4 January 1984|access-date=5 January 2015}}</ref> == References == {{Reflist}} 4a8nw3hjwrwwj0f7shkjgifkvfdjwxj 41016 41015 2026-05-13T09:53:47Z Austinea3 116 /* Career */ 41016 wikitext text/x-wiki {{short description|Nigerian brigadier (1943–1983)}}{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2023}} {{Infobox officeholder|name=Ibrahim Bako|honorific_prefix=[[Brigadier]]|image=|caption=|image_size=150px|office=Acting General Officer Commanding, [[1st Division (Nigeria)|1 Division]], Nigerian Army|term_start=|term_end=|predecessor=|successor=|birth_name=Ibrahim Ahmed Bako|birth_date=5 March 1943|death_date={{death date and age|1983|12|31|1943|3|5|df=y}}|allegiance={{NGR}}|branch={{army|Nigeria}}|service_years=1962–1983|rank=[[File:Nigeria-Army-OF-6.svg|20px]] [[Brigadier]]|alma_mater=[[Nigerian Defence Academy|Nigerian Military Training College]]<br>[[Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst|RMA Sandhurst]]}} '''Ibrahim Ahmed Bako''' (5 March 1943<ref name="Leadership-NG">{{Cite news|last1=Augustine|first1=Agbo-Paul|title=We've Forgiven Our Father's Killers – Prof Bako|url=http://leadership.ng/features/interviews/311481/weve-forgiven-our-fathers-killers-prof-bako|newspaper=[[Leadership (newspaper)|Leadership]]|access-date=9 January 2015}}</ref> – 31 December 1983) was a senior officer in the [[Nigerian Army]] who played a principal role in two Nigerian military coups: the [[1966 Nigerian counter-coup|July 1966 counter-coup]] and the [[1983 Nigerian coup d'état|December 1983]] coup. The 1983 coup ousted the democratic government of [[Shehu Shagari]] while the July 1966 coup ousted the military government of General [[Ironsi]]. Bako was killed during the [[1983 Nigerian coup d'état|December 1983 coup d'état]]. == Career == Ibrahim Ahmed Bako (N/548) FSS MSS psc ma bî éfu ó'chu ẹ́kẹ́ta nolu mẹ́lu éfu ọdọ 1943 efu [[Kaduna (city)|Kaduna]],kádunà státî. Íkọ́ ẹ̀kọ́ ìlùmẹ́ kíkọ n’ìfẹ̀ oñwu chi Junior Primary School, Kaduna kwì efu ọ̀dọ̀ 1951 tì 1954, oñwu l’adú d’anyí lo tì Giwa Senior Primary School n’ìchẹ́ kpa ẹ̀kọ́ ìlùmẹ́ kíkọ n’ìfẹ̀ nwu éfu ọdọ 1956. Î ló ti ukoche ísakulu Goméntì yi kóllégè , abójoì kî chî [[Barewa College]] kwî éfu ọdọ 1957 ló téfu ọdọ 1961 Abodu kù dabi kpa kù mé kù Igala kà kì amó kù i che nwi West African School cértîvîcatẹ̀ (WASC). Igbele kù i che kpa gwi unyi ùkoche sakandiri, i nwo che t'unyi ùkoche am'ùja kì dì Kaduna kì amó ma dó Úkọchẹ ama jîmî anakpala ogîjo kóllégè Naijiria (NMTC), kù amó ma dó kù ebèí i che Naijiria Defence Academy (NDA), efù amó kì dó NMTC Course 5 efù ódù 1962, nwi ùkoche ùja kì i koche kù i jé n'ogbagba. I nwo lo unyi ukoche kì dì United Kingdom kù i che kpa nwi ukoche am’uja [[Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst|Royal Military Academy Sandhurst]].Ma n’u kpañ’ù oji Regular Combatant Commission efù ochù kochù k’égwa méji nolu ogwú-ny’ẹ́yọ́ mébie, efù ódù 1964, kù i che rank Second Lieutenant. I nwo n’eñwu ogbagba rank lé kpaí amó k’i dó seniority gwi ochù kochù k’ẹ́lẹ́ nolu ogwú-ny’ẹ́yọ́ mẹ́lā, efù ódù 1962. Alu kù i che infantry ofisa efù am’uja Nigeria, Ibrahim Bako kàn’ùkólò n’ochu alu kù i che Platoon Commander efù 4 Battalion, i nwo che Company Commander efù 5 Battalion. Egba kù ùja civil war chàn’e efù ódù 1967, ma d’u nwi ùkólò Staff Captain Intelligence nwi Headquarters 1 Area Command (kì amó ma dabi dó 1 Division). Ma n’u kpañ’ù oji Major temporary nolu ogwú-ny’ẹ́yọ́ m’ẹ́ta-ny’ẹ́yọ́ kaye efù ochù kochù k’ébíé efù ódù 1968, tógba kù i nwo lo oji ùja gbagba alu kù i che Brigade Major nwi 4 Infantry Brigade. I dì efù rank Major lé lo tì nolu kaye efù ochù kochù k’égwa efù ódù 1972, egba kù ma n’u kpañ’ù oji temporary Lieutenant Colonel; oñwu nwo ch’ùkólò General Staff Officer Grade II Intelligence nwa. Bako (kì i che Lt Colonel egba lé) nwo ch’ùkólò logistics ofisa efù National Census Board nwi amó kì d’ọ̀nọ̀ amonẹ efù ódù 1973.<ref name="Siollun15">{{cite book|last1=Siollun|first1=Max|title=Soldiers of Fortune: A History of Nigeria (1983-1993)|publisher=Cassava Republic Press|year=2013|isbn=9789785023824|edition=2013|pages=15}}</ref> Ma d’u kpañ’ù oji rank Lieutenant Colonel gbagba nolu kaye efù ochù kochù k’ẹ́lẹ́ efù ódù 1974; egba lé, ma n’u odù kù i lo ch’ùkólò alu kù i che Commander nwi 20 Brigade. Alu kù i che Lieutenant Colonel lé, i nwo ch’ùkólò Assistant Quarter Master efù Headquarters Lagos Garrison Organisation (kì amó ma dó 81 Division, Lagos abajọì), i nwo dabi che Commander nwi 1 Infantry Division Garrison kì dì Kaduna. Nolu kaye efù ochù kochù k’égwa-ka efù ódù 1975, ma n’u kpañ’ù oji temporary rank Colonel; lo tì nolu mébie efù ochù kochù k’ébíé efù ódù 1978, egba kù i n’u oji rank Colonel gbagba. Oñwu nwo n’ùkólò efù ọ̀tẹ̀ k’ajì am’ùja (Army Headquarters) alu kù i cheOfisa kì kọ̀nọ̀ nwi am’ofisa gbagba efù ùkólò Coordination Bako nwo k’ọ̀nọ̀, [https://www.britishpathe.com/video/VLVA2M3MVXR2Y21YDXCC94S838D4C-LEBANON-NIGERIAN-SOLDIERS-ARRIVE-TO-JOIN-UN-PEACE-KEEPING-FORCE/query/Nigerian+Army+Lebanon Nigerian Battalion in peace keeping operations in Lebanon] under '''UNIFIL''', [[United Nations|UN]] Ùkólò ukpahiọ ubi kì ma chánẹ́ ọjọ kî'ochu ẹ́kẹ̀ta nolu mẹ́gẹ́lè efu ọdọ 1978 by [[United Nations Security Council]] [[United Nations Security Council Resolution|Resolutions]] [[United Nations Security Council Resolution 425|425]] kpaî [[United Nations Security Council Resolution 426|426]]. brahim Bako n’u oji rank Brigadier nolu kaye efù ochù kochù k’ẹ́lẹ́ efù ódù 1980, egba kù i ch’ùkólò alu kù i che Commander nwi 7 Mechanised Brigade, i nwo ch’ùkólò kì i jẹ́ Director nwi Army Faculty lo tiùkpóká.Ibrahim Bako attained the rank of Brigadier on 1 May 1980 serving as Commander 7 Mechanised Brigade and finally Director Army Faculty, [[Armed Forces Command and Staff College, Jaji]] before his death on 31 December 1983. At a point in his career, Ibrahim Bako led the [[Nigerian Army]] contingent that facilitated the transfer of about 100 former guerrillas from the Zimbabwean bushes (after the liberation struggle) for selection and training at the [[Nigerian Defence Academy]], [[Kaduna (city)|Kaduna]] in 1980. Those 100 former guerrillas formed the pioneer corp of the post-independence [[Zimbabwe National Army]],<ref name="Beegeagle">{{cite web|title=Nigerian Army Museum: a slice of Nigerian military history|url=https://beegeagle.wordpress.com/2012/03/24/nigerian-army-museum-a-slice-of-nigerian-military-history/|website=Beegeagle's Blog|date=24 March 2012|publisher=Beegeagle|access-date=5 January 2015}}</ref> leading Nigeria's assistance to other Southern African countries like Angola and South Africa in their fight against apartheid and colonialism. == Role on 28 July 1966 coup == The 28 July 1966 mutiny (often called the [[Nigerian counter-coup of 1966]]) was a violent overthrow of General [[Aguiyi-Ironsi]]'s military government, which came into power after the abortive January 15 coup, spearheaded by Major [[Emmanuel Ifeajuna]] and Lt Col [[Kaduna Nzeogwu]]. A group of military officers of northern Nigerian origin (including then Lts Ibrahim Bako, [[Shehu Musa Yar'Adua]], [[Theophilus Danjuma]], Captain [[Joe Garba]], Lt Col [[Murtala Muhammed]], among others) conspired and mutinied against General Ironsi's military government.<ref name="OPV">{{cite book|last1=Siollun|first1=Max|title=Oil, Politics and Violence: Nigeria's Military Coup Culture (1966-1976)|year=2009|publisher=Algora Publishing|isbn=9780875867106|pages=99}}</ref> Among the casualties of the mutiny were General [[Aguiyi Ironsi]] and Lt Colonel [[Adekunle Fajuyi]]. During reconnaissance for the counter coup, then Lt Col [[Murtala Mohammed]] would drive to Ibadan (where Bako was stationed along with others like then Lt [[Jerry Useni]]), Muhammed would often drive into town from Lagos, pick up Ibrahim Bako and Abdullai Shelleng at a pre-arranged location and drive around without stopping while they discussed their counter-coup plan.<ref name="Gamji-Omoigui">{{cite web|last1=Omoigui|first1=Nowa|title=Operation Aure (2): Planning to Overthrow General Ironsi|url=http://www.gamji.com/nowa/nowa26.htm|website=Gamji|publisher=Gamji|access-date=5 January 2015}}</ref> == Role on 31 December 1983 coup == Ibrahim Bako (then Director of the Army Faculty at the Armed Forces Command and staff College, Jaji)<ref name="Beegeagle" /> and acting GOC 1 Division, Kaduna,<ref name="Leadership-NG" /> was requested by the coup conspirators with securing President [[Shehu Shagari]] presumably after Shagari's [[Presidential Guard Brigade (Nigeria)|Brigade of Guards]] had been neutralized (without violence as planned) by Col [[Tunde Ogbeha]]. Author [[Max Siollun]] notes that Bako was chosen for the role because not only was Bako's father a personal friend to Shagari, as Commander 7 Mechanised Brigade Sokoto, he was well known and respected in the president's home state. Unknown to Bako was that the coup plot had been leaked to President Shagari, whose guards were on high alert. After arriving at the Presidential residence (in non-military attire) with an armed detachment to secure the President,<ref name="Omoiugui">{{cite web|last1=Omoigui|first1=Nowa|title=The palace coup of 27 August 1985 Part I|url=http://www.waado.org/nigerdelta/nigeria_facts/MilitaryRule/Omoigui/PalaceCoup-1985.htm|publisher=Uhrobo Historical Society|access-date=5 January 2015|archive-date=8 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210608090914/http://www.waado.org/nigerdelta/nigeria_facts/militaryrule/omoigui/PalaceCoup-1985.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> Bako was shot dead while sitting in the passenger side of a [[Unimog]] utility truck<ref name="Beegeagle" /> in an ensuing firefight between troops from Bako's detachment and the Brigade of Guards soldiers under the command of Captain Augustine Anyogo.<ref name="Siollun">{{cite book|last1=Siollun|first1=Max|title=Soldiers of Fortune: A History of Nigeria (1983-1993)|year=2013|publisher=Cassava Republic Press|isbn=9789785023824|pages=16–17|edition=2013}}</ref> The Unimog utility truck that Bako was killed in was on display at the Nigerian Army Museum in [[Zaria]], Nigeria. The senior military officers involved in the 1983 coup were:<ref name="Siollun13">{{cite book|last1=Siollun|first1=Max|title=Soldiers of Fortune: A History of Nigeria (1983-1993)|year=2013|publisher=Cassava Republic Press|isbn=9789785023824|pages=13|edition=2013}}</ref> * Major General [[Muhammadu Buhari]] (General Officer Commanding, 3rd Armored Division, Jos) * Major General [[Ibrahim Babangida]] (Director of Army Staff Duties and Plans) * Brigadier Ibrahim Bako (Acting General Officer Commanding, 1st Division Kaduna/Director Army Faculty, [[Armed Forces Command and Staff College, Jaji]]) * Brigadier [[Sani Abacha]] (Commander, 9th Mechanized Brigade) * Brigadier [[Tunde Idiagbon]] (Military Secretary, Army) * Lt Colonel [[Aliyu Mohammed Gusau]] (Director of Military Intelligence) * Lt Colonel [[Halilu Akilu]] * Lt Colonel [[David Mark]] * Lt Colonel [[Tunde Ogbeha]] * Major [[Sambo Dasuki]] (Military Assistant to the Chief of Army Staff, Lt-General [[Mohammed Inuwa Wushishi|Wushishi]]) * Major [[Abdulmumini Aminu]] * Major [[Lawan Gwadabe]] * Major Mustapha Jokolo (Senior Instructor, Basawa Barracks - Zaria) * Major [[Dangiwa Umar|Abubakar Umar]] Major General Buhari's Supreme Military Council (SMC) observed a minute of silence for the slain Brigadier Bako during SMC's first meeting.<ref name="NYT">{{cite news|last1=May|first1=Clifford|title=DEPOSED NIGERIAN PRESIDENT IS UNDER ARREST|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1984/01/04/world/deposed-nigerian-president-is-under-arrest.html|work=New York Times|date=4 January 1984|access-date=5 January 2015}}</ref> == References == {{Reflist}} abety7fzqvbiyee1qxtytl8s29n2g47 41017 41016 2026-05-13T09:55:19Z Austinea3 116 41017 wikitext text/x-wiki {{short description|Nigerian brigadier (1943–1983)}}{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2023}} {{Infobox officeholder|name=Ibrahim Bako|honorific_prefix=[[Brigadier]]|image=|caption=|image_size=150px|office=Acting General Officer Commanding, [[1st Division (Nigeria)|1 Division]], Nigerian Army|term_start=|term_end=|predecessor=|successor=|birth_name=Ibrahim Ahmed Bako|birth_date=5 March 1943|death_date={{death date and age|1983|12|31|1943|3|5|df=y}}|allegiance={{NGR}}|branch={{army|Nigeria}}|service_years=1962–1983|rank=[[File:Nigeria-Army-OF-6.svg|20px]] [[Brigadier]]|alma_mater=[[Nigerian Defence Academy|Nigerian Military Training College]]<br>[[Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst|RMA Sandhurst]]}} '''Ibrahim Ahmed Bako''' (5 March 1943<ref name="Leadership-NG">{{Cite news|last1=Augustine|first1=Agbo-Paul|title=We've Forgiven Our Father's Killers – Prof Bako|url=http://leadership.ng/features/interviews/311481/weve-forgiven-our-fathers-killers-prof-bako|newspaper=[[Leadership (newspaper)|Leadership]]|access-date=9 January 2015}}</ref> – 31 December 1983) was a senior officer in the [[Nigerian Army]] who played a principal role in two Nigerian military coups: the [[1966 Nigerian counter-coup|July 1966 counter-coup]] and the [[1983 Nigerian coup d'état|December 1983]] coup. The 1983 coup ousted the democratic government of [[Shehu Shagari]] while the July 1966 coup ousted the military government of General [[Ironsi]]. Bako was killed during the [[1983 Nigerian coup d'état|December 1983 coup d'état]]. == Career == Ibrahim Ahmed Bako (N/548) FSS MSS psc ma bî éfu ó'chu ẹ́kẹ́ta nolu mẹ́lu éfu ọdọ 1943 efu [[Kaduna (city)|Kaduna]],kádunà státî. Íkọ́ ẹ̀kọ́ ìlùmẹ́ kíkọ n’ìfẹ̀ oñwu chi Junior Primary School, Kaduna kwì efu ọ̀dọ̀ 1951 tì 1954, oñwu l’adú d’anyí lo tì Giwa Senior Primary School n’ìchẹ́ kpa ẹ̀kọ́ ìlùmẹ́ kíkọ n’ìfẹ̀ nwu éfu ọdọ 1956. Î ló ti ukoche ísakulu Goméntì yi kóllégè , abójoì kî chî [[Barewa College]] kwî éfu ọdọ 1957 ló téfu ọdọ 1961 Abodu kù dabi kpa kù mé kù Igala kà kì amó kù i che nwi West African School cértîvîcatẹ̀ (WASC). Igbele kù i che kpa gwi unyi ùkoche sakandiri, i nwo che t'unyi ùkoche am'ùja kì dì Kaduna kì amó ma dó Úkọchẹ ama jîmî anakpala ogîjo kóllégè Naijiria (NMTC), kù amó ma dó kù ebèí i che Naijiria Defence Academy (NDA), efù amó kì dó NMTC Course 5 efù ódù 1962, nwi ùkoche ùja kì i koche kù i jé n'ogbagba. I nwo lo unyi ukoche kì dì United Kingdom kù i che kpa nwi ukoche am’uja [[Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst|Royal Military Academy Sandhurst]].Ma n’u kpañ’ù oji Regular Combatant Commission efù ochù kochù k’égwa méji nolu ogwú-ny’ẹ́yọ́ mébie, efù ódù 1964, kù i che rank Second Lieutenant. I nwo n’eñwu ogbagba rank lé kpaí amó k’i dó seniority gwi ochù kochù k’ẹ́lẹ́ nolu ogwú-ny’ẹ́yọ́ mẹ́lā, efù ódù 1962. Alu kù i che infantry ofisa efù am’uja Nigeria, Ibrahim Bako kàn’ùkólò n’ochu alu kù i che Platoon Commander efù 4 Battalion, i nwo che Company Commander efù 5 Battalion. Egba kù ùja civil war chàn’e efù ódù 1967, ma d’u nwi ùkólò Staff Captain Intelligence nwi Headquarters 1 Area Command (kì amó ma dabi dó 1 Division). Ma n’u kpañ’ù oji Major temporary nolu ogwú-ny’ẹ́yọ́ m’ẹ́ta-ny’ẹ́yọ́ kaye efù ochù kochù k’ébíé efù ódù 1968, tógba kù i nwo lo oji ùja gbagba alu kù i che Brigade Major nwi 4 Infantry Brigade. I dì efù rank Major lé lo tì nolu kaye efù ochù kochù k’égwa efù ódù 1972, egba kù ma n’u kpañ’ù oji temporary Lieutenant Colonel; oñwu nwo ch’ùkólò General Staff Officer Grade II Intelligence nwa. Bako (kì i che Lt Colonel egba lé) nwo ch’ùkólò logistics ofisa efù National Census Board nwi amó kì d’ọ̀nọ̀ amonẹ efù ódù 1973.<ref name="Siollun15">{{cite book|last1=Siollun|first1=Max|title=Soldiers of Fortune: A History of Nigeria (1983-1993)|publisher=Cassava Republic Press|year=2013|isbn=9789785023824|edition=2013|pages=15}}</ref> Ma d’u kpañ’ù oji rank Lieutenant Colonel gbagba nolu kaye efù ochù kochù k’ẹ́lẹ́ efù ódù 1974; egba lé, ma n’u odù kù i lo ch’ùkólò alu kù i che Commander nwi 20 Brigade. Alu kù i che Lieutenant Colonel lé, i nwo ch’ùkólò Assistant Quarter Master efù Headquarters Lagos Garrison Organisation (kì amó ma dó 81 Division, Lagos abajọì), i nwo dabi che Commander nwi 1 Infantry Division Garrison kì dì Kaduna. Nolu kaye efù ochù kochù k’égwa-ka efù ódù 1975, ma n’u kpañ’ù oji temporary rank Colonel; lo tì nolu mébie efù ochù kochù k’ébíé efù ódù 1978, egba kù i n’u oji rank Colonel gbagba. Oñwu nwo n’ùkólò efù ọ̀tẹ̀ k’ajì am’ùja (Army Headquarters) alu kù i cheOfisa kì kọ̀nọ̀ nwi am’ofisa gbagba efù ùkólò Coordination Bako nwo k’ọ̀nọ̀, [https://www.britishpathe.com/video/VLVA2M3MVXR2Y21YDXCC94S838D4C-LEBANON-NIGERIAN-SOLDIERS-ARRIVE-TO-JOIN-UN-PEACE-KEEPING-FORCE/query/Nigerian+Army+Lebanon Nigerian Battalion in peace keeping operations in Lebanon] under '''UNIFIL''', [[United Nations|UN]] Ùkólò ukpahiọ ubi kì ma chánẹ́ ọjọ kî'ochu ẹ́kẹ̀ta nolu mẹ́gẹ́lè efu ọdọ 1978 by [[United Nations Security Council]] [[United Nations Security Council Resolution|Resolutions]] [[United Nations Security Council Resolution 425|425]] kpaî [[United Nations Security Council Resolution 426|426]]. brahim Bako n’u oji rank Brigadier nolu kaye efù ochù kochù k’ẹ́lẹ́ efù ódù 1980, egba kù i ch’ùkólò alu kù i che Commander nwi 7 Mechanised Brigade, i nwo ch’ùkólò kì i jẹ́ Director nwi amîsoja Army Faculty lo tiùkpóká. Ibrahim Bako attained the rank of Brigadier on 1 May 1980 serving as Commander 7 Mechanised Brigade and finally Director Army Faculty, [[Armed Forces Command and Staff College, Jaji]] before his death on 31 December 1983. At a point in his career, Ibrahim Bako led the [[Nigerian Army]] contingent that facilitated the transfer of about 100 former guerrillas from the Zimbabwean bushes (after the liberation struggle) for selection and training at the [[Nigerian Defence Academy]], [[Kaduna (city)|Kaduna]] in 1980. Those 100 former guerrillas formed the pioneer corp of the post-independence [[Zimbabwe National Army]],<ref name="Beegeagle">{{cite web|title=Nigerian Army Museum: a slice of Nigerian military history|url=https://beegeagle.wordpress.com/2012/03/24/nigerian-army-museum-a-slice-of-nigerian-military-history/|website=Beegeagle's Blog|date=24 March 2012|publisher=Beegeagle|access-date=5 January 2015}}</ref> leading Nigeria's assistance to other Southern African countries like Angola and South Africa in their fight against apartheid and colonialism. == Role on 28 July 1966 coup == The 28 July 1966 mutiny (often called the [[Nigerian counter-coup of 1966]]) was a violent overthrow of General [[Aguiyi-Ironsi]]'s military government, which came into power after the abortive January 15 coup, spearheaded by Major [[Emmanuel Ifeajuna]] and Lt Col [[Kaduna Nzeogwu]]. A group of military officers of northern Nigerian origin (including then Lts Ibrahim Bako, [[Shehu Musa Yar'Adua]], [[Theophilus Danjuma]], Captain [[Joe Garba]], Lt Col [[Murtala Muhammed]], among others) conspired and mutinied against General Ironsi's military government.<ref name="OPV">{{cite book|last1=Siollun|first1=Max|title=Oil, Politics and Violence: Nigeria's Military Coup Culture (1966-1976)|year=2009|publisher=Algora Publishing|isbn=9780875867106|pages=99}}</ref> Among the casualties of the mutiny were General [[Aguiyi Ironsi]] and Lt Colonel [[Adekunle Fajuyi]]. During reconnaissance for the counter coup, then Lt Col [[Murtala Mohammed]] would drive to Ibadan (where Bako was stationed along with others like then Lt [[Jerry Useni]]), Muhammed would often drive into town from Lagos, pick up Ibrahim Bako and Abdullai Shelleng at a pre-arranged location and drive around without stopping while they discussed their counter-coup plan.<ref name="Gamji-Omoigui">{{cite web|last1=Omoigui|first1=Nowa|title=Operation Aure (2): Planning to Overthrow General Ironsi|url=http://www.gamji.com/nowa/nowa26.htm|website=Gamji|publisher=Gamji|access-date=5 January 2015}}</ref> == Role on 31 December 1983 coup == Ibrahim Bako (then Director of the Army Faculty at the Armed Forces Command and staff College, Jaji)<ref name="Beegeagle" /> and acting GOC 1 Division, Kaduna,<ref name="Leadership-NG" /> was requested by the coup conspirators with securing President [[Shehu Shagari]] presumably after Shagari's [[Presidential Guard Brigade (Nigeria)|Brigade of Guards]] had been neutralized (without violence as planned) by Col [[Tunde Ogbeha]]. Author [[Max Siollun]] notes that Bako was chosen for the role because not only was Bako's father a personal friend to Shagari, as Commander 7 Mechanised Brigade Sokoto, he was well known and respected in the president's home state. Unknown to Bako was that the coup plot had been leaked to President Shagari, whose guards were on high alert. After arriving at the Presidential residence (in non-military attire) with an armed detachment to secure the President,<ref name="Omoiugui">{{cite web|last1=Omoigui|first1=Nowa|title=The palace coup of 27 August 1985 Part I|url=http://www.waado.org/nigerdelta/nigeria_facts/MilitaryRule/Omoigui/PalaceCoup-1985.htm|publisher=Uhrobo Historical Society|access-date=5 January 2015|archive-date=8 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210608090914/http://www.waado.org/nigerdelta/nigeria_facts/militaryrule/omoigui/PalaceCoup-1985.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> Bako was shot dead while sitting in the passenger side of a [[Unimog]] utility truck<ref name="Beegeagle" /> in an ensuing firefight between troops from Bako's detachment and the Brigade of Guards soldiers under the command of Captain Augustine Anyogo.<ref name="Siollun">{{cite book|last1=Siollun|first1=Max|title=Soldiers of Fortune: A History of Nigeria (1983-1993)|year=2013|publisher=Cassava Republic Press|isbn=9789785023824|pages=16–17|edition=2013}}</ref> The Unimog utility truck that Bako was killed in was on display at the Nigerian Army Museum in [[Zaria]], Nigeria. The senior military officers involved in the 1983 coup were:<ref name="Siollun13">{{cite book|last1=Siollun|first1=Max|title=Soldiers of Fortune: A History of Nigeria (1983-1993)|year=2013|publisher=Cassava Republic Press|isbn=9789785023824|pages=13|edition=2013}}</ref> * Major General [[Muhammadu Buhari]] (General Officer Commanding, 3rd Armored Division, Jos) * Major General [[Ibrahim Babangida]] (Director of Army Staff Duties and Plans) * Brigadier Ibrahim Bako (Acting General Officer Commanding, 1st Division Kaduna/Director Army Faculty, [[Armed Forces Command and Staff College, Jaji]]) * Brigadier [[Sani Abacha]] (Commander, 9th Mechanized Brigade) * Brigadier [[Tunde Idiagbon]] (Military Secretary, Army) * Lt Colonel [[Aliyu Mohammed Gusau]] (Director of Military Intelligence) * Lt Colonel [[Halilu Akilu]] * Lt Colonel [[David Mark]] * Lt Colonel [[Tunde Ogbeha]] * Major [[Sambo Dasuki]] (Military Assistant to the Chief of Army Staff, Lt-General [[Mohammed Inuwa Wushishi|Wushishi]]) * Major [[Abdulmumini Aminu]] * Major [[Lawan Gwadabe]] * Major Mustapha Jokolo (Senior Instructor, Basawa Barracks - Zaria) * Major [[Dangiwa Umar|Abubakar Umar]] Major General Buhari's Supreme Military Council (SMC) observed a minute of silence for the slain Brigadier Bako during SMC's first meeting.<ref name="NYT">{{cite news|last1=May|first1=Clifford|title=DEPOSED NIGERIAN PRESIDENT IS UNDER ARREST|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1984/01/04/world/deposed-nigerian-president-is-under-arrest.html|work=New York Times|date=4 January 1984|access-date=5 January 2015}}</ref> == References == {{Reflist}} 0b5gpejs1ppj1qxqx6z4dy19svl4dp1 41018 41017 2026-05-13T09:59:32Z Austinea3 116 /* Role on 31 December 1983 coup */ 41018 wikitext text/x-wiki {{short description|Nigerian brigadier (1943–1983)}}{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2023}} {{Infobox officeholder|name=Ibrahim Bako|honorific_prefix=[[Brigadier]]|image=|caption=|image_size=150px|office=Acting General Officer Commanding, [[1st Division (Nigeria)|1 Division]], Nigerian Army|term_start=|term_end=|predecessor=|successor=|birth_name=Ibrahim Ahmed Bako|birth_date=5 March 1943|death_date={{death date and age|1983|12|31|1943|3|5|df=y}}|allegiance={{NGR}}|branch={{army|Nigeria}}|service_years=1962–1983|rank=[[File:Nigeria-Army-OF-6.svg|20px]] [[Brigadier]]|alma_mater=[[Nigerian Defence Academy|Nigerian Military Training College]]<br>[[Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst|RMA Sandhurst]]}} '''Ibrahim Ahmed Bako''' (5 March 1943<ref name="Leadership-NG">{{Cite news|last1=Augustine|first1=Agbo-Paul|title=We've Forgiven Our Father's Killers – Prof Bako|url=http://leadership.ng/features/interviews/311481/weve-forgiven-our-fathers-killers-prof-bako|newspaper=[[Leadership (newspaper)|Leadership]]|access-date=9 January 2015}}</ref> – 31 December 1983) was a senior officer in the [[Nigerian Army]] who played a principal role in two Nigerian military coups: the [[1966 Nigerian counter-coup|July 1966 counter-coup]] and the [[1983 Nigerian coup d'état|December 1983]] coup. The 1983 coup ousted the democratic government of [[Shehu Shagari]] while the July 1966 coup ousted the military government of General [[Ironsi]]. Bako was killed during the [[1983 Nigerian coup d'état|December 1983 coup d'état]]. == Career == Ibrahim Ahmed Bako (N/548) FSS MSS psc ma bî éfu ó'chu ẹ́kẹ́ta nolu mẹ́lu éfu ọdọ 1943 efu [[Kaduna (city)|Kaduna]],kádunà státî. Íkọ́ ẹ̀kọ́ ìlùmẹ́ kíkọ n’ìfẹ̀ oñwu chi Junior Primary School, Kaduna kwì efu ọ̀dọ̀ 1951 tì 1954, oñwu l’adú d’anyí lo tì Giwa Senior Primary School n’ìchẹ́ kpa ẹ̀kọ́ ìlùmẹ́ kíkọ n’ìfẹ̀ nwu éfu ọdọ 1956. Î ló ti ukoche ísakulu Goméntì yi kóllégè , abójoì kî chî [[Barewa College]] kwî éfu ọdọ 1957 ló téfu ọdọ 1961 Abodu kù dabi kpa kù mé kù Igala kà kì amó kù i che nwi West African School cértîvîcatẹ̀ (WASC). Igbele kù i che kpa gwi unyi ùkoche sakandiri, i nwo che t'unyi ùkoche am'ùja kì dì Kaduna kì amó ma dó Úkọchẹ ama jîmî anakpala ogîjo kóllégè Naijiria (NMTC), kù amó ma dó kù ebèí i che Naijiria Defence Academy (NDA), efù amó kì dó NMTC Course 5 efù ódù 1962, nwi ùkoche ùja kì i koche kù i jé n'ogbagba. I nwo lo unyi ukoche kì dì United Kingdom kù i che kpa nwi ukoche am’uja [[Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst|Royal Military Academy Sandhurst]].Ma n’u kpañ’ù oji Regular Combatant Commission efù ochù kochù k’égwa méji nolu ogwú-ny’ẹ́yọ́ mébie, efù ódù 1964, kù i che rank Second Lieutenant. I nwo n’eñwu ogbagba rank lé kpaí amó k’i dó seniority gwi ochù kochù k’ẹ́lẹ́ nolu ogwú-ny’ẹ́yọ́ mẹ́lā, efù ódù 1962. Alu kù i che infantry ofisa efù am’uja Nigeria, Ibrahim Bako kàn’ùkólò n’ochu alu kù i che Platoon Commander efù 4 Battalion, i nwo che Company Commander efù 5 Battalion. Egba kù ùja civil war chàn’e efù ódù 1967, ma d’u nwi ùkólò Staff Captain Intelligence nwi Headquarters 1 Area Command (kì amó ma dabi dó 1 Division). Ma n’u kpañ’ù oji Major temporary nolu ogwú-ny’ẹ́yọ́ m’ẹ́ta-ny’ẹ́yọ́ kaye efù ochù kochù k’ébíé efù ódù 1968, tógba kù i nwo lo oji ùja gbagba alu kù i che Brigade Major nwi 4 Infantry Brigade. I dì efù rank Major lé lo tì nolu kaye efù ochù kochù k’égwa efù ódù 1972, egba kù ma n’u kpañ’ù oji temporary Lieutenant Colonel; oñwu nwo ch’ùkólò General Staff Officer Grade II Intelligence nwa. Bako (kì i che Lt Colonel egba lé) nwo ch’ùkólò logistics ofisa efù National Census Board nwi amó kì d’ọ̀nọ̀ amonẹ efù ódù 1973.<ref name="Siollun15">{{cite book|last1=Siollun|first1=Max|title=Soldiers of Fortune: A History of Nigeria (1983-1993)|publisher=Cassava Republic Press|year=2013|isbn=9789785023824|edition=2013|pages=15}}</ref> Ma d’u kpañ’ù oji rank Lieutenant Colonel gbagba nolu kaye efù ochù kochù k’ẹ́lẹ́ efù ódù 1974; egba lé, ma n’u odù kù i lo ch’ùkólò alu kù i che Commander nwi 20 Brigade. Alu kù i che Lieutenant Colonel lé, i nwo ch’ùkólò Assistant Quarter Master efù Headquarters Lagos Garrison Organisation (kì amó ma dó 81 Division, Lagos abajọì), i nwo dabi che Commander nwi 1 Infantry Division Garrison kì dì Kaduna. Nolu kaye efù ochù kochù k’égwa-ka efù ódù 1975, ma n’u kpañ’ù oji temporary rank Colonel; lo tì nolu mébie efù ochù kochù k’ébíé efù ódù 1978, egba kù i n’u oji rank Colonel gbagba. Oñwu nwo n’ùkólò efù ọ̀tẹ̀ k’ajì am’ùja (Army Headquarters) alu kù i cheOfisa kì kọ̀nọ̀ nwi am’ofisa gbagba efù ùkólò Coordination Bako nwo k’ọ̀nọ̀, [https://www.britishpathe.com/video/VLVA2M3MVXR2Y21YDXCC94S838D4C-LEBANON-NIGERIAN-SOLDIERS-ARRIVE-TO-JOIN-UN-PEACE-KEEPING-FORCE/query/Nigerian+Army+Lebanon Nigerian Battalion in peace keeping operations in Lebanon] under '''UNIFIL''', [[United Nations|UN]] Ùkólò ukpahiọ ubi kì ma chánẹ́ ọjọ kî'ochu ẹ́kẹ̀ta nolu mẹ́gẹ́lè efu ọdọ 1978 by [[United Nations Security Council]] [[United Nations Security Council Resolution|Resolutions]] [[United Nations Security Council Resolution 425|425]] kpaî [[United Nations Security Council Resolution 426|426]]. brahim Bako n’u oji rank Brigadier nolu kaye efù ochù kochù k’ẹ́lẹ́ efù ódù 1980, egba kù i ch’ùkólò alu kù i che Commander nwi 7 Mechanised Brigade, i nwo ch’ùkólò kì i jẹ́ Director nwi amîsoja Army Faculty lo tiùkpóká. [[Armed Forces Command and Staff College, Jaji]] tákì kwù ọjọ kî k'ochu ẹ́kẹ̀gwájî nolu ogwu-ẹ́gwa nyọ kaa efu ọdọ before his death on 31 December 1983. At a point in his career, Ibrahim Bako led the [[Nigerian Army]] contingent that facilitated the transfer of about 100 former guerrillas from the Zimbabwean bushes (after the liberation struggle) for selection and training at the [[Nigerian Defence Academy]], [[Kaduna (city)|Kaduna]] in 1980. Those 100 former guerrillas formed the pioneer corp of the post-independence [[Zimbabwe National Army]],<ref name="Beegeagle">{{cite web|title=Nigerian Army Museum: a slice of Nigerian military history|url=https://beegeagle.wordpress.com/2012/03/24/nigerian-army-museum-a-slice-of-nigerian-military-history/|website=Beegeagle's Blog|date=24 March 2012|publisher=Beegeagle|access-date=5 January 2015}}</ref> leading Nigeria's assistance to other Southern African countries like Angola and South Africa in their fight against apartheid and colonialism. == Role on 28 July 1966 coup == The 28 July 1966 mutiny (often called the [[Nigerian counter-coup of 1966]]) was a violent overthrow of General [[Aguiyi-Ironsi]]'s military government, which came into power after the abortive January 15 coup, spearheaded by Major [[Emmanuel Ifeajuna]] and Lt Col [[Kaduna Nzeogwu]]. A group of military officers of northern Nigerian origin (including then Lts Ibrahim Bako, [[Shehu Musa Yar'Adua]], [[Theophilus Danjuma]], Captain [[Joe Garba]], Lt Col [[Murtala Muhammed]], among others) conspired and mutinied against General Ironsi's military government.<ref name="OPV">{{cite book|last1=Siollun|first1=Max|title=Oil, Politics and Violence: Nigeria's Military Coup Culture (1966-1976)|year=2009|publisher=Algora Publishing|isbn=9780875867106|pages=99}}</ref> Among the casualties of the mutiny were General [[Aguiyi Ironsi]] and Lt Colonel [[Adekunle Fajuyi]]. During reconnaissance for the counter coup, then Lt Col [[Murtala Mohammed]] would drive to Ibadan (where Bako was stationed along with others like then Lt [[Jerry Useni]]), Muhammed would often drive into town from Lagos, pick up Ibrahim Bako and Abdullai Shelleng at a pre-arranged location and drive around without stopping while they discussed their counter-coup plan.<ref name="Gamji-Omoigui">{{cite web|last1=Omoigui|first1=Nowa|title=Operation Aure (2): Planning to Overthrow General Ironsi|url=http://www.gamji.com/nowa/nowa26.htm|website=Gamji|publisher=Gamji|access-date=5 January 2015}}</ref> == Role on 31 December 1983 coup == Ibrahim Bako (then Director of the Army Faculty at the Armed Forces Command and staff College, Jaji)<ref name="Beegeagle" /> and acting GOC 1 Division, Kaduna,<ref name="Leadership-NG" /> was requested by the coup conspirators with securing President [[Shehu Shagari]] presumably after Shagari's [[Presidential Guard Brigade (Nigeria)|Brigade of Guards]] had been neutralized (without violence as planned) by Col [[Tunde Ogbeha]]. Author [[Max Siollun]] notes that Bako was chosen for the role because not only was Bako's father a personal friend to Shagari, as Commander 7 Mechanised Brigade Sokoto, he was well known and respected in the president's home state. Unknown to Bako was that the coup plot had been leaked to President Shagari, whose guards were on high alert. After arriving at the Presidential residence (in non-military attire) with an armed detachment to secure the President,<ref name="Omoiugui">{{cite web|last1=Omoigui|first1=Nowa|title=The palace coup of 27 August 1985 Part I|url=http://www.waado.org/nigerdelta/nigeria_facts/MilitaryRule/Omoigui/PalaceCoup-1985.htm|publisher=Uhrobo Historical Society|access-date=5 January 2015|archive-date=8 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210608090914/http://www.waado.org/nigerdelta/nigeria_facts/militaryrule/omoigui/PalaceCoup-1985.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> Bako was shot dead while sitting in the passenger side of a [[Unimog]] utility truck<ref name="Beegeagle" /> in an ensuing firefight between troops from Bako's detachment and the Brigade of Guards soldiers under the command of Captain Augustine Anyogo.<ref name="Siollun">{{cite book|last1=Siollun|first1=Max|title=Soldiers of Fortune: A History of Nigeria (1983-1993)|year=2013|publisher=Cassava Republic Press|isbn=9789785023824|pages=16–17|edition=2013}}</ref> The Unimog utility truck that Bako was killed in was on display at the Nigerian Army Museum in [[Zaria]], Nigeria. The senior military officers involved in the 1983 coup were:<ref name="Siollun13">{{cite book|last1=Siollun|first1=Max|title=Soldiers of Fortune: A History of Nigeria (1983-1993)|year=2013|publisher=Cassava Republic Press|isbn=9789785023824|pages=13|edition=2013}}</ref> * Major General [[Muhammadu Buhari]] (General Officer Commanding, 3rd Armored Division, Jos) * Major General [[Ibrahim Babangida]] (Director of Army Staff Duties and Plans) * Brigadier Ibrahim Bako (Acting General Officer Commanding, 1st Division Kaduna/Director Army Faculty, [[Armed Forces Command and Staff College, Jaji]]) * Brigadier [[Sani Abacha]] (Commander, 9th Mechanized Brigade) * Brigadier [[Tunde Idiagbon]] (Military Secretary, Army) * Lt Colonel [[Aliyu Mohammed Gusau]] (Director of Military Intelligence) * Lt Colonel [[Halilu Akilu]] * Lt Colonel [[David Mark]] * Lt Colonel [[Tunde Ogbeha]] * Major [[Sambo Dasuki]] (Military Assistant to the Chief of Army Staff, Lt-General [[Mohammed Inuwa Wushishi|Wushishi]]) * Major [[Abdulmumini Aminu]] * Major [[Lawan Gwadabe]] * Major Mustapha Jokolo (Senior Instructor, Basawa Barracks - Zaria) * Major [[Dangiwa Umar|Abubakar Umar]] Major General Buhari's Supreme Military Council (SMC) observed a minute of silence for the slain Brigadier Bako during SMC's first meeting.<ref name="NYT">{{cite news|last1=May|first1=Clifford|title=DEPOSED NIGERIAN PRESIDENT IS UNDER ARREST|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1984/01/04/world/deposed-nigerian-president-is-under-arrest.html|work=New York Times|date=4 January 1984|access-date=5 January 2015}}</ref> == References == {{Reflist}} clz5cso9v32jns1hpgn56dpbzhtnm7n 41019 41018 2026-05-13T10:00:57Z Austinea3 116 41019 wikitext text/x-wiki {{short description|Nigerian brigadier (1943–1983)}}{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2023}} {{Infobox officeholder|name=Ibrahim Bako|honorific_prefix=[[Brigadier]]|image=|caption=|image_size=150px|office=Acting General Officer Commanding, [[1st Division (Nigeria)|1 Division]], Nigerian Army|term_start=|term_end=|predecessor=|successor=|birth_name=Ibrahim Ahmed Bako|birth_date=5 March 1943|death_date={{death date and age|1983|12|31|1943|3|5|df=y}}|allegiance={{NGR}}|branch={{army|Nigeria}}|service_years=1962–1983|rank=[[File:Nigeria-Army-OF-6.svg|20px]] [[Brigadier]]|alma_mater=[[Nigerian Defence Academy|Nigerian Military Training College]]<br>[[Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst|RMA Sandhurst]]}} '''Ibrahim Ahmed Bako''' (5 March 1943<ref name="Leadership-NG">{{Cite news|last1=Augustine|first1=Agbo-Paul|title=We've Forgiven Our Father's Killers – Prof Bako|url=http://leadership.ng/features/interviews/311481/weve-forgiven-our-fathers-killers-prof-bako|newspaper=[[Leadership (newspaper)|Leadership]]|access-date=9 January 2015}}</ref> – 31 December 1983) was a senior officer in the [[Nigerian Army]] who played a principal role in two Nigerian military coups: the [[1966 Nigerian counter-coup|July 1966 counter-coup]] and the [[1983 Nigerian coup d'état|December 1983]] coup. The 1983 coup ousted the democratic government of [[Shehu Shagari]] while the July 1966 coup ousted the military government of General [[Ironsi]]. Bako was killed during the [[1983 Nigerian coup d'état|December 1983 coup d'état]]. == Career == Ibrahim Ahmed Bako (N/548) FSS MSS psc ma bî éfu ó'chu ẹ́kẹ́ta nolu mẹ́lu éfu ọdọ 1943 efu [[Kaduna (city)|Kaduna]],kádunà státî. Íkọ́ ẹ̀kọ́ ìlùmẹ́ kíkọ n’ìfẹ̀ oñwu chi Junior Primary School, Kaduna kwì efu ọ̀dọ̀ 1951 tì 1954, oñwu l’adú d’anyí lo tì Giwa Senior Primary School n’ìchẹ́ kpa ẹ̀kọ́ ìlùmẹ́ kíkọ n’ìfẹ̀ nwu éfu ọdọ 1956. Î ló ti ukoche ísakulu Goméntì yi kóllégè , abójoì kî chî [[Barewa College]] kwî éfu ọdọ 1957 ló téfu ọdọ 1961 Abodu kù dabi kpa kù mé kù Igala kà kì amó kù i che nwi West African School cértîvîcatẹ̀ (WASC). Igbele kù i che kpa gwi unyi ùkoche sakandiri, i nwo che t'unyi ùkoche am'ùja kì dì Kaduna kì amó ma dó Úkọchẹ ama jîmî anakpala ogîjo kóllégè Naijiria (NMTC), kù amó ma dó kù ebèí i che Naijiria Defence Academy (NDA), efù amó kì dó NMTC Course 5 efù ódù 1962, nwi ùkoche ùja kì i koche kù i jé n'ogbagba. I nwo lo unyi ukoche kì dì United Kingdom kù i che kpa nwi ukoche am’uja [[Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst|Royal Military Academy Sandhurst]].Ma n’u kpañ’ù oji Regular Combatant Commission efù ochù kochù k’égwa méji nolu ogwú-ny’ẹ́yọ́ mébie, efù ódù 1964, kù i che rank Second Lieutenant. I nwo n’eñwu ogbagba rank lé kpaí amó k’i dó seniority gwi ochù kochù k’ẹ́lẹ́ nolu ogwú-ny’ẹ́yọ́ mẹ́lā, efù ódù 1962. Alu kù i che infantry ofisa efù am’uja Nigeria, Ibrahim Bako kàn’ùkólò n’ochu alu kù i che Platoon Commander efù 4 Battalion, i nwo che Company Commander efù 5 Battalion. Egba kù ùja civil war chàn’e efù ódù 1967, ma d’u nwi ùkólò Staff Captain Intelligence nwi Headquarters 1 Area Command (kì amó ma dabi dó 1 Division). Ma n’u kpañ’ù oji Major temporary nolu ogwú-ny’ẹ́yọ́ m’ẹ́ta-ny’ẹ́yọ́ kaye efù ochù kochù k’ébíé efù ódù 1968, tógba kù i nwo lo oji ùja gbagba alu kù i che Brigade Major nwi 4 Infantry Brigade. I dì efù rank Major lé lo tì nolu kaye efù ochù kochù k’égwa efù ódù 1972, egba kù ma n’u kpañ’ù oji temporary Lieutenant Colonel; oñwu nwo ch’ùkólò General Staff Officer Grade II Intelligence nwa. Bako (kì i che Lt Colonel egba lé) nwo ch’ùkólò logistics ofisa efù National Census Board nwi amó kì d’ọ̀nọ̀ amonẹ efù ódù 1973.<ref name="Siollun15">{{cite book|last1=Siollun|first1=Max|title=Soldiers of Fortune: A History of Nigeria (1983-1993)|publisher=Cassava Republic Press|year=2013|isbn=9789785023824|edition=2013|pages=15}}</ref> Ma d’u kpañ’ù oji rank Lieutenant Colonel gbagba nolu kaye efù ochù kochù k’ẹ́lẹ́ efù ódù 1974; egba lé, ma n’u odù kù i lo ch’ùkólò alu kù i che Commander nwi 20 Brigade. Alu kù i che Lieutenant Colonel lé, i nwo ch’ùkólò Assistant Quarter Master efù Headquarters Lagos Garrison Organisation (kì amó ma dó 81 Division, Lagos abajọì), i nwo dabi che Commander nwi 1 Infantry Division Garrison kì dì Kaduna. Nolu kaye efù ochù kochù k’égwa-ka efù ódù 1975, ma n’u kpañ’ù oji temporary rank Colonel; lo tì nolu mébie efù ochù kochù k’ébíé efù ódù 1978, egba kù i n’u oji rank Colonel gbagba. Oñwu nwo n’ùkólò efù ọ̀tẹ̀ k’ajì am’ùja (Army Headquarters) alu kù i cheOfisa kì kọ̀nọ̀ nwi am’ofisa gbagba efù ùkólò Coordination Bako nwo k’ọ̀nọ̀, [https://www.britishpathe.com/video/VLVA2M3MVXR2Y21YDXCC94S838D4C-LEBANON-NIGERIAN-SOLDIERS-ARRIVE-TO-JOIN-UN-PEACE-KEEPING-FORCE/query/Nigerian+Army+Lebanon Nigerian Battalion in peace keeping operations in Lebanon] under '''UNIFIL''', [[United Nations|UN]] Ùkólò ukpahiọ ubi kì ma chánẹ́ ọjọ kî'ochu ẹ́kẹ̀ta nolu mẹ́gẹ́lè efu ọdọ 1978 by [[United Nations Security Council]] [[United Nations Security Council Resolution|Resolutions]] [[United Nations Security Council Resolution 425|425]] kpaî [[United Nations Security Council Resolution 426|426]]. brahim Bako n’u oji rank Brigadier nolu kaye efù ochù kochù k’ẹ́lẹ́ efù ódù 1980, egba kù i ch’ùkólò alu kù i che Commander nwi 7 Mechanised Brigade, i nwo ch’ùkólò kì i jẹ́ Director nwi amîsoja Army Faculty lo tiùkpóká. [[Armed Forces Command and Staff College, Jaji]] tákì kwù ọjọ kî k'ochu ẹ́kẹ̀gwájî nolu ogwu-ẹ́gwa nyọ kaa efu ọdọ 1983. At a point in his career, Ibrahim Bako led the [[Nigerian Army]] contingent that facilitated the transfer of about 100 former guerrillas from the Zimbabwean bushes (after the liberation struggle) for selection and training at the [[Nigerian Defence Academy]], [[Kaduna (city)|Kaduna]] in 1980. Those 100 former guerrillas formed the pioneer corp of the post-independence [[Zimbabwe National Army]],<ref name="Beegeagle">{{cite web|title=Nigerian Army Museum: a slice of Nigerian military history|url=https://beegeagle.wordpress.com/2012/03/24/nigerian-army-museum-a-slice-of-nigerian-military-history/|website=Beegeagle's Blog|date=24 March 2012|publisher=Beegeagle|access-date=5 January 2015}}</ref> leading Nigeria's assistance to other Southern African countries like Angola and South Africa in their fight against apartheid and colonialism. == Role on 28 July 1966 coup == The 28 July 1966 mutiny (often called the [[Nigerian counter-coup of 1966]]) was a violent overthrow of General [[Aguiyi-Ironsi]]'s military government, which came into power after the abortive January 15 coup, spearheaded by Major [[Emmanuel Ifeajuna]] and Lt Col [[Kaduna Nzeogwu]]. A group of military officers of northern Nigerian origin (including then Lts Ibrahim Bako, [[Shehu Musa Yar'Adua]], [[Theophilus Danjuma]], Captain [[Joe Garba]], Lt Col [[Murtala Muhammed]], among others) conspired and mutinied against General Ironsi's military government.<ref name="OPV">{{cite book|last1=Siollun|first1=Max|title=Oil, Politics and Violence: Nigeria's Military Coup Culture (1966-1976)|year=2009|publisher=Algora Publishing|isbn=9780875867106|pages=99}}</ref> Among the casualties of the mutiny were General [[Aguiyi Ironsi]] and Lt Colonel [[Adekunle Fajuyi]]. During reconnaissance for the counter coup, then Lt Col [[Murtala Mohammed]] would drive to Ibadan (where Bako was stationed along with others like then Lt [[Jerry Useni]]), Muhammed would often drive into town from Lagos, pick up Ibrahim Bako and Abdullai Shelleng at a pre-arranged location and drive around without stopping while they discussed their counter-coup plan.<ref name="Gamji-Omoigui">{{cite web|last1=Omoigui|first1=Nowa|title=Operation Aure (2): Planning to Overthrow General Ironsi|url=http://www.gamji.com/nowa/nowa26.htm|website=Gamji|publisher=Gamji|access-date=5 January 2015}}</ref> == Role on 31 December 1983 coup == Ibrahim Bako (then Director of the Army Faculty at the Armed Forces Command and staff College, Jaji)<ref name="Beegeagle" /> and acting GOC 1 Division, Kaduna,<ref name="Leadership-NG" /> was requested by the coup conspirators with securing President [[Shehu Shagari]] presumably after Shagari's [[Presidential Guard Brigade (Nigeria)|Brigade of Guards]] had been neutralized (without violence as planned) by Col [[Tunde Ogbeha]]. Author [[Max Siollun]] notes that Bako was chosen for the role because not only was Bako's father a personal friend to Shagari, as Commander 7 Mechanised Brigade Sokoto, he was well known and respected in the president's home state. Unknown to Bako was that the coup plot had been leaked to President Shagari, whose guards were on high alert. After arriving at the Presidential residence (in non-military attire) with an armed detachment to secure the President,<ref name="Omoiugui">{{cite web|last1=Omoigui|first1=Nowa|title=The palace coup of 27 August 1985 Part I|url=http://www.waado.org/nigerdelta/nigeria_facts/MilitaryRule/Omoigui/PalaceCoup-1985.htm|publisher=Uhrobo Historical Society|access-date=5 January 2015|archive-date=8 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210608090914/http://www.waado.org/nigerdelta/nigeria_facts/militaryrule/omoigui/PalaceCoup-1985.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> Bako was shot dead while sitting in the passenger side of a [[Unimog]] utility truck<ref name="Beegeagle" /> in an ensuing firefight between troops from Bako's detachment and the Brigade of Guards soldiers under the command of Captain Augustine Anyogo.<ref name="Siollun">{{cite book|last1=Siollun|first1=Max|title=Soldiers of Fortune: A History of Nigeria (1983-1993)|year=2013|publisher=Cassava Republic Press|isbn=9789785023824|pages=16–17|edition=2013}}</ref> The Unimog utility truck that Bako was killed in was on display at the Nigerian Army Museum in [[Zaria]], Nigeria. The senior military officers involved in the 1983 coup were:<ref name="Siollun13">{{cite book|last1=Siollun|first1=Max|title=Soldiers of Fortune: A History of Nigeria (1983-1993)|year=2013|publisher=Cassava Republic Press|isbn=9789785023824|pages=13|edition=2013}}</ref> * Major General [[Muhammadu Buhari]] (General Officer Commanding, 3rd Armored Division, Jos) * Major General [[Ibrahim Babangida]] (Director of Army Staff Duties and Plans) * Brigadier Ibrahim Bako (Acting General Officer Commanding, 1st Division Kaduna/Director Army Faculty, [[Armed Forces Command and Staff College, Jaji]]) * Brigadier [[Sani Abacha]] (Commander, 9th Mechanized Brigade) * Brigadier [[Tunde Idiagbon]] (Military Secretary, Army) * Lt Colonel [[Aliyu Mohammed Gusau]] (Director of Military Intelligence) * Lt Colonel [[Halilu Akilu]] * Lt Colonel [[David Mark]] * Lt Colonel [[Tunde Ogbeha]] * Major [[Sambo Dasuki]] (Military Assistant to the Chief of Army Staff, Lt-General [[Mohammed Inuwa Wushishi|Wushishi]]) * Major [[Abdulmumini Aminu]] * Major [[Lawan Gwadabe]] * Major Mustapha Jokolo (Senior Instructor, Basawa Barracks - Zaria) * Major [[Dangiwa Umar|Abubakar Umar]] Major General Buhari's Supreme Military Council (SMC) observed a minute of silence for the slain Brigadier Bako during SMC's first meeting.<ref name="NYT">{{cite news|last1=May|first1=Clifford|title=DEPOSED NIGERIAN PRESIDENT IS UNDER ARREST|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1984/01/04/world/deposed-nigerian-president-is-under-arrest.html|work=New York Times|date=4 January 1984|access-date=5 January 2015}}</ref> == References == {{Reflist}} i8i5xw3ib9i733xmoemgyp8sga3kzsd 41020 41019 2026-05-13T10:09:08Z Austinea3 116 41020 wikitext text/x-wiki {{short description|Nigerian brigadier (1943–1983)}}{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2023}} {{Infobox officeholder|name=Ibrahim Bako|honorific_prefix=[[Brigadier]]|image=|caption=|image_size=150px|office=Acting General Officer Commanding, [[1st Division (Nigeria)|1 Division]], Nigerian Army|term_start=|term_end=|predecessor=|successor=|birth_name=Ibrahim Ahmed Bako|birth_date=5 March 1943|death_date={{death date and age|1983|12|31|1943|3|5|df=y}}|allegiance={{NGR}}|branch={{army|Nigeria}}|service_years=1962–1983|rank=[[File:Nigeria-Army-OF-6.svg|20px]] [[Brigadier]]|alma_mater=[[Nigerian Defence Academy|Nigerian Military Training College]]<br>[[Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst|RMA Sandhurst]]}} '''Ibrahim Ahmed Bako''' (5 March 1943<ref name="Leadership-NG">{{Cite news|last1=Augustine|first1=Agbo-Paul|title=We've Forgiven Our Father's Killers – Prof Bako|url=http://leadership.ng/features/interviews/311481/weve-forgiven-our-fathers-killers-prof-bako|newspaper=[[Leadership (newspaper)|Leadership]]|access-date=9 January 2015}}</ref> – 31 December 1983) was a senior officer in the [[Nigerian Army]] who played a principal role in two Nigerian military coups: the [[1966 Nigerian counter-coup|July 1966 counter-coup]] and the [[1983 Nigerian coup d'état|December 1983]] coup. The 1983 coup ousted the democratic government of [[Shehu Shagari]] while the July 1966 coup ousted the military government of General [[Ironsi]]. Bako was killed during the [[1983 Nigerian coup d'état|December 1983 coup d'état]]. == Career == Ibrahim Ahmed Bako (N/548) FSS MSS psc ma bî éfu ó'chu ẹ́kẹ́ta nolu mẹ́lu éfu ọdọ 1943 efu [[Kaduna (city)|Kaduna]],kádunà státî. Íkọ́ ẹ̀kọ́ ìlùmẹ́ kíkọ n’ìfẹ̀ oñwu chi Junior Primary School, Kaduna kwì efu ọ̀dọ̀ 1951 tì 1954, oñwu l’adú d’anyí lo tì Giwa Senior Primary School n’ìchẹ́ kpa ẹ̀kọ́ ìlùmẹ́ kíkọ n’ìfẹ̀ nwu éfu ọdọ 1956. Î ló ti ukoche ísakulu Goméntì yi kóllégè , abójoì kî chî [[Barewa College]] kwî éfu ọdọ 1957 ló téfu ọdọ 1961 Abodu kù dabi kpa kù mé kù Igala kà kì amó kù i che nwi West African School cértîvîcatẹ̀ (WASC). Igbele kù i che kpa gwi unyi ùkoche sakandiri, i nwo che t'unyi ùkoche am'ùja kì dì Kaduna kì amó ma dó Úkọchẹ ama jîmî anakpala ogîjo kóllégè Naijiria (NMTC), kù amó ma dó kù ebèí i che Naijiria Defence Academy (NDA), efù amó kì dó NMTC Course 5 efù ódù 1962, nwi ùkoche ùja kì i koche kù i jé n'ogbagba. I nwo lo unyi ukoche kì dì United Kingdom kù i che kpa nwi ukoche am’uja [[Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst|Royal Military Academy Sandhurst]].Ma n’u kpañ’ù oji Regular Combatant Commission efù ochù kochù k’égwa méji nolu ogwú-ny’ẹ́yọ́ mébie, efù ódù 1964, kù i che rank Second Lieutenant. I nwo n’eñwu ogbagba rank lé kpaí amó k’i dó seniority gwi ochù kochù k’ẹ́lẹ́ nolu ogwú-ny’ẹ́yọ́ mẹ́lā, efù ódù 1962. Alu kù i che infantry ofisa efù am’uja Nigeria, Ibrahim Bako kàn’ùkólò n’ochu alu kù i che Platoon Commander efù 4 Battalion, i nwo che Company Commander efù 5 Battalion. Egba kù ùja civil war chàn’e efù ódù 1967, ma d’u nwi ùkólò Staff Captain Intelligence nwi Headquarters 1 Area Command (kì amó ma dabi dó 1 Division). Ma n’u kpañ’ù oji Major temporary nolu ogwú-ny’ẹ́yọ́ m’ẹ́ta-ny’ẹ́yọ́ kaye efù ochù kochù k’ébíé efù ódù 1968, tógba kù i nwo lo oji ùja gbagba alu kù i che Brigade Major nwi 4 Infantry Brigade. I dì efù rank Major lé lo tì nolu kaye efù ochù kochù k’égwa efù ódù 1972, egba kù ma n’u kpañ’ù oji temporary Lieutenant Colonel; oñwu nwo ch’ùkólò General Staff Officer Grade II Intelligence nwa. Bako (kì i che Lt Colonel egba lé) nwo ch’ùkólò logistics ofisa efù National Census Board nwi amó kì d’ọ̀nọ̀ amonẹ efù ódù 1973.<ref name="Siollun15">{{cite book|last1=Siollun|first1=Max|title=Soldiers of Fortune: A History of Nigeria (1983-1993)|publisher=Cassava Republic Press|year=2013|isbn=9789785023824|edition=2013|pages=15}}</ref> Ma d’u kpañ’ù oji rank Lieutenant Colonel gbagba nolu kaye efù ochù kochù k’ẹ́lẹ́ efù ódù 1974; egba lé, ma n’u odù kù i lo ch’ùkólò alu kù i che Commander nwi 20 Brigade. Alu kù i che Lieutenant Colonel lé, i nwo ch’ùkólò Assistant Quarter Master efù Headquarters Lagos Garrison Organisation (kì amó ma dó 81 Division, Lagos abajọì), i nwo dabi che Commander nwi 1 Infantry Division Garrison kì dì Kaduna. Nolu kaye efù ochù kochù k’égwa-ka efù ódù 1975, ma n’u kpañ’ù oji temporary rank Colonel; lo tì nolu mébie efù ochù kochù k’ébíé efù ódù 1978, egba kù i n’u oji rank Colonel gbagba. Oñwu nwo n’ùkólò efù ọ̀tẹ̀ k’ajì am’ùja (Army Headquarters) alu kù i cheOfisa kì kọ̀nọ̀ nwi am’ofisa gbagba efù ùkólò Coordination Bako nwo k’ọ̀nọ̀, [https://www.britishpathe.com/video/VLVA2M3MVXR2Y21YDXCC94S838D4C-LEBANON-NIGERIAN-SOLDIERS-ARRIVE-TO-JOIN-UN-PEACE-KEEPING-FORCE/query/Nigerian+Army+Lebanon Nigerian Battalion in peace keeping operations in Lebanon] under '''UNIFIL''', [[United Nations|UN]] Ùkólò ukpahiọ ubi kì ma chánẹ́ ọjọ kî'ochu ẹ́kẹ̀ta nolu mẹ́gẹ́lè efu ọdọ 1978 by [[United Nations Security Council]] [[United Nations Security Council Resolution|Resolutions]] [[United Nations Security Council Resolution 425|425]] kpaî [[United Nations Security Council Resolution 426|426]]. brahim Bako n’u oji rank Brigadier nolu kaye efù ochù kochù k’ẹ́lẹ́ efù ódù 1980, egba kù i ch’ùkólò alu kù i che Commander nwi 7 Mechanised Brigade, i nwo ch’ùkólò kì i jẹ́ Director nwi amîsoja Army Faculty lo tiùkpóká. [[Armed Forces Command and Staff College, Jaji]] tákì kwù ọjọ kî k'ochu ẹ́kẹ̀gwájî nolu ogwu-ẹ́gwa nyọ kaa efu ọdọ 1983. Efù ọ̀tẹ̀ ùkólò nwu, Ibrahim Bako kọ̀nọ̀ nwi . [[Nigerian Army]]...am’ofisa kì d’ọwọ́ kọ̀ kù ma gba am’ùja guerrilla ọgba kuo kì lú kẹ́jú efù ogwú-ny’ẹ́yọ́ m’ẹ́rẹ̀wá gwi efù égbe United Zimbabwe (alu kù ùja elọwọ-olọ efù i kpa), kù ma mọ̀ ma nwọ̀ kpaí kù ma n’ùkoche nwi.. contingent that facilitated the transfer of about 100 former guerrillas from the Zimbabwean bushes (after the liberation struggle) for selection and training at the [[Nigerian Defence Academy]], [[Kaduna (city)|Kaduna]] in 1980. Those 100 former guerrillas formed the pioneer corp of the post-independence [[Zimbabwe National Army]],<ref name="Beegeagle">{{cite web|title=Nigerian Army Museum: a slice of Nigerian military history|url=https://beegeagle.wordpress.com/2012/03/24/nigerian-army-museum-a-slice-of-nigerian-military-history/|website=Beegeagle's Blog|date=24 March 2012|publisher=Beegeagle|access-date=5 January 2015}}</ref> leading Nigeria's assistance to other Southern African countries like Angola and South Africa in their fight against apartheid and colonialism. == Role on 28 July 1966 coup == The 28 July 1966 mutiny (often called the [[Nigerian counter-coup of 1966]]) was a violent overthrow of General [[Aguiyi-Ironsi]]'s military government, which came into power after the abortive January 15 coup, spearheaded by Major [[Emmanuel Ifeajuna]] and Lt Col [[Kaduna Nzeogwu]]. A group of military officers of northern Nigerian origin (including then Lts Ibrahim Bako, [[Shehu Musa Yar'Adua]], [[Theophilus Danjuma]], Captain [[Joe Garba]], Lt Col [[Murtala Muhammed]], among others) conspired and mutinied against General Ironsi's military government.<ref name="OPV">{{cite book|last1=Siollun|first1=Max|title=Oil, Politics and Violence: Nigeria's Military Coup Culture (1966-1976)|year=2009|publisher=Algora Publishing|isbn=9780875867106|pages=99}}</ref> Among the casualties of the mutiny were General [[Aguiyi Ironsi]] and Lt Colonel [[Adekunle Fajuyi]]. During reconnaissance for the counter coup, then Lt Col [[Murtala Mohammed]] would drive to Ibadan (where Bako was stationed along with others like then Lt [[Jerry Useni]]), Muhammed would often drive into town from Lagos, pick up Ibrahim Bako and Abdullai Shelleng at a pre-arranged location and drive around without stopping while they discussed their counter-coup plan.<ref name="Gamji-Omoigui">{{cite web|last1=Omoigui|first1=Nowa|title=Operation Aure (2): Planning to Overthrow General Ironsi|url=http://www.gamji.com/nowa/nowa26.htm|website=Gamji|publisher=Gamji|access-date=5 January 2015}}</ref> == Role on 31 December 1983 coup == Ibrahim Bako (then Director of the Army Faculty at the Armed Forces Command and staff College, Jaji)<ref name="Beegeagle" /> and acting GOC 1 Division, Kaduna,<ref name="Leadership-NG" /> was requested by the coup conspirators with securing President [[Shehu Shagari]] presumably after Shagari's [[Presidential Guard Brigade (Nigeria)|Brigade of Guards]] had been neutralized (without violence as planned) by Col [[Tunde Ogbeha]]. Author [[Max Siollun]] notes that Bako was chosen for the role because not only was Bako's father a personal friend to Shagari, as Commander 7 Mechanised Brigade Sokoto, he was well known and respected in the president's home state. Unknown to Bako was that the coup plot had been leaked to President Shagari, whose guards were on high alert. After arriving at the Presidential residence (in non-military attire) with an armed detachment to secure the President,<ref name="Omoiugui">{{cite web|last1=Omoigui|first1=Nowa|title=The palace coup of 27 August 1985 Part I|url=http://www.waado.org/nigerdelta/nigeria_facts/MilitaryRule/Omoigui/PalaceCoup-1985.htm|publisher=Uhrobo Historical Society|access-date=5 January 2015|archive-date=8 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210608090914/http://www.waado.org/nigerdelta/nigeria_facts/militaryrule/omoigui/PalaceCoup-1985.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> Bako was shot dead while sitting in the passenger side of a [[Unimog]] utility truck<ref name="Beegeagle" /> in an ensuing firefight between troops from Bako's detachment and the Brigade of Guards soldiers under the command of Captain Augustine Anyogo.<ref name="Siollun">{{cite book|last1=Siollun|first1=Max|title=Soldiers of Fortune: A History of Nigeria (1983-1993)|year=2013|publisher=Cassava Republic Press|isbn=9789785023824|pages=16–17|edition=2013}}</ref> The Unimog utility truck that Bako was killed in was on display at the Nigerian Army Museum in [[Zaria]], Nigeria. The senior military officers involved in the 1983 coup were:<ref name="Siollun13">{{cite book|last1=Siollun|first1=Max|title=Soldiers of Fortune: A History of Nigeria (1983-1993)|year=2013|publisher=Cassava Republic Press|isbn=9789785023824|pages=13|edition=2013}}</ref> * Major General [[Muhammadu Buhari]] (General Officer Commanding, 3rd Armored Division, Jos) * Major General [[Ibrahim Babangida]] (Director of Army Staff Duties and Plans) * Brigadier Ibrahim Bako (Acting General Officer Commanding, 1st Division Kaduna/Director Army Faculty, [[Armed Forces Command and Staff College, Jaji]]) * Brigadier [[Sani Abacha]] (Commander, 9th Mechanized Brigade) * Brigadier [[Tunde Idiagbon]] (Military Secretary, Army) * Lt Colonel [[Aliyu Mohammed Gusau]] (Director of Military Intelligence) * Lt Colonel [[Halilu Akilu]] * Lt Colonel [[David Mark]] * Lt Colonel [[Tunde Ogbeha]] * Major [[Sambo Dasuki]] (Military Assistant to the Chief of Army Staff, Lt-General [[Mohammed Inuwa Wushishi|Wushishi]]) * Major [[Abdulmumini Aminu]] * Major [[Lawan Gwadabe]] * Major Mustapha Jokolo (Senior Instructor, Basawa Barracks - Zaria) * Major [[Dangiwa Umar|Abubakar Umar]] Major General Buhari's Supreme Military Council (SMC) observed a minute of silence for the slain Brigadier Bako during SMC's first meeting.<ref name="NYT">{{cite news|last1=May|first1=Clifford|title=DEPOSED NIGERIAN PRESIDENT IS UNDER ARREST|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1984/01/04/world/deposed-nigerian-president-is-under-arrest.html|work=New York Times|date=4 January 1984|access-date=5 January 2015}}</ref> == References == {{Reflist}} kxlml7hn0cskndt6gxdcupgz38v44cd 41021 41020 2026-05-13T10:10:15Z Austinea3 116 /* Role on 31 December 1983 coup */ 41021 wikitext text/x-wiki {{short description|Nigerian brigadier (1943–1983)}}{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2023}} {{Infobox officeholder|name=Ibrahim Bako|honorific_prefix=[[Brigadier]]|image=|caption=|image_size=150px|office=Acting General Officer Commanding, [[1st Division (Nigeria)|1 Division]], Nigerian Army|term_start=|term_end=|predecessor=|successor=|birth_name=Ibrahim Ahmed Bako|birth_date=5 March 1943|death_date={{death date and age|1983|12|31|1943|3|5|df=y}}|allegiance={{NGR}}|branch={{army|Nigeria}}|service_years=1962–1983|rank=[[File:Nigeria-Army-OF-6.svg|20px]] [[Brigadier]]|alma_mater=[[Nigerian Defence Academy|Nigerian Military Training College]]<br>[[Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst|RMA Sandhurst]]}} '''Ibrahim Ahmed Bako''' (5 March 1943<ref name="Leadership-NG">{{Cite news|last1=Augustine|first1=Agbo-Paul|title=We've Forgiven Our Father's Killers – Prof Bako|url=http://leadership.ng/features/interviews/311481/weve-forgiven-our-fathers-killers-prof-bako|newspaper=[[Leadership (newspaper)|Leadership]]|access-date=9 January 2015}}</ref> – 31 December 1983) was a senior officer in the [[Nigerian Army]] who played a principal role in two Nigerian military coups: the [[1966 Nigerian counter-coup|July 1966 counter-coup]] and the [[1983 Nigerian coup d'état|December 1983]] coup. The 1983 coup ousted the democratic government of [[Shehu Shagari]] while the July 1966 coup ousted the military government of General [[Ironsi]]. Bako was killed during the [[1983 Nigerian coup d'état|December 1983 coup d'état]]. == Career == Ibrahim Ahmed Bako (N/548) FSS MSS psc ma bî éfu ó'chu ẹ́kẹ́ta nolu mẹ́lu éfu ọdọ 1943 efu [[Kaduna (city)|Kaduna]],kádunà státî. Íkọ́ ẹ̀kọ́ ìlùmẹ́ kíkọ n’ìfẹ̀ oñwu chi Junior Primary School, Kaduna kwì efu ọ̀dọ̀ 1951 tì 1954, oñwu l’adú d’anyí lo tì Giwa Senior Primary School n’ìchẹ́ kpa ẹ̀kọ́ ìlùmẹ́ kíkọ n’ìfẹ̀ nwu éfu ọdọ 1956. Î ló ti ukoche ísakulu Goméntì yi kóllégè , abójoì kî chî [[Barewa College]] kwî éfu ọdọ 1957 ló téfu ọdọ 1961 Abodu kù dabi kpa kù mé kù Igala kà kì amó kù i che nwi West African School cértîvîcatẹ̀ (WASC). Igbele kù i che kpa gwi unyi ùkoche sakandiri, i nwo che t'unyi ùkoche am'ùja kì dì Kaduna kì amó ma dó Úkọchẹ ama jîmî anakpala ogîjo kóllégè Naijiria (NMTC), kù amó ma dó kù ebèí i che Naijiria Defence Academy (NDA), efù amó kì dó NMTC Course 5 efù ódù 1962, nwi ùkoche ùja kì i koche kù i jé n'ogbagba. I nwo lo unyi ukoche kì dì United Kingdom kù i che kpa nwi ukoche am’uja [[Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst|Royal Military Academy Sandhurst]].Ma n’u kpañ’ù oji Regular Combatant Commission efù ochù kochù k’égwa méji nolu ogwú-ny’ẹ́yọ́ mébie, efù ódù 1964, kù i che rank Second Lieutenant. I nwo n’eñwu ogbagba rank lé kpaí amó k’i dó seniority gwi ochù kochù k’ẹ́lẹ́ nolu ogwú-ny’ẹ́yọ́ mẹ́lā, efù ódù 1962. Alu kù i che infantry ofisa efù am’uja Nigeria, Ibrahim Bako kàn’ùkólò n’ochu alu kù i che Platoon Commander efù 4 Battalion, i nwo che Company Commander efù 5 Battalion. Egba kù ùja civil war chàn’e efù ódù 1967, ma d’u nwi ùkólò Staff Captain Intelligence nwi Headquarters 1 Area Command (kì amó ma dabi dó 1 Division). Ma n’u kpañ’ù oji Major temporary nolu ogwú-ny’ẹ́yọ́ m’ẹ́ta-ny’ẹ́yọ́ kaye efù ochù kochù k’ébíé efù ódù 1968, tógba kù i nwo lo oji ùja gbagba alu kù i che Brigade Major nwi 4 Infantry Brigade. I dì efù rank Major lé lo tì nolu kaye efù ochù kochù k’égwa efù ódù 1972, egba kù ma n’u kpañ’ù oji temporary Lieutenant Colonel; oñwu nwo ch’ùkólò General Staff Officer Grade II Intelligence nwa. Bako (kì i che Lt Colonel egba lé) nwo ch’ùkólò logistics ofisa efù National Census Board nwi amó kì d’ọ̀nọ̀ amonẹ efù ódù 1973.<ref name="Siollun15">{{cite book|last1=Siollun|first1=Max|title=Soldiers of Fortune: A History of Nigeria (1983-1993)|publisher=Cassava Republic Press|year=2013|isbn=9789785023824|edition=2013|pages=15}}</ref> Ma d’u kpañ’ù oji rank Lieutenant Colonel gbagba nolu kaye efù ochù kochù k’ẹ́lẹ́ efù ódù 1974; egba lé, ma n’u odù kù i lo ch’ùkólò alu kù i che Commander nwi 20 Brigade. Alu kù i che Lieutenant Colonel lé, i nwo ch’ùkólò Assistant Quarter Master efù Headquarters Lagos Garrison Organisation (kì amó ma dó 81 Division, Lagos abajọì), i nwo dabi che Commander nwi 1 Infantry Division Garrison kì dì Kaduna. Nolu kaye efù ochù kochù k’égwa-ka efù ódù 1975, ma n’u kpañ’ù oji temporary rank Colonel; lo tì nolu mébie efù ochù kochù k’ébíé efù ódù 1978, egba kù i n’u oji rank Colonel gbagba. Oñwu nwo n’ùkólò efù ọ̀tẹ̀ k’ajì am’ùja (Army Headquarters) alu kù i cheOfisa kì kọ̀nọ̀ nwi am’ofisa gbagba efù ùkólò Coordination Bako nwo k’ọ̀nọ̀, [https://www.britishpathe.com/video/VLVA2M3MVXR2Y21YDXCC94S838D4C-LEBANON-NIGERIAN-SOLDIERS-ARRIVE-TO-JOIN-UN-PEACE-KEEPING-FORCE/query/Nigerian+Army+Lebanon Nigerian Battalion in peace keeping operations in Lebanon] under '''UNIFIL''', [[United Nations|UN]] Ùkólò ukpahiọ ubi kì ma chánẹ́ ọjọ kî'ochu ẹ́kẹ̀ta nolu mẹ́gẹ́lè efu ọdọ 1978 by [[United Nations Security Council]] [[United Nations Security Council Resolution|Resolutions]] [[United Nations Security Council Resolution 425|425]] kpaî [[United Nations Security Council Resolution 426|426]]. brahim Bako n’u oji rank Brigadier nolu kaye efù ochù kochù k’ẹ́lẹ́ efù ódù 1980, egba kù i ch’ùkólò alu kù i che Commander nwi 7 Mechanised Brigade, i nwo ch’ùkólò kì i jẹ́ Director nwi amîsoja Army Faculty lo tiùkpóká. [[Armed Forces Command and Staff College, Jaji]] tákì kwù ọjọ kî k'ochu ẹ́kẹ̀gwájî nolu ogwu-ẹ́gwa nyọ kaa efu ọdọ 1983. Efù ọ̀tẹ̀ ùkólò nwu, Ibrahim Bako kọ̀nọ̀ nwi . [[Nigerian Army]]...am’ofisa kì d’ọwọ́ kọ̀ kù ma gba am’ùja guerrilla ọgba kuo kì lú kẹ́jú efù ogwú-ny’ẹ́yọ́ m’ẹ́rẹ̀wá gwi efù égbe United Zimbabwe (alu kù ùja elọwọ-olọ efù i kpa), kù ma mọ̀ ma nwọ̀ kpaí kù ma n’ùkoche nwi.[[Nigerian Defence Academy]], [[Kaduna (city)|Kaduna]] efu ọdọ in 1980. Those 100 former guerrillas formed the pioneer corp of the post-independence [[Zimbabwe National Army]],<ref name="Beegeagle">{{cite web|title=Nigerian Army Museum: a slice of Nigerian military history|url=https://beegeagle.wordpress.com/2012/03/24/nigerian-army-museum-a-slice-of-nigerian-military-history/|website=Beegeagle's Blog|date=24 March 2012|publisher=Beegeagle|access-date=5 January 2015}}</ref> leading Nigeria's assistance to other Southern African countries like Angola and South Africa in their fight against apartheid and colonialism. == Role on 28 July 1966 coup == The 28 July 1966 mutiny (often called the [[Nigerian counter-coup of 1966]]) was a violent overthrow of General [[Aguiyi-Ironsi]]'s military government, which came into power after the abortive January 15 coup, spearheaded by Major [[Emmanuel Ifeajuna]] and Lt Col [[Kaduna Nzeogwu]]. A group of military officers of northern Nigerian origin (including then Lts Ibrahim Bako, [[Shehu Musa Yar'Adua]], [[Theophilus Danjuma]], Captain [[Joe Garba]], Lt Col [[Murtala Muhammed]], among others) conspired and mutinied against General Ironsi's military government.<ref name="OPV">{{cite book|last1=Siollun|first1=Max|title=Oil, Politics and Violence: Nigeria's Military Coup Culture (1966-1976)|year=2009|publisher=Algora Publishing|isbn=9780875867106|pages=99}}</ref> Among the casualties of the mutiny were General [[Aguiyi Ironsi]] and Lt Colonel [[Adekunle Fajuyi]]. During reconnaissance for the counter coup, then Lt Col [[Murtala Mohammed]] would drive to Ibadan (where Bako was stationed along with others like then Lt [[Jerry Useni]]), Muhammed would often drive into town from Lagos, pick up Ibrahim Bako and Abdullai Shelleng at a pre-arranged location and drive around without stopping while they discussed their counter-coup plan.<ref name="Gamji-Omoigui">{{cite web|last1=Omoigui|first1=Nowa|title=Operation Aure (2): Planning to Overthrow General Ironsi|url=http://www.gamji.com/nowa/nowa26.htm|website=Gamji|publisher=Gamji|access-date=5 January 2015}}</ref> == Role on 31 December 1983 coup == Ibrahim Bako (then Director of the Army Faculty at the Armed Forces Command and staff College, Jaji)<ref name="Beegeagle" /> and acting GOC 1 Division, Kaduna,<ref name="Leadership-NG" /> was requested by the coup conspirators with securing President [[Shehu Shagari]] presumably after Shagari's [[Presidential Guard Brigade (Nigeria)|Brigade of Guards]] had been neutralized (without violence as planned) by Col [[Tunde Ogbeha]]. Author [[Max Siollun]] notes that Bako was chosen for the role because not only was Bako's father a personal friend to Shagari, as Commander 7 Mechanised Brigade Sokoto, he was well known and respected in the president's home state. Unknown to Bako was that the coup plot had been leaked to President Shagari, whose guards were on high alert. After arriving at the Presidential residence (in non-military attire) with an armed detachment to secure the President,<ref name="Omoiugui">{{cite web|last1=Omoigui|first1=Nowa|title=The palace coup of 27 August 1985 Part I|url=http://www.waado.org/nigerdelta/nigeria_facts/MilitaryRule/Omoigui/PalaceCoup-1985.htm|publisher=Uhrobo Historical Society|access-date=5 January 2015|archive-date=8 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210608090914/http://www.waado.org/nigerdelta/nigeria_facts/militaryrule/omoigui/PalaceCoup-1985.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> Bako was shot dead while sitting in the passenger side of a [[Unimog]] utility truck<ref name="Beegeagle" /> in an ensuing firefight between troops from Bako's detachment and the Brigade of Guards soldiers under the command of Captain Augustine Anyogo.<ref name="Siollun">{{cite book|last1=Siollun|first1=Max|title=Soldiers of Fortune: A History of Nigeria (1983-1993)|year=2013|publisher=Cassava Republic Press|isbn=9789785023824|pages=16–17|edition=2013}}</ref> The Unimog utility truck that Bako was killed in was on display at the Nigerian Army Museum in [[Zaria]], Nigeria. The senior military officers involved in the 1983 coup were:<ref name="Siollun13">{{cite book|last1=Siollun|first1=Max|title=Soldiers of Fortune: A History of Nigeria (1983-1993)|year=2013|publisher=Cassava Republic Press|isbn=9789785023824|pages=13|edition=2013}}</ref> * Major General [[Muhammadu Buhari]] (General Officer Commanding, 3rd Armored Division, Jos) * Major General [[Ibrahim Babangida]] (Director of Army Staff Duties and Plans) * Brigadier Ibrahim Bako (Acting General Officer Commanding, 1st Division Kaduna/Director Army Faculty, [[Armed Forces Command and Staff College, Jaji]]) * Brigadier [[Sani Abacha]] (Commander, 9th Mechanized Brigade) * Brigadier [[Tunde Idiagbon]] (Military Secretary, Army) * Lt Colonel [[Aliyu Mohammed Gusau]] (Director of Military Intelligence) * Lt Colonel [[Halilu Akilu]] * Lt Colonel [[David Mark]] * Lt Colonel [[Tunde Ogbeha]] * Major [[Sambo Dasuki]] (Military Assistant to the Chief of Army Staff, Lt-General [[Mohammed Inuwa Wushishi|Wushishi]]) * Major [[Abdulmumini Aminu]] * Major [[Lawan Gwadabe]] * Major Mustapha Jokolo (Senior Instructor, Basawa Barracks - Zaria) * Major [[Dangiwa Umar|Abubakar Umar]] Major General Buhari's Supreme Military Council (SMC) observed a minute of silence for the slain Brigadier Bako during SMC's first meeting.<ref name="NYT">{{cite news|last1=May|first1=Clifford|title=DEPOSED NIGERIAN PRESIDENT IS UNDER ARREST|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1984/01/04/world/deposed-nigerian-president-is-under-arrest.html|work=New York Times|date=4 January 1984|access-date=5 January 2015}}</ref> == References == {{Reflist}} ajaq3gfa5a7k3n9pi6b62va4403xv3c 41022 41021 2026-05-13T10:14:27Z Austinea3 116 /* Role on 31 December 1983 coup */ 41022 wikitext text/x-wiki {{short description|Nigerian brigadier (1943–1983)}}{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2023}} {{Infobox officeholder|name=Ibrahim Bako|honorific_prefix=[[Brigadier]]|image=|caption=|image_size=150px|office=Acting General Officer Commanding, [[1st Division (Nigeria)|1 Division]], Nigerian Army|term_start=|term_end=|predecessor=|successor=|birth_name=Ibrahim Ahmed Bako|birth_date=5 March 1943|death_date={{death date and age|1983|12|31|1943|3|5|df=y}}|allegiance={{NGR}}|branch={{army|Nigeria}}|service_years=1962–1983|rank=[[File:Nigeria-Army-OF-6.svg|20px]] [[Brigadier]]|alma_mater=[[Nigerian Defence Academy|Nigerian Military Training College]]<br>[[Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst|RMA Sandhurst]]}} '''Ibrahim Ahmed Bako''' (5 March 1943<ref name="Leadership-NG">{{Cite news|last1=Augustine|first1=Agbo-Paul|title=We've Forgiven Our Father's Killers – Prof Bako|url=http://leadership.ng/features/interviews/311481/weve-forgiven-our-fathers-killers-prof-bako|newspaper=[[Leadership (newspaper)|Leadership]]|access-date=9 January 2015}}</ref> – 31 December 1983) was a senior officer in the [[Nigerian Army]] who played a principal role in two Nigerian military coups: the [[1966 Nigerian counter-coup|July 1966 counter-coup]] and the [[1983 Nigerian coup d'état|December 1983]] coup. The 1983 coup ousted the democratic government of [[Shehu Shagari]] while the July 1966 coup ousted the military government of General [[Ironsi]]. Bako was killed during the [[1983 Nigerian coup d'état|December 1983 coup d'état]]. == Career == Ibrahim Ahmed Bako (N/548) FSS MSS psc ma bî éfu ó'chu ẹ́kẹ́ta nolu mẹ́lu éfu ọdọ 1943 efu [[Kaduna (city)|Kaduna]],kádunà státî. Íkọ́ ẹ̀kọ́ ìlùmẹ́ kíkọ n’ìfẹ̀ oñwu chi Junior Primary School, Kaduna kwì efu ọ̀dọ̀ 1951 tì 1954, oñwu l’adú d’anyí lo tì Giwa Senior Primary School n’ìchẹ́ kpa ẹ̀kọ́ ìlùmẹ́ kíkọ n’ìfẹ̀ nwu éfu ọdọ 1956. Î ló ti ukoche ísakulu Goméntì yi kóllégè , abójoì kî chî [[Barewa College]] kwî éfu ọdọ 1957 ló téfu ọdọ 1961 Abodu kù dabi kpa kù mé kù Igala kà kì amó kù i che nwi West African School cértîvîcatẹ̀ (WASC). Igbele kù i che kpa gwi unyi ùkoche sakandiri, i nwo che t'unyi ùkoche am'ùja kì dì Kaduna kì amó ma dó Úkọchẹ ama jîmî anakpala ogîjo kóllégè Naijiria (NMTC), kù amó ma dó kù ebèí i che Naijiria Defence Academy (NDA), efù amó kì dó NMTC Course 5 efù ódù 1962, nwi ùkoche ùja kì i koche kù i jé n'ogbagba. I nwo lo unyi ukoche kì dì United Kingdom kù i che kpa nwi ukoche am’uja [[Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst|Royal Military Academy Sandhurst]].Ma n’u kpañ’ù oji Regular Combatant Commission efù ochù kochù k’égwa méji nolu ogwú-ny’ẹ́yọ́ mébie, efù ódù 1964, kù i che rank Second Lieutenant. I nwo n’eñwu ogbagba rank lé kpaí amó k’i dó seniority gwi ochù kochù k’ẹ́lẹ́ nolu ogwú-ny’ẹ́yọ́ mẹ́lā, efù ódù 1962. Alu kù i che infantry ofisa efù am’uja Nigeria, Ibrahim Bako kàn’ùkólò n’ochu alu kù i che Platoon Commander efù 4 Battalion, i nwo che Company Commander efù 5 Battalion. Egba kù ùja civil war chàn’e efù ódù 1967, ma d’u nwi ùkólò Staff Captain Intelligence nwi Headquarters 1 Area Command (kì amó ma dabi dó 1 Division). Ma n’u kpañ’ù oji Major temporary nolu ogwú-ny’ẹ́yọ́ m’ẹ́ta-ny’ẹ́yọ́ kaye efù ochù kochù k’ébíé efù ódù 1968, tógba kù i nwo lo oji ùja gbagba alu kù i che Brigade Major nwi 4 Infantry Brigade. I dì efù rank Major lé lo tì nolu kaye efù ochù kochù k’égwa efù ódù 1972, egba kù ma n’u kpañ’ù oji temporary Lieutenant Colonel; oñwu nwo ch’ùkólò General Staff Officer Grade II Intelligence nwa. Bako (kì i che Lt Colonel egba lé) nwo ch’ùkólò logistics ofisa efù National Census Board nwi amó kì d’ọ̀nọ̀ amonẹ efù ódù 1973.<ref name="Siollun15">{{cite book|last1=Siollun|first1=Max|title=Soldiers of Fortune: A History of Nigeria (1983-1993)|publisher=Cassava Republic Press|year=2013|isbn=9789785023824|edition=2013|pages=15}}</ref> Ma d’u kpañ’ù oji rank Lieutenant Colonel gbagba nolu kaye efù ochù kochù k’ẹ́lẹ́ efù ódù 1974; egba lé, ma n’u odù kù i lo ch’ùkólò alu kù i che Commander nwi 20 Brigade. Alu kù i che Lieutenant Colonel lé, i nwo ch’ùkólò Assistant Quarter Master efù Headquarters Lagos Garrison Organisation (kì amó ma dó 81 Division, Lagos abajọì), i nwo dabi che Commander nwi 1 Infantry Division Garrison kì dì Kaduna. Nolu kaye efù ochù kochù k’égwa-ka efù ódù 1975, ma n’u kpañ’ù oji temporary rank Colonel; lo tì nolu mébie efù ochù kochù k’ébíé efù ódù 1978, egba kù i n’u oji rank Colonel gbagba. Oñwu nwo n’ùkólò efù ọ̀tẹ̀ k’ajì am’ùja (Army Headquarters) alu kù i cheOfisa kì kọ̀nọ̀ nwi am’ofisa gbagba efù ùkólò Coordination Bako nwo k’ọ̀nọ̀, [https://www.britishpathe.com/video/VLVA2M3MVXR2Y21YDXCC94S838D4C-LEBANON-NIGERIAN-SOLDIERS-ARRIVE-TO-JOIN-UN-PEACE-KEEPING-FORCE/query/Nigerian+Army+Lebanon Nigerian Battalion in peace keeping operations in Lebanon] under '''UNIFIL''', [[United Nations|UN]] Ùkólò ukpahiọ ubi kì ma chánẹ́ ọjọ kî'ochu ẹ́kẹ̀ta nolu mẹ́gẹ́lè efu ọdọ 1978 by [[United Nations Security Council]] [[United Nations Security Council Resolution|Resolutions]] [[United Nations Security Council Resolution 425|425]] kpaî [[United Nations Security Council Resolution 426|426]]. brahim Bako n’u oji rank Brigadier nolu kaye efù ochù kochù k’ẹ́lẹ́ efù ódù 1980, egba kù i ch’ùkólò alu kù i che Commander nwi 7 Mechanised Brigade, i nwo ch’ùkólò kì i jẹ́ Director nwi amîsoja Army Faculty lo tiùkpóká. [[Armed Forces Command and Staff College, Jaji]] tákì kwù ọjọ kî k'ochu ẹ́kẹ̀gwájî nolu ogwu-ẹ́gwa nyọ kaa efu ọdọ 1983. Efù ọ̀tẹ̀ ùkólò nwu, Ibrahim Bako kọ̀nọ̀ nwi . [[Nigerian Army]]...am’ofisa kì d’ọwọ́ kọ̀ kù ma gba am’ùja guerrilla ọgba kuo kì lú kẹ́jú efù ogwú-ny’ẹ́yọ́ m’ẹ́rẹ̀wá gwi efù égbe United Zimbabwe (alu kù ùja elọwọ-olọ efù i kpa), kù ma mọ̀ ma nwọ̀ kpaí kù ma n’ùkoche nwi.[[Nigerian Defence Academy]], [[Kaduna (city)|Kaduna]] efu ọdọ 1980.Am’ùja guerrilla ọgba kuo kì lú kẹ́jú efù ogwú-ny’ẹ́yọ́ m’ẹ́rẹ̀wá lé, oñwu ma chànẹ́ ùkọ̀lọ̀ am’ùja gbagba alu kù ùja elọwọ-olọ i kpa lé. Those 100 former guerrillas formed the pioneer corp of the post-independence [[Zimbabwe National Army]],<ref name="Beegeagle">{{cite web|title=Nigerian Army Museum: a slice of Nigerian military history|url=https://beegeagle.wordpress.com/2012/03/24/nigerian-army-museum-a-slice-of-nigerian-military-history/|website=Beegeagle's Blog|date=24 March 2012|publisher=Beegeagle|access-date=5 January 2015}}</ref> leading Nigeria's assistance to other Southern African countries like Angola and South Africa in their fight against apartheid and colonialism. == Role on 28 July 1966 coup == The 28 July 1966 mutiny (often called the [[Nigerian counter-coup of 1966]]) was a violent overthrow of General [[Aguiyi-Ironsi]]'s military government, which came into power after the abortive January 15 coup, spearheaded by Major [[Emmanuel Ifeajuna]] and Lt Col [[Kaduna Nzeogwu]]. A group of military officers of northern Nigerian origin (including then Lts Ibrahim Bako, [[Shehu Musa Yar'Adua]], [[Theophilus Danjuma]], Captain [[Joe Garba]], Lt Col [[Murtala Muhammed]], among others) conspired and mutinied against General Ironsi's military government.<ref name="OPV">{{cite book|last1=Siollun|first1=Max|title=Oil, Politics and Violence: Nigeria's Military Coup Culture (1966-1976)|year=2009|publisher=Algora Publishing|isbn=9780875867106|pages=99}}</ref> Among the casualties of the mutiny were General [[Aguiyi Ironsi]] and Lt Colonel [[Adekunle Fajuyi]]. During reconnaissance for the counter coup, then Lt Col [[Murtala Mohammed]] would drive to Ibadan (where Bako was stationed along with others like then Lt [[Jerry Useni]]), Muhammed would often drive into town from Lagos, pick up Ibrahim Bako and Abdullai Shelleng at a pre-arranged location and drive around without stopping while they discussed their counter-coup plan.<ref name="Gamji-Omoigui">{{cite web|last1=Omoigui|first1=Nowa|title=Operation Aure (2): Planning to Overthrow General Ironsi|url=http://www.gamji.com/nowa/nowa26.htm|website=Gamji|publisher=Gamji|access-date=5 January 2015}}</ref> == Role on 31 December 1983 coup == Ibrahim Bako (then Director of the Army Faculty at the Armed Forces Command and staff College, Jaji)<ref name="Beegeagle" /> and acting GOC 1 Division, Kaduna,<ref name="Leadership-NG" /> was requested by the coup conspirators with securing President [[Shehu Shagari]] presumably after Shagari's [[Presidential Guard Brigade (Nigeria)|Brigade of Guards]] had been neutralized (without violence as planned) by Col [[Tunde Ogbeha]]. Author [[Max Siollun]] notes that Bako was chosen for the role because not only was Bako's father a personal friend to Shagari, as Commander 7 Mechanised Brigade Sokoto, he was well known and respected in the president's home state. Unknown to Bako was that the coup plot had been leaked to President Shagari, whose guards were on high alert. After arriving at the Presidential residence (in non-military attire) with an armed detachment to secure the President,<ref name="Omoiugui">{{cite web|last1=Omoigui|first1=Nowa|title=The palace coup of 27 August 1985 Part I|url=http://www.waado.org/nigerdelta/nigeria_facts/MilitaryRule/Omoigui/PalaceCoup-1985.htm|publisher=Uhrobo Historical Society|access-date=5 January 2015|archive-date=8 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210608090914/http://www.waado.org/nigerdelta/nigeria_facts/militaryrule/omoigui/PalaceCoup-1985.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> Bako was shot dead while sitting in the passenger side of a [[Unimog]] utility truck<ref name="Beegeagle" /> in an ensuing firefight between troops from Bako's detachment and the Brigade of Guards soldiers under the command of Captain Augustine Anyogo.<ref name="Siollun">{{cite book|last1=Siollun|first1=Max|title=Soldiers of Fortune: A History of Nigeria (1983-1993)|year=2013|publisher=Cassava Republic Press|isbn=9789785023824|pages=16–17|edition=2013}}</ref> The Unimog utility truck that Bako was killed in was on display at the Nigerian Army Museum in [[Zaria]], Nigeria. The senior military officers involved in the 1983 coup were:<ref name="Siollun13">{{cite book|last1=Siollun|first1=Max|title=Soldiers of Fortune: A History of Nigeria (1983-1993)|year=2013|publisher=Cassava Republic Press|isbn=9789785023824|pages=13|edition=2013}}</ref> * Major General [[Muhammadu Buhari]] (General Officer Commanding, 3rd Armored Division, Jos) * Major General [[Ibrahim Babangida]] (Director of Army Staff Duties and Plans) * Brigadier Ibrahim Bako (Acting General Officer Commanding, 1st Division Kaduna/Director Army Faculty, [[Armed Forces Command and Staff College, Jaji]]) * Brigadier [[Sani Abacha]] (Commander, 9th Mechanized Brigade) * Brigadier [[Tunde Idiagbon]] (Military Secretary, Army) * Lt Colonel [[Aliyu Mohammed Gusau]] (Director of Military Intelligence) * Lt Colonel [[Halilu Akilu]] * Lt Colonel [[David Mark]] * Lt Colonel [[Tunde Ogbeha]] * Major [[Sambo Dasuki]] (Military Assistant to the Chief of Army Staff, Lt-General [[Mohammed Inuwa Wushishi|Wushishi]]) * Major [[Abdulmumini Aminu]] * Major [[Lawan Gwadabe]] * Major Mustapha Jokolo (Senior Instructor, Basawa Barracks - Zaria) * Major [[Dangiwa Umar|Abubakar Umar]] Major General Buhari's Supreme Military Council (SMC) observed a minute of silence for the slain Brigadier Bako during SMC's first meeting.<ref name="NYT">{{cite news|last1=May|first1=Clifford|title=DEPOSED NIGERIAN PRESIDENT IS UNDER ARREST|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1984/01/04/world/deposed-nigerian-president-is-under-arrest.html|work=New York Times|date=4 January 1984|access-date=5 January 2015}}</ref> == References == {{Reflist}} jei1e9c3bw81a9c7ewvt4twfoijgfuf 41023 41022 2026-05-13T10:15:21Z Austinea3 116 /* Role on 31 December 1983 coup */ 41023 wikitext text/x-wiki {{short description|Nigerian brigadier (1943–1983)}}{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2023}} {{Infobox officeholder|name=Ibrahim Bako|honorific_prefix=[[Brigadier]]|image=|caption=|image_size=150px|office=Acting General Officer Commanding, [[1st Division (Nigeria)|1 Division]], Nigerian Army|term_start=|term_end=|predecessor=|successor=|birth_name=Ibrahim Ahmed Bako|birth_date=5 March 1943|death_date={{death date and age|1983|12|31|1943|3|5|df=y}}|allegiance={{NGR}}|branch={{army|Nigeria}}|service_years=1962–1983|rank=[[File:Nigeria-Army-OF-6.svg|20px]] [[Brigadier]]|alma_mater=[[Nigerian Defence Academy|Nigerian Military Training College]]<br>[[Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst|RMA Sandhurst]]}} '''Ibrahim Ahmed Bako''' (5 March 1943<ref name="Leadership-NG">{{Cite news|last1=Augustine|first1=Agbo-Paul|title=We've Forgiven Our Father's Killers – Prof Bako|url=http://leadership.ng/features/interviews/311481/weve-forgiven-our-fathers-killers-prof-bako|newspaper=[[Leadership (newspaper)|Leadership]]|access-date=9 January 2015}}</ref> – 31 December 1983) was a senior officer in the [[Nigerian Army]] who played a principal role in two Nigerian military coups: the [[1966 Nigerian counter-coup|July 1966 counter-coup]] and the [[1983 Nigerian coup d'état|December 1983]] coup. The 1983 coup ousted the democratic government of [[Shehu Shagari]] while the July 1966 coup ousted the military government of General [[Ironsi]]. Bako was killed during the [[1983 Nigerian coup d'état|December 1983 coup d'état]]. == Career == Ibrahim Ahmed Bako (N/548) FSS MSS psc ma bî éfu ó'chu ẹ́kẹ́ta nolu mẹ́lu éfu ọdọ 1943 efu [[Kaduna (city)|Kaduna]],kádunà státî. Íkọ́ ẹ̀kọ́ ìlùmẹ́ kíkọ n’ìfẹ̀ oñwu chi Junior Primary School, Kaduna kwì efu ọ̀dọ̀ 1951 tì 1954, oñwu l’adú d’anyí lo tì Giwa Senior Primary School n’ìchẹ́ kpa ẹ̀kọ́ ìlùmẹ́ kíkọ n’ìfẹ̀ nwu éfu ọdọ 1956. Î ló ti ukoche ísakulu Goméntì yi kóllégè , abójoì kî chî [[Barewa College]] kwî éfu ọdọ 1957 ló téfu ọdọ 1961 Abodu kù dabi kpa kù mé kù Igala kà kì amó kù i che nwi West African School cértîvîcatẹ̀ (WASC). Igbele kù i che kpa gwi unyi ùkoche sakandiri, i nwo che t'unyi ùkoche am'ùja kì dì Kaduna kì amó ma dó Úkọchẹ ama jîmî anakpala ogîjo kóllégè Naijiria (NMTC), kù amó ma dó kù ebèí i che Naijiria Defence Academy (NDA), efù amó kì dó NMTC Course 5 efù ódù 1962, nwi ùkoche ùja kì i koche kù i jé n'ogbagba. I nwo lo unyi ukoche kì dì United Kingdom kù i che kpa nwi ukoche am’uja [[Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst|Royal Military Academy Sandhurst]].Ma n’u kpañ’ù oji Regular Combatant Commission efù ochù kochù k’égwa méji nolu ogwú-ny’ẹ́yọ́ mébie, efù ódù 1964, kù i che rank Second Lieutenant. I nwo n’eñwu ogbagba rank lé kpaí amó k’i dó seniority gwi ochù kochù k’ẹ́lẹ́ nolu ogwú-ny’ẹ́yọ́ mẹ́lā, efù ódù 1962. Alu kù i che infantry ofisa efù am’uja Nigeria, Ibrahim Bako kàn’ùkólò n’ochu alu kù i che Platoon Commander efù 4 Battalion, i nwo che Company Commander efù 5 Battalion. Egba kù ùja civil war chàn’e efù ódù 1967, ma d’u nwi ùkólò Staff Captain Intelligence nwi Headquarters 1 Area Command (kì amó ma dabi dó 1 Division). Ma n’u kpañ’ù oji Major temporary nolu ogwú-ny’ẹ́yọ́ m’ẹ́ta-ny’ẹ́yọ́ kaye efù ochù kochù k’ébíé efù ódù 1968, tógba kù i nwo lo oji ùja gbagba alu kù i che Brigade Major nwi 4 Infantry Brigade. I dì efù rank Major lé lo tì nolu kaye efù ochù kochù k’égwa efù ódù 1972, egba kù ma n’u kpañ’ù oji temporary Lieutenant Colonel; oñwu nwo ch’ùkólò General Staff Officer Grade II Intelligence nwa. Bako (kì i che Lt Colonel egba lé) nwo ch’ùkólò logistics ofisa efù National Census Board nwi amó kì d’ọ̀nọ̀ amonẹ efù ódù 1973.<ref name="Siollun15">{{cite book|last1=Siollun|first1=Max|title=Soldiers of Fortune: A History of Nigeria (1983-1993)|publisher=Cassava Republic Press|year=2013|isbn=9789785023824|edition=2013|pages=15}}</ref> Ma d’u kpañ’ù oji rank Lieutenant Colonel gbagba nolu kaye efù ochù kochù k’ẹ́lẹ́ efù ódù 1974; egba lé, ma n’u odù kù i lo ch’ùkólò alu kù i che Commander nwi 20 Brigade. Alu kù i che Lieutenant Colonel lé, i nwo ch’ùkólò Assistant Quarter Master efù Headquarters Lagos Garrison Organisation (kì amó ma dó 81 Division, Lagos abajọì), i nwo dabi che Commander nwi 1 Infantry Division Garrison kì dì Kaduna. Nolu kaye efù ochù kochù k’égwa-ka efù ódù 1975, ma n’u kpañ’ù oji temporary rank Colonel; lo tì nolu mébie efù ochù kochù k’ébíé efù ódù 1978, egba kù i n’u oji rank Colonel gbagba. Oñwu nwo n’ùkólò efù ọ̀tẹ̀ k’ajì am’ùja (Army Headquarters) alu kù i cheOfisa kì kọ̀nọ̀ nwi am’ofisa gbagba efù ùkólò Coordination Bako nwo k’ọ̀nọ̀, [https://www.britishpathe.com/video/VLVA2M3MVXR2Y21YDXCC94S838D4C-LEBANON-NIGERIAN-SOLDIERS-ARRIVE-TO-JOIN-UN-PEACE-KEEPING-FORCE/query/Nigerian+Army+Lebanon Nigerian Battalion in peace keeping operations in Lebanon] under '''UNIFIL''', [[United Nations|UN]] Ùkólò ukpahiọ ubi kì ma chánẹ́ ọjọ kî'ochu ẹ́kẹ̀ta nolu mẹ́gẹ́lè efu ọdọ 1978 by [[United Nations Security Council]] [[United Nations Security Council Resolution|Resolutions]] [[United Nations Security Council Resolution 425|425]] kpaî [[United Nations Security Council Resolution 426|426]]. brahim Bako n’u oji rank Brigadier nolu kaye efù ochù kochù k’ẹ́lẹ́ efù ódù 1980, egba kù i ch’ùkólò alu kù i che Commander nwi 7 Mechanised Brigade, i nwo ch’ùkólò kì i jẹ́ Director nwi amîsoja Army Faculty lo tiùkpóká. [[Armed Forces Command and Staff College, Jaji]] tákì kwù ọjọ kî k'ochu ẹ́kẹ̀gwájî nolu ogwu-ẹ́gwa nyọ kaa efu ọdọ 1983. Efù ọ̀tẹ̀ ùkólò nwu, Ibrahim Bako kọ̀nọ̀ nwi . [[Nigerian Army]]...am’ofisa kì d’ọwọ́ kọ̀ kù ma gba am’ùja guerrilla ọgba kuo kì lú kẹ́jú efù ogwú-ny’ẹ́yọ́ m’ẹ́rẹ̀wá gwi efù égbe United Zimbabwe (alu kù ùja elọwọ-olọ efù i kpa), kù ma mọ̀ ma nwọ̀ kpaí kù ma n’ùkoche nwi.[[Nigerian Defence Academy]], [[Kaduna (city)|Kaduna]] efu ọdọ 1980.Am’ùja guerrilla ọgba kuo kì lú kẹ́jú efù ogwú-ny’ẹ́yọ́ m’ẹ́rẹ̀wá lé, oñwu ma chànẹ́ ùkọ̀lọ̀ am’ùja gbagba alu kù ùja elọwọ-olọ i kpa lé. [[Zimbabwe National Army]],<ref name="Beegeagle">{{cite web|title=Nigerian Army Museum: a slice of Nigerian military history|url=https://beegeagle.wordpress.com/2012/03/24/nigerian-army-museum-a-slice-of-nigerian-military-history/|website=Beegeagle's Blog|date=24 March 2012|publisher=Beegeagle|access-date=5 January 2015}}</ref> leading Nigeria's assistance to other Southern African countries like Angola and South Africa in their fight against apartheid and colonialism. == Role on 28 July 1966 coup == The 28 July 1966 mutiny (often called the [[Nigerian counter-coup of 1966]]) was a violent overthrow of General [[Aguiyi-Ironsi]]'s military government, which came into power after the abortive January 15 coup, spearheaded by Major [[Emmanuel Ifeajuna]] and Lt Col [[Kaduna Nzeogwu]]. A group of military officers of northern Nigerian origin (including then Lts Ibrahim Bako, [[Shehu Musa Yar'Adua]], [[Theophilus Danjuma]], Captain [[Joe Garba]], Lt Col [[Murtala Muhammed]], among others) conspired and mutinied against General Ironsi's military government.<ref name="OPV">{{cite book|last1=Siollun|first1=Max|title=Oil, Politics and Violence: Nigeria's Military Coup Culture (1966-1976)|year=2009|publisher=Algora Publishing|isbn=9780875867106|pages=99}}</ref> Among the casualties of the mutiny were General [[Aguiyi Ironsi]] and Lt Colonel [[Adekunle Fajuyi]]. During reconnaissance for the counter coup, then Lt Col [[Murtala Mohammed]] would drive to Ibadan (where Bako was stationed along with others like then Lt [[Jerry Useni]]), Muhammed would often drive into town from Lagos, pick up Ibrahim Bako and Abdullai Shelleng at a pre-arranged location and drive around without stopping while they discussed their counter-coup plan.<ref name="Gamji-Omoigui">{{cite web|last1=Omoigui|first1=Nowa|title=Operation Aure (2): Planning to Overthrow General Ironsi|url=http://www.gamji.com/nowa/nowa26.htm|website=Gamji|publisher=Gamji|access-date=5 January 2015}}</ref> == Role on 31 December 1983 coup == Ibrahim Bako (then Director of the Army Faculty at the Armed Forces Command and staff College, Jaji)<ref name="Beegeagle" /> and acting GOC 1 Division, Kaduna,<ref name="Leadership-NG" /> was requested by the coup conspirators with securing President [[Shehu Shagari]] presumably after Shagari's [[Presidential Guard Brigade (Nigeria)|Brigade of Guards]] had been neutralized (without violence as planned) by Col [[Tunde Ogbeha]]. Author [[Max Siollun]] notes that Bako was chosen for the role because not only was Bako's father a personal friend to Shagari, as Commander 7 Mechanised Brigade Sokoto, he was well known and respected in the president's home state. Unknown to Bako was that the coup plot had been leaked to President Shagari, whose guards were on high alert. After arriving at the Presidential residence (in non-military attire) with an armed detachment to secure the President,<ref name="Omoiugui">{{cite web|last1=Omoigui|first1=Nowa|title=The palace coup of 27 August 1985 Part I|url=http://www.waado.org/nigerdelta/nigeria_facts/MilitaryRule/Omoigui/PalaceCoup-1985.htm|publisher=Uhrobo Historical Society|access-date=5 January 2015|archive-date=8 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210608090914/http://www.waado.org/nigerdelta/nigeria_facts/militaryrule/omoigui/PalaceCoup-1985.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> Bako was shot dead while sitting in the passenger side of a [[Unimog]] utility truck<ref name="Beegeagle" /> in an ensuing firefight between troops from Bako's detachment and the Brigade of Guards soldiers under the command of Captain Augustine Anyogo.<ref name="Siollun">{{cite book|last1=Siollun|first1=Max|title=Soldiers of Fortune: A History of Nigeria (1983-1993)|year=2013|publisher=Cassava Republic Press|isbn=9789785023824|pages=16–17|edition=2013}}</ref> The Unimog utility truck that Bako was killed in was on display at the Nigerian Army Museum in [[Zaria]], Nigeria. The senior military officers involved in the 1983 coup were:<ref name="Siollun13">{{cite book|last1=Siollun|first1=Max|title=Soldiers of Fortune: A History of Nigeria (1983-1993)|year=2013|publisher=Cassava Republic Press|isbn=9789785023824|pages=13|edition=2013}}</ref> * Major General [[Muhammadu Buhari]] (General Officer Commanding, 3rd Armored Division, Jos) * Major General [[Ibrahim Babangida]] (Director of Army Staff Duties and Plans) * Brigadier Ibrahim Bako (Acting General Officer Commanding, 1st Division Kaduna/Director Army Faculty, [[Armed Forces Command and Staff College, Jaji]]) * Brigadier [[Sani Abacha]] (Commander, 9th Mechanized Brigade) * Brigadier [[Tunde Idiagbon]] (Military Secretary, Army) * Lt Colonel [[Aliyu Mohammed Gusau]] (Director of Military Intelligence) * Lt Colonel [[Halilu Akilu]] * Lt Colonel [[David Mark]] * Lt Colonel [[Tunde Ogbeha]] * Major [[Sambo Dasuki]] (Military Assistant to the Chief of Army Staff, Lt-General [[Mohammed Inuwa Wushishi|Wushishi]]) * Major [[Abdulmumini Aminu]] * Major [[Lawan Gwadabe]] * Major Mustapha Jokolo (Senior Instructor, Basawa Barracks - Zaria) * Major [[Dangiwa Umar|Abubakar Umar]] Major General Buhari's Supreme Military Council (SMC) observed a minute of silence for the slain Brigadier Bako during SMC's first meeting.<ref name="NYT">{{cite news|last1=May|first1=Clifford|title=DEPOSED NIGERIAN PRESIDENT IS UNDER ARREST|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1984/01/04/world/deposed-nigerian-president-is-under-arrest.html|work=New York Times|date=4 January 1984|access-date=5 January 2015}}</ref> == References == {{Reflist}} riaqbr7tt179ggnz4bnp6c5c1dfravz 41024 41023 2026-05-13T10:20:58Z Austinea3 116 41024 wikitext text/x-wiki {{short description|Nigerian brigadier (1943–1983)}}{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2023}} {{Infobox officeholder|name=Ibrahim Bako|honorific_prefix=[[Brigadier]]|image=|caption=|image_size=150px|office=Acting General Officer Commanding, [[1st Division (Nigeria)|1 Division]], Nigerian Army|term_start=|term_end=|predecessor=|successor=|birth_name=Ibrahim Ahmed Bako|birth_date=5 March 1943|death_date={{death date and age|1983|12|31|1943|3|5|df=y}}|allegiance={{NGR}}|branch={{army|Nigeria}}|service_years=1962–1983|rank=[[File:Nigeria-Army-OF-6.svg|20px]] [[Brigadier]]|alma_mater=[[Nigerian Defence Academy|Nigerian Military Training College]]<br>[[Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst|RMA Sandhurst]]}} '''Ibrahim Ahmed Bako''' (5 March 1943<ref name="Leadership-NG">{{Cite news|last1=Augustine|first1=Agbo-Paul|title=We've Forgiven Our Father's Killers – Prof Bako|url=http://leadership.ng/features/interviews/311481/weve-forgiven-our-fathers-killers-prof-bako|newspaper=[[Leadership (newspaper)|Leadership]]|access-date=9 January 2015}}</ref> – 31 December 1983) was a senior officer in the [[Nigerian Army]] who played a principal role in two Nigerian military coups: the [[1966 Nigerian counter-coup|July 1966 counter-coup]] and the [[1983 Nigerian coup d'état|December 1983]] coup. The 1983 coup ousted the democratic government of [[Shehu Shagari]] while the July 1966 coup ousted the military government of General [[Ironsi]]. Bako was killed during the [[1983 Nigerian coup d'état|December 1983 coup d'état]]. == Career == Ibrahim Ahmed Bako (N/548) FSS MSS psc ma bî éfu ó'chu ẹ́kẹ́ta nolu mẹ́lu éfu ọdọ 1943 efu [[Kaduna (city)|Kaduna]],kádunà státî. Íkọ́ ẹ̀kọ́ ìlùmẹ́ kíkọ n’ìfẹ̀ oñwu chi Junior Primary School, Kaduna kwì efu ọ̀dọ̀ 1951 tì 1954, oñwu l’adú d’anyí lo tì Giwa Senior Primary School n’ìchẹ́ kpa ẹ̀kọ́ ìlùmẹ́ kíkọ n’ìfẹ̀ nwu éfu ọdọ 1956. Î ló ti ukoche ísakulu Goméntì yi kóllégè , abójoì kî chî [[Barewa College]] kwî éfu ọdọ 1957 ló téfu ọdọ 1961 Abodu kù dabi kpa kù mé kù Igala kà kì amó kù i che nwi West African School cértîvîcatẹ̀ (WASC). Igbele kù i che kpa gwi unyi ùkoche sakandiri, i nwo che t'unyi ùkoche am'ùja kì dì Kaduna kì amó ma dó Úkọchẹ ama jîmî anakpala ogîjo kóllégè Naijiria (NMTC), kù amó ma dó kù ebèí i che Naijiria Defence Academy (NDA), efù amó kì dó NMTC Course 5 efù ódù 1962, nwi ùkoche ùja kì i koche kù i jé n'ogbagba. I nwo lo unyi ukoche kì dì United Kingdom kù i che kpa nwi ukoche am’uja [[Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst|Royal Military Academy Sandhurst]].Ma n’u kpañ’ù oji Regular Combatant Commission efù ochù kochù k’égwa méji nolu ogwú-ny’ẹ́yọ́ mébie, efù ódù 1964, kù i che rank Second Lieutenant. I nwo n’eñwu ogbagba rank lé kpaí amó k’i dó seniority gwi ochù kochù k’ẹ́lẹ́ nolu ogwú-ny’ẹ́yọ́ mẹ́lā, efù ódù 1962. Alu kù i che infantry ofisa efù am’uja Nigeria, Ibrahim Bako kàn’ùkólò n’ochu alu kù i che Platoon Commander efù 4 Battalion, i nwo che Company Commander efù 5 Battalion. Egba kù ùja civil war chàn’e efù ódù 1967, ma d’u nwi ùkólò Staff Captain Intelligence nwi Headquarters 1 Area Command (kì amó ma dabi dó 1 Division). Ma n’u kpañ’ù oji Major temporary nolu ogwú-ny’ẹ́yọ́ m’ẹ́ta-ny’ẹ́yọ́ kaye efù ochù kochù k’ébíé efù ódù 1968, tógba kù i nwo lo oji ùja gbagba alu kù i che Brigade Major nwi 4 Infantry Brigade. I dì efù rank Major lé lo tì nolu kaye efù ochù kochù k’égwa efù ódù 1972, egba kù ma n’u kpañ’ù oji temporary Lieutenant Colonel; oñwu nwo ch’ùkólò General Staff Officer Grade II Intelligence nwa. Bako (kì i che Lt Colonel egba lé) nwo ch’ùkólò logistics ofisa efù National Census Board nwi amó kì d’ọ̀nọ̀ amonẹ efù ódù 1973.<ref name="Siollun15">{{cite book|last1=Siollun|first1=Max|title=Soldiers of Fortune: A History of Nigeria (1983-1993)|publisher=Cassava Republic Press|year=2013|isbn=9789785023824|edition=2013|pages=15}}</ref> Ma d’u kpañ’ù oji rank Lieutenant Colonel gbagba nolu kaye efù ochù kochù k’ẹ́lẹ́ efù ódù 1974; egba lé, ma n’u odù kù i lo ch’ùkólò alu kù i che Commander nwi 20 Brigade. Alu kù i che Lieutenant Colonel lé, i nwo ch’ùkólò Assistant Quarter Master efù Headquarters Lagos Garrison Organisation (kì amó ma dó 81 Division, Lagos abajọì), i nwo dabi che Commander nwi 1 Infantry Division Garrison kì dì Kaduna. Nolu kaye efù ochù kochù k’égwa-ka efù ódù 1975, ma n’u kpañ’ù oji temporary rank Colonel; lo tì nolu mébie efù ochù kochù k’ébíé efù ódù 1978, egba kù i n’u oji rank Colonel gbagba. Oñwu nwo n’ùkólò efù ọ̀tẹ̀ k’ajì am’ùja (Army Headquarters) alu kù i cheOfisa kì kọ̀nọ̀ nwi am’ofisa gbagba efù ùkólò Coordination Bako nwo k’ọ̀nọ̀, [https://www.britishpathe.com/video/VLVA2M3MVXR2Y21YDXCC94S838D4C-LEBANON-NIGERIAN-SOLDIERS-ARRIVE-TO-JOIN-UN-PEACE-KEEPING-FORCE/query/Nigerian+Army+Lebanon Nigerian Battalion in peace keeping operations in Lebanon] under '''UNIFIL''', [[United Nations|UN]] Ùkólò ukpahiọ ubi kì ma chánẹ́ ọjọ kî'ochu ẹ́kẹ̀ta nolu mẹ́gẹ́lè efu ọdọ 1978 by [[United Nations Security Council]] [[United Nations Security Council Resolution|Resolutions]] [[United Nations Security Council Resolution 425|425]] kpaî [[United Nations Security Council Resolution 426|426]]. brahim Bako n’u oji rank Brigadier nolu kaye efù ochù kochù k’ẹ́lẹ́ efù ódù 1980, egba kù i ch’ùkólò alu kù i che Commander nwi 7 Mechanised Brigade, i nwo ch’ùkólò kì i jẹ́ Director nwi amîsoja Army Faculty lo tiùkpóká. [[Armed Forces Command and Staff College, Jaji]] tákì kwù ọjọ kî k'ochu ẹ́kẹ̀gwájî nolu ogwu-ẹ́gwa nyọ kaa efu ọdọ 1983. Efù ọ̀tẹ̀ ùkólò nwu, Ibrahim Bako kọ̀nọ̀ nwi . [[Nigerian Army]]...am’ofisa kì d’ọwọ́ kọ̀ kù ma gba am’ùja guerrilla ọgba kuo kì lú kẹ́jú efù ogwú-ny’ẹ́yọ́ m’ẹ́rẹ̀wá gwi efù égbe United Zimbabwe (alu kù ùja elọwọ-olọ efù i kpa), kù ma mọ̀ ma nwọ̀ kpaí kù ma n’ùkoche nwi.[[Nigerian Defence Academy]], [[Kaduna (city)|Kaduna]] efu ọdọ 1980.Am’ùja guerrilla ọgba kuo kì lú kẹ́jú efù ogwú-ny’ẹ́yọ́ m’ẹ́rẹ̀wá lé, oñwu ma chànẹ́ ùkọ̀lọ̀ am’ùja gbagba alu kù ùja elọwọ-olọ i kpa lé. [[Zimbabwe National Army]],<ref name="Beegeagle">{{cite web|title=Nigerian Army Museum: a slice of Nigerian military history|url=https://beegeagle.wordpress.com/2012/03/24/nigerian-army-museum-a-slice-of-nigerian-military-history/|website=Beegeagle's Blog|date=24 March 2012|publisher=Beegeagle|access-date=5 January 2015}}</ref>alu kù i kọ̀nọ̀ nwi abole kì Nigeria kọ̀ d’ọwọ́ rọ am’efu k’ọ̀tẹ̀ Southern Africa abole kì Angola kpaí South Africa efù ùja kù ma ja gwi ọwọ́ apartheid (ẹgẹ amonẹ gbiẹ́gbiẹ́) kpaí colonialism (am'efu k'ọ̀ọ̀chẹ̀ kì ma j’ọba oji ma leading Nigeria's assistance to other Southern African countries like Angola kpaî South Africa in their fight against apartheid and colonialism. == Role on 28 July 1966 coup == The 28 July 1966 mutiny (often called the [[Nigerian counter-coup of 1966]]) was a violent overthrow of General [[Aguiyi-Ironsi]]'s military government, which came into power after the abortive January 15 coup, spearheaded by Major [[Emmanuel Ifeajuna]] and Lt Col [[Kaduna Nzeogwu]]. A group of military officers of northern Nigerian origin (including then Lts Ibrahim Bako, [[Shehu Musa Yar'Adua]], [[Theophilus Danjuma]], Captain [[Joe Garba]], Lt Col [[Murtala Muhammed]], among others) conspired and mutinied against General Ironsi's military government.<ref name="OPV">{{cite book|last1=Siollun|first1=Max|title=Oil, Politics and Violence: Nigeria's Military Coup Culture (1966-1976)|year=2009|publisher=Algora Publishing|isbn=9780875867106|pages=99}}</ref> Among the casualties of the mutiny were General [[Aguiyi Ironsi]] and Lt Colonel [[Adekunle Fajuyi]]. During reconnaissance for the counter coup, then Lt Col [[Murtala Mohammed]] would drive to Ibadan (where Bako was stationed along with others like then Lt [[Jerry Useni]]), Muhammed would often drive into town from Lagos, pick up Ibrahim Bako and Abdullai Shelleng at a pre-arranged location and drive around without stopping while they discussed their counter-coup plan.<ref name="Gamji-Omoigui">{{cite web|last1=Omoigui|first1=Nowa|title=Operation Aure (2): Planning to Overthrow General Ironsi|url=http://www.gamji.com/nowa/nowa26.htm|website=Gamji|publisher=Gamji|access-date=5 January 2015}}</ref> == Role on 31 December 1983 coup == Ibrahim Bako (then Director of the Army Faculty at the Armed Forces Command and staff College, Jaji)<ref name="Beegeagle" /> and acting GOC 1 Division, Kaduna,<ref name="Leadership-NG" /> was requested by the coup conspirators with securing President [[Shehu Shagari]] presumably after Shagari's [[Presidential Guard Brigade (Nigeria)|Brigade of Guards]] had been neutralized (without violence as planned) by Col [[Tunde Ogbeha]]. Author [[Max Siollun]] notes that Bako was chosen for the role because not only was Bako's father a personal friend to Shagari, as Commander 7 Mechanised Brigade Sokoto, he was well known and respected in the president's home state. Unknown to Bako was that the coup plot had been leaked to President Shagari, whose guards were on high alert. After arriving at the Presidential residence (in non-military attire) with an armed detachment to secure the President,<ref name="Omoiugui">{{cite web|last1=Omoigui|first1=Nowa|title=The palace coup of 27 August 1985 Part I|url=http://www.waado.org/nigerdelta/nigeria_facts/MilitaryRule/Omoigui/PalaceCoup-1985.htm|publisher=Uhrobo Historical Society|access-date=5 January 2015|archive-date=8 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210608090914/http://www.waado.org/nigerdelta/nigeria_facts/militaryrule/omoigui/PalaceCoup-1985.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> Bako was shot dead while sitting in the passenger side of a [[Unimog]] utility truck<ref name="Beegeagle" /> in an ensuing firefight between troops from Bako's detachment and the Brigade of Guards soldiers under the command of Captain Augustine Anyogo.<ref name="Siollun">{{cite book|last1=Siollun|first1=Max|title=Soldiers of Fortune: A History of Nigeria (1983-1993)|year=2013|publisher=Cassava Republic Press|isbn=9789785023824|pages=16–17|edition=2013}}</ref> The Unimog utility truck that Bako was killed in was on display at the Nigerian Army Museum in [[Zaria]], Nigeria. The senior military officers involved in the 1983 coup were:<ref name="Siollun13">{{cite book|last1=Siollun|first1=Max|title=Soldiers of Fortune: A History of Nigeria (1983-1993)|year=2013|publisher=Cassava Republic Press|isbn=9789785023824|pages=13|edition=2013}}</ref> * Major General [[Muhammadu Buhari]] (General Officer Commanding, 3rd Armored Division, Jos) * Major General [[Ibrahim Babangida]] (Director of Army Staff Duties and Plans) * Brigadier Ibrahim Bako (Acting General Officer Commanding, 1st Division Kaduna/Director Army Faculty, [[Armed Forces Command and Staff College, Jaji]]) * Brigadier [[Sani Abacha]] (Commander, 9th Mechanized Brigade) * Brigadier [[Tunde Idiagbon]] (Military Secretary, Army) * Lt Colonel [[Aliyu Mohammed Gusau]] (Director of Military Intelligence) * Lt Colonel [[Halilu Akilu]] * Lt Colonel [[David Mark]] * Lt Colonel [[Tunde Ogbeha]] * Major [[Sambo Dasuki]] (Military Assistant to the Chief of Army Staff, Lt-General [[Mohammed Inuwa Wushishi|Wushishi]]) * Major [[Abdulmumini Aminu]] * Major [[Lawan Gwadabe]] * Major Mustapha Jokolo (Senior Instructor, Basawa Barracks - Zaria) * Major [[Dangiwa Umar|Abubakar Umar]] Major General Buhari's Supreme Military Council (SMC) observed a minute of silence for the slain Brigadier Bako during SMC's first meeting.<ref name="NYT">{{cite news|last1=May|first1=Clifford|title=DEPOSED NIGERIAN PRESIDENT IS UNDER ARREST|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1984/01/04/world/deposed-nigerian-president-is-under-arrest.html|work=New York Times|date=4 January 1984|access-date=5 January 2015}}</ref> == References == {{Reflist}} 140lo2jxa3zy4nm6bt08lq5xotjk5lr 41025 41024 2026-05-13T10:22:57Z Austinea3 116 /* Role on 28 July 1966 coup */ 41025 wikitext text/x-wiki {{short description|Nigerian brigadier (1943–1983)}}{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2023}} {{Infobox officeholder|name=Ibrahim Bako|honorific_prefix=[[Brigadier]]|image=|caption=|image_size=150px|office=Acting General Officer Commanding, [[1st Division (Nigeria)|1 Division]], Nigerian Army|term_start=|term_end=|predecessor=|successor=|birth_name=Ibrahim Ahmed Bako|birth_date=5 March 1943|death_date={{death date and age|1983|12|31|1943|3|5|df=y}}|allegiance={{NGR}}|branch={{army|Nigeria}}|service_years=1962–1983|rank=[[File:Nigeria-Army-OF-6.svg|20px]] [[Brigadier]]|alma_mater=[[Nigerian Defence Academy|Nigerian Military Training College]]<br>[[Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst|RMA Sandhurst]]}} '''Ibrahim Ahmed Bako''' (5 March 1943<ref name="Leadership-NG">{{Cite news|last1=Augustine|first1=Agbo-Paul|title=We've Forgiven Our Father's Killers – Prof Bako|url=http://leadership.ng/features/interviews/311481/weve-forgiven-our-fathers-killers-prof-bako|newspaper=[[Leadership (newspaper)|Leadership]]|access-date=9 January 2015}}</ref> – 31 December 1983) was a senior officer in the [[Nigerian Army]] who played a principal role in two Nigerian military coups: the [[1966 Nigerian counter-coup|July 1966 counter-coup]] and the [[1983 Nigerian coup d'état|December 1983]] coup. The 1983 coup ousted the democratic government of [[Shehu Shagari]] while the July 1966 coup ousted the military government of General [[Ironsi]]. Bako was killed during the [[1983 Nigerian coup d'état|December 1983 coup d'état]]. == Career == Ibrahim Ahmed Bako (N/548) FSS MSS psc ma bî éfu ó'chu ẹ́kẹ́ta nolu mẹ́lu éfu ọdọ 1943 efu [[Kaduna (city)|Kaduna]],kádunà státî. Íkọ́ ẹ̀kọ́ ìlùmẹ́ kíkọ n’ìfẹ̀ oñwu chi Junior Primary School, Kaduna kwì efu ọ̀dọ̀ 1951 tì 1954, oñwu l’adú d’anyí lo tì Giwa Senior Primary School n’ìchẹ́ kpa ẹ̀kọ́ ìlùmẹ́ kíkọ n’ìfẹ̀ nwu éfu ọdọ 1956. Î ló ti ukoche ísakulu Goméntì yi kóllégè , abójoì kî chî [[Barewa College]] kwî éfu ọdọ 1957 ló téfu ọdọ 1961 Abodu kù dabi kpa kù mé kù Igala kà kì amó kù i che nwi West African School cértîvîcatẹ̀ (WASC). Igbele kù i che kpa gwi unyi ùkoche sakandiri, i nwo che t'unyi ùkoche am'ùja kì dì Kaduna kì amó ma dó Úkọchẹ ama jîmî anakpala ogîjo kóllégè Naijiria (NMTC), kù amó ma dó kù ebèí i che Naijiria Defence Academy (NDA), efù amó kì dó NMTC Course 5 efù ódù 1962, nwi ùkoche ùja kì i koche kù i jé n'ogbagba. I nwo lo unyi ukoche kì dì United Kingdom kù i che kpa nwi ukoche am’uja [[Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst|Royal Military Academy Sandhurst]].Ma n’u kpañ’ù oji Regular Combatant Commission efù ochù kochù k’égwa méji nolu ogwú-ny’ẹ́yọ́ mébie, efù ódù 1964, kù i che rank Second Lieutenant. I nwo n’eñwu ogbagba rank lé kpaí amó k’i dó seniority gwi ochù kochù k’ẹ́lẹ́ nolu ogwú-ny’ẹ́yọ́ mẹ́lā, efù ódù 1962. Alu kù i che infantry ofisa efù am’uja Nigeria, Ibrahim Bako kàn’ùkólò n’ochu alu kù i che Platoon Commander efù 4 Battalion, i nwo che Company Commander efù 5 Battalion. Egba kù ùja civil war chàn’e efù ódù 1967, ma d’u nwi ùkólò Staff Captain Intelligence nwi Headquarters 1 Area Command (kì amó ma dabi dó 1 Division). Ma n’u kpañ’ù oji Major temporary nolu ogwú-ny’ẹ́yọ́ m’ẹ́ta-ny’ẹ́yọ́ kaye efù ochù kochù k’ébíé efù ódù 1968, tógba kù i nwo lo oji ùja gbagba alu kù i che Brigade Major nwi 4 Infantry Brigade. I dì efù rank Major lé lo tì nolu kaye efù ochù kochù k’égwa efù ódù 1972, egba kù ma n’u kpañ’ù oji temporary Lieutenant Colonel; oñwu nwo ch’ùkólò General Staff Officer Grade II Intelligence nwa. Bako (kì i che Lt Colonel egba lé) nwo ch’ùkólò logistics ofisa efù National Census Board nwi amó kì d’ọ̀nọ̀ amonẹ efù ódù 1973.<ref name="Siollun15">{{cite book|last1=Siollun|first1=Max|title=Soldiers of Fortune: A History of Nigeria (1983-1993)|publisher=Cassava Republic Press|year=2013|isbn=9789785023824|edition=2013|pages=15}}</ref> Ma d’u kpañ’ù oji rank Lieutenant Colonel gbagba nolu kaye efù ochù kochù k’ẹ́lẹ́ efù ódù 1974; egba lé, ma n’u odù kù i lo ch’ùkólò alu kù i che Commander nwi 20 Brigade. Alu kù i che Lieutenant Colonel lé, i nwo ch’ùkólò Assistant Quarter Master efù Headquarters Lagos Garrison Organisation (kì amó ma dó 81 Division, Lagos abajọì), i nwo dabi che Commander nwi 1 Infantry Division Garrison kì dì Kaduna. Nolu kaye efù ochù kochù k’égwa-ka efù ódù 1975, ma n’u kpañ’ù oji temporary rank Colonel; lo tì nolu mébie efù ochù kochù k’ébíé efù ódù 1978, egba kù i n’u oji rank Colonel gbagba. Oñwu nwo n’ùkólò efù ọ̀tẹ̀ k’ajì am’ùja (Army Headquarters) alu kù i cheOfisa kì kọ̀nọ̀ nwi am’ofisa gbagba efù ùkólò Coordination Bako nwo k’ọ̀nọ̀, [https://www.britishpathe.com/video/VLVA2M3MVXR2Y21YDXCC94S838D4C-LEBANON-NIGERIAN-SOLDIERS-ARRIVE-TO-JOIN-UN-PEACE-KEEPING-FORCE/query/Nigerian+Army+Lebanon Nigerian Battalion in peace keeping operations in Lebanon] under '''UNIFIL''', [[United Nations|UN]] Ùkólò ukpahiọ ubi kì ma chánẹ́ ọjọ kî'ochu ẹ́kẹ̀ta nolu mẹ́gẹ́lè efu ọdọ 1978 by [[United Nations Security Council]] [[United Nations Security Council Resolution|Resolutions]] [[United Nations Security Council Resolution 425|425]] kpaî [[United Nations Security Council Resolution 426|426]]. brahim Bako n’u oji rank Brigadier nolu kaye efù ochù kochù k’ẹ́lẹ́ efù ódù 1980, egba kù i ch’ùkólò alu kù i che Commander nwi 7 Mechanised Brigade, i nwo ch’ùkólò kì i jẹ́ Director nwi amîsoja Army Faculty lo tiùkpóká. [[Armed Forces Command and Staff College, Jaji]] tákì kwù ọjọ kî k'ochu ẹ́kẹ̀gwájî nolu ogwu-ẹ́gwa nyọ kaa efu ọdọ 1983. Efù ọ̀tẹ̀ ùkólò nwu, Ibrahim Bako kọ̀nọ̀ nwi . [[Nigerian Army]]...am’ofisa kì d’ọwọ́ kọ̀ kù ma gba am’ùja guerrilla ọgba kuo kì lú kẹ́jú efù ogwú-ny’ẹ́yọ́ m’ẹ́rẹ̀wá gwi efù égbe United Zimbabwe (alu kù ùja elọwọ-olọ efù i kpa), kù ma mọ̀ ma nwọ̀ kpaí kù ma n’ùkoche nwi.[[Nigerian Defence Academy]], [[Kaduna (city)|Kaduna]] efu ọdọ 1980.Am’ùja guerrilla ọgba kuo kì lú kẹ́jú efù ogwú-ny’ẹ́yọ́ m’ẹ́rẹ̀wá lé, oñwu ma chànẹ́ ùkọ̀lọ̀ am’ùja gbagba alu kù ùja elọwọ-olọ i kpa lé. [[Zimbabwe National Army]],<ref name="Beegeagle">{{cite web|title=Nigerian Army Museum: a slice of Nigerian military history|url=https://beegeagle.wordpress.com/2012/03/24/nigerian-army-museum-a-slice-of-nigerian-military-history/|website=Beegeagle's Blog|date=24 March 2012|publisher=Beegeagle|access-date=5 January 2015}}</ref>alu kù i kọ̀nọ̀ nwi abole kì Nigeria kọ̀ d’ọwọ́ rọ am’efu k’ọ̀tẹ̀ Southern Africa abole kì Angola kpaí South Africa efù ùja kù ma ja gwi ọwọ́ apartheid (ẹgẹ amonẹ gbiẹ́gbiẹ́) kpaí colonialism (am'efu k'ọ̀ọ̀chẹ̀ kì ma j’ọba oji ma . == Role on 28 July 1966 coup == The 28 July 1966 mutiny (often called the [[Nigerian counter-coup of 1966]]) was a violent overthrow of General [[Aguiyi-Ironsi]]'s military government, which came into power after the abortive January 15 coup, spearheaded by Major [[Emmanuel Ifeajuna]] and Lt Col [[Kaduna Nzeogwu]]. A group of military officers of northern Nigerian origin (including then Lts Ibrahim Bako, [[Shehu Musa Yar'Adua]], [[Theophilus Danjuma]], Captain [[Joe Garba]], Lt Col [[Murtala Muhammed]], among others) conspired and mutinied against General Ironsi's military government.<ref name="OPV">{{cite book|last1=Siollun|first1=Max|title=Oil, Politics and Violence: Nigeria's Military Coup Culture (1966-1976)|year=2009|publisher=Algora Publishing|isbn=9780875867106|pages=99}}</ref> Among the casualties of the mutiny were General [[Aguiyi Ironsi]] and Lt Colonel [[Adekunle Fajuyi]]. During reconnaissance for the counter coup, then Lt Col [[Murtala Mohammed]] would drive to Ibadan (where Bako was stationed along with others like then Lt [[Jerry Useni]]), Muhammed would often drive into town from Lagos, pick up Ibrahim Bako and Abdullai Shelleng at a pre-arranged location and drive around without stopping while they discussed their counter-coup plan.<ref name="Gamji-Omoigui">{{cite web|last1=Omoigui|first1=Nowa|title=Operation Aure (2): Planning to Overthrow General Ironsi|url=http://www.gamji.com/nowa/nowa26.htm|website=Gamji|publisher=Gamji|access-date=5 January 2015}}</ref> == Role on 31 December 1983 coup == Ibrahim Bako (then Director of the Army Faculty at the Armed Forces Command and staff College, Jaji)<ref name="Beegeagle" /> and acting GOC 1 Division, Kaduna,<ref name="Leadership-NG" /> was requested by the coup conspirators with securing President [[Shehu Shagari]] presumably after Shagari's [[Presidential Guard Brigade (Nigeria)|Brigade of Guards]] had been neutralized (without violence as planned) by Col [[Tunde Ogbeha]]. Author [[Max Siollun]] notes that Bako was chosen for the role because not only was Bako's father a personal friend to Shagari, as Commander 7 Mechanised Brigade Sokoto, he was well known and respected in the president's home state. Unknown to Bako was that the coup plot had been leaked to President Shagari, whose guards were on high alert. After arriving at the Presidential residence (in non-military attire) with an armed detachment to secure the President,<ref name="Omoiugui">{{cite web|last1=Omoigui|first1=Nowa|title=The palace coup of 27 August 1985 Part I|url=http://www.waado.org/nigerdelta/nigeria_facts/MilitaryRule/Omoigui/PalaceCoup-1985.htm|publisher=Uhrobo Historical Society|access-date=5 January 2015|archive-date=8 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210608090914/http://www.waado.org/nigerdelta/nigeria_facts/militaryrule/omoigui/PalaceCoup-1985.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> Bako was shot dead while sitting in the passenger side of a [[Unimog]] utility truck<ref name="Beegeagle" /> in an ensuing firefight between troops from Bako's detachment and the Brigade of Guards soldiers under the command of Captain Augustine Anyogo.<ref name="Siollun">{{cite book|last1=Siollun|first1=Max|title=Soldiers of Fortune: A History of Nigeria (1983-1993)|year=2013|publisher=Cassava Republic Press|isbn=9789785023824|pages=16–17|edition=2013}}</ref> The Unimog utility truck that Bako was killed in was on display at the Nigerian Army Museum in [[Zaria]], Nigeria. The senior military officers involved in the 1983 coup were:<ref name="Siollun13">{{cite book|last1=Siollun|first1=Max|title=Soldiers of Fortune: A History of Nigeria (1983-1993)|year=2013|publisher=Cassava Republic Press|isbn=9789785023824|pages=13|edition=2013}}</ref> * Major General [[Muhammadu Buhari]] (General Officer Commanding, 3rd Armored Division, Jos) * Major General [[Ibrahim Babangida]] (Director of Army Staff Duties and Plans) * Brigadier Ibrahim Bako (Acting General Officer Commanding, 1st Division Kaduna/Director Army Faculty, [[Armed Forces Command and Staff College, Jaji]]) * Brigadier [[Sani Abacha]] (Commander, 9th Mechanized Brigade) * Brigadier [[Tunde Idiagbon]] (Military Secretary, Army) * Lt Colonel [[Aliyu Mohammed Gusau]] (Director of Military Intelligence) * Lt Colonel [[Halilu Akilu]] * Lt Colonel [[David Mark]] * Lt Colonel [[Tunde Ogbeha]] * Major [[Sambo Dasuki]] (Military Assistant to the Chief of Army Staff, Lt-General [[Mohammed Inuwa Wushishi|Wushishi]]) * Major [[Abdulmumini Aminu]] * Major [[Lawan Gwadabe]] * Major Mustapha Jokolo (Senior Instructor, Basawa Barracks - Zaria) * Major [[Dangiwa Umar|Abubakar Umar]] Major General Buhari's Supreme Military Council (SMC) observed a minute of silence for the slain Brigadier Bako during SMC's first meeting.<ref name="NYT">{{cite news|last1=May|first1=Clifford|title=DEPOSED NIGERIAN PRESIDENT IS UNDER ARREST|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1984/01/04/world/deposed-nigerian-president-is-under-arrest.html|work=New York Times|date=4 January 1984|access-date=5 January 2015}}</ref> == References == {{Reflist}} 51g6u1892tfngzvl6bkphgl4qm629ji 41026 41025 2026-05-13T10:26:16Z Austinea3 116 41026 wikitext text/x-wiki {{short description|Nigerian brigadier (1943–1983)}}{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2023}} {{Infobox officeholder|name=Ibrahim Bako|honorific_prefix=[[Brigadier]]|image=|caption=|image_size=150px|office=Acting General Officer Commanding, [[1st Division (Nigeria)|1 Division]], Nigerian Army|term_start=|term_end=|predecessor=|successor=|birth_name=Ibrahim Ahmed Bako|birth_date=5 March 1943|death_date={{death date and age|1983|12|31|1943|3|5|df=y}}|allegiance={{NGR}}|branch={{army|Nigeria}}|service_years=1962–1983|rank=[[File:Nigeria-Army-OF-6.svg|20px]] [[Brigadier]]|alma_mater=[[Nigerian Defence Academy|Nigerian Military Training College]]<br>[[Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst|RMA Sandhurst]]}} '''Ibrahim Ahmed Bako''' (5 March 1943<ref name="Leadership-NG">{{Cite news|last1=Augustine|first1=Agbo-Paul|title=We've Forgiven Our Father's Killers – Prof Bako|url=http://leadership.ng/features/interviews/311481/weve-forgiven-our-fathers-killers-prof-bako|newspaper=[[Leadership (newspaper)|Leadership]]|access-date=9 January 2015}}</ref> – 31 December 1983) was a senior officer in the [[Nigerian Army]] who played a principal role in two Nigerian military coups: the [[1966 Nigerian counter-coup|July 1966 counter-coup]] and the [[1983 Nigerian coup d'état|December 1983]] coup. The 1983 coup ousted the democratic government of [[Shehu Shagari]] while the July 1966 coup ousted the military government of General [[Ironsi]]. Bako was killed during the [[1983 Nigerian coup d'état|December 1983 coup d'état]]. == Career == Ibrahim Ahmed Bako (N/548) FSS MSS psc ma bî éfu ó'chu ẹ́kẹ́ta nolu mẹ́lu éfu ọdọ 1943 efu [[Kaduna (city)|Kaduna]],kádunà státî. Íkọ́ ẹ̀kọ́ ìlùmẹ́ kíkọ n’ìfẹ̀ oñwu chi Junior Primary School, Kaduna kwì efu ọ̀dọ̀ 1951 tì 1954, oñwu l’adú d’anyí lo tì Giwa Senior Primary School n’ìchẹ́ kpa ẹ̀kọ́ ìlùmẹ́ kíkọ n’ìfẹ̀ nwu éfu ọdọ 1956. Î ló ti ukoche ísakulu Goméntì yi kóllégè , abójoì kî chî [[Barewa College]] kwî éfu ọdọ 1957 ló téfu ọdọ 1961 Abodu kù dabi kpa kù mé kù Igala kà kì amó kù i che nwi West African School cértîvîcatẹ̀ (WASC). Igbele kù i che kpa gwi unyi ùkoche sakandiri, i nwo che t'unyi ùkoche am'ùja kì dì Kaduna kì amó ma dó Úkọchẹ ama jîmî anakpala ogîjo kóllégè Naijiria (NMTC), kù amó ma dó kù ebèí i che Naijiria Defence Academy (NDA), efù amó kì dó NMTC Course 5 efù ódù 1962, nwi ùkoche ùja kì i koche kù i jé n'ogbagba. I nwo lo unyi ukoche kì dì United Kingdom kù i che kpa nwi ukoche am’uja [[Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst|Royal Military Academy Sandhurst]].Ma n’u kpañ’ù oji Regular Combatant Commission efù ochù kochù k’égwa méji nolu ogwú-ny’ẹ́yọ́ mébie, efù ódù 1964, kù i che rank Second Lieutenant. I nwo n’eñwu ogbagba rank lé kpaí amó k’i dó seniority gwi ochù kochù k’ẹ́lẹ́ nolu ogwú-ny’ẹ́yọ́ mẹ́lā, efù ódù 1962. Alu kù i che infantry ofisa efù am’uja Nigeria, Ibrahim Bako kàn’ùkólò n’ochu alu kù i che Platoon Commander efù 4 Battalion, i nwo che Company Commander efù 5 Battalion. Egba kù ùja civil war chàn’e efù ódù 1967, ma d’u nwi ùkólò Staff Captain Intelligence nwi Headquarters 1 Area Command (kì amó ma dabi dó 1 Division). Ma n’u kpañ’ù oji Major temporary nolu ogwú-ny’ẹ́yọ́ m’ẹ́ta-ny’ẹ́yọ́ kaye efù ochù kochù k’ébíé efù ódù 1968, tógba kù i nwo lo oji ùja gbagba alu kù i che Brigade Major nwi 4 Infantry Brigade. I dì efù rank Major lé lo tì nolu kaye efù ochù kochù k’égwa efù ódù 1972, egba kù ma n’u kpañ’ù oji temporary Lieutenant Colonel; oñwu nwo ch’ùkólò General Staff Officer Grade II Intelligence nwa. Bako (kì i che Lt Colonel egba lé) nwo ch’ùkólò logistics ofisa efù National Census Board nwi amó kì d’ọ̀nọ̀ amonẹ efù ódù 1973.<ref name="Siollun15">{{cite book|last1=Siollun|first1=Max|title=Soldiers of Fortune: A History of Nigeria (1983-1993)|publisher=Cassava Republic Press|year=2013|isbn=9789785023824|edition=2013|pages=15}}</ref> Ma d’u kpañ’ù oji rank Lieutenant Colonel gbagba nolu kaye efù ochù kochù k’ẹ́lẹ́ efù ódù 1974; egba lé, ma n’u odù kù i lo ch’ùkólò alu kù i che Commander nwi 20 Brigade. Alu kù i che Lieutenant Colonel lé, i nwo ch’ùkólò Assistant Quarter Master efù Headquarters Lagos Garrison Organisation (kì amó ma dó 81 Division, Lagos abajọì), i nwo dabi che Commander nwi 1 Infantry Division Garrison kì dì Kaduna. Nolu kaye efù ochù kochù k’égwa-ka efù ódù 1975, ma n’u kpañ’ù oji temporary rank Colonel; lo tì nolu mébie efù ochù kochù k’ébíé efù ódù 1978, egba kù i n’u oji rank Colonel gbagba. Oñwu nwo n’ùkólò efù ọ̀tẹ̀ k’ajì am’ùja alu kù i cheOfisa kì kọ̀nọ̀ nwi am’ofisa gbagba efù ùkólò Coordination Bako nwo k’ọ̀nọ̀, [https://www.britishpathe.com/video/VLVA2M3MVXR2Y21YDXCC94S838D4C-LEBANON-NIGERIAN-SOLDIERS-ARRIVE-TO-JOIN-UN-PEACE-KEEPING-FORCE/query/Nigerian+Army+Lebanon Nigerian Battalion in peace keeping operations in Lebanon] under '''UNIFIL''', [[United Nations|UN]] Ùkólò ukpahiọ ubi kì ma chánẹ́ ọjọ kî'ochu ẹ́kẹ̀ta nolu mẹ́gẹ́lè efu ọdọ 1978 by [[United Nations Security Council]] [[United Nations Security Council Resolution|Resolutions]] [[United Nations Security Council Resolution 425|425]] kpaî [[United Nations Security Council Resolution 426|426]]. brahim Bako n’u oji rank Brigadier nolu kaye efù ochù kochù k’ẹ́lẹ́ efù ódù 1980, egba kù i ch’ùkólò alu kù i che Commander nwi 7 Mechanised Brigade, i nwo ch’ùkólò kì i jẹ́ Director nwi amîsoja Army Faculty lo tiùkpóká. [[Armed Forces Command and Staff College, Jaji]] tákì kwù ọjọ kî k'ochu ẹ́kẹ̀gwájî nolu ogwu-ẹ́gwa nyọ kaa efu ọdọ 1983. Efù ọ̀tẹ̀ ùkólò nwu, Ibrahim Bako kọ̀nọ̀ nwi . [[Nigerian Army]]...am’ofisa kì d’ọwọ́ kọ̀ kù ma gba am’ùja guerrilla ọgba kuo kì lú kẹ́jú efù ogwú-ny’ẹ́yọ́ m’ẹ́rẹ̀wá gwi efù égbe United Zimbabwe alu kù ùja elọwọ-olọ efù i kpa, kù ma mọ̀ ma nwọ̀ kpaí kù ma n’ùkoche nwi.[[Nigerian Defence Academy]], [[Kaduna (city)|Kaduna]] efu ọdọ 1980.Am’ùja guerrilla ọgba kuo kì lú kẹ́jú efù ogwú-ny’ẹ́yọ́ m’ẹ́rẹ̀wá lé, oñwu ma chànẹ́ ùkọ̀lọ̀ am’ùja gbagba alu kù ùja elọwọ-olọ i kpa lé. [[Zimbabwe National Army]],<ref name="Beegeagle">{{cite web|title=Nigerian Army Museum: a slice of Nigerian military history|url=https://beegeagle.wordpress.com/2012/03/24/nigerian-army-museum-a-slice-of-nigerian-military-history/|website=Beegeagle's Blog|date=24 March 2012|publisher=Beegeagle|access-date=5 January 2015}}</ref>alu kù i kọ̀nọ̀ nwi abole kì Naijiria kọ̀ d’ọwọ́ rọ am’efu k’ọ̀tẹ̀ Southern Africa abole kì Angola kpaí South Africa efù ùja kù ma ja gwi ọwọ́ apartheid ẹgẹ amonẹ gbiẹ́gbiẹ́ kpaí colonialism am'efu k'ọ̀ọ̀chẹ̀ kì ma j’ọba oji ma . == Role on 28 July 1966 coup == The 28 July 1966 mutiny (often called the [[Nigerian counter-coup of 1966]]) was a violent overthrow of General [[Aguiyi-Ironsi]]'s military government, which came into power after the abortive January 15 coup, spearheaded by Major [[Emmanuel Ifeajuna]] and Lt Col [[Kaduna Nzeogwu]]. A group of military officers of northern Nigerian origin (including then Lts Ibrahim Bako, [[Shehu Musa Yar'Adua]], [[Theophilus Danjuma]], Captain [[Joe Garba]], Lt Col [[Murtala Muhammed]], among others) conspired and mutinied against General Ironsi's military government.<ref name="OPV">{{cite book|last1=Siollun|first1=Max|title=Oil, Politics and Violence: Nigeria's Military Coup Culture (1966-1976)|year=2009|publisher=Algora Publishing|isbn=9780875867106|pages=99}}</ref> Among the casualties of the mutiny were General [[Aguiyi Ironsi]] and Lt Colonel [[Adekunle Fajuyi]]. During reconnaissance for the counter coup, then Lt Col [[Murtala Mohammed]] would drive to Ibadan (where Bako was stationed along with others like then Lt [[Jerry Useni]]), Muhammed would often drive into town from Lagos, pick up Ibrahim Bako and Abdullai Shelleng at a pre-arranged location and drive around without stopping while they discussed their counter-coup plan.<ref name="Gamji-Omoigui">{{cite web|last1=Omoigui|first1=Nowa|title=Operation Aure (2): Planning to Overthrow General Ironsi|url=http://www.gamji.com/nowa/nowa26.htm|website=Gamji|publisher=Gamji|access-date=5 January 2015}}</ref> == Role on 31 December 1983 coup == Ibrahim Bako (then Director of the Army Faculty at the Armed Forces Command and staff College, Jaji)<ref name="Beegeagle" /> and acting GOC 1 Division, Kaduna,<ref name="Leadership-NG" /> was requested by the coup conspirators with securing President [[Shehu Shagari]] presumably after Shagari's [[Presidential Guard Brigade (Nigeria)|Brigade of Guards]] had been neutralized (without violence as planned) by Col [[Tunde Ogbeha]]. Author [[Max Siollun]] notes that Bako was chosen for the role because not only was Bako's father a personal friend to Shagari, as Commander 7 Mechanised Brigade Sokoto, he was well known and respected in the president's home state. Unknown to Bako was that the coup plot had been leaked to President Shagari, whose guards were on high alert. After arriving at the Presidential residence (in non-military attire) with an armed detachment to secure the President,<ref name="Omoiugui">{{cite web|last1=Omoigui|first1=Nowa|title=The palace coup of 27 August 1985 Part I|url=http://www.waado.org/nigerdelta/nigeria_facts/MilitaryRule/Omoigui/PalaceCoup-1985.htm|publisher=Uhrobo Historical Society|access-date=5 January 2015|archive-date=8 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210608090914/http://www.waado.org/nigerdelta/nigeria_facts/militaryrule/omoigui/PalaceCoup-1985.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> Bako was shot dead while sitting in the passenger side of a [[Unimog]] utility truck<ref name="Beegeagle" /> in an ensuing firefight between troops from Bako's detachment and the Brigade of Guards soldiers under the command of Captain Augustine Anyogo.<ref name="Siollun">{{cite book|last1=Siollun|first1=Max|title=Soldiers of Fortune: A History of Nigeria (1983-1993)|year=2013|publisher=Cassava Republic Press|isbn=9789785023824|pages=16–17|edition=2013}}</ref> The Unimog utility truck that Bako was killed in was on display at the Nigerian Army Museum in [[Zaria]], Nigeria. The senior military officers involved in the 1983 coup were:<ref name="Siollun13">{{cite book|last1=Siollun|first1=Max|title=Soldiers of Fortune: A History of Nigeria (1983-1993)|year=2013|publisher=Cassava Republic Press|isbn=9789785023824|pages=13|edition=2013}}</ref> * Major General [[Muhammadu Buhari]] (General Officer Commanding, 3rd Armored Division, Jos) * Major General [[Ibrahim Babangida]] (Director of Army Staff Duties and Plans) * Brigadier Ibrahim Bako (Acting General Officer Commanding, 1st Division Kaduna/Director Army Faculty, [[Armed Forces Command and Staff College, Jaji]]) * Brigadier [[Sani Abacha]] (Commander, 9th Mechanized Brigade) * Brigadier [[Tunde Idiagbon]] (Military Secretary, Army) * Lt Colonel [[Aliyu Mohammed Gusau]] (Director of Military Intelligence) * Lt Colonel [[Halilu Akilu]] * Lt Colonel [[David Mark]] * Lt Colonel [[Tunde Ogbeha]] * Major [[Sambo Dasuki]] (Military Assistant to the Chief of Army Staff, Lt-General [[Mohammed Inuwa Wushishi|Wushishi]]) * Major [[Abdulmumini Aminu]] * Major [[Lawan Gwadabe]] * Major Mustapha Jokolo (Senior Instructor, Basawa Barracks - Zaria) * Major [[Dangiwa Umar|Abubakar Umar]] Major General Buhari's Supreme Military Council (SMC) observed a minute of silence for the slain Brigadier Bako during SMC's first meeting.<ref name="NYT">{{cite news|last1=May|first1=Clifford|title=DEPOSED NIGERIAN PRESIDENT IS UNDER ARREST|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1984/01/04/world/deposed-nigerian-president-is-under-arrest.html|work=New York Times|date=4 January 1984|access-date=5 January 2015}}</ref> == References == {{Reflist}} g8e0h8qqdk8xg7q7n9rudhblkqy853y 41027 41026 2026-05-13T10:29:03Z Austinea3 116 41027 wikitext text/x-wiki {{short description|Nigerian brigadier (1943–1983)}}{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2023}} {{Infobox officeholder|name=Ibrahim Bako|honorific_prefix=[[Brigadier]]|image=|caption=|image_size=150px|office=Acting General Officer Commanding, [[1st Division (Nigeria)|1 Division]], Nigerian Army|term_start=|term_end=|predecessor=|successor=|birth_name=Ibrahim Ahmed Bako|birth_date=5 March 1943|death_date={{death date and age|1983|12|31|1943|3|5|df=y}}|allegiance={{NGR}}|branch={{army|Nigeria}}|service_years=1962–1983|rank=[[File:Nigeria-Army-OF-6.svg|20px]] [[Brigadier]]|alma_mater=[[Nigerian Defence Academy|Nigerian Military Training College]]<br>[[Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst|RMA Sandhurst]]}} '''Ibrahim Ahmed Bako''' (5 March 1943<ref name="Leadership-NG">{{Cite news|last1=Augustine|first1=Agbo-Paul|title=We've Forgiven Our Father's Killers – Prof Bako|url=http://leadership.ng/features/interviews/311481/weve-forgiven-our-fathers-killers-prof-bako|newspaper=[[Leadership (newspaper)|Leadership]]|access-date=9 January 2015}}</ref> – 31 December 1983) was a senior officer in the [[Nigerian Army]] who played a principal role in two Nigerian military coups: the [[1966 Nigerian counter-coup|July 1966 counter-coup]] and the [[1983 Nigerian coup d'état|December 1983]] coup. The 1983 coup ousted the democratic government of [[Shehu Shagari]] while the July 1966 coup ousted the military government of General [[Ironsi]]. Bako was killed during the [[1983 Nigerian coup d'état|December 1983 coup d'état]]. == Career == Ibrahim Ahmed Bako (N/548) FSS MSS psc ma bî éfu ó'chu ẹ́kẹ́ta nolu mẹ́lu éfu ọdọ 1943 efu [[Kaduna (city)|Kaduna]],kádunà státî. Íkọ́ ẹ̀kọ́ ìlùmẹ́ kíkọ n’ìfẹ̀ oñwu chi Junior Primary School, Kaduna kwì efu ọ̀dọ̀ 1951 tì 1954, oñwu l’adú d’anyí lo tì Giwa Senior Primary School n’ìchẹ́ kpa ẹ̀kọ́ ìlùmẹ́ kíkọ n’ìfẹ̀ nwu éfu ọdọ 1956. Î ló ti ukoche ísakulu Goméntì yi kóllégè , abójoì kî chî [[Barewa College]] kwî éfu ọdọ 1957 ló téfu ọdọ 1961 Abodu kù dabi kpa kù mé kù Igala kà kì amó kù i che nwi West African School cértîvîcatẹ̀ (WASC). Igbele kù i che kpa gwi unyi ùkoche sakandiri, i nwo che t'unyi ùkoche am'ùja kì dì Kaduna kì amó ma dó Úkọchẹ ama jîmî anakpala ogîjo kóllégè Naijiria (NMTC), kù amó ma dó kù ebèí i che Naijiria Defence Academy (NDA), efù amó kì dó NMTC Course 5 efù ódù 1962, nwi ùkoche ùja kì i koche kù i jé n'ogbagba. I nwo lo unyi ukoche kì dì United Kingdom kù i che kpa nwi ukoche am’uja [[Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst|Royal Military Academy Sandhurst]].Ma n’u kpañ’ù oji Regular Combatant Commission efù ochù kochù k’égwa méji nolu ogwú-ny’ẹ́yọ́ mébie, efù ódù 1964, kù i che rank Second Lieutenant. I nwo n’eñwu ogbagba rank lé kpaí amó k’i dó seniority gwi ochù kochù k’ẹ́lẹ́ nolu ogwú-ny’ẹ́yọ́ mẹ́lā, efù ódù 1962. Alu kù i che infantry ofisa efù am’uja Nigeria, Ibrahim Bako kàn’ùkólò n’ochu alu kù i che Platoon Commander efù 4 Battalion, i nwo che Company Commander efù 5 Battalion. Egba kù ùja civil war chàn’e efù ódù 1967, ma d’u nwi ùkólò Staff Captain Intelligence nwi Headquarters 1 Area Command (kì amó ma dabi dó 1 Division). Ma n’u kpañ’ù oji Major temporary nolu ogwú-ny’ẹ́yọ́ m’ẹ́ta-ny’ẹ́yọ́ kaye efù ochù kochù k’ébíé efù ódù 1968, tógba kù i nwo lo oji ùja gbagba alu kù i che Brigade Major nwi 4 Infantry Brigade. I dì efù rank Major lé lo tì nolu kaye efù ochù kochù k’égwa efù ódù 1972, egba kù ma n’u kpañ’ù oji temporary Lieutenant Colonel; oñwu nwo ch’ùkólò General Staff Officer Grade II Intelligence nwa. Bako (kì i che Lt Colonel egba lé) nwo ch’ùkólò logistics ofisa efù National Census Board nwi amó kì d’ọ̀nọ̀ amonẹ efù ódù 1973.<ref name="Siollun15">{{cite book|last1=Siollun|first1=Max|title=Soldiers of Fortune: A History of Nigeria (1983-1993)|publisher=Cassava Republic Press|year=2013|isbn=9789785023824|edition=2013|pages=15}}</ref> Ma d’u kpañ’ù oji rank Lieutenant Colonel gbagba nolu kaye efù ochù kochù k’ẹ́lẹ́ efù ódù 1974; egba lé, ma n’u odù kù i lo ch’ùkólò alu kù i che Commander nwi 20 Brigade. Alu kù i che Lieutenant Colonel lé, i nwo ch’ùkólò Assistant Quarter Master efù Headquarters Lagos Garrison Organisation (kì amó ma dó 81 Division, Lagos abajọì), i nwo dabi che Commander nwi 1 Infantry Division Garrison kì dì Kaduna. Nolu kaye efù ochù kochù k’égwa-ka efù ódù 1975, ma n’u kpañ’ù oji temporary rank Colonel; lo tì nolu mébie efù ochù kochù k’ébíé efù ódù 1978, egba kù i n’u oji rank Colonel gbagba. Oñwu nwo n’ùkólò efù ọ̀tẹ̀ k’ajì am’ùja alu kù i cheOfisa kì kọ̀nọ̀ nwi am’ofisa gbagba efù ùkólò Coordination Bako nwo k’ọ̀nọ̀, [https://www.britishpathe.com/video/VLVA2M3MVXR2Y21YDXCC94S838D4C-LEBANON-NIGERIAN-SOLDIERS-ARRIVE-TO-JOIN-UN-PEACE-KEEPING-FORCE/query/Nigerian+Army+Lebanon Nigerian Battalion in peace keeping operations in Lebanon] under '''UNIFIL''', [[United Nations|UN]] Ùkólò ukpahiọ ubi kì ma chánẹ́ ọjọ kî'ochu ẹ́kẹ̀ta nolu mẹ́gẹ́lè efu ọdọ 1978 by [[United Nations Security Council]] [[United Nations Security Council Resolution|Resolutions]] [[United Nations Security Council Resolution 425|425]] kpaî [[United Nations Security Council Resolution 426|426]]. brahim Bako n’u oji rank Brigadier nolu kaye efù ochù kochù k’ẹ́lẹ́ efù ódù 1980, egba kù i ch’ùkólò alu kù i che Commander nwi 7 Mechanised Brigade, i nwo ch’ùkólò kì i jẹ́ Director nwi amîsoja Army Faculty lo tiùkpóká. [[Armed Forces Command and Staff College, Jaji]] tákì kwù ọjọ kî k'ochu ẹ́kẹ̀gwájî nolu ogwu-ẹ́gwa nyọ kaa efu ọdọ 1983. Efù ọ̀tẹ̀ ùkólò nwu, Ibrahim Bako kọ̀nọ̀ nwi . [[Nigerian Army]]...am’ofisa kì d’ọwọ́ kọ̀ kù ma gba am’ùja guerrilla ọgba kuo kì lú kẹ́jú efù ogwú-ny’ẹ́yọ́ m’ẹ́rẹ̀wá gwi efù égbe United Zimbabwe alu kù ùja elọwọ-olọ efù i kpa, kù ma mọ̀ ma nwọ̀ kpaí kù ma n’ùkoche nwi.[[Nigerian Defence Academy]], [[Kaduna (city)|Kaduna]] efu ọdọ 1980.Am’ùja guerrilla ọgba kuo kì lú kẹ́jú efù ogwú-ny’ẹ́yọ́ m’ẹ́rẹ̀wá lé, oñwu ma chànẹ́ ùkọ̀lọ̀ am’ùja gbagba alu kù ùja elọwọ-olọ i kpa lé. [[Zimbabwe National Army]],<ref name="Beegeagle">{{cite web|title=Nigerian Army Museum: a slice of Nigerian military history|url=https://beegeagle.wordpress.com/2012/03/24/nigerian-army-museum-a-slice-of-nigerian-military-history/|website=Beegeagle's Blog|date=24 March 2012|publisher=Beegeagle|access-date=5 January 2015}}</ref>alu kù i kọ̀nọ̀ nwi abole kì Naijiria kọ̀ d’ọwọ́ rọ am’efu k’ọ̀tẹ̀ Southern Africa abole kì Angola kpaí South Africa efù ùja kù ma ja gwi ọwọ́ apartheid ẹgẹ amonẹ gbiẹ́gbiẹ́ kpaí colonialism am'efu k'ọ̀ọ̀chẹ̀ kì ma j’ọba oji ma . == Ùkọ̀lọ̀ kù i che efù ùja gba-ọjọba nolu ogwú-ny’ẹ́yọ́ m’ẹ́bie-ny’ẹ́yọ́ kaye efù ochù kochù k’ébíé efù ódù 1966. Role on 28 July 1966 coup == The 28 July 1966 mutiny (often called the [[Nigerian counter-coup of 1966]]) was a violent overthrow of General [[Aguiyi-Ironsi]]'s military government, which came into power after the abortive January 15 coup, spearheaded by Major [[Emmanuel Ifeajuna]] and Lt Col [[Kaduna Nzeogwu]]. A group of military officers of northern Nigerian origin (including then Lts Ibrahim Bako, [[Shehu Musa Yar'Adua]], [[Theophilus Danjuma]], Captain [[Joe Garba]], Lt Col [[Murtala Muhammed]], among others) conspired and mutinied against General Ironsi's military government.<ref name="OPV">{{cite book|last1=Siollun|first1=Max|title=Oil, Politics and Violence: Nigeria's Military Coup Culture (1966-1976)|year=2009|publisher=Algora Publishing|isbn=9780875867106|pages=99}}</ref> Among the casualties of the mutiny were General [[Aguiyi Ironsi]] and Lt Colonel [[Adekunle Fajuyi]]. During reconnaissance for the counter coup, then Lt Col [[Murtala Mohammed]] would drive to Ibadan (where Bako was stationed along with others like then Lt [[Jerry Useni]]), Muhammed would often drive into town from Lagos, pick up Ibrahim Bako and Abdullai Shelleng at a pre-arranged location and drive around without stopping while they discussed their counter-coup plan.<ref name="Gamji-Omoigui">{{cite web|last1=Omoigui|first1=Nowa|title=Operation Aure (2): Planning to Overthrow General Ironsi|url=http://www.gamji.com/nowa/nowa26.htm|website=Gamji|publisher=Gamji|access-date=5 January 2015}}</ref> == Role on 31 December 1983 coup == Ibrahim Bako (then Director of the Army Faculty at the Armed Forces Command and staff College, Jaji)<ref name="Beegeagle" /> and acting GOC 1 Division, Kaduna,<ref name="Leadership-NG" /> was requested by the coup conspirators with securing President [[Shehu Shagari]] presumably after Shagari's [[Presidential Guard Brigade (Nigeria)|Brigade of Guards]] had been neutralized (without violence as planned) by Col [[Tunde Ogbeha]]. Author [[Max Siollun]] notes that Bako was chosen for the role because not only was Bako's father a personal friend to Shagari, as Commander 7 Mechanised Brigade Sokoto, he was well known and respected in the president's home state. Unknown to Bako was that the coup plot had been leaked to President Shagari, whose guards were on high alert. After arriving at the Presidential residence (in non-military attire) with an armed detachment to secure the President,<ref name="Omoiugui">{{cite web|last1=Omoigui|first1=Nowa|title=The palace coup of 27 August 1985 Part I|url=http://www.waado.org/nigerdelta/nigeria_facts/MilitaryRule/Omoigui/PalaceCoup-1985.htm|publisher=Uhrobo Historical Society|access-date=5 January 2015|archive-date=8 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210608090914/http://www.waado.org/nigerdelta/nigeria_facts/militaryrule/omoigui/PalaceCoup-1985.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> Bako was shot dead while sitting in the passenger side of a [[Unimog]] utility truck<ref name="Beegeagle" /> in an ensuing firefight between troops from Bako's detachment and the Brigade of Guards soldiers under the command of Captain Augustine Anyogo.<ref name="Siollun">{{cite book|last1=Siollun|first1=Max|title=Soldiers of Fortune: A History of Nigeria (1983-1993)|year=2013|publisher=Cassava Republic Press|isbn=9789785023824|pages=16–17|edition=2013}}</ref> The Unimog utility truck that Bako was killed in was on display at the Nigerian Army Museum in [[Zaria]], Nigeria. The senior military officers involved in the 1983 coup were:<ref name="Siollun13">{{cite book|last1=Siollun|first1=Max|title=Soldiers of Fortune: A History of Nigeria (1983-1993)|year=2013|publisher=Cassava Republic Press|isbn=9789785023824|pages=13|edition=2013}}</ref> * Major General [[Muhammadu Buhari]] (General Officer Commanding, 3rd Armored Division, Jos) * Major General [[Ibrahim Babangida]] (Director of Army Staff Duties and Plans) * Brigadier Ibrahim Bako (Acting General Officer Commanding, 1st Division Kaduna/Director Army Faculty, [[Armed Forces Command and Staff College, Jaji]]) * Brigadier [[Sani Abacha]] (Commander, 9th Mechanized Brigade) * Brigadier [[Tunde Idiagbon]] (Military Secretary, Army) * Lt Colonel [[Aliyu Mohammed Gusau]] (Director of Military Intelligence) * Lt Colonel [[Halilu Akilu]] * Lt Colonel [[David Mark]] * Lt Colonel [[Tunde Ogbeha]] * Major [[Sambo Dasuki]] (Military Assistant to the Chief of Army Staff, Lt-General [[Mohammed Inuwa Wushishi|Wushishi]]) * Major [[Abdulmumini Aminu]] * Major [[Lawan Gwadabe]] * Major Mustapha Jokolo (Senior Instructor, Basawa Barracks - Zaria) * Major [[Dangiwa Umar|Abubakar Umar]] Major General Buhari's Supreme Military Council (SMC) observed a minute of silence for the slain Brigadier Bako during SMC's first meeting.<ref name="NYT">{{cite news|last1=May|first1=Clifford|title=DEPOSED NIGERIAN PRESIDENT IS UNDER ARREST|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1984/01/04/world/deposed-nigerian-president-is-under-arrest.html|work=New York Times|date=4 January 1984|access-date=5 January 2015}}</ref> == References == {{Reflist}} 70mh40qhj3n0h0l2ees6l3j09bfsi63 41028 41027 2026-05-13T10:31:41Z Austinea3 116 41028 wikitext text/x-wiki {{short description|Nigerian brigadier (1943–1983)}}{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2023}} {{Infobox officeholder|name=Ibrahim Bako|honorific_prefix=[[Brigadier]]|image=|caption=|image_size=150px|office=Acting General Officer Commanding, [[1st Division (Nigeria)|1 Division]], Nigerian Army|term_start=|term_end=|predecessor=|successor=|birth_name=Ibrahim Ahmed Bako|birth_date=5 March 1943|death_date={{death date and age|1983|12|31|1943|3|5|df=y}}|allegiance={{NGR}}|branch={{army|Nigeria}}|service_years=1962–1983|rank=[[File:Nigeria-Army-OF-6.svg|20px]] [[Brigadier]]|alma_mater=[[Nigerian Defence Academy|Nigerian Military Training College]]<br>[[Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst|RMA Sandhurst]]}} '''Ibrahim Ahmed Bako''' (5 March 1943<ref name="Leadership-NG">{{Cite news|last1=Augustine|first1=Agbo-Paul|title=We've Forgiven Our Father's Killers – Prof Bako|url=http://leadership.ng/features/interviews/311481/weve-forgiven-our-fathers-killers-prof-bako|newspaper=[[Leadership (newspaper)|Leadership]]|access-date=9 January 2015}}</ref> – 31 December 1983) was a senior officer in the [[Nigerian Army]] who played a principal role in two Nigerian military coups: the [[1966 Nigerian counter-coup|July 1966 counter-coup]] and the [[1983 Nigerian coup d'état|December 1983]] coup. The 1983 coup ousted the democratic government of [[Shehu Shagari]] while the July 1966 coup ousted the military government of General [[Ironsi]]. Bako was killed during the [[1983 Nigerian coup d'état|December 1983 coup d'état]]. == Career == Ibrahim Ahmed Bako (N/548) FSS MSS psc ma bî éfu ó'chu ẹ́kẹ́ta nolu mẹ́lu éfu ọdọ 1943 efu [[Kaduna (city)|Kaduna]],kádunà státî. Íkọ́ ẹ̀kọ́ ìlùmẹ́ kíkọ n’ìfẹ̀ oñwu chi Junior Primary School, Kaduna kwì efu ọ̀dọ̀ 1951 tì 1954, oñwu l’adú d’anyí lo tì Giwa Senior Primary School n’ìchẹ́ kpa ẹ̀kọ́ ìlùmẹ́ kíkọ n’ìfẹ̀ nwu éfu ọdọ 1956. Î ló ti ukoche ísakulu Goméntì yi kóllégè , abójoì kî chî [[Barewa College]] kwî éfu ọdọ 1957 ló téfu ọdọ 1961 Abodu kù dabi kpa kù mé kù Igala kà kì amó kù i che nwi West African School cértîvîcatẹ̀ (WASC). Igbele kù i che kpa gwi unyi ùkoche sakandiri, i nwo che t'unyi ùkoche am'ùja kì dì Kaduna kì amó ma dó Úkọchẹ ama jîmî anakpala ogîjo kóllégè Naijiria (NMTC), kù amó ma dó kù ebèí i che Naijiria Defence Academy (NDA), efù amó kì dó NMTC Course 5 efù ódù 1962, nwi ùkoche ùja kì i koche kù i jé n'ogbagba. I nwo lo unyi ukoche kì dì United Kingdom kù i che kpa nwi ukoche am’uja [[Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst|Royal Military Academy Sandhurst]].Ma n’u kpañ’ù oji Regular Combatant Commission efù ochù kochù k’égwa méji nolu ogwú-ny’ẹ́yọ́ mébie, efù ódù 1964, kù i che rank Second Lieutenant. I nwo n’eñwu ogbagba rank lé kpaí amó k’i dó seniority gwi ochù kochù k’ẹ́lẹ́ nolu ogwú-ny’ẹ́yọ́ mẹ́lā, efù ódù 1962. Alu kù i che infantry ofisa efù am’uja Nigeria, Ibrahim Bako kàn’ùkólò n’ochu alu kù i che Platoon Commander efù 4 Battalion, i nwo che Company Commander efù 5 Battalion. Egba kù ùja civil war chàn’e efù ódù 1967, ma d’u nwi ùkólò Staff Captain Intelligence nwi Headquarters 1 Area Command (kì amó ma dabi dó 1 Division). Ma n’u kpañ’ù oji Major temporary nolu ogwú-ny’ẹ́yọ́ m’ẹ́ta-ny’ẹ́yọ́ kaye efù ochù kochù k’ébíé efù ódù 1968, tógba kù i nwo lo oji ùja gbagba alu kù i che Brigade Major nwi 4 Infantry Brigade. I dì efù rank Major lé lo tì nolu kaye efù ochù kochù k’égwa efù ódù 1972, egba kù ma n’u kpañ’ù oji temporary Lieutenant Colonel; oñwu nwo ch’ùkólò General Staff Officer Grade II Intelligence nwa. Bako (kì i che Lt Colonel egba lé) nwo ch’ùkólò logistics ofisa efù National Census Board nwi amó kì d’ọ̀nọ̀ amonẹ efù ódù 1973.<ref name="Siollun15">{{cite book|last1=Siollun|first1=Max|title=Soldiers of Fortune: A History of Nigeria (1983-1993)|publisher=Cassava Republic Press|year=2013|isbn=9789785023824|edition=2013|pages=15}}</ref> Ma d’u kpañ’ù oji rank Lieutenant Colonel gbagba nolu kaye efù ochù kochù k’ẹ́lẹ́ efù ódù 1974; egba lé, ma n’u odù kù i lo ch’ùkólò alu kù i che Commander nwi 20 Brigade. Alu kù i che Lieutenant Colonel lé, i nwo ch’ùkólò Assistant Quarter Master efù Headquarters Lagos Garrison Organisation (kì amó ma dó 81 Division, Lagos abajọì), i nwo dabi che Commander nwi 1 Infantry Division Garrison kì dì Kaduna. Nolu kaye efù ochù kochù k’égwa-ka efù ódù 1975, ma n’u kpañ’ù oji temporary rank Colonel; lo tì nolu mébie efù ochù kochù k’ébíé efù ódù 1978, egba kù i n’u oji rank Colonel gbagba. Oñwu nwo n’ùkólò efù ọ̀tẹ̀ k’ajì am’ùja alu kù i cheOfisa kì kọ̀nọ̀ nwi am’ofisa gbagba efù ùkólò Coordination Bako nwo k’ọ̀nọ̀, [https://www.britishpathe.com/video/VLVA2M3MVXR2Y21YDXCC94S838D4C-LEBANON-NIGERIAN-SOLDIERS-ARRIVE-TO-JOIN-UN-PEACE-KEEPING-FORCE/query/Nigerian+Army+Lebanon Nigerian Battalion in peace keeping operations in Lebanon] under '''UNIFIL''', [[United Nations|UN]] Ùkólò ukpahiọ ubi kì ma chánẹ́ ọjọ kî'ochu ẹ́kẹ̀ta nolu mẹ́gẹ́lè efu ọdọ 1978 by [[United Nations Security Council]] [[United Nations Security Council Resolution|Resolutions]] [[United Nations Security Council Resolution 425|425]] kpaî [[United Nations Security Council Resolution 426|426]]. brahim Bako n’u oji rank Brigadier nolu kaye efù ochù kochù k’ẹ́lẹ́ efù ódù 1980, egba kù i ch’ùkólò alu kù i che Commander nwi 7 Mechanised Brigade, i nwo ch’ùkólò kì i jẹ́ Director nwi amîsoja Army Faculty lo tiùkpóká. [[Armed Forces Command and Staff College, Jaji]] tákì kwù ọjọ kî k'ochu ẹ́kẹ̀gwájî nolu ogwu-ẹ́gwa nyọ kaa efu ọdọ 1983. Efù ọ̀tẹ̀ ùkólò nwu, Ibrahim Bako kọ̀nọ̀ nwi . [[Nigerian Army]]...am’ofisa kì d’ọwọ́ kọ̀ kù ma gba am’ùja guerrilla ọgba kuo kì lú kẹ́jú efù ogwú-ny’ẹ́yọ́ m’ẹ́rẹ̀wá gwi efù égbe United Zimbabwe alu kù ùja elọwọ-olọ efù i kpa, kù ma mọ̀ ma nwọ̀ kpaí kù ma n’ùkoche nwi.[[Nigerian Defence Academy]], [[Kaduna (city)|Kaduna]] efu ọdọ 1980.Am’ùja guerrilla ọgba kuo kì lú kẹ́jú efù ogwú-ny’ẹ́yọ́ m’ẹ́rẹ̀wá lé, oñwu ma chànẹ́ ùkọ̀lọ̀ am’ùja gbagba alu kù ùja elọwọ-olọ i kpa lé. [[Zimbabwe National Army]],<ref name="Beegeagle">{{cite web|title=Nigerian Army Museum: a slice of Nigerian military history|url=https://beegeagle.wordpress.com/2012/03/24/nigerian-army-museum-a-slice-of-nigerian-military-history/|website=Beegeagle's Blog|date=24 March 2012|publisher=Beegeagle|access-date=5 January 2015}}</ref>alu kù i kọ̀nọ̀ nwi abole kì Naijiria kọ̀ d’ọwọ́ rọ am’efu k’ọ̀tẹ̀ Southern Africa abole kì Angola kpaí South Africa efù ùja kù ma ja gwi ọwọ́ apartheid ẹgẹ amonẹ gbiẹ́gbiẹ́ kpaí colonialism am'efu k'ọ̀ọ̀chẹ̀ kì ma j’ọba oji ma . == Ùkọ̀lọ̀ kù i che efù ùja gba-ọjọba nolu ogwú-ny’ẹ́yọ́ m’ẹ́bie-ny’ẹ́yọ́ kaye efù ochù kochù k’ébíé efù ódù 1966. == Ó'chu ẹ́kẹ̀biá nolu ogwu nyọ mẹ́jo éfu ọdọ The 28 July 1966 mutiny (kú ma gbéju àdọ̀ kî often called the [[Nigerian counter-coup of 1966]]) was a violent overthrow of General [[Aguiyi-Ironsi]]'s military government, which came into power after the abortive January 15 coup, spearheaded by Major [[Emmanuel Ifeajuna]] and Lt Col [[Kaduna Nzeogwu]]. A group of military officers of northern Nigerian origin (including then Lts Ibrahim Bako, [[Shehu Musa Yar'Adua]], [[Theophilus Danjuma]], Captain [[Joe Garba]], Lt Col [[Murtala Muhammed]], among others) conspired and mutinied against General Ironsi's military government.<ref name="OPV">{{cite book|last1=Siollun|first1=Max|title=Oil, Politics and Violence: Nigeria's Military Coup Culture (1966-1976)|year=2009|publisher=Algora Publishing|isbn=9780875867106|pages=99}}</ref> Among the casualties of the mutiny were General [[Aguiyi Ironsi]] and Lt Colonel [[Adekunle Fajuyi]]. During reconnaissance for the counter coup, then Lt Col [[Murtala Mohammed]] would drive to Ibadan (where Bako was stationed along with others like then Lt [[Jerry Useni]]), Muhammed would often drive into town from Lagos, pick up Ibrahim Bako and Abdullai Shelleng at a pre-arranged location and drive around without stopping while they discussed their counter-coup plan.<ref name="Gamji-Omoigui">{{cite web|last1=Omoigui|first1=Nowa|title=Operation Aure (2): Planning to Overthrow General Ironsi|url=http://www.gamji.com/nowa/nowa26.htm|website=Gamji|publisher=Gamji|access-date=5 January 2015}}</ref> == Role on 31 December 1983 coup == Ibrahim Bako (then Director of the Army Faculty at the Armed Forces Command and staff College, Jaji)<ref name="Beegeagle" /> and acting GOC 1 Division, Kaduna,<ref name="Leadership-NG" /> was requested by the coup conspirators with securing President [[Shehu Shagari]] presumably after Shagari's [[Presidential Guard Brigade (Nigeria)|Brigade of Guards]] had been neutralized (without violence as planned) by Col [[Tunde Ogbeha]]. Author [[Max Siollun]] notes that Bako was chosen for the role because not only was Bako's father a personal friend to Shagari, as Commander 7 Mechanised Brigade Sokoto, he was well known and respected in the president's home state. Unknown to Bako was that the coup plot had been leaked to President Shagari, whose guards were on high alert. After arriving at the Presidential residence (in non-military attire) with an armed detachment to secure the President,<ref name="Omoiugui">{{cite web|last1=Omoigui|first1=Nowa|title=The palace coup of 27 August 1985 Part I|url=http://www.waado.org/nigerdelta/nigeria_facts/MilitaryRule/Omoigui/PalaceCoup-1985.htm|publisher=Uhrobo Historical Society|access-date=5 January 2015|archive-date=8 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210608090914/http://www.waado.org/nigerdelta/nigeria_facts/militaryrule/omoigui/PalaceCoup-1985.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> Bako was shot dead while sitting in the passenger side of a [[Unimog]] utility truck<ref name="Beegeagle" /> in an ensuing firefight between troops from Bako's detachment and the Brigade of Guards soldiers under the command of Captain Augustine Anyogo.<ref name="Siollun">{{cite book|last1=Siollun|first1=Max|title=Soldiers of Fortune: A History of Nigeria (1983-1993)|year=2013|publisher=Cassava Republic Press|isbn=9789785023824|pages=16–17|edition=2013}}</ref> The Unimog utility truck that Bako was killed in was on display at the Nigerian Army Museum in [[Zaria]], Nigeria. The senior military officers involved in the 1983 coup were:<ref name="Siollun13">{{cite book|last1=Siollun|first1=Max|title=Soldiers of Fortune: A History of Nigeria (1983-1993)|year=2013|publisher=Cassava Republic Press|isbn=9789785023824|pages=13|edition=2013}}</ref> * Major General [[Muhammadu Buhari]] (General Officer Commanding, 3rd Armored Division, Jos) * Major General [[Ibrahim Babangida]] (Director of Army Staff Duties and Plans) * Brigadier Ibrahim Bako (Acting General Officer Commanding, 1st Division Kaduna/Director Army Faculty, [[Armed Forces Command and Staff College, Jaji]]) * Brigadier [[Sani Abacha]] (Commander, 9th Mechanized Brigade) * Brigadier [[Tunde Idiagbon]] (Military Secretary, Army) * Lt Colonel [[Aliyu Mohammed Gusau]] (Director of Military Intelligence) * Lt Colonel [[Halilu Akilu]] * Lt Colonel [[David Mark]] * Lt Colonel [[Tunde Ogbeha]] * Major [[Sambo Dasuki]] (Military Assistant to the Chief of Army Staff, Lt-General [[Mohammed Inuwa Wushishi|Wushishi]]) * Major [[Abdulmumini Aminu]] * Major [[Lawan Gwadabe]] * Major Mustapha Jokolo (Senior Instructor, Basawa Barracks - Zaria) * Major [[Dangiwa Umar|Abubakar Umar]] Major General Buhari's Supreme Military Council (SMC) observed a minute of silence for the slain Brigadier Bako during SMC's first meeting.<ref name="NYT">{{cite news|last1=May|first1=Clifford|title=DEPOSED NIGERIAN PRESIDENT IS UNDER ARREST|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1984/01/04/world/deposed-nigerian-president-is-under-arrest.html|work=New York Times|date=4 January 1984|access-date=5 January 2015}}</ref> == References == {{Reflist}} 4e6s7ihav67boc4t0hd4s7gpoxpm394 41029 41028 2026-05-13T10:35:47Z Austinea3 116 41029 wikitext text/x-wiki {{short description|Nigerian brigadier (1943–1983)}}{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2023}} {{Infobox officeholder|name=Ibrahim Bako|honorific_prefix=[[Brigadier]]|image=|caption=|image_size=150px|office=Acting General Officer Commanding, [[1st Division (Nigeria)|1 Division]], Nigerian Army|term_start=|term_end=|predecessor=|successor=|birth_name=Ibrahim Ahmed Bako|birth_date=5 March 1943|death_date={{death date and age|1983|12|31|1943|3|5|df=y}}|allegiance={{NGR}}|branch={{army|Nigeria}}|service_years=1962–1983|rank=[[File:Nigeria-Army-OF-6.svg|20px]] [[Brigadier]]|alma_mater=[[Nigerian Defence Academy|Nigerian Military Training College]]<br>[[Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst|RMA Sandhurst]]}} '''Ibrahim Ahmed Bako''' (5 March 1943<ref name="Leadership-NG">{{Cite news|last1=Augustine|first1=Agbo-Paul|title=We've Forgiven Our Father's Killers – Prof Bako|url=http://leadership.ng/features/interviews/311481/weve-forgiven-our-fathers-killers-prof-bako|newspaper=[[Leadership (newspaper)|Leadership]]|access-date=9 January 2015}}</ref> – 31 December 1983) was a senior officer in the [[Nigerian Army]] who played a principal role in two Nigerian military coups: the [[1966 Nigerian counter-coup|July 1966 counter-coup]] and the [[1983 Nigerian coup d'état|December 1983]] coup. The 1983 coup ousted the democratic government of [[Shehu Shagari]] while the July 1966 coup ousted the military government of General [[Ironsi]]. Bako was killed during the [[1983 Nigerian coup d'état|December 1983 coup d'état]]. == Career == Ibrahim Ahmed Bako (N/548) FSS MSS psc ma bî éfu ó'chu ẹ́kẹ́ta nolu mẹ́lu éfu ọdọ 1943 efu [[Kaduna (city)|Kaduna]],kádunà státî. Íkọ́ ẹ̀kọ́ ìlùmẹ́ kíkọ n’ìfẹ̀ oñwu chi Junior Primary School, Kaduna kwì efu ọ̀dọ̀ 1951 tì 1954, oñwu l’adú d’anyí lo tì Giwa Senior Primary School n’ìchẹ́ kpa ẹ̀kọ́ ìlùmẹ́ kíkọ n’ìfẹ̀ nwu éfu ọdọ 1956. Î ló ti ukoche ísakulu Goméntì yi kóllégè , abójoì kî chî [[Barewa College]] kwî éfu ọdọ 1957 ló téfu ọdọ 1961 Abodu kù dabi kpa kù mé kù Igala kà kì amó kù i che nwi West African School cértîvîcatẹ̀ (WASC). Igbele kù i che kpa gwi unyi ùkoche sakandiri, i nwo che t'unyi ùkoche am'ùja kì dì Kaduna kì amó ma dó Úkọchẹ ama jîmî anakpala ogîjo kóllégè Naijiria (NMTC), kù amó ma dó kù ebèí i che Naijiria Defence Academy (NDA), efù amó kì dó NMTC Course 5 efù ódù 1962, nwi ùkoche ùja kì i koche kù i jé n'ogbagba. I nwo lo unyi ukoche kì dì United Kingdom kù i che kpa nwi ukoche am’uja [[Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst|Royal Military Academy Sandhurst]].Ma n’u kpañ’ù oji Regular Combatant Commission efù ochù kochù k’égwa méji nolu ogwú-ny’ẹ́yọ́ mébie, efù ódù 1964, kù i che rank Second Lieutenant. I nwo n’eñwu ogbagba rank lé kpaí amó k’i dó seniority gwi ochù kochù k’ẹ́lẹ́ nolu ogwú-ny’ẹ́yọ́ mẹ́lā, efù ódù 1962. Alu kù i che infantry ofisa efù am’uja Nigeria, Ibrahim Bako kàn’ùkólò n’ochu alu kù i che Platoon Commander efù 4 Battalion, i nwo che Company Commander efù 5 Battalion. Egba kù ùja civil war chàn’e efù ódù 1967, ma d’u nwi ùkólò Staff Captain Intelligence nwi Headquarters 1 Area Command (kì amó ma dabi dó 1 Division). Ma n’u kpañ’ù oji Major temporary nolu ogwú-ny’ẹ́yọ́ m’ẹ́ta-ny’ẹ́yọ́ kaye efù ochù kochù k’ébíé efù ódù 1968, tógba kù i nwo lo oji ùja gbagba alu kù i che Brigade Major nwi 4 Infantry Brigade. I dì efù rank Major lé lo tì nolu kaye efù ochù kochù k’égwa efù ódù 1972, egba kù ma n’u kpañ’ù oji temporary Lieutenant Colonel; oñwu nwo ch’ùkólò General Staff Officer Grade II Intelligence nwa. Bako (kì i che Lt Colonel egba lé) nwo ch’ùkólò logistics ofisa efù National Census Board nwi amó kì d’ọ̀nọ̀ amonẹ efù ódù 1973.<ref name="Siollun15">{{cite book|last1=Siollun|first1=Max|title=Soldiers of Fortune: A History of Nigeria (1983-1993)|publisher=Cassava Republic Press|year=2013|isbn=9789785023824|edition=2013|pages=15}}</ref> Ma d’u kpañ’ù oji rank Lieutenant Colonel gbagba nolu kaye efù ochù kochù k’ẹ́lẹ́ efù ódù 1974; egba lé, ma n’u odù kù i lo ch’ùkólò alu kù i che Commander nwi 20 Brigade. Alu kù i che Lieutenant Colonel lé, i nwo ch’ùkólò Assistant Quarter Master efù Headquarters Lagos Garrison Organisation (kì amó ma dó 81 Division, Lagos abajọì), i nwo dabi che Commander nwi 1 Infantry Division Garrison kì dì Kaduna. Nolu kaye efù ochù kochù k’égwa-ka efù ódù 1975, ma n’u kpañ’ù oji temporary rank Colonel; lo tì nolu mébie efù ochù kochù k’ébíé efù ódù 1978, egba kù i n’u oji rank Colonel gbagba. Oñwu nwo n’ùkólò efù ọ̀tẹ̀ k’ajì am’ùja alu kù i cheOfisa kì kọ̀nọ̀ nwi am’ofisa gbagba efù ùkólò Coordination Bako nwo k’ọ̀nọ̀, [https://www.britishpathe.com/video/VLVA2M3MVXR2Y21YDXCC94S838D4C-LEBANON-NIGERIAN-SOLDIERS-ARRIVE-TO-JOIN-UN-PEACE-KEEPING-FORCE/query/Nigerian+Army+Lebanon Nigerian Battalion in peace keeping operations in Lebanon] under '''UNIFIL''', [[United Nations|UN]] Ùkólò ukpahiọ ubi kì ma chánẹ́ ọjọ kî'ochu ẹ́kẹ̀ta nolu mẹ́gẹ́lè efu ọdọ 1978 by [[United Nations Security Council]] [[United Nations Security Council Resolution|Resolutions]] [[United Nations Security Council Resolution 425|425]] kpaî [[United Nations Security Council Resolution 426|426]]. brahim Bako n’u oji rank Brigadier nolu kaye efù ochù kochù k’ẹ́lẹ́ efù ódù 1980, egba kù i ch’ùkólò alu kù i che Commander nwi 7 Mechanised Brigade, i nwo ch’ùkólò kì i jẹ́ Director nwi amîsoja Army Faculty lo tiùkpóká. [[Armed Forces Command and Staff College, Jaji]] tákì kwù ọjọ kî k'ochu ẹ́kẹ̀gwájî nolu ogwu-ẹ́gwa nyọ kaa efu ọdọ 1983. Efù ọ̀tẹ̀ ùkólò nwu, Ibrahim Bako kọ̀nọ̀ nwi . [[Nigerian Army]]...am’ofisa kì d’ọwọ́ kọ̀ kù ma gba am’ùja guerrilla ọgba kuo kì lú kẹ́jú efù ogwú-ny’ẹ́yọ́ m’ẹ́rẹ̀wá gwi efù égbe United Zimbabwe alu kù ùja elọwọ-olọ efù i kpa, kù ma mọ̀ ma nwọ̀ kpaí kù ma n’ùkoche nwi.[[Nigerian Defence Academy]], [[Kaduna (city)|Kaduna]] efu ọdọ 1980.Am’ùja guerrilla ọgba kuo kì lú kẹ́jú efù ogwú-ny’ẹ́yọ́ m’ẹ́rẹ̀wá lé, oñwu ma chànẹ́ ùkọ̀lọ̀ am’ùja gbagba alu kù ùja elọwọ-olọ i kpa lé. [[Zimbabwe National Army]],<ref name="Beegeagle">{{cite web|title=Nigerian Army Museum: a slice of Nigerian military history|url=https://beegeagle.wordpress.com/2012/03/24/nigerian-army-museum-a-slice-of-nigerian-military-history/|website=Beegeagle's Blog|date=24 March 2012|publisher=Beegeagle|access-date=5 January 2015}}</ref>alu kù i kọ̀nọ̀ nwi abole kì Naijiria kọ̀ d’ọwọ́ rọ am’efu k’ọ̀tẹ̀ Southern Africa abole kì Angola kpaí South Africa efù ùja kù ma ja gwi ọwọ́ apartheid ẹgẹ amonẹ gbiẹ́gbiẹ́ kpaí colonialism am'efu k'ọ̀ọ̀chẹ̀ kì ma j’ọba oji ma . == Ùkọ̀lọ̀ kù i che efù ùja gba-ọjọba nolu ogwú-ny’ẹ́yọ́ m’ẹ́bie-ny’ẹ́yọ́ kaye efù ochù kochù k’ébíé efù ódù 1966. == Ó'chu ẹ́kẹ̀biá nolu ogwu nyọ mẹ́jo éfu ọdọ 1966 mutiny (kú ma gbéju àdọ̀ kî [[Nigerian counter-coup of 1966]])...i che ùja kì d’efu kpaí ọwọ́-le kù ma kpo-ọjọba gwi ọwọ́ Jẹnẹra was a violent overthrow of General [[Aguiyi-Ironsi]]'s military government, which came into power after the abortive January 15 coup, spearheaded by Major [[Emmanuel Ifeajuna]] and Lt Col [[Kaduna Nzeogwu]]. A group of military officers of northern Nigerian origin (including then Lts Ibrahim Bako, [[Shehu Musa Yar'Adua]], [[Theophilus Danjuma]], Captain [[Joe Garba]], Lt Col [[Murtala Muhammed]], among others) conspired and mutinied against General Ironsi's military government.<ref name="OPV">{{cite book|last1=Siollun|first1=Max|title=Oil, Politics and Violence: Nigeria's Military Coup Culture (1966-1976)|year=2009|publisher=Algora Publishing|isbn=9780875867106|pages=99}}</ref> Among the casualties of the mutiny were General [[Aguiyi Ironsi]] and Lt Colonel [[Adekunle Fajuyi]]. During reconnaissance for the counter coup, then Lt Col [[Murtala Mohammed]] would drive to Ibadan (where Bako was stationed along with others like then Lt [[Jerry Useni]]), Muhammed would often drive into town from Lagos, pick up Ibrahim Bako and Abdullai Shelleng at a pre-arranged location and drive around without stopping while they discussed their counter-coup plan.<ref name="Gamji-Omoigui">{{cite web|last1=Omoigui|first1=Nowa|title=Operation Aure (2): Planning to Overthrow General Ironsi|url=http://www.gamji.com/nowa/nowa26.htm|website=Gamji|publisher=Gamji|access-date=5 January 2015}}</ref> == Role on 31 December 1983 coup == Ibrahim Bako (then Director of the Army Faculty at the Armed Forces Command and staff College, Jaji)<ref name="Beegeagle" /> and acting GOC 1 Division, Kaduna,<ref name="Leadership-NG" /> was requested by the coup conspirators with securing President [[Shehu Shagari]] presumably after Shagari's [[Presidential Guard Brigade (Nigeria)|Brigade of Guards]] had been neutralized (without violence as planned) by Col [[Tunde Ogbeha]]. Author [[Max Siollun]] notes that Bako was chosen for the role because not only was Bako's father a personal friend to Shagari, as Commander 7 Mechanised Brigade Sokoto, he was well known and respected in the president's home state. Unknown to Bako was that the coup plot had been leaked to President Shagari, whose guards were on high alert. After arriving at the Presidential residence (in non-military attire) with an armed detachment to secure the President,<ref name="Omoiugui">{{cite web|last1=Omoigui|first1=Nowa|title=The palace coup of 27 August 1985 Part I|url=http://www.waado.org/nigerdelta/nigeria_facts/MilitaryRule/Omoigui/PalaceCoup-1985.htm|publisher=Uhrobo Historical Society|access-date=5 January 2015|archive-date=8 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210608090914/http://www.waado.org/nigerdelta/nigeria_facts/militaryrule/omoigui/PalaceCoup-1985.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> Bako was shot dead while sitting in the passenger side of a [[Unimog]] utility truck<ref name="Beegeagle" /> in an ensuing firefight between troops from Bako's detachment and the Brigade of Guards soldiers under the command of Captain Augustine Anyogo.<ref name="Siollun">{{cite book|last1=Siollun|first1=Max|title=Soldiers of Fortune: A History of Nigeria (1983-1993)|year=2013|publisher=Cassava Republic Press|isbn=9789785023824|pages=16–17|edition=2013}}</ref> The Unimog utility truck that Bako was killed in was on display at the Nigerian Army Museum in [[Zaria]], Nigeria. The senior military officers involved in the 1983 coup were:<ref name="Siollun13">{{cite book|last1=Siollun|first1=Max|title=Soldiers of Fortune: A History of Nigeria (1983-1993)|year=2013|publisher=Cassava Republic Press|isbn=9789785023824|pages=13|edition=2013}}</ref> * Major General [[Muhammadu Buhari]] (General Officer Commanding, 3rd Armored Division, Jos) * Major General [[Ibrahim Babangida]] (Director of Army Staff Duties and Plans) * Brigadier Ibrahim Bako (Acting General Officer Commanding, 1st Division Kaduna/Director Army Faculty, [[Armed Forces Command and Staff College, Jaji]]) * Brigadier [[Sani Abacha]] (Commander, 9th Mechanized Brigade) * Brigadier [[Tunde Idiagbon]] (Military Secretary, Army) * Lt Colonel [[Aliyu Mohammed Gusau]] (Director of Military Intelligence) * Lt Colonel [[Halilu Akilu]] * Lt Colonel [[David Mark]] * Lt Colonel [[Tunde Ogbeha]] * Major [[Sambo Dasuki]] (Military Assistant to the Chief of Army Staff, Lt-General [[Mohammed Inuwa Wushishi|Wushishi]]) * Major [[Abdulmumini Aminu]] * Major [[Lawan Gwadabe]] * Major Mustapha Jokolo (Senior Instructor, Basawa Barracks - Zaria) * Major [[Dangiwa Umar|Abubakar Umar]] Major General Buhari's Supreme Military Council (SMC) observed a minute of silence for the slain Brigadier Bako during SMC's first meeting.<ref name="NYT">{{cite news|last1=May|first1=Clifford|title=DEPOSED NIGERIAN PRESIDENT IS UNDER ARREST|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1984/01/04/world/deposed-nigerian-president-is-under-arrest.html|work=New York Times|date=4 January 1984|access-date=5 January 2015}}</ref> == References == {{Reflist}} 5wadhkjivuqqz9qc6sobiekjc0at4ct 41030 41029 2026-05-13T10:39:54Z Austinea3 116 41030 wikitext text/x-wiki {{short description|Nigerian brigadier (1943–1983)}}{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2023}} {{Infobox officeholder|name=Ibrahim Bako|honorific_prefix=[[Brigadier]]|image=|caption=|image_size=150px|office=Acting General Officer Commanding, [[1st Division (Nigeria)|1 Division]], Nigerian Army|term_start=|term_end=|predecessor=|successor=|birth_name=Ibrahim Ahmed Bako|birth_date=5 March 1943|death_date={{death date and age|1983|12|31|1943|3|5|df=y}}|allegiance={{NGR}}|branch={{army|Nigeria}}|service_years=1962–1983|rank=[[File:Nigeria-Army-OF-6.svg|20px]] [[Brigadier]]|alma_mater=[[Nigerian Defence Academy|Nigerian Military Training College]]<br>[[Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst|RMA Sandhurst]]}} '''Ibrahim Ahmed Bako''' (5 March 1943<ref name="Leadership-NG">{{Cite news|last1=Augustine|first1=Agbo-Paul|title=We've Forgiven Our Father's Killers – Prof Bako|url=http://leadership.ng/features/interviews/311481/weve-forgiven-our-fathers-killers-prof-bako|newspaper=[[Leadership (newspaper)|Leadership]]|access-date=9 January 2015}}</ref> – 31 December 1983) was a senior officer in the [[Nigerian Army]] who played a principal role in two Nigerian military coups: the [[1966 Nigerian counter-coup|July 1966 counter-coup]] and the [[1983 Nigerian coup d'état|December 1983]] coup. The 1983 coup ousted the democratic government of [[Shehu Shagari]] while the July 1966 coup ousted the military government of General [[Ironsi]]. Bako was killed during the [[1983 Nigerian coup d'état|December 1983 coup d'état]]. == Career == Ibrahim Ahmed Bako (N/548) FSS MSS psc ma bî éfu ó'chu ẹ́kẹ́ta nolu mẹ́lu éfu ọdọ 1943 efu [[Kaduna (city)|Kaduna]],kádunà státî. Íkọ́ ẹ̀kọ́ ìlùmẹ́ kíkọ n’ìfẹ̀ oñwu chi Junior Primary School, Kaduna kwì efu ọ̀dọ̀ 1951 tì 1954, oñwu l’adú d’anyí lo tì Giwa Senior Primary School n’ìchẹ́ kpa ẹ̀kọ́ ìlùmẹ́ kíkọ n’ìfẹ̀ nwu éfu ọdọ 1956. Î ló ti ukoche ísakulu Goméntì yi kóllégè , abójoì kî chî [[Barewa College]] kwî éfu ọdọ 1957 ló téfu ọdọ 1961 Abodu kù dabi kpa kù mé kù Igala kà kì amó kù i che nwi West African School cértîvîcatẹ̀ (WASC). Igbele kù i che kpa gwi unyi ùkoche sakandiri, i nwo che t'unyi ùkoche am'ùja kì dì Kaduna kì amó ma dó Úkọchẹ ama jîmî anakpala ogîjo kóllégè Naijiria (NMTC), kù amó ma dó kù ebèí i che Naijiria Defence Academy (NDA), efù amó kì dó NMTC Course 5 efù ódù 1962, nwi ùkoche ùja kì i koche kù i jé n'ogbagba. I nwo lo unyi ukoche kì dì United Kingdom kù i che kpa nwi ukoche am’uja [[Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst|Royal Military Academy Sandhurst]].Ma n’u kpañ’ù oji Regular Combatant Commission efù ochù kochù k’égwa méji nolu ogwú-ny’ẹ́yọ́ mébie, efù ódù 1964, kù i che rank Second Lieutenant. I nwo n’eñwu ogbagba rank lé kpaí amó k’i dó seniority gwi ochù kochù k’ẹ́lẹ́ nolu ogwú-ny’ẹ́yọ́ mẹ́lā, efù ódù 1962. Alu kù i che infantry ofisa efù am’uja Nigeria, Ibrahim Bako kàn’ùkólò n’ochu alu kù i che Platoon Commander efù 4 Battalion, i nwo che Company Commander efù 5 Battalion. Egba kù ùja civil war chàn’e efù ódù 1967, ma d’u nwi ùkólò Staff Captain Intelligence nwi Headquarters 1 Area Command (kì amó ma dabi dó 1 Division). Ma n’u kpañ’ù oji Major temporary nolu ogwú-ny’ẹ́yọ́ m’ẹ́ta-ny’ẹ́yọ́ kaye efù ochù kochù k’ébíé efù ódù 1968, tógba kù i nwo lo oji ùja gbagba alu kù i che Brigade Major nwi 4 Infantry Brigade. I dì efù rank Major lé lo tì nolu kaye efù ochù kochù k’égwa efù ódù 1972, egba kù ma n’u kpañ’ù oji temporary Lieutenant Colonel; oñwu nwo ch’ùkólò General Staff Officer Grade II Intelligence nwa. Bako (kì i che Lt Colonel egba lé) nwo ch’ùkólò logistics ofisa efù National Census Board nwi amó kì d’ọ̀nọ̀ amonẹ efù ódù 1973.<ref name="Siollun15">{{cite book|last1=Siollun|first1=Max|title=Soldiers of Fortune: A History of Nigeria (1983-1993)|publisher=Cassava Republic Press|year=2013|isbn=9789785023824|edition=2013|pages=15}}</ref> Ma d’u kpañ’ù oji rank Lieutenant Colonel gbagba nolu kaye efù ochù kochù k’ẹ́lẹ́ efù ódù 1974; egba lé, ma n’u odù kù i lo ch’ùkólò alu kù i che Commander nwi 20 Brigade. Alu kù i che Lieutenant Colonel lé, i nwo ch’ùkólò Assistant Quarter Master efù Headquarters Lagos Garrison Organisation (kì amó ma dó 81 Division, Lagos abajọì), i nwo dabi che Commander nwi 1 Infantry Division Garrison kì dì Kaduna. Nolu kaye efù ochù kochù k’égwa-ka efù ódù 1975, ma n’u kpañ’ù oji temporary rank Colonel; lo tì nolu mébie efù ochù kochù k’ébíé efù ódù 1978, egba kù i n’u oji rank Colonel gbagba. Oñwu nwo n’ùkólò efù ọ̀tẹ̀ k’ajì am’ùja alu kù i cheOfisa kì kọ̀nọ̀ nwi am’ofisa gbagba efù ùkólò Coordination Bako nwo k’ọ̀nọ̀, [https://www.britishpathe.com/video/VLVA2M3MVXR2Y21YDXCC94S838D4C-LEBANON-NIGERIAN-SOLDIERS-ARRIVE-TO-JOIN-UN-PEACE-KEEPING-FORCE/query/Nigerian+Army+Lebanon Nigerian Battalion in peace keeping operations in Lebanon] under '''UNIFIL''', [[United Nations|UN]] Ùkólò ukpahiọ ubi kì ma chánẹ́ ọjọ kî'ochu ẹ́kẹ̀ta nolu mẹ́gẹ́lè efu ọdọ 1978 by [[United Nations Security Council]] [[United Nations Security Council Resolution|Resolutions]] [[United Nations Security Council Resolution 425|425]] kpaî [[United Nations Security Council Resolution 426|426]]. brahim Bako n’u oji rank Brigadier nolu kaye efù ochù kochù k’ẹ́lẹ́ efù ódù 1980, egba kù i ch’ùkólò alu kù i che Commander nwi 7 Mechanised Brigade, i nwo ch’ùkólò kì i jẹ́ Director nwi amîsoja Army Faculty lo tiùkpóká. [[Armed Forces Command and Staff College, Jaji]] tákì kwù ọjọ kî k'ochu ẹ́kẹ̀gwájî nolu ogwu-ẹ́gwa nyọ kaa efu ọdọ 1983. Efù ọ̀tẹ̀ ùkólò nwu, Ibrahim Bako kọ̀nọ̀ nwi . [[Nigerian Army]]...am’ofisa kì d’ọwọ́ kọ̀ kù ma gba am’ùja guerrilla ọgba kuo kì lú kẹ́jú efù ogwú-ny’ẹ́yọ́ m’ẹ́rẹ̀wá gwi efù égbe United Zimbabwe alu kù ùja elọwọ-olọ efù i kpa, kù ma mọ̀ ma nwọ̀ kpaí kù ma n’ùkoche nwi.[[Nigerian Defence Academy]], [[Kaduna (city)|Kaduna]] efu ọdọ 1980.Am’ùja guerrilla ọgba kuo kì lú kẹ́jú efù ogwú-ny’ẹ́yọ́ m’ẹ́rẹ̀wá lé, oñwu ma chànẹ́ ùkọ̀lọ̀ am’ùja gbagba alu kù ùja elọwọ-olọ i kpa lé. [[Zimbabwe National Army]],<ref name="Beegeagle">{{cite web|title=Nigerian Army Museum: a slice of Nigerian military history|url=https://beegeagle.wordpress.com/2012/03/24/nigerian-army-museum-a-slice-of-nigerian-military-history/|website=Beegeagle's Blog|date=24 March 2012|publisher=Beegeagle|access-date=5 January 2015}}</ref>alu kù i kọ̀nọ̀ nwi abole kì Naijiria kọ̀ d’ọwọ́ rọ am’efu k’ọ̀tẹ̀ Southern Africa abole kì Angola kpaí South Africa efù ùja kù ma ja gwi ọwọ́ apartheid ẹgẹ amonẹ gbiẹ́gbiẹ́ kpaí colonialism am'efu k'ọ̀ọ̀chẹ̀ kì ma j’ọba oji ma . == Ùkọ̀lọ̀ kù i che efù ùja gba-ọjọba nolu ogwú-ny’ẹ́yọ́ m’ẹ́bie-ny’ẹ́yọ́ kaye efù ochù kochù k’ébíé efù ódù 1966. == Ó'chu ẹ́kẹ̀biá nolu ogwu nyọ mẹ́jo éfu ọdọ 1966 mutiny (kú ma gbéju àdọ̀ kî [[Nigerian counter-coup of 1966]])...i che ùja kì d’efu kpaí ọwọ́-le kù ma kpo-ọjọba gwi ọwọ́ Jẹnẹra [[Aguiyi-Ironsi]]'i che ọjọba am'ùja, kì j'ọba ubi ùja gba-ọjọba nolu ogwú-gbanẹ efù ochù kochù kaye kì gbọfọ, kì Mẹ́jọ kọ̀nọ̀ nwi.s military government, which came into power after the abortive January 15 coup, spearheaded by Major [[Emmanuel Ifeajuna]] and Lt Col [[Kaduna Nzeogwu]]. A group of military officers of northern Nigerian origin (including then Lts Ibrahim Bako, [[Shehu Musa Yar'Adua]], [[Theophilus Danjuma]], Captain [[Joe Garba]], Lt Col [[Murtala Muhammed]], among others) conspired and mutinied against General Ironsi's military government.<ref name="OPV">{{cite book|last1=Siollun|first1=Max|title=Oil, Politics and Violence: Nigeria's Military Coup Culture (1966-1976)|year=2009|publisher=Algora Publishing|isbn=9780875867106|pages=99}}</ref> Among the casualties of the mutiny were General [[Aguiyi Ironsi]] and Lt Colonel [[Adekunle Fajuyi]]. During reconnaissance for the counter coup, then Lt Col [[Murtala Mohammed]] would drive to Ibadan (where Bako was stationed along with others like then Lt [[Jerry Useni]]), Muhammed would often drive into town from Lagos, pick up Ibrahim Bako and Abdullai Shelleng at a pre-arranged location and drive around without stopping while they discussed their counter-coup plan.<ref name="Gamji-Omoigui">{{cite web|last1=Omoigui|first1=Nowa|title=Operation Aure (2): Planning to Overthrow General Ironsi|url=http://www.gamji.com/nowa/nowa26.htm|website=Gamji|publisher=Gamji|access-date=5 January 2015}}</ref> == Role on 31 December 1983 coup == Ibrahim Bako (then Director of the Army Faculty at the Armed Forces Command and staff College, Jaji)<ref name="Beegeagle" /> and acting GOC 1 Division, Kaduna,<ref name="Leadership-NG" /> was requested by the coup conspirators with securing President [[Shehu Shagari]] presumably after Shagari's [[Presidential Guard Brigade (Nigeria)|Brigade of Guards]] had been neutralized (without violence as planned) by Col [[Tunde Ogbeha]]. Author [[Max Siollun]] notes that Bako was chosen for the role because not only was Bako's father a personal friend to Shagari, as Commander 7 Mechanised Brigade Sokoto, he was well known and respected in the president's home state. Unknown to Bako was that the coup plot had been leaked to President Shagari, whose guards were on high alert. After arriving at the Presidential residence (in non-military attire) with an armed detachment to secure the President,<ref name="Omoiugui">{{cite web|last1=Omoigui|first1=Nowa|title=The palace coup of 27 August 1985 Part I|url=http://www.waado.org/nigerdelta/nigeria_facts/MilitaryRule/Omoigui/PalaceCoup-1985.htm|publisher=Uhrobo Historical Society|access-date=5 January 2015|archive-date=8 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210608090914/http://www.waado.org/nigerdelta/nigeria_facts/militaryrule/omoigui/PalaceCoup-1985.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> Bako was shot dead while sitting in the passenger side of a [[Unimog]] utility truck<ref name="Beegeagle" /> in an ensuing firefight between troops from Bako's detachment and the Brigade of Guards soldiers under the command of Captain Augustine Anyogo.<ref name="Siollun">{{cite book|last1=Siollun|first1=Max|title=Soldiers of Fortune: A History of Nigeria (1983-1993)|year=2013|publisher=Cassava Republic Press|isbn=9789785023824|pages=16–17|edition=2013}}</ref> The Unimog utility truck that Bako was killed in was on display at the Nigerian Army Museum in [[Zaria]], Nigeria. The senior military officers involved in the 1983 coup were:<ref name="Siollun13">{{cite book|last1=Siollun|first1=Max|title=Soldiers of Fortune: A History of Nigeria (1983-1993)|year=2013|publisher=Cassava Republic Press|isbn=9789785023824|pages=13|edition=2013}}</ref> * Major General [[Muhammadu Buhari]] (General Officer Commanding, 3rd Armored Division, Jos) * Major General [[Ibrahim Babangida]] (Director of Army Staff Duties and Plans) * Brigadier Ibrahim Bako (Acting General Officer Commanding, 1st Division Kaduna/Director Army Faculty, [[Armed Forces Command and Staff College, Jaji]]) * Brigadier [[Sani Abacha]] (Commander, 9th Mechanized Brigade) * Brigadier [[Tunde Idiagbon]] (Military Secretary, Army) * Lt Colonel [[Aliyu Mohammed Gusau]] (Director of Military Intelligence) * Lt Colonel [[Halilu Akilu]] * Lt Colonel [[David Mark]] * Lt Colonel [[Tunde Ogbeha]] * Major [[Sambo Dasuki]] (Military Assistant to the Chief of Army Staff, Lt-General [[Mohammed Inuwa Wushishi|Wushishi]]) * Major [[Abdulmumini Aminu]] * Major [[Lawan Gwadabe]] * Major Mustapha Jokolo (Senior Instructor, Basawa Barracks - Zaria) * Major [[Dangiwa Umar|Abubakar Umar]] Major General Buhari's Supreme Military Council (SMC) observed a minute of silence for the slain Brigadier Bako during SMC's first meeting.<ref name="NYT">{{cite news|last1=May|first1=Clifford|title=DEPOSED NIGERIAN PRESIDENT IS UNDER ARREST|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1984/01/04/world/deposed-nigerian-president-is-under-arrest.html|work=New York Times|date=4 January 1984|access-date=5 January 2015}}</ref> == References == {{Reflist}} 38x4ezdtfdxghvz0x3lkvqo3to8ofc0 41031 41030 2026-05-13T10:42:21Z Austinea3 116 /* Role on 31 December 1983 coup */ 41031 wikitext text/x-wiki {{short description|Nigerian brigadier (1943–1983)}}{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2023}} {{Infobox officeholder|name=Ibrahim Bako|honorific_prefix=[[Brigadier]]|image=|caption=|image_size=150px|office=Acting General Officer Commanding, [[1st Division (Nigeria)|1 Division]], Nigerian Army|term_start=|term_end=|predecessor=|successor=|birth_name=Ibrahim Ahmed Bako|birth_date=5 March 1943|death_date={{death date and age|1983|12|31|1943|3|5|df=y}}|allegiance={{NGR}}|branch={{army|Nigeria}}|service_years=1962–1983|rank=[[File:Nigeria-Army-OF-6.svg|20px]] [[Brigadier]]|alma_mater=[[Nigerian Defence Academy|Nigerian Military Training College]]<br>[[Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst|RMA Sandhurst]]}} '''Ibrahim Ahmed Bako''' (5 March 1943<ref name="Leadership-NG">{{Cite news|last1=Augustine|first1=Agbo-Paul|title=We've Forgiven Our Father's Killers – Prof Bako|url=http://leadership.ng/features/interviews/311481/weve-forgiven-our-fathers-killers-prof-bako|newspaper=[[Leadership (newspaper)|Leadership]]|access-date=9 January 2015}}</ref> – 31 December 1983) was a senior officer in the [[Nigerian Army]] who played a principal role in two Nigerian military coups: the [[1966 Nigerian counter-coup|July 1966 counter-coup]] and the [[1983 Nigerian coup d'état|December 1983]] coup. The 1983 coup ousted the democratic government of [[Shehu Shagari]] while the July 1966 coup ousted the military government of General [[Ironsi]]. Bako was killed during the [[1983 Nigerian coup d'état|December 1983 coup d'état]]. == Career == Ibrahim Ahmed Bako (N/548) FSS MSS psc ma bî éfu ó'chu ẹ́kẹ́ta nolu mẹ́lu éfu ọdọ 1943 efu [[Kaduna (city)|Kaduna]],kádunà státî. Íkọ́ ẹ̀kọ́ ìlùmẹ́ kíkọ n’ìfẹ̀ oñwu chi Junior Primary School, Kaduna kwì efu ọ̀dọ̀ 1951 tì 1954, oñwu l’adú d’anyí lo tì Giwa Senior Primary School n’ìchẹ́ kpa ẹ̀kọ́ ìlùmẹ́ kíkọ n’ìfẹ̀ nwu éfu ọdọ 1956. Î ló ti ukoche ísakulu Goméntì yi kóllégè , abójoì kî chî [[Barewa College]] kwî éfu ọdọ 1957 ló téfu ọdọ 1961 Abodu kù dabi kpa kù mé kù Igala kà kì amó kù i che nwi West African School cértîvîcatẹ̀ (WASC). Igbele kù i che kpa gwi unyi ùkoche sakandiri, i nwo che t'unyi ùkoche am'ùja kì dì Kaduna kì amó ma dó Úkọchẹ ama jîmî anakpala ogîjo kóllégè Naijiria (NMTC), kù amó ma dó kù ebèí i che Naijiria Defence Academy (NDA), efù amó kì dó NMTC Course 5 efù ódù 1962, nwi ùkoche ùja kì i koche kù i jé n'ogbagba. I nwo lo unyi ukoche kì dì United Kingdom kù i che kpa nwi ukoche am’uja [[Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst|Royal Military Academy Sandhurst]].Ma n’u kpañ’ù oji Regular Combatant Commission efù ochù kochù k’égwa méji nolu ogwú-ny’ẹ́yọ́ mébie, efù ódù 1964, kù i che rank Second Lieutenant. I nwo n’eñwu ogbagba rank lé kpaí amó k’i dó seniority gwi ochù kochù k’ẹ́lẹ́ nolu ogwú-ny’ẹ́yọ́ mẹ́lā, efù ódù 1962. Alu kù i che infantry ofisa efù am’uja Nigeria, Ibrahim Bako kàn’ùkólò n’ochu alu kù i che Platoon Commander efù 4 Battalion, i nwo che Company Commander efù 5 Battalion. Egba kù ùja civil war chàn’e efù ódù 1967, ma d’u nwi ùkólò Staff Captain Intelligence nwi Headquarters 1 Area Command (kì amó ma dabi dó 1 Division). Ma n’u kpañ’ù oji Major temporary nolu ogwú-ny’ẹ́yọ́ m’ẹ́ta-ny’ẹ́yọ́ kaye efù ochù kochù k’ébíé efù ódù 1968, tógba kù i nwo lo oji ùja gbagba alu kù i che Brigade Major nwi 4 Infantry Brigade. I dì efù rank Major lé lo tì nolu kaye efù ochù kochù k’égwa efù ódù 1972, egba kù ma n’u kpañ’ù oji temporary Lieutenant Colonel; oñwu nwo ch’ùkólò General Staff Officer Grade II Intelligence nwa. Bako (kì i che Lt Colonel egba lé) nwo ch’ùkólò logistics ofisa efù National Census Board nwi amó kì d’ọ̀nọ̀ amonẹ efù ódù 1973.<ref name="Siollun15">{{cite book|last1=Siollun|first1=Max|title=Soldiers of Fortune: A History of Nigeria (1983-1993)|publisher=Cassava Republic Press|year=2013|isbn=9789785023824|edition=2013|pages=15}}</ref> Ma d’u kpañ’ù oji rank Lieutenant Colonel gbagba nolu kaye efù ochù kochù k’ẹ́lẹ́ efù ódù 1974; egba lé, ma n’u odù kù i lo ch’ùkólò alu kù i che Commander nwi 20 Brigade. Alu kù i che Lieutenant Colonel lé, i nwo ch’ùkólò Assistant Quarter Master efù Headquarters Lagos Garrison Organisation (kì amó ma dó 81 Division, Lagos abajọì), i nwo dabi che Commander nwi 1 Infantry Division Garrison kì dì Kaduna. Nolu kaye efù ochù kochù k’égwa-ka efù ódù 1975, ma n’u kpañ’ù oji temporary rank Colonel; lo tì nolu mébie efù ochù kochù k’ébíé efù ódù 1978, egba kù i n’u oji rank Colonel gbagba. Oñwu nwo n’ùkólò efù ọ̀tẹ̀ k’ajì am’ùja alu kù i cheOfisa kì kọ̀nọ̀ nwi am’ofisa gbagba efù ùkólò Coordination Bako nwo k’ọ̀nọ̀, [https://www.britishpathe.com/video/VLVA2M3MVXR2Y21YDXCC94S838D4C-LEBANON-NIGERIAN-SOLDIERS-ARRIVE-TO-JOIN-UN-PEACE-KEEPING-FORCE/query/Nigerian+Army+Lebanon Nigerian Battalion in peace keeping operations in Lebanon] under '''UNIFIL''', [[United Nations|UN]] Ùkólò ukpahiọ ubi kì ma chánẹ́ ọjọ kî'ochu ẹ́kẹ̀ta nolu mẹ́gẹ́lè efu ọdọ 1978 by [[United Nations Security Council]] [[United Nations Security Council Resolution|Resolutions]] [[United Nations Security Council Resolution 425|425]] kpaî [[United Nations Security Council Resolution 426|426]]. brahim Bako n’u oji rank Brigadier nolu kaye efù ochù kochù k’ẹ́lẹ́ efù ódù 1980, egba kù i ch’ùkólò alu kù i che Commander nwi 7 Mechanised Brigade, i nwo ch’ùkólò kì i jẹ́ Director nwi amîsoja Army Faculty lo tiùkpóká. [[Armed Forces Command and Staff College, Jaji]] tákì kwù ọjọ kî k'ochu ẹ́kẹ̀gwájî nolu ogwu-ẹ́gwa nyọ kaa efu ọdọ 1983. Efù ọ̀tẹ̀ ùkólò nwu, Ibrahim Bako kọ̀nọ̀ nwi . [[Nigerian Army]]...am’ofisa kì d’ọwọ́ kọ̀ kù ma gba am’ùja guerrilla ọgba kuo kì lú kẹ́jú efù ogwú-ny’ẹ́yọ́ m’ẹ́rẹ̀wá gwi efù égbe United Zimbabwe alu kù ùja elọwọ-olọ efù i kpa, kù ma mọ̀ ma nwọ̀ kpaí kù ma n’ùkoche nwi.[[Nigerian Defence Academy]], [[Kaduna (city)|Kaduna]] efu ọdọ 1980.Am’ùja guerrilla ọgba kuo kì lú kẹ́jú efù ogwú-ny’ẹ́yọ́ m’ẹ́rẹ̀wá lé, oñwu ma chànẹ́ ùkọ̀lọ̀ am’ùja gbagba alu kù ùja elọwọ-olọ i kpa lé. [[Zimbabwe National Army]],<ref name="Beegeagle">{{cite web|title=Nigerian Army Museum: a slice of Nigerian military history|url=https://beegeagle.wordpress.com/2012/03/24/nigerian-army-museum-a-slice-of-nigerian-military-history/|website=Beegeagle's Blog|date=24 March 2012|publisher=Beegeagle|access-date=5 January 2015}}</ref>alu kù i kọ̀nọ̀ nwi abole kì Naijiria kọ̀ d’ọwọ́ rọ am’efu k’ọ̀tẹ̀ Southern Africa abole kì Angola kpaí South Africa efù ùja kù ma ja gwi ọwọ́ apartheid ẹgẹ amonẹ gbiẹ́gbiẹ́ kpaí colonialism am'efu k'ọ̀ọ̀chẹ̀ kì ma j’ọba oji ma . == Ùkọ̀lọ̀ kù i che efù ùja gba-ọjọba nolu ogwú-ny’ẹ́yọ́ m’ẹ́bie-ny’ẹ́yọ́ kaye efù ochù kochù k’ébíé efù ódù 1966. == Ó'chu ẹ́kẹ̀biá nolu ogwu nyọ mẹ́jo éfu ọdọ 1966 mutiny (kú ma gbéju àdọ̀ kî [[Nigerian counter-coup of 1966]])...i che ùja kì d’efu kpaí ọwọ́-le kù ma kpo-ọjọba gwi ọwọ́ Jẹnẹra [[Aguiyi-Ironsi]]'i che ọjọba am'ùja, kì j'ọba ubi ùja gba-ọjọba nolu ogwú-gbanẹ efù ochù kochù kaye kì gbọfọ, kì Mẹ́jọ [[Emmanuel Ifeajuna]] kpaí and Lt Col [[Kaduna Nzeogwu]]. A group of military officers of northern Nigerian origin (including then Lts Ibrahim Bako, [[Shehu Musa Yar'Adua]], [[Theophilus Danjuma]], Captain [[Joe Garba]], Lt Col [[Murtala Muhammed]], among others) conspired and mutinied against General Ironsi's military government.<ref name="OPV">{{cite book|last1=Siollun|first1=Max|title=Oil, Politics and Violence: Nigeria's Military Coup Culture (1966-1976)|year=2009|publisher=Algora Publishing|isbn=9780875867106|pages=99}}</ref> Among the casualties of the mutiny were General [[Aguiyi Ironsi]] and Lt Colonel [[Adekunle Fajuyi]]. During reconnaissance for the counter coup, then Lt Col [[Murtala Mohammed]] would drive to Ibadan (where Bako was stationed along with others like then Lt [[Jerry Useni]]), Muhammed would often drive into town from Lagos, pick up Ibrahim Bako and Abdullai Shelleng at a pre-arranged location and drive around without stopping while they discussed their counter-coup plan.<ref name="Gamji-Omoigui">{{cite web|last1=Omoigui|first1=Nowa|title=Operation Aure (2): Planning to Overthrow General Ironsi|url=http://www.gamji.com/nowa/nowa26.htm|website=Gamji|publisher=Gamji|access-date=5 January 2015}}</ref> == Role on 31 December 1983 coup == Ibrahim Bako (then Director of the Army Faculty at the Armed Forces Command and staff College, Jaji)<ref name="Beegeagle" /> and acting GOC 1 Division, Kaduna,<ref name="Leadership-NG" /> was requested by the coup conspirators with securing President [[Shehu Shagari]] presumably after Shagari's [[Presidential Guard Brigade (Nigeria)|Brigade of Guards]] had been neutralized (without violence as planned) by Col [[Tunde Ogbeha]]. Author [[Max Siollun]] notes that Bako was chosen for the role because not only was Bako's father a personal friend to Shagari, as Commander 7 Mechanised Brigade Sokoto, he was well known and respected in the president's home state. Unknown to Bako was that the coup plot had been leaked to President Shagari, whose guards were on high alert. After arriving at the Presidential residence (in non-military attire) with an armed detachment to secure the President,<ref name="Omoiugui">{{cite web|last1=Omoigui|first1=Nowa|title=The palace coup of 27 August 1985 Part I|url=http://www.waado.org/nigerdelta/nigeria_facts/MilitaryRule/Omoigui/PalaceCoup-1985.htm|publisher=Uhrobo Historical Society|access-date=5 January 2015|archive-date=8 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210608090914/http://www.waado.org/nigerdelta/nigeria_facts/militaryrule/omoigui/PalaceCoup-1985.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> Bako was shot dead while sitting in the passenger side of a [[Unimog]] utility truck<ref name="Beegeagle" /> in an ensuing firefight between troops from Bako's detachment and the Brigade of Guards soldiers under the command of Captain Augustine Anyogo.<ref name="Siollun">{{cite book|last1=Siollun|first1=Max|title=Soldiers of Fortune: A History of Nigeria (1983-1993)|year=2013|publisher=Cassava Republic Press|isbn=9789785023824|pages=16–17|edition=2013}}</ref> The Unimog utility truck that Bako was killed in was on display at the Nigerian Army Museum in [[Zaria]], Nigeria. The senior military officers involved in the 1983 coup were:<ref name="Siollun13">{{cite book|last1=Siollun|first1=Max|title=Soldiers of Fortune: A History of Nigeria (1983-1993)|year=2013|publisher=Cassava Republic Press|isbn=9789785023824|pages=13|edition=2013}}</ref> * Major General [[Muhammadu Buhari]] (General Officer Commanding, 3rd Armored Division, Jos) * Major General [[Ibrahim Babangida]] (Director of Army Staff Duties and Plans) * Brigadier Ibrahim Bako (Acting General Officer Commanding, 1st Division Kaduna/Director Army Faculty, [[Armed Forces Command and Staff College, Jaji]]) * Brigadier [[Sani Abacha]] (Commander, 9th Mechanized Brigade) * Brigadier [[Tunde Idiagbon]] (Military Secretary, Army) * Lt Colonel [[Aliyu Mohammed Gusau]] (Director of Military Intelligence) * Lt Colonel [[Halilu Akilu]] * Lt Colonel [[David Mark]] * Lt Colonel [[Tunde Ogbeha]] * Major [[Sambo Dasuki]] (Military Assistant to the Chief of Army Staff, Lt-General [[Mohammed Inuwa Wushishi|Wushishi]]) * Major [[Abdulmumini Aminu]] * Major [[Lawan Gwadabe]] * Major Mustapha Jokolo (Senior Instructor, Basawa Barracks - Zaria) * Major [[Dangiwa Umar|Abubakar Umar]] Major General Buhari's Supreme Military Council (SMC) observed a minute of silence for the slain Brigadier Bako during SMC's first meeting.<ref name="NYT">{{cite news|last1=May|first1=Clifford|title=DEPOSED NIGERIAN PRESIDENT IS UNDER ARREST|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1984/01/04/world/deposed-nigerian-president-is-under-arrest.html|work=New York Times|date=4 January 1984|access-date=5 January 2015}}</ref> == References == {{Reflist}} mgya29te027qva9uj1xgws91jaldt4x 41032 41031 2026-05-13T10:52:10Z Austinea3 116 /* Role on 31 December 1983 coup */ 41032 wikitext text/x-wiki {{short description|Nigerian brigadier (1943–1983)}}{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2023}} {{Infobox officeholder|name=Ibrahim Bako|honorific_prefix=[[Brigadier]]|image=|caption=|image_size=150px|office=Acting General Officer Commanding, [[1st Division (Nigeria)|1 Division]], Nigerian Army|term_start=|term_end=|predecessor=|successor=|birth_name=Ibrahim Ahmed Bako|birth_date=5 March 1943|death_date={{death date and age|1983|12|31|1943|3|5|df=y}}|allegiance={{NGR}}|branch={{army|Nigeria}}|service_years=1962–1983|rank=[[File:Nigeria-Army-OF-6.svg|20px]] [[Brigadier]]|alma_mater=[[Nigerian Defence Academy|Nigerian Military Training College]]<br>[[Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst|RMA Sandhurst]]}} '''Ibrahim Ahmed Bako''' (5 March 1943<ref name="Leadership-NG">{{Cite news|last1=Augustine|first1=Agbo-Paul|title=We've Forgiven Our Father's Killers – Prof Bako|url=http://leadership.ng/features/interviews/311481/weve-forgiven-our-fathers-killers-prof-bako|newspaper=[[Leadership (newspaper)|Leadership]]|access-date=9 January 2015}}</ref> – 31 December 1983) was a senior officer in the [[Nigerian Army]] who played a principal role in two Nigerian military coups: the [[1966 Nigerian counter-coup|July 1966 counter-coup]] and the [[1983 Nigerian coup d'état|December 1983]] coup. The 1983 coup ousted the democratic government of [[Shehu Shagari]] while the July 1966 coup ousted the military government of General [[Ironsi]]. Bako was killed during the [[1983 Nigerian coup d'état|December 1983 coup d'état]]. == Career == Ibrahim Ahmed Bako (N/548) FSS MSS psc ma bî éfu ó'chu ẹ́kẹ́ta nolu mẹ́lu éfu ọdọ 1943 efu [[Kaduna (city)|Kaduna]],kádunà státî. Íkọ́ ẹ̀kọ́ ìlùmẹ́ kíkọ n’ìfẹ̀ oñwu chi Junior Primary School, Kaduna kwì efu ọ̀dọ̀ 1951 tì 1954, oñwu l’adú d’anyí lo tì Giwa Senior Primary School n’ìchẹ́ kpa ẹ̀kọ́ ìlùmẹ́ kíkọ n’ìfẹ̀ nwu éfu ọdọ 1956. Î ló ti ukoche ísakulu Goméntì yi kóllégè , abójoì kî chî [[Barewa College]] kwî éfu ọdọ 1957 ló téfu ọdọ 1961 Abodu kù dabi kpa kù mé kù Igala kà kì amó kù i che nwi West African School cértîvîcatẹ̀ (WASC). Igbele kù i che kpa gwi unyi ùkoche sakandiri, i nwo che t'unyi ùkoche am'ùja kì dì Kaduna kì amó ma dó Úkọchẹ ama jîmî anakpala ogîjo kóllégè Naijiria (NMTC), kù amó ma dó kù ebèí i che Naijiria Defence Academy (NDA), efù amó kì dó NMTC Course 5 efù ódù 1962, nwi ùkoche ùja kì i koche kù i jé n'ogbagba. I nwo lo unyi ukoche kì dì United Kingdom kù i che kpa nwi ukoche am’uja [[Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst|Royal Military Academy Sandhurst]].Ma n’u kpañ’ù oji Regular Combatant Commission efù ochù kochù k’égwa méji nolu ogwú-ny’ẹ́yọ́ mébie, efù ódù 1964, kù i che rank Second Lieutenant. I nwo n’eñwu ogbagba rank lé kpaí amó k’i dó seniority gwi ochù kochù k’ẹ́lẹ́ nolu ogwú-ny’ẹ́yọ́ mẹ́lā, efù ódù 1962. Alu kù i che infantry ofisa efù am’uja Nigeria, Ibrahim Bako kàn’ùkólò n’ochu alu kù i che Platoon Commander efù 4 Battalion, i nwo che Company Commander efù 5 Battalion. Egba kù ùja civil war chàn’e efù ódù 1967, ma d’u nwi ùkólò Staff Captain Intelligence nwi Headquarters 1 Area Command (kì amó ma dabi dó 1 Division). Ma n’u kpañ’ù oji Major temporary nolu ogwú-ny’ẹ́yọ́ m’ẹ́ta-ny’ẹ́yọ́ kaye efù ochù kochù k’ébíé efù ódù 1968, tógba kù i nwo lo oji ùja gbagba alu kù i che Brigade Major nwi 4 Infantry Brigade. I dì efù rank Major lé lo tì nolu kaye efù ochù kochù k’égwa efù ódù 1972, egba kù ma n’u kpañ’ù oji temporary Lieutenant Colonel; oñwu nwo ch’ùkólò General Staff Officer Grade II Intelligence nwa. Bako (kì i che Lt Colonel egba lé) nwo ch’ùkólò logistics ofisa efù National Census Board nwi amó kì d’ọ̀nọ̀ amonẹ efù ódù 1973.<ref name="Siollun15">{{cite book|last1=Siollun|first1=Max|title=Soldiers of Fortune: A History of Nigeria (1983-1993)|publisher=Cassava Republic Press|year=2013|isbn=9789785023824|edition=2013|pages=15}}</ref> Ma d’u kpañ’ù oji rank Lieutenant Colonel gbagba nolu kaye efù ochù kochù k’ẹ́lẹ́ efù ódù 1974; egba lé, ma n’u odù kù i lo ch’ùkólò alu kù i che Commander nwi 20 Brigade. Alu kù i che Lieutenant Colonel lé, i nwo ch’ùkólò Assistant Quarter Master efù Headquarters Lagos Garrison Organisation (kì amó ma dó 81 Division, Lagos abajọì), i nwo dabi che Commander nwi 1 Infantry Division Garrison kì dì Kaduna. Nolu kaye efù ochù kochù k’égwa-ka efù ódù 1975, ma n’u kpañ’ù oji temporary rank Colonel; lo tì nolu mébie efù ochù kochù k’ébíé efù ódù 1978, egba kù i n’u oji rank Colonel gbagba. Oñwu nwo n’ùkólò efù ọ̀tẹ̀ k’ajì am’ùja alu kù i cheOfisa kì kọ̀nọ̀ nwi am’ofisa gbagba efù ùkólò Coordination Bako nwo k’ọ̀nọ̀, [https://www.britishpathe.com/video/VLVA2M3MVXR2Y21YDXCC94S838D4C-LEBANON-NIGERIAN-SOLDIERS-ARRIVE-TO-JOIN-UN-PEACE-KEEPING-FORCE/query/Nigerian+Army+Lebanon Nigerian Battalion in peace keeping operations in Lebanon] under '''UNIFIL''', [[United Nations|UN]] Ùkólò ukpahiọ ubi kì ma chánẹ́ ọjọ kî'ochu ẹ́kẹ̀ta nolu mẹ́gẹ́lè efu ọdọ 1978 by [[United Nations Security Council]] [[United Nations Security Council Resolution|Resolutions]] [[United Nations Security Council Resolution 425|425]] kpaî [[United Nations Security Council Resolution 426|426]]. brahim Bako n’u oji rank Brigadier nolu kaye efù ochù kochù k’ẹ́lẹ́ efù ódù 1980, egba kù i ch’ùkólò alu kù i che Commander nwi 7 Mechanised Brigade, i nwo ch’ùkólò kì i jẹ́ Director nwi amîsoja Army Faculty lo tiùkpóká. [[Armed Forces Command and Staff College, Jaji]] tákì kwù ọjọ kî k'ochu ẹ́kẹ̀gwájî nolu ogwu-ẹ́gwa nyọ kaa efu ọdọ 1983. Efù ọ̀tẹ̀ ùkólò nwu, Ibrahim Bako kọ̀nọ̀ nwi . [[Nigerian Army]]...am’ofisa kì d’ọwọ́ kọ̀ kù ma gba am’ùja guerrilla ọgba kuo kì lú kẹ́jú efù ogwú-ny’ẹ́yọ́ m’ẹ́rẹ̀wá gwi efù égbe United Zimbabwe alu kù ùja elọwọ-olọ efù i kpa, kù ma mọ̀ ma nwọ̀ kpaí kù ma n’ùkoche nwi.[[Nigerian Defence Academy]], [[Kaduna (city)|Kaduna]] efu ọdọ 1980.Am’ùja guerrilla ọgba kuo kì lú kẹ́jú efù ogwú-ny’ẹ́yọ́ m’ẹ́rẹ̀wá lé, oñwu ma chànẹ́ ùkọ̀lọ̀ am’ùja gbagba alu kù ùja elọwọ-olọ i kpa lé. [[Zimbabwe National Army]],<ref name="Beegeagle">{{cite web|title=Nigerian Army Museum: a slice of Nigerian military history|url=https://beegeagle.wordpress.com/2012/03/24/nigerian-army-museum-a-slice-of-nigerian-military-history/|website=Beegeagle's Blog|date=24 March 2012|publisher=Beegeagle|access-date=5 January 2015}}</ref>alu kù i kọ̀nọ̀ nwi abole kì Naijiria kọ̀ d’ọwọ́ rọ am’efu k’ọ̀tẹ̀ Southern Africa abole kì Angola kpaí South Africa efù ùja kù ma ja gwi ọwọ́ apartheid ẹgẹ amonẹ gbiẹ́gbiẹ́ kpaí colonialism am'efu k'ọ̀ọ̀chẹ̀ kì ma j’ọba oji ma . == Ùkọ̀lọ̀ kù i che efù ùja gba-ọjọba nolu ogwú-ny’ẹ́yọ́ m’ẹ́bie-ny’ẹ́yọ́ kaye efù ochù kochù k’ébíé efù ódù 1966. == Ó'chu ẹ́kẹ̀biá nolu ogwu nyọ mẹ́jo éfu ọdọ 1966 mutiny (kú ma gbéju àdọ̀ kî [[Nigerian counter-coup of 1966]])...i che ùja kì d’efu kpaí ọwọ́-le kù ma kpo-ọjọba gwi ọwọ́ Jẹnẹra [[Aguiyi-Ironsi]]'i che ọjọba am'ùja, kì j'ọba ubi ùja gba-ọjọba nolu ogwú-gbanẹ efù ochù kochù kaye kì gbọfọ, kì Mẹ́jọ [[Emmanuel Ifeajuna]] kpaí Lt Col [[Kaduna Nzeogwu]]. Amùjo yé amì soja óffîsẹ́ kî ẹ́tèma dẹ́jú Naijiria A group of military officers of northern Nigerian origin (manyu egbale kî ché including then Lts Ibrahim Bako, [[Shehu Musa Yar'Adua]], [[Theophilus Danjuma]], ató'gba ñwu ma Captain [[Joe Garba]], Lt Col [[Murtala Muhammed]], manyu abò kîbọ̀ among others) kpalu dama kpaí ma kpa-ọwọ́-le oji oga ma.conspired and mutinied against General Ironsi's military government.<ref name="OPV">{{cite book|last1=Siollun|first1=Max|title=Oil, Politics and Violence: Nigeria's Military Coup Culture (1966-1976)|year=2009|publisher=Algora Publishing|isbn=9780875867106|pages=99}}</ref> Among the casualties of the mutiny were General [[Aguiyi Ironsi]] and Lt Colonel [[Adekunle Fajuyi]]. During reconnaissance for the counter coup, then Lt Col [[Murtala Mohammed]] would drive to Ibadan (where Bako was stationed along with others like then Lt [[Jerry Useni]]), Muhammed would often drive into town from Lagos, pick up Ibrahim Bako and Abdullai Shelleng at a pre-arranged location and drive around without stopping while they discussed their counter-coup plan.<ref name="Gamji-Omoigui">{{cite web|last1=Omoigui|first1=Nowa|title=Operation Aure (2): Planning to Overthrow General Ironsi|url=http://www.gamji.com/nowa/nowa26.htm|website=Gamji|publisher=Gamji|access-date=5 January 2015}}</ref> == Role on 31 December 1983 coup == Ibrahim Bako (then Director of the Army Faculty at the Armed Forces Command and staff College, Jaji)<ref name="Beegeagle" /> and acting GOC 1 Division, Kaduna,<ref name="Leadership-NG" /> was requested by the coup conspirators with securing President [[Shehu Shagari]] presumably after Shagari's [[Presidential Guard Brigade (Nigeria)|Brigade of Guards]] had been neutralized (without violence as planned) by Col [[Tunde Ogbeha]]. Author [[Max Siollun]] notes that Bako was chosen for the role because not only was Bako's father a personal friend to Shagari, as Commander 7 Mechanised Brigade Sokoto, he was well known and respected in the president's home state. Unknown to Bako was that the coup plot had been leaked to President Shagari, whose guards were on high alert. After arriving at the Presidential residence (in non-military attire) with an armed detachment to secure the President,<ref name="Omoiugui">{{cite web|last1=Omoigui|first1=Nowa|title=The palace coup of 27 August 1985 Part I|url=http://www.waado.org/nigerdelta/nigeria_facts/MilitaryRule/Omoigui/PalaceCoup-1985.htm|publisher=Uhrobo Historical Society|access-date=5 January 2015|archive-date=8 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210608090914/http://www.waado.org/nigerdelta/nigeria_facts/militaryrule/omoigui/PalaceCoup-1985.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> Bako was shot dead while sitting in the passenger side of a [[Unimog]] utility truck<ref name="Beegeagle" /> in an ensuing firefight between troops from Bako's detachment and the Brigade of Guards soldiers under the command of Captain Augustine Anyogo.<ref name="Siollun">{{cite book|last1=Siollun|first1=Max|title=Soldiers of Fortune: A History of Nigeria (1983-1993)|year=2013|publisher=Cassava Republic Press|isbn=9789785023824|pages=16–17|edition=2013}}</ref> The Unimog utility truck that Bako was killed in was on display at the Nigerian Army Museum in [[Zaria]], Nigeria. The senior military officers involved in the 1983 coup were:<ref name="Siollun13">{{cite book|last1=Siollun|first1=Max|title=Soldiers of Fortune: A History of Nigeria (1983-1993)|year=2013|publisher=Cassava Republic Press|isbn=9789785023824|pages=13|edition=2013}}</ref> * Major General [[Muhammadu Buhari]] (General Officer Commanding, 3rd Armored Division, Jos) * Major General [[Ibrahim Babangida]] (Director of Army Staff Duties and Plans) * Brigadier Ibrahim Bako (Acting General Officer Commanding, 1st Division Kaduna/Director Army Faculty, [[Armed Forces Command and Staff College, Jaji]]) * Brigadier [[Sani Abacha]] (Commander, 9th Mechanized Brigade) * Brigadier [[Tunde Idiagbon]] (Military Secretary, Army) * Lt Colonel [[Aliyu Mohammed Gusau]] (Director of Military Intelligence) * Lt Colonel [[Halilu Akilu]] * Lt Colonel [[David Mark]] * Lt Colonel [[Tunde Ogbeha]] * Major [[Sambo Dasuki]] (Military Assistant to the Chief of Army Staff, Lt-General [[Mohammed Inuwa Wushishi|Wushishi]]) * Major [[Abdulmumini Aminu]] * Major [[Lawan Gwadabe]] * Major Mustapha Jokolo (Senior Instructor, Basawa Barracks - Zaria) * Major [[Dangiwa Umar|Abubakar Umar]] Major General Buhari's Supreme Military Council (SMC) observed a minute of silence for the slain Brigadier Bako during SMC's first meeting.<ref name="NYT">{{cite news|last1=May|first1=Clifford|title=DEPOSED NIGERIAN PRESIDENT IS UNDER ARREST|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1984/01/04/world/deposed-nigerian-president-is-under-arrest.html|work=New York Times|date=4 January 1984|access-date=5 January 2015}}</ref> == References == {{Reflist}} ng460gsyskbhtcjybgc2skyo8nwalrx 41033 41032 2026-05-13T10:57:03Z Austinea3 116 /* Ùkọ̀lọ̀ kù i che efù ùja gba-ọjọba nolu ogwú-ny’ẹ́yọ́ m’ẹ́bie-ny’ẹ́yọ́ kaye efù ochù kochù k’ébíé efù ódù 1966. */ 41033 wikitext text/x-wiki {{short description|Nigerian brigadier (1943–1983)}}{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2023}} {{Infobox officeholder|name=Ibrahim Bako|honorific_prefix=[[Brigadier]]|image=|caption=|image_size=150px|office=Acting General Officer Commanding, [[1st Division (Nigeria)|1 Division]], Nigerian Army|term_start=|term_end=|predecessor=|successor=|birth_name=Ibrahim Ahmed Bako|birth_date=5 March 1943|death_date={{death date and age|1983|12|31|1943|3|5|df=y}}|allegiance={{NGR}}|branch={{army|Nigeria}}|service_years=1962–1983|rank=[[File:Nigeria-Army-OF-6.svg|20px]] [[Brigadier]]|alma_mater=[[Nigerian Defence Academy|Nigerian Military Training College]]<br>[[Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst|RMA Sandhurst]]}} '''Ibrahim Ahmed Bako''' (5 March 1943<ref name="Leadership-NG">{{Cite news|last1=Augustine|first1=Agbo-Paul|title=We've Forgiven Our Father's Killers – Prof Bako|url=http://leadership.ng/features/interviews/311481/weve-forgiven-our-fathers-killers-prof-bako|newspaper=[[Leadership (newspaper)|Leadership]]|access-date=9 January 2015}}</ref> – 31 December 1983) was a senior officer in the [[Nigerian Army]] who played a principal role in two Nigerian military coups: the [[1966 Nigerian counter-coup|July 1966 counter-coup]] and the [[1983 Nigerian coup d'état|December 1983]] coup. The 1983 coup ousted the democratic government of [[Shehu Shagari]] while the July 1966 coup ousted the military government of General [[Ironsi]]. Bako was killed during the [[1983 Nigerian coup d'état|December 1983 coup d'état]]. == Career == Ibrahim Ahmed Bako (N/548) FSS MSS psc ma bî éfu ó'chu ẹ́kẹ́ta nolu mẹ́lu éfu ọdọ 1943 efu [[Kaduna (city)|Kaduna]],kádunà státî. Íkọ́ ẹ̀kọ́ ìlùmẹ́ kíkọ n’ìfẹ̀ oñwu chi Junior Primary School, Kaduna kwì efu ọ̀dọ̀ 1951 tì 1954, oñwu l’adú d’anyí lo tì Giwa Senior Primary School n’ìchẹ́ kpa ẹ̀kọ́ ìlùmẹ́ kíkọ n’ìfẹ̀ nwu éfu ọdọ 1956. Î ló ti ukoche ísakulu Goméntì yi kóllégè , abójoì kî chî [[Barewa College]] kwî éfu ọdọ 1957 ló téfu ọdọ 1961 Abodu kù dabi kpa kù mé kù Igala kà kì amó kù i che nwi West African School cértîvîcatẹ̀ (WASC). Igbele kù i che kpa gwi unyi ùkoche sakandiri, i nwo che t'unyi ùkoche am'ùja kì dì Kaduna kì amó ma dó Úkọchẹ ama jîmî anakpala ogîjo kóllégè Naijiria (NMTC), kù amó ma dó kù ebèí i che Naijiria Defence Academy (NDA), efù amó kì dó NMTC Course 5 efù ódù 1962, nwi ùkoche ùja kì i koche kù i jé n'ogbagba. I nwo lo unyi ukoche kì dì United Kingdom kù i che kpa nwi ukoche am’uja [[Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst|Royal Military Academy Sandhurst]].Ma n’u kpañ’ù oji Regular Combatant Commission efù ochù kochù k’égwa méji nolu ogwú-ny’ẹ́yọ́ mébie, efù ódù 1964, kù i che rank Second Lieutenant. I nwo n’eñwu ogbagba rank lé kpaí amó k’i dó seniority gwi ochù kochù k’ẹ́lẹ́ nolu ogwú-ny’ẹ́yọ́ mẹ́lā, efù ódù 1962. Alu kù i che infantry ofisa efù am’uja Nigeria, Ibrahim Bako kàn’ùkólò n’ochu alu kù i che Platoon Commander efù 4 Battalion, i nwo che Company Commander efù 5 Battalion. Egba kù ùja civil war chàn’e efù ódù 1967, ma d’u nwi ùkólò Staff Captain Intelligence nwi Headquarters 1 Area Command (kì amó ma dabi dó 1 Division). Ma n’u kpañ’ù oji Major temporary nolu ogwú-ny’ẹ́yọ́ m’ẹ́ta-ny’ẹ́yọ́ kaye efù ochù kochù k’ébíé efù ódù 1968, tógba kù i nwo lo oji ùja gbagba alu kù i che Brigade Major nwi 4 Infantry Brigade. I dì efù rank Major lé lo tì nolu kaye efù ochù kochù k’égwa efù ódù 1972, egba kù ma n’u kpañ’ù oji temporary Lieutenant Colonel; oñwu nwo ch’ùkólò General Staff Officer Grade II Intelligence nwa. Bako (kì i che Lt Colonel egba lé) nwo ch’ùkólò logistics ofisa efù National Census Board nwi amó kì d’ọ̀nọ̀ amonẹ efù ódù 1973.<ref name="Siollun15">{{cite book|last1=Siollun|first1=Max|title=Soldiers of Fortune: A History of Nigeria (1983-1993)|publisher=Cassava Republic Press|year=2013|isbn=9789785023824|edition=2013|pages=15}}</ref> Ma d’u kpañ’ù oji rank Lieutenant Colonel gbagba nolu kaye efù ochù kochù k’ẹ́lẹ́ efù ódù 1974; egba lé, ma n’u odù kù i lo ch’ùkólò alu kù i che Commander nwi 20 Brigade. Alu kù i che Lieutenant Colonel lé, i nwo ch’ùkólò Assistant Quarter Master efù Headquarters Lagos Garrison Organisation (kì amó ma dó 81 Division, Lagos abajọì), i nwo dabi che Commander nwi 1 Infantry Division Garrison kì dì Kaduna. Nolu kaye efù ochù kochù k’égwa-ka efù ódù 1975, ma n’u kpañ’ù oji temporary rank Colonel; lo tì nolu mébie efù ochù kochù k’ébíé efù ódù 1978, egba kù i n’u oji rank Colonel gbagba. Oñwu nwo n’ùkólò efù ọ̀tẹ̀ k’ajì am’ùja alu kù i cheOfisa kì kọ̀nọ̀ nwi am’ofisa gbagba efù ùkólò Coordination Bako nwo k’ọ̀nọ̀, [https://www.britishpathe.com/video/VLVA2M3MVXR2Y21YDXCC94S838D4C-LEBANON-NIGERIAN-SOLDIERS-ARRIVE-TO-JOIN-UN-PEACE-KEEPING-FORCE/query/Nigerian+Army+Lebanon Nigerian Battalion in peace keeping operations in Lebanon] under '''UNIFIL''', [[United Nations|UN]] Ùkólò ukpahiọ ubi kì ma chánẹ́ ọjọ kî'ochu ẹ́kẹ̀ta nolu mẹ́gẹ́lè efu ọdọ 1978 by [[United Nations Security Council]] [[United Nations Security Council Resolution|Resolutions]] [[United Nations Security Council Resolution 425|425]] kpaî [[United Nations Security Council Resolution 426|426]]. brahim Bako n’u oji rank Brigadier nolu kaye efù ochù kochù k’ẹ́lẹ́ efù ódù 1980, egba kù i ch’ùkólò alu kù i che Commander nwi 7 Mechanised Brigade, i nwo ch’ùkólò kì i jẹ́ Director nwi amî soja Army Faculty lo tiùkpóká. [[Armed Forces Command and Staff College, Jaji]] tákì kwù ọjọ kî k'ochu ẹ́kẹ̀gwájî nolu ogwu-ẹ́gwa nyọ kaa efu ọdọ 1983. Efù ọ̀tẹ̀ ùkólò nwu, Ibrahim Bako kọ̀nọ̀ nwi . [[Nigerian Army]]...am’ofisa kì d’ọwọ́ kọ̀ kù ma gba am’ùja guerrilla ọgba kuo kì lú kẹ́jú efù ogwú-ny’ẹ́yọ́ m’ẹ́rẹ̀wá gwi efù égbe United Zimbabwe alu kù ùja elọwọ-olọ efù i kpa, kù ma mọ̀ ma nwọ̀ kpaí kù ma n’ùkoche nwi.[[Nigerian Defence Academy]], [[Kaduna (city)|Kaduna]] efu ọdọ 1980.Am’ùja guerrilla ọgba kuo kì lú kẹ́jú efù ogwú-ny’ẹ́yọ́ m’ẹ́rẹ̀wá lé, oñwu ma chànẹ́ ùkọ̀lọ̀ am’ùja gbagba alu kù ùja elọwọ-olọ i kpa lé. [[Zimbabwe National Army]],<ref name="Beegeagle">{{cite web|title=Nigerian Army Museum: a slice of Nigerian military history|url=https://beegeagle.wordpress.com/2012/03/24/nigerian-army-museum-a-slice-of-nigerian-military-history/|website=Beegeagle's Blog|date=24 March 2012|publisher=Beegeagle|access-date=5 January 2015}}</ref>alu kù i kọ̀nọ̀ nwi abole kì Naijiria kọ̀ d’ọwọ́ rọ am’efu k’ọ̀tẹ̀ Southern Africa abole kì Angola kpaí South Africa efù ùja kù ma ja gwi ọwọ́ apartheid ẹgẹ amonẹ gbiẹ́gbiẹ́ kpaí colonialism am'efu k'ọ̀ọ̀chẹ̀ kì ma j’ọba oji ma . == Ùkọ̀lọ̀ kù i che efù ùja gba-ọjọba nolu ogwú-ny’ẹ́yọ́ m’ẹ́bie-ny’ẹ́yọ́ kaye efù ochù kochù k’ébíé efù ódù 1966. == Ó'chu ẹ́kẹ̀biá nolu ogwu nyọ mẹ́jo éfu ọdọ 1966 mutiny (kú ma gbéju àdọ̀ kî [[Nigerian counter-coup of 1966]])...i che ùja kì d’efu kpaí ọwọ́-le kù ma kpo-ọjọba gwi ọwọ́ Jẹnẹra [[Aguiyi-Ironsi]]'i che ọjọba am'ùja, kì j'ọba ubi ùja gba-ọjọba nolu ogwú-gbanẹ efù ochù kochù kaye kì gbọfọ, kì Mẹ́jọ [[Emmanuel Ifeajuna]] kpaí Lt Col [[Kaduna Nzeogwu]]. Amùjo yé amì soja óffîsẹ́ kî ẹ́tèma dẹ́jú Naijiria northern (manyu egbale kî ché Lts Ibrahim Bako, [[Shehu Musa Yar'Adua]], [[Theophilus Danjuma]], ató'gba ñwu ma Captain [[Joe Garba]], Lt Col [[Murtala Muhammed]], manyu abò kîbọ̀ ) kpalu dama kpaí ma kpa-ọwọ́-le oji oga jénéra General Ironsi' kî chî achî ukólò amî sója goméntì s military government.<ref name="OPV">{{cite book|last1=Siollun|first1=Max|title=Oil, Politics and Violence: Nigeria's Military Coup Culture (1966-1976)|year=2009|publisher=Algora Publishing|isbn=9780875867106|pages=99}}</ref> Among the casualties of the mutiny were General [[Aguiyi Ironsi]] and Lt Colonel [[Adekunle Fajuyi]]. During reconnaissance for the counter coup, then Lt Col [[Murtala Mohammed]] would drive to Ibadan (where Bako was stationed along with others like then Lt [[Jerry Useni]]), Muhammed would often drive into town from Lagos, pick up Ibrahim Bako and Abdullai Shelleng at a pre-arranged location and drive around without stopping while they discussed their counter-coup plan.<ref name="Gamji-Omoigui">{{cite web|last1=Omoigui|first1=Nowa|title=Operation Aure (2): Planning to Overthrow General Ironsi|url=http://www.gamji.com/nowa/nowa26.htm|website=Gamji|publisher=Gamji|access-date=5 January 2015}}</ref> == Role on 31 December 1983 coup == Ibrahim Bako (then Director of the Army Faculty at the Armed Forces Command and staff College, Jaji)<ref name="Beegeagle" /> and acting GOC 1 Division, Kaduna,<ref name="Leadership-NG" /> was requested by the coup conspirators with securing President [[Shehu Shagari]] presumably after Shagari's [[Presidential Guard Brigade (Nigeria)|Brigade of Guards]] had been neutralized (without violence as planned) by Col [[Tunde Ogbeha]]. Author [[Max Siollun]] notes that Bako was chosen for the role because not only was Bako's father a personal friend to Shagari, as Commander 7 Mechanised Brigade Sokoto, he was well known and respected in the president's home state. Unknown to Bako was that the coup plot had been leaked to President Shagari, whose guards were on high alert. After arriving at the Presidential residence (in non-military attire) with an armed detachment to secure the President,<ref name="Omoiugui">{{cite web|last1=Omoigui|first1=Nowa|title=The palace coup of 27 August 1985 Part I|url=http://www.waado.org/nigerdelta/nigeria_facts/MilitaryRule/Omoigui/PalaceCoup-1985.htm|publisher=Uhrobo Historical Society|access-date=5 January 2015|archive-date=8 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210608090914/http://www.waado.org/nigerdelta/nigeria_facts/militaryrule/omoigui/PalaceCoup-1985.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> Bako was shot dead while sitting in the passenger side of a [[Unimog]] utility truck<ref name="Beegeagle" /> in an ensuing firefight between troops from Bako's detachment and the Brigade of Guards soldiers under the command of Captain Augustine Anyogo.<ref name="Siollun">{{cite book|last1=Siollun|first1=Max|title=Soldiers of Fortune: A History of Nigeria (1983-1993)|year=2013|publisher=Cassava Republic Press|isbn=9789785023824|pages=16–17|edition=2013}}</ref> The Unimog utility truck that Bako was killed in was on display at the Nigerian Army Museum in [[Zaria]], Nigeria. The senior military officers involved in the 1983 coup were:<ref name="Siollun13">{{cite book|last1=Siollun|first1=Max|title=Soldiers of Fortune: A History of Nigeria (1983-1993)|year=2013|publisher=Cassava Republic Press|isbn=9789785023824|pages=13|edition=2013}}</ref> * Major General [[Muhammadu Buhari]] (General Officer Commanding, 3rd Armored Division, Jos) * Major General [[Ibrahim Babangida]] (Director of Army Staff Duties and Plans) * Brigadier Ibrahim Bako (Acting General Officer Commanding, 1st Division Kaduna/Director Army Faculty, [[Armed Forces Command and Staff College, Jaji]]) * Brigadier [[Sani Abacha]] (Commander, 9th Mechanized Brigade) * Brigadier [[Tunde Idiagbon]] (Military Secretary, Army) * Lt Colonel [[Aliyu Mohammed Gusau]] (Director of Military Intelligence) * Lt Colonel [[Halilu Akilu]] * Lt Colonel [[David Mark]] * Lt Colonel [[Tunde Ogbeha]] * Major [[Sambo Dasuki]] (Military Assistant to the Chief of Army Staff, Lt-General [[Mohammed Inuwa Wushishi|Wushishi]]) * Major [[Abdulmumini Aminu]] * Major [[Lawan Gwadabe]] * Major Mustapha Jokolo (Senior Instructor, Basawa Barracks - Zaria) * Major [[Dangiwa Umar|Abubakar Umar]] Major General Buhari's Supreme Military Council (SMC) observed a minute of silence for the slain Brigadier Bako during SMC's first meeting.<ref name="NYT">{{cite news|last1=May|first1=Clifford|title=DEPOSED NIGERIAN PRESIDENT IS UNDER ARREST|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1984/01/04/world/deposed-nigerian-president-is-under-arrest.html|work=New York Times|date=4 January 1984|access-date=5 January 2015}}</ref> == References == {{Reflist}} 79bcrnoq3tnfvnebx10cuv6se1mxl9n 41034 41033 2026-05-13T11:05:09Z Austinea3 116 /* Role on 31 December 1983 coup */ 41034 wikitext text/x-wiki {{short description|Nigerian brigadier (1943–1983)}}{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2023}} {{Infobox officeholder|name=Ibrahim Bako|honorific_prefix=[[Brigadier]]|image=|caption=|image_size=150px|office=Acting General Officer Commanding, [[1st Division (Nigeria)|1 Division]], Nigerian Army|term_start=|term_end=|predecessor=|successor=|birth_name=Ibrahim Ahmed Bako|birth_date=5 March 1943|death_date={{death date and age|1983|12|31|1943|3|5|df=y}}|allegiance={{NGR}}|branch={{army|Nigeria}}|service_years=1962–1983|rank=[[File:Nigeria-Army-OF-6.svg|20px]] [[Brigadier]]|alma_mater=[[Nigerian Defence Academy|Nigerian Military Training College]]<br>[[Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst|RMA Sandhurst]]}} '''Ibrahim Ahmed Bako''' (5 March 1943<ref name="Leadership-NG">{{Cite news|last1=Augustine|first1=Agbo-Paul|title=We've Forgiven Our Father's Killers – Prof Bako|url=http://leadership.ng/features/interviews/311481/weve-forgiven-our-fathers-killers-prof-bako|newspaper=[[Leadership (newspaper)|Leadership]]|access-date=9 January 2015}}</ref> – 31 December 1983) was a senior officer in the [[Nigerian Army]] who played a principal role in two Nigerian military coups: the [[1966 Nigerian counter-coup|July 1966 counter-coup]] and the [[1983 Nigerian coup d'état|December 1983]] coup. The 1983 coup ousted the democratic government of [[Shehu Shagari]] while the July 1966 coup ousted the military government of General [[Ironsi]]. Bako was killed during the [[1983 Nigerian coup d'état|December 1983 coup d'état]]. == Career == Ibrahim Ahmed Bako (N/548) FSS MSS psc ma bî éfu ó'chu ẹ́kẹ́ta nolu mẹ́lu éfu ọdọ 1943 efu [[Kaduna (city)|Kaduna]],kádunà státî. Íkọ́ ẹ̀kọ́ ìlùmẹ́ kíkọ n’ìfẹ̀ oñwu chi Junior Primary School, Kaduna kwì efu ọ̀dọ̀ 1951 tì 1954, oñwu l’adú d’anyí lo tì Giwa Senior Primary School n’ìchẹ́ kpa ẹ̀kọ́ ìlùmẹ́ kíkọ n’ìfẹ̀ nwu éfu ọdọ 1956. Î ló ti ukoche ísakulu Goméntì yi kóllégè , abójoì kî chî [[Barewa College]] kwî éfu ọdọ 1957 ló téfu ọdọ 1961 Abodu kù dabi kpa kù mé kù Igala kà kì amó kù i che nwi West African School cértîvîcatẹ̀ (WASC). Igbele kù i che kpa gwi unyi ùkoche sakandiri, i nwo che t'unyi ùkoche am'ùja kì dì Kaduna kì amó ma dó Úkọchẹ ama jîmî anakpala ogîjo kóllégè Naijiria (NMTC), kù amó ma dó kù ebèí i che Naijiria Defence Academy (NDA), efù amó kì dó NMTC Course 5 efù ódù 1962, nwi ùkoche ùja kì i koche kù i jé n'ogbagba. I nwo lo unyi ukoche kì dì United Kingdom kù i che kpa nwi ukoche am’uja [[Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst|Royal Military Academy Sandhurst]].Ma n’u kpañ’ù oji Regular Combatant Commission efù ochù kochù k’égwa méji nolu ogwú-ny’ẹ́yọ́ mébie, efù ódù 1964, kù i che rank Second Lieutenant. I nwo n’eñwu ogbagba rank lé kpaí amó k’i dó seniority gwi ochù kochù k’ẹ́lẹ́ nolu ogwú-ny’ẹ́yọ́ mẹ́lā, efù ódù 1962. Alu kù i che infantry ofisa efù am’uja Nigeria, Ibrahim Bako kàn’ùkólò n’ochu alu kù i che Platoon Commander efù 4 Battalion, i nwo che Company Commander efù 5 Battalion. Egba kù ùja civil war chàn’e efù ódù 1967, ma d’u nwi ùkólò Staff Captain Intelligence nwi Headquarters 1 Area Command (kì amó ma dabi dó 1 Division). Ma n’u kpañ’ù oji Major temporary nolu ogwú-ny’ẹ́yọ́ m’ẹ́ta-ny’ẹ́yọ́ kaye efù ochù kochù k’ébíé efù ódù 1968, tógba kù i nwo lo oji ùja gbagba alu kù i che Brigade Major nwi 4 Infantry Brigade. I dì efù rank Major lé lo tì nolu kaye efù ochù kochù k’égwa efù ódù 1972, egba kù ma n’u kpañ’ù oji temporary Lieutenant Colonel; oñwu nwo ch’ùkólò General Staff Officer Grade II Intelligence nwa. Bako (kì i che Lt Colonel egba lé) nwo ch’ùkólò logistics ofisa efù National Census Board nwi amó kì d’ọ̀nọ̀ amonẹ efù ódù 1973.<ref name="Siollun15">{{cite book|last1=Siollun|first1=Max|title=Soldiers of Fortune: A History of Nigeria (1983-1993)|publisher=Cassava Republic Press|year=2013|isbn=9789785023824|edition=2013|pages=15}}</ref> Ma d’u kpañ’ù oji rank Lieutenant Colonel gbagba nolu kaye efù ochù kochù k’ẹ́lẹ́ efù ódù 1974; egba lé, ma n’u odù kù i lo ch’ùkólò alu kù i che Commander nwi 20 Brigade. Alu kù i che Lieutenant Colonel lé, i nwo ch’ùkólò Assistant Quarter Master efù Headquarters Lagos Garrison Organisation (kì amó ma dó 81 Division, Lagos abajọì), i nwo dabi che Commander nwi 1 Infantry Division Garrison kì dì Kaduna. Nolu kaye efù ochù kochù k’égwa-ka efù ódù 1975, ma n’u kpañ’ù oji temporary rank Colonel; lo tì nolu mébie efù ochù kochù k’ébíé efù ódù 1978, egba kù i n’u oji rank Colonel gbagba. Oñwu nwo n’ùkólò efù ọ̀tẹ̀ k’ajì am’ùja alu kù i cheOfisa kì kọ̀nọ̀ nwi am’ofisa gbagba efù ùkólò Coordination Bako nwo k’ọ̀nọ̀, [https://www.britishpathe.com/video/VLVA2M3MVXR2Y21YDXCC94S838D4C-LEBANON-NIGERIAN-SOLDIERS-ARRIVE-TO-JOIN-UN-PEACE-KEEPING-FORCE/query/Nigerian+Army+Lebanon Nigerian Battalion in peace keeping operations in Lebanon] under '''UNIFIL''', [[United Nations|UN]] Ùkólò ukpahiọ ubi kì ma chánẹ́ ọjọ kî'ochu ẹ́kẹ̀ta nolu mẹ́gẹ́lè efu ọdọ 1978 by [[United Nations Security Council]] [[United Nations Security Council Resolution|Resolutions]] [[United Nations Security Council Resolution 425|425]] kpaî [[United Nations Security Council Resolution 426|426]]. brahim Bako n’u oji rank Brigadier nolu kaye efù ochù kochù k’ẹ́lẹ́ efù ódù 1980, egba kù i ch’ùkólò alu kù i che Commander nwi 7 Mechanised Brigade, i nwo ch’ùkólò kì i jẹ́ Director nwi amî soja Army Faculty lo tiùkpóká. [[Armed Forces Command and Staff College, Jaji]] tákì kwù ọjọ kî k'ochu ẹ́kẹ̀gwájî nolu ogwu-ẹ́gwa nyọ kaa efu ọdọ 1983. Efù ọ̀tẹ̀ ùkólò nwu, Ibrahim Bako kọ̀nọ̀ nwi . [[Nigerian Army]]...am’ofisa kì d’ọwọ́ kọ̀ kù ma gba am’ùja guerrilla ọgba kuo kì lú kẹ́jú efù ogwú-ny’ẹ́yọ́ m’ẹ́rẹ̀wá gwi efù égbe United Zimbabwe alu kù ùja elọwọ-olọ efù i kpa, kù ma mọ̀ ma nwọ̀ kpaí kù ma n’ùkoche nwi.[[Nigerian Defence Academy]], [[Kaduna (city)|Kaduna]] efu ọdọ 1980.Am’ùja guerrilla ọgba kuo kì lú kẹ́jú efù ogwú-ny’ẹ́yọ́ m’ẹ́rẹ̀wá lé, oñwu ma chànẹ́ ùkọ̀lọ̀ am’ùja gbagba alu kù ùja elọwọ-olọ i kpa lé. [[Zimbabwe National Army]],<ref name="Beegeagle">{{cite web|title=Nigerian Army Museum: a slice of Nigerian military history|url=https://beegeagle.wordpress.com/2012/03/24/nigerian-army-museum-a-slice-of-nigerian-military-history/|website=Beegeagle's Blog|date=24 March 2012|publisher=Beegeagle|access-date=5 January 2015}}</ref>alu kù i kọ̀nọ̀ nwi abole kì Naijiria kọ̀ d’ọwọ́ rọ am’efu k’ọ̀tẹ̀ Southern Africa abole kì Angola kpaí South Africa efù ùja kù ma ja gwi ọwọ́ apartheid ẹgẹ amonẹ gbiẹ́gbiẹ́ kpaí colonialism am'efu k'ọ̀ọ̀chẹ̀ kì ma j’ọba oji ma . == Ùkọ̀lọ̀ kù i che efù ùja gba-ọjọba nolu ogwú-ny’ẹ́yọ́ m’ẹ́bie-ny’ẹ́yọ́ kaye efù ochù kochù k’ébíé efù ódù 1966. == Ó'chu ẹ́kẹ̀biá nolu ogwu nyọ mẹ́jo éfu ọdọ 1966 mutiny (kú ma gbéju àdọ̀ kî [[Nigerian counter-coup of 1966]])...i che ùja kì d’efu kpaí ọwọ́-le kù ma kpo-ọjọba gwi ọwọ́ Jẹnẹra [[Aguiyi-Ironsi]]'i che ọjọba am'ùja, kì j'ọba ubi ùja gba-ọjọba nolu ogwú-gbanẹ efù ochù kochù kaye kì gbọfọ, kì Mẹ́jọ [[Emmanuel Ifeajuna]] kpaí Lt Col [[Kaduna Nzeogwu]]. Amùjo yé amì soja óffîsẹ́ kî ẹ́tèma dẹ́jú Naijiria northern (manyu egbale kî ché Lts Ibrahim Bako, [[Shehu Musa Yar'Adua]], [[Theophilus Danjuma]], ató'gba ñwu ma [[Joe Garba]], Lt Col [[Murtala Muhammed]], manyu abò kîbọ̀ ) kpalu dama kpaí ma kpa-ọwọ́-le oji oga jénéra General Ironsi' kî chî achî ukólò amî sója goméntì.<ref name="OPV">{{cite book|last1=Siollun|first1=Max|title=Oil, Politics and Violence: Nigeria's Military Coup Culture (1966-1976)|year=2009|publisher=Algora Publishing|isbn=9780875867106|pages=99}}</ref> Efù amonẹ kì kwú (or kì n'ọgbogbo) efù ùja kpa-ọwọ́-le oji oga lé, Jẹnẹra dì efù ma Among the casualties of the mutiny were General [[Aguiyi Ironsi]] and Lt Colonel [[Adekunle Fajuyi]]. During reconnaissance for the counter coup, then Lt Col [[Murtala Mohammed]] would drive to Ibadan (where Bako was stationed along with others like then Lt [[Jerry Useni]]), Muhammed would often drive into town from Lagos, pick up Ibrahim Bako and Abdullai Shelleng at a pre-arranged location and drive around without stopping while they discussed their counter-coup plan.<ref name="Gamji-Omoigui">{{cite web|last1=Omoigui|first1=Nowa|title=Operation Aure (2): Planning to Overthrow General Ironsi|url=http://www.gamji.com/nowa/nowa26.htm|website=Gamji|publisher=Gamji|access-date=5 January 2015}}</ref> == Role on 31 December 1983 coup == Ibrahim Bako (then Director of the Army Faculty at the Armed Forces Command and staff College, Jaji)<ref name="Beegeagle" /> and acting GOC 1 Division, Kaduna,<ref name="Leadership-NG" /> was requested by the coup conspirators with securing President [[Shehu Shagari]] presumably after Shagari's [[Presidential Guard Brigade (Nigeria)|Brigade of Guards]] had been neutralized (without violence as planned) by Col [[Tunde Ogbeha]]. Author [[Max Siollun]] notes that Bako was chosen for the role because not only was Bako's father a personal friend to Shagari, as Commander 7 Mechanised Brigade Sokoto, he was well known and respected in the president's home state. Unknown to Bako was that the coup plot had been leaked to President Shagari, whose guards were on high alert. After arriving at the Presidential residence (in non-military attire) with an armed detachment to secure the President,<ref name="Omoiugui">{{cite web|last1=Omoigui|first1=Nowa|title=The palace coup of 27 August 1985 Part I|url=http://www.waado.org/nigerdelta/nigeria_facts/MilitaryRule/Omoigui/PalaceCoup-1985.htm|publisher=Uhrobo Historical Society|access-date=5 January 2015|archive-date=8 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210608090914/http://www.waado.org/nigerdelta/nigeria_facts/militaryrule/omoigui/PalaceCoup-1985.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> Bako was shot dead while sitting in the passenger side of a [[Unimog]] utility truck<ref name="Beegeagle" /> in an ensuing firefight between troops from Bako's detachment and the Brigade of Guards soldiers under the command of Captain Augustine Anyogo.<ref name="Siollun">{{cite book|last1=Siollun|first1=Max|title=Soldiers of Fortune: A History of Nigeria (1983-1993)|year=2013|publisher=Cassava Republic Press|isbn=9789785023824|pages=16–17|edition=2013}}</ref> The Unimog utility truck that Bako was killed in was on display at the Nigerian Army Museum in [[Zaria]], Nigeria. The senior military officers involved in the 1983 coup were:<ref name="Siollun13">{{cite book|last1=Siollun|first1=Max|title=Soldiers of Fortune: A History of Nigeria (1983-1993)|year=2013|publisher=Cassava Republic Press|isbn=9789785023824|pages=13|edition=2013}}</ref> * Major General [[Muhammadu Buhari]] (General Officer Commanding, 3rd Armored Division, Jos) * Major General [[Ibrahim Babangida]] (Director of Army Staff Duties and Plans) * Brigadier Ibrahim Bako (Acting General Officer Commanding, 1st Division Kaduna/Director Army Faculty, [[Armed Forces Command and Staff College, Jaji]]) * Brigadier [[Sani Abacha]] (Commander, 9th Mechanized Brigade) * Brigadier [[Tunde Idiagbon]] (Military Secretary, Army) * Lt Colonel [[Aliyu Mohammed Gusau]] (Director of Military Intelligence) * Lt Colonel [[Halilu Akilu]] * Lt Colonel [[David Mark]] * Lt Colonel [[Tunde Ogbeha]] * Major [[Sambo Dasuki]] (Military Assistant to the Chief of Army Staff, Lt-General [[Mohammed Inuwa Wushishi|Wushishi]]) * Major [[Abdulmumini Aminu]] * Major [[Lawan Gwadabe]] * Major Mustapha Jokolo (Senior Instructor, Basawa Barracks - Zaria) * Major [[Dangiwa Umar|Abubakar Umar]] Major General Buhari's Supreme Military Council (SMC) observed a minute of silence for the slain Brigadier Bako during SMC's first meeting.<ref name="NYT">{{cite news|last1=May|first1=Clifford|title=DEPOSED NIGERIAN PRESIDENT IS UNDER ARREST|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1984/01/04/world/deposed-nigerian-president-is-under-arrest.html|work=New York Times|date=4 January 1984|access-date=5 January 2015}}</ref> == References == {{Reflist}} 69uir9sbyg6as143hop66j8x6ub4tbp 41035 41034 2026-05-13T11:07:27Z Austinea3 116 41035 wikitext text/x-wiki {{short description|Nigerian brigadier (1943–1983)}}{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2023}} {{Infobox officeholder|name=Ibrahim Bako|honorific_prefix=[[Brigadier]]|image=|caption=|image_size=150px|office=Acting General Officer Commanding, [[1st Division (Nigeria)|1 Division]], Nigerian Army|term_start=|term_end=|predecessor=|successor=|birth_name=Ibrahim Ahmed Bako|birth_date=5 March 1943|death_date={{death date and age|1983|12|31|1943|3|5|df=y}}|allegiance={{NGR}}|branch={{army|Nigeria}}|service_years=1962–1983|rank=[[File:Nigeria-Army-OF-6.svg|20px]] [[Brigadier]]|alma_mater=[[Nigerian Defence Academy|Nigerian Military Training College]]<br>[[Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst|RMA Sandhurst]]}} '''Ibrahim Ahmed Bako''' (5 March 1943<ref name="Leadership-NG">{{Cite news|last1=Augustine|first1=Agbo-Paul|title=We've Forgiven Our Father's Killers – Prof Bako|url=http://leadership.ng/features/interviews/311481/weve-forgiven-our-fathers-killers-prof-bako|newspaper=[[Leadership (newspaper)|Leadership]]|access-date=9 January 2015}}</ref> – 31 December 1983) was a senior officer in the [[Nigerian Army]] who played a principal role in two Nigerian military coups: the [[1966 Nigerian counter-coup|July 1966 counter-coup]] and the [[1983 Nigerian coup d'état|December 1983]] coup. The 1983 coup ousted the democratic government of [[Shehu Shagari]] while the July 1966 coup ousted the military government of General [[Ironsi]]. Bako was killed during the [[1983 Nigerian coup d'état|December 1983 coup d'état]]. == Career == Ibrahim Ahmed Bako (N/548) FSS MSS psc ma bî éfu ó'chu ẹ́kẹ́ta nolu mẹ́lu éfu ọdọ 1943 efu [[Kaduna (city)|Kaduna]],kádunà státî. Íkọ́ ẹ̀kọ́ ìlùmẹ́ kíkọ n’ìfẹ̀ oñwu chi Junior Primary School, Kaduna kwì efu ọ̀dọ̀ 1951 tì 1954, oñwu l’adú d’anyí lo tì Giwa Senior Primary School n’ìchẹ́ kpa ẹ̀kọ́ ìlùmẹ́ kíkọ n’ìfẹ̀ nwu éfu ọdọ 1956. Î ló ti ukoche ísakulu Goméntì yi kóllégè , abójoì kî chî [[Barewa College]] kwî éfu ọdọ 1957 ló téfu ọdọ 1961 Abodu kù dabi kpa kù mé kù Igala kà kì amó kù i che nwi West African School cértîvîcatẹ̀ (WASC). Igbele kù i che kpa gwi unyi ùkoche sakandiri, i nwo che t'unyi ùkoche am'ùja kì dì Kaduna kì amó ma dó Úkọchẹ ama jîmî anakpala ogîjo kóllégè Naijiria (NMTC), kù amó ma dó kù ebèí i che Naijiria Defence Academy (NDA), efù amó kì dó NMTC Course 5 efù ódù 1962, nwi ùkoche ùja kì i koche kù i jé n'ogbagba. I nwo lo unyi ukoche kì dì United Kingdom kù i che kpa nwi ukoche am’uja [[Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst|Royal Military Academy Sandhurst]].Ma n’u kpañ’ù oji Regular Combatant Commission efù ochù kochù k’égwa méji nolu ogwú-ny’ẹ́yọ́ mébie, efù ódù 1964, kù i che rank Second Lieutenant. I nwo n’eñwu ogbagba rank lé kpaí amó k’i dó seniority gwi ochù kochù k’ẹ́lẹ́ nolu ogwú-ny’ẹ́yọ́ mẹ́lā, efù ódù 1962. Alu kù i che infantry ofisa efù am’uja Nigeria, Ibrahim Bako kàn’ùkólò n’ochu alu kù i che Platoon Commander efù 4 Battalion, i nwo che Company Commander efù 5 Battalion. Egba kù ùja civil war chàn’e efù ódù 1967, ma d’u nwi ùkólò Staff Captain Intelligence nwi Headquarters 1 Area Command (kì amó ma dabi dó 1 Division). Ma n’u kpañ’ù oji Major temporary nolu ogwú-ny’ẹ́yọ́ m’ẹ́ta-ny’ẹ́yọ́ kaye efù ochù kochù k’ébíé efù ódù 1968, tógba kù i nwo lo oji ùja gbagba alu kù i che Brigade Major nwi 4 Infantry Brigade. I dì efù rank Major lé lo tì nolu kaye efù ochù kochù k’égwa efù ódù 1972, egba kù ma n’u kpañ’ù oji temporary Lieutenant Colonel; oñwu nwo ch’ùkólò General Staff Officer Grade II Intelligence nwa. Bako (kì i che Lt Colonel egba lé) nwo ch’ùkólò logistics ofisa efù National Census Board nwi amó kì d’ọ̀nọ̀ amonẹ efù ódù 1973.<ref name="Siollun15">{{cite book|last1=Siollun|first1=Max|title=Soldiers of Fortune: A History of Nigeria (1983-1993)|publisher=Cassava Republic Press|year=2013|isbn=9789785023824|edition=2013|pages=15}}</ref> Ma d’u kpañ’ù oji rank Lieutenant Colonel gbagba nolu kaye efù ochù kochù k’ẹ́lẹ́ efù ódù 1974; egba lé, ma n’u odù kù i lo ch’ùkólò alu kù i che Commander nwi 20 Brigade. Alu kù i che Lieutenant Colonel lé, i nwo ch’ùkólò Assistant Quarter Master efù Headquarters Lagos Garrison Organisation (kì amó ma dó 81 Division, Lagos abajọì), i nwo dabi che Commander nwi 1 Infantry Division Garrison kì dì Kaduna. Nolu kaye efù ochù kochù k’égwa-ka efù ódù 1975, ma n’u kpañ’ù oji temporary rank Colonel; lo tì nolu mébie efù ochù kochù k’ébíé efù ódù 1978, egba kù i n’u oji rank Colonel gbagba. Oñwu nwo n’ùkólò efù ọ̀tẹ̀ k’ajì am’ùja alu kù i cheOfisa kì kọ̀nọ̀ nwi am’ofisa gbagba efù ùkólò Coordination Bako nwo k’ọ̀nọ̀, [https://www.britishpathe.com/video/VLVA2M3MVXR2Y21YDXCC94S838D4C-LEBANON-NIGERIAN-SOLDIERS-ARRIVE-TO-JOIN-UN-PEACE-KEEPING-FORCE/query/Nigerian+Army+Lebanon Nigerian Battalion in peace keeping operations in Lebanon] under '''UNIFIL''', [[United Nations|UN]] Ùkólò ukpahiọ ubi kì ma chánẹ́ ọjọ kî'ochu ẹ́kẹ̀ta nolu mẹ́gẹ́lè efu ọdọ 1978 by [[United Nations Security Council]] [[United Nations Security Council Resolution|Resolutions]] [[United Nations Security Council Resolution 425|425]] kpaî [[United Nations Security Council Resolution 426|426]]. brahim Bako n’u oji rank Brigadier nolu kaye efù ochù kochù k’ẹ́lẹ́ efù ódù 1980, egba kù i ch’ùkólò alu kù i che Commander nwi 7 Mechanised Brigade, i nwo ch’ùkólò kì i jẹ́ Director nwi amî soja Army Faculty lo tiùkpóká. [[Armed Forces Command and Staff College, Jaji]] tákì kwù ọjọ kî k'ochu ẹ́kẹ̀gwájî nolu ogwu-ẹ́gwa nyọ kaa efu ọdọ 1983. Efù ọ̀tẹ̀ ùkólò nwu, Ibrahim Bako kọ̀nọ̀ nwi . [[Nigerian Army]]...am’ofisa kì d’ọwọ́ kọ̀ kù ma gba am’ùja guerrilla ọgba kuo kì lú kẹ́jú efù ogwú-ny’ẹ́yọ́ m’ẹ́rẹ̀wá gwi efù égbe United Zimbabwe alu kù ùja elọwọ-olọ efù i kpa, kù ma mọ̀ ma nwọ̀ kpaí kù ma n’ùkoche nwi.[[Nigerian Defence Academy]], [[Kaduna (city)|Kaduna]] efu ọdọ 1980.Am’ùja guerrilla ọgba kuo kì lú kẹ́jú efù ogwú-ny’ẹ́yọ́ m’ẹ́rẹ̀wá lé, oñwu ma chànẹ́ ùkọ̀lọ̀ am’ùja gbagba alu kù ùja elọwọ-olọ i kpa lé. [[Zimbabwe National Army]],<ref name="Beegeagle">{{cite web|title=Nigerian Army Museum: a slice of Nigerian military history|url=https://beegeagle.wordpress.com/2012/03/24/nigerian-army-museum-a-slice-of-nigerian-military-history/|website=Beegeagle's Blog|date=24 March 2012|publisher=Beegeagle|access-date=5 January 2015}}</ref>alu kù i kọ̀nọ̀ nwi abole kì Naijiria kọ̀ d’ọwọ́ rọ am’efu k’ọ̀tẹ̀ Southern Africa abole kì Angola kpaí South Africa efù ùja kù ma ja gwi ọwọ́ apartheid ẹgẹ amonẹ gbiẹ́gbiẹ́ kpaí colonialism am'efu k'ọ̀ọ̀chẹ̀ kì ma j’ọba oji ma . == Ùkọ̀lọ̀ kù i che efù ùja gba-ọjọba nolu ogwú-ny’ẹ́yọ́ m’ẹ́bie-ny’ẹ́yọ́ kaye efù ochù kochù k’ébíé efù ódù 1966. == Ó'chu ẹ́kẹ̀biá nolu ogwu nyọ mẹ́jo éfu ọdọ 1966 mutiny (kú ma gbéju àdọ̀ kî [[Nigerian counter-coup of 1966]])...i che ùja kì d’efu kpaí ọwọ́-le kù ma kpo-ọjọba gwi ọwọ́ Jẹnẹra [[Aguiyi-Ironsi]]'i che ọjọba am'ùja, kì j'ọba ubi ùja gba-ọjọba nolu ogwú-gbanẹ efù ochù kochù kaye kì gbọfọ, kì Mẹ́jọ [[Emmanuel Ifeajuna]] kpaí Lt Col [[Kaduna Nzeogwu]]. Amùjo yé amì soja óffîsẹ́ kî ẹ́tèma dẹ́jú Naijiria northern (manyu egbale kî ché Lts Ibrahim Bako, [[Shehu Musa Yar'Adua]], [[Theophilus Danjuma]], ató'gba ñwu ma [[Joe Garba]], Lt Col [[Murtala Muhammed]], manyu abò kîbọ̀ ) kpalu dama kpaí ma kpa-ọwọ́-le oji oga jénéra Ironsi' kî chî achî ukólò amî sója goméntì.<ref name="OPV">{{cite book|last1=Siollun|first1=Max|title=Oil, Politics and Violence: Nigeria's Military Coup Culture (1966-1976)|year=2009|publisher=Algora Publishing|isbn=9780875867106|pages=99}}</ref> Efù amonẹ kì kwú (or kì n'ọgbogbo) efù ùja kpa-ọwọ́-le oji oga lé, Jẹnẹra [[Aguiyi Ironsi]] kpaí and Lt Colonel [[Adekunle Fajuyi]]. During reconnaissance for the counter coup, then Lt Col [[Murtala Mohammed]] would drive to Ibadan (where Bako was stationed along with others like then Lt [[Jerry Useni]]), Muhammed would often drive into town from Lagos, pick up Ibrahim Bako and Abdullai Shelleng at a pre-arranged location and drive around without stopping while they discussed their counter-coup plan.<ref name="Gamji-Omoigui">{{cite web|last1=Omoigui|first1=Nowa|title=Operation Aure (2): Planning to Overthrow General Ironsi|url=http://www.gamji.com/nowa/nowa26.htm|website=Gamji|publisher=Gamji|access-date=5 January 2015}}</ref> == Role on 31 December 1983 coup == Ibrahim Bako (then Director of the Army Faculty at the Armed Forces Command and staff College, Jaji)<ref name="Beegeagle" /> and acting GOC 1 Division, Kaduna,<ref name="Leadership-NG" /> was requested by the coup conspirators with securing President [[Shehu Shagari]] presumably after Shagari's [[Presidential Guard Brigade (Nigeria)|Brigade of Guards]] had been neutralized (without violence as planned) by Col [[Tunde Ogbeha]]. Author [[Max Siollun]] notes that Bako was chosen for the role because not only was Bako's father a personal friend to Shagari, as Commander 7 Mechanised Brigade Sokoto, he was well known and respected in the president's home state. Unknown to Bako was that the coup plot had been leaked to President Shagari, whose guards were on high alert. After arriving at the Presidential residence (in non-military attire) with an armed detachment to secure the President,<ref name="Omoiugui">{{cite web|last1=Omoigui|first1=Nowa|title=The palace coup of 27 August 1985 Part I|url=http://www.waado.org/nigerdelta/nigeria_facts/MilitaryRule/Omoigui/PalaceCoup-1985.htm|publisher=Uhrobo Historical Society|access-date=5 January 2015|archive-date=8 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210608090914/http://www.waado.org/nigerdelta/nigeria_facts/militaryrule/omoigui/PalaceCoup-1985.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> Bako was shot dead while sitting in the passenger side of a [[Unimog]] utility truck<ref name="Beegeagle" /> in an ensuing firefight between troops from Bako's detachment and the Brigade of Guards soldiers under the command of Captain Augustine Anyogo.<ref name="Siollun">{{cite book|last1=Siollun|first1=Max|title=Soldiers of Fortune: A History of Nigeria (1983-1993)|year=2013|publisher=Cassava Republic Press|isbn=9789785023824|pages=16–17|edition=2013}}</ref> The Unimog utility truck that Bako was killed in was on display at the Nigerian Army Museum in [[Zaria]], Nigeria. The senior military officers involved in the 1983 coup were:<ref name="Siollun13">{{cite book|last1=Siollun|first1=Max|title=Soldiers of Fortune: A History of Nigeria (1983-1993)|year=2013|publisher=Cassava Republic Press|isbn=9789785023824|pages=13|edition=2013}}</ref> * Major General [[Muhammadu Buhari]] (General Officer Commanding, 3rd Armored Division, Jos) * Major General [[Ibrahim Babangida]] (Director of Army Staff Duties and Plans) * Brigadier Ibrahim Bako (Acting General Officer Commanding, 1st Division Kaduna/Director Army Faculty, [[Armed Forces Command and Staff College, Jaji]]) * Brigadier [[Sani Abacha]] (Commander, 9th Mechanized Brigade) * Brigadier [[Tunde Idiagbon]] (Military Secretary, Army) * Lt Colonel [[Aliyu Mohammed Gusau]] (Director of Military Intelligence) * Lt Colonel [[Halilu Akilu]] * Lt Colonel [[David Mark]] * Lt Colonel [[Tunde Ogbeha]] * Major [[Sambo Dasuki]] (Military Assistant to the Chief of Army Staff, Lt-General [[Mohammed Inuwa Wushishi|Wushishi]]) * Major [[Abdulmumini Aminu]] * Major [[Lawan Gwadabe]] * Major Mustapha Jokolo (Senior Instructor, Basawa Barracks - Zaria) * Major [[Dangiwa Umar|Abubakar Umar]] Major General Buhari's Supreme Military Council (SMC) observed a minute of silence for the slain Brigadier Bako during SMC's first meeting.<ref name="NYT">{{cite news|last1=May|first1=Clifford|title=DEPOSED NIGERIAN PRESIDENT IS UNDER ARREST|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1984/01/04/world/deposed-nigerian-president-is-under-arrest.html|work=New York Times|date=4 January 1984|access-date=5 January 2015}}</ref> == References == {{Reflist}} ahmcdll07bz8ymnzjr4qont4lxgpuqa 41036 41035 2026-05-13T11:12:15Z Austinea3 116 /* Role on 31 December 1983 coup */ 41036 wikitext text/x-wiki {{short description|Nigerian brigadier (1943–1983)}}{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2023}} {{Infobox officeholder|name=Ibrahim Bako|honorific_prefix=[[Brigadier]]|image=|caption=|image_size=150px|office=Acting General Officer Commanding, [[1st Division (Nigeria)|1 Division]], Nigerian Army|term_start=|term_end=|predecessor=|successor=|birth_name=Ibrahim Ahmed Bako|birth_date=5 March 1943|death_date={{death date and age|1983|12|31|1943|3|5|df=y}}|allegiance={{NGR}}|branch={{army|Nigeria}}|service_years=1962–1983|rank=[[File:Nigeria-Army-OF-6.svg|20px]] [[Brigadier]]|alma_mater=[[Nigerian Defence Academy|Nigerian Military Training College]]<br>[[Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst|RMA Sandhurst]]}} '''Ibrahim Ahmed Bako''' (5 March 1943<ref name="Leadership-NG">{{Cite news|last1=Augustine|first1=Agbo-Paul|title=We've Forgiven Our Father's Killers – Prof Bako|url=http://leadership.ng/features/interviews/311481/weve-forgiven-our-fathers-killers-prof-bako|newspaper=[[Leadership (newspaper)|Leadership]]|access-date=9 January 2015}}</ref> – 31 December 1983) was a senior officer in the [[Nigerian Army]] who played a principal role in two Nigerian military coups: the [[1966 Nigerian counter-coup|July 1966 counter-coup]] and the [[1983 Nigerian coup d'état|December 1983]] coup. The 1983 coup ousted the democratic government of [[Shehu Shagari]] while the July 1966 coup ousted the military government of General [[Ironsi]]. Bako was killed during the [[1983 Nigerian coup d'état|December 1983 coup d'état]]. == Career == Ibrahim Ahmed Bako (N/548) FSS MSS psc ma bî éfu ó'chu ẹ́kẹ́ta nolu mẹ́lu éfu ọdọ 1943 efu [[Kaduna (city)|Kaduna]],kádunà státî. Íkọ́ ẹ̀kọ́ ìlùmẹ́ kíkọ n’ìfẹ̀ oñwu chi Junior Primary School, Kaduna kwì efu ọ̀dọ̀ 1951 tì 1954, oñwu l’adú d’anyí lo tì Giwa Senior Primary School n’ìchẹ́ kpa ẹ̀kọ́ ìlùmẹ́ kíkọ n’ìfẹ̀ nwu éfu ọdọ 1956. Î ló ti ukoche ísakulu Goméntì yi kóllégè , abójoì kî chî [[Barewa College]] kwî éfu ọdọ 1957 ló téfu ọdọ 1961 Abodu kù dabi kpa kù mé kù Igala kà kì amó kù i che nwi West African School cértîvîcatẹ̀ (WASC). Igbele kù i che kpa gwi unyi ùkoche sakandiri, i nwo che t'unyi ùkoche am'ùja kì dì Kaduna kì amó ma dó Úkọchẹ ama jîmî anakpala ogîjo kóllégè Naijiria (NMTC), kù amó ma dó kù ebèí i che Naijiria Defence Academy (NDA), efù amó kì dó NMTC Course 5 efù ódù 1962, nwi ùkoche ùja kì i koche kù i jé n'ogbagba. I nwo lo unyi ukoche kì dì United Kingdom kù i che kpa nwi ukoche am’uja [[Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst|Royal Military Academy Sandhurst]].Ma n’u kpañ’ù oji Regular Combatant Commission efù ochù kochù k’égwa méji nolu ogwú-ny’ẹ́yọ́ mébie, efù ódù 1964, kù i che rank Second Lieutenant. I nwo n’eñwu ogbagba rank lé kpaí amó k’i dó seniority gwi ochù kochù k’ẹ́lẹ́ nolu ogwú-ny’ẹ́yọ́ mẹ́lā, efù ódù 1962. Alu kù i che infantry ofisa efù am’uja Nigeria, Ibrahim Bako kàn’ùkólò n’ochu alu kù i che Platoon Commander efù 4 Battalion, i nwo che Company Commander efù 5 Battalion. Egba kù ùja civil war chàn’e efù ódù 1967, ma d’u nwi ùkólò Staff Captain Intelligence nwi Headquarters 1 Area Command (kì amó ma dabi dó 1 Division). Ma n’u kpañ’ù oji Major temporary nolu ogwú-ny’ẹ́yọ́ m’ẹ́ta-ny’ẹ́yọ́ kaye efù ochù kochù k’ébíé efù ódù 1968, tógba kù i nwo lo oji ùja gbagba alu kù i che Brigade Major nwi 4 Infantry Brigade. I dì efù rank Major lé lo tì nolu kaye efù ochù kochù k’égwa efù ódù 1972, egba kù ma n’u kpañ’ù oji temporary Lieutenant Colonel; oñwu nwo ch’ùkólò General Staff Officer Grade II Intelligence nwa. Bako (kì i che Lt Colonel egba lé) nwo ch’ùkólò logistics ofisa efù National Census Board nwi amó kì d’ọ̀nọ̀ amonẹ efù ódù 1973.<ref name="Siollun15">{{cite book|last1=Siollun|first1=Max|title=Soldiers of Fortune: A History of Nigeria (1983-1993)|publisher=Cassava Republic Press|year=2013|isbn=9789785023824|edition=2013|pages=15}}</ref> Ma d’u kpañ’ù oji rank Lieutenant Colonel gbagba nolu kaye efù ochù kochù k’ẹ́lẹ́ efù ódù 1974; egba lé, ma n’u odù kù i lo ch’ùkólò alu kù i che Commander nwi 20 Brigade. Alu kù i che Lieutenant Colonel lé, i nwo ch’ùkólò Assistant Quarter Master efù Headquarters Lagos Garrison Organisation (kì amó ma dó 81 Division, Lagos abajọì), i nwo dabi che Commander nwi 1 Infantry Division Garrison kì dì Kaduna. Nolu kaye efù ochù kochù k’égwa-ka efù ódù 1975, ma n’u kpañ’ù oji temporary rank Colonel; lo tì nolu mébie efù ochù kochù k’ébíé efù ódù 1978, egba kù i n’u oji rank Colonel gbagba. Oñwu nwo n’ùkólò efù ọ̀tẹ̀ k’ajì am’ùja alu kù i cheOfisa kì kọ̀nọ̀ nwi am’ofisa gbagba efù ùkólò Coordination Bako nwo k’ọ̀nọ̀, [https://www.britishpathe.com/video/VLVA2M3MVXR2Y21YDXCC94S838D4C-LEBANON-NIGERIAN-SOLDIERS-ARRIVE-TO-JOIN-UN-PEACE-KEEPING-FORCE/query/Nigerian+Army+Lebanon Nigerian Battalion in peace keeping operations in Lebanon] under '''UNIFIL''', [[United Nations|UN]] Ùkólò ukpahiọ ubi kì ma chánẹ́ ọjọ kî'ochu ẹ́kẹ̀ta nolu mẹ́gẹ́lè efu ọdọ 1978 by [[United Nations Security Council]] [[United Nations Security Council Resolution|Resolutions]] [[United Nations Security Council Resolution 425|425]] kpaî [[United Nations Security Council Resolution 426|426]]. brahim Bako n’u oji rank Brigadier nolu kaye efù ochù kochù k’ẹ́lẹ́ efù ódù 1980, egba kù i ch’ùkólò alu kù i che Commander nwi 7 Mechanised Brigade, i nwo ch’ùkólò kì i jẹ́ Director nwi amî soja Army Faculty lo tiùkpóká. [[Armed Forces Command and Staff College, Jaji]] tákì kwù ọjọ kî k'ochu ẹ́kẹ̀gwájî nolu ogwu-ẹ́gwa nyọ kaa efu ọdọ 1983. Efù ọ̀tẹ̀ ùkólò nwu, Ibrahim Bako kọ̀nọ̀ nwi . [[Nigerian Army]]...am’ofisa kì d’ọwọ́ kọ̀ kù ma gba am’ùja guerrilla ọgba kuo kì lú kẹ́jú efù ogwú-ny’ẹ́yọ́ m’ẹ́rẹ̀wá gwi efù égbe United Zimbabwe alu kù ùja elọwọ-olọ efù i kpa, kù ma mọ̀ ma nwọ̀ kpaí kù ma n’ùkoche nwi.[[Nigerian Defence Academy]], [[Kaduna (city)|Kaduna]] efu ọdọ 1980.Am’ùja guerrilla ọgba kuo kì lú kẹ́jú efù ogwú-ny’ẹ́yọ́ m’ẹ́rẹ̀wá lé, oñwu ma chànẹ́ ùkọ̀lọ̀ am’ùja gbagba alu kù ùja elọwọ-olọ i kpa lé. [[Zimbabwe National Army]],<ref name="Beegeagle">{{cite web|title=Nigerian Army Museum: a slice of Nigerian military history|url=https://beegeagle.wordpress.com/2012/03/24/nigerian-army-museum-a-slice-of-nigerian-military-history/|website=Beegeagle's Blog|date=24 March 2012|publisher=Beegeagle|access-date=5 January 2015}}</ref>alu kù i kọ̀nọ̀ nwi abole kì Naijiria kọ̀ d’ọwọ́ rọ am’efu k’ọ̀tẹ̀ Southern Africa abole kì Angola kpaí South Africa efù ùja kù ma ja gwi ọwọ́ apartheid ẹgẹ amonẹ gbiẹ́gbiẹ́ kpaí colonialism am'efu k'ọ̀ọ̀chẹ̀ kì ma j’ọba oji ma . == Ùkọ̀lọ̀ kù i che efù ùja gba-ọjọba nolu ogwú-ny’ẹ́yọ́ m’ẹ́bie-ny’ẹ́yọ́ kaye efù ochù kochù k’ébíé efù ódù 1966. == Ó'chu ẹ́kẹ̀biá nolu ogwu nyọ mẹ́jo éfu ọdọ 1966 mutiny (kú ma gbéju àdọ̀ kî [[Nigerian counter-coup of 1966]])...i che ùja kì d’efu kpaí ọwọ́-le kù ma kpo-ọjọba gwi ọwọ́ Jẹnẹra [[Aguiyi-Ironsi]]'i che ọjọba am'ùja, kì j'ọba ubi ùja gba-ọjọba nolu ogwú-gbanẹ efù ochù kochù kaye kì gbọfọ, kì Mẹ́jọ [[Emmanuel Ifeajuna]] kpaí Lt Col [[Kaduna Nzeogwu]]. Amùjo yé amì soja óffîsẹ́ kî ẹ́tèma dẹ́jú Naijiria northern (manyu egbale kî ché Lts Ibrahim Bako, [[Shehu Musa Yar'Adua]], [[Theophilus Danjuma]], ató'gba ñwu ma [[Joe Garba]], Lt Col [[Murtala Muhammed]], manyu abò kîbọ̀ ) kpalu dama kpaí ma kpa-ọwọ́-le oji oga jénéra Ironsi' kî chî achî ukólò amî sója goméntì.<ref name="OPV">{{cite book|last1=Siollun|first1=Max|title=Oil, Politics and Violence: Nigeria's Military Coup Culture (1966-1976)|year=2009|publisher=Algora Publishing|isbn=9780875867106|pages=99}}</ref> Efù amonẹ kì kwú (or kì n'ọgbogbo) efù ùja kpa-ọwọ́-le oji oga lé, Jẹnẹra [[Aguiyi Ironsi]] kpaí and Lt Colonel [[Adekunle Fajuyi]]. Egba kì ma n’ochu kì i che ùkọ̀lọ̀ amẹ́gbe nwi ùja dabi gba-ọjọba lé, Lieutenant Colonel egba lé. During reconnaissance for the counter coup, then Lt Col [[Murtala Mohammed]] would drive to Ibadan (where Bako was stationed along with others like then Lt [[Jerry Useni]]), Muhammed would often drive into town from Lagos, pick up Ibrahim Bako and Abdullai Shelleng at a pre-arranged location and drive around without stopping while they discussed their counter-coup plan.<ref name="Gamji-Omoigui">{{cite web|last1=Omoigui|first1=Nowa|title=Operation Aure (2): Planning to Overthrow General Ironsi|url=http://www.gamji.com/nowa/nowa26.htm|website=Gamji|publisher=Gamji|access-date=5 January 2015}}</ref> == Role on 31 December 1983 coup == Ibrahim Bako (then Director of the Army Faculty at the Armed Forces Command and staff College, Jaji)<ref name="Beegeagle" /> and acting GOC 1 Division, Kaduna,<ref name="Leadership-NG" /> was requested by the coup conspirators with securing President [[Shehu Shagari]] presumably after Shagari's [[Presidential Guard Brigade (Nigeria)|Brigade of Guards]] had been neutralized (without violence as planned) by Col [[Tunde Ogbeha]]. Author [[Max Siollun]] notes that Bako was chosen for the role because not only was Bako's father a personal friend to Shagari, as Commander 7 Mechanised Brigade Sokoto, he was well known and respected in the president's home state. Unknown to Bako was that the coup plot had been leaked to President Shagari, whose guards were on high alert. After arriving at the Presidential residence (in non-military attire) with an armed detachment to secure the President,<ref name="Omoiugui">{{cite web|last1=Omoigui|first1=Nowa|title=The palace coup of 27 August 1985 Part I|url=http://www.waado.org/nigerdelta/nigeria_facts/MilitaryRule/Omoigui/PalaceCoup-1985.htm|publisher=Uhrobo Historical Society|access-date=5 January 2015|archive-date=8 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210608090914/http://www.waado.org/nigerdelta/nigeria_facts/militaryrule/omoigui/PalaceCoup-1985.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> Bako was shot dead while sitting in the passenger side of a [[Unimog]] utility truck<ref name="Beegeagle" /> in an ensuing firefight between troops from Bako's detachment and the Brigade of Guards soldiers under the command of Captain Augustine Anyogo.<ref name="Siollun">{{cite book|last1=Siollun|first1=Max|title=Soldiers of Fortune: A History of Nigeria (1983-1993)|year=2013|publisher=Cassava Republic Press|isbn=9789785023824|pages=16–17|edition=2013}}</ref> The Unimog utility truck that Bako was killed in was on display at the Nigerian Army Museum in [[Zaria]], Nigeria. The senior military officers involved in the 1983 coup were:<ref name="Siollun13">{{cite book|last1=Siollun|first1=Max|title=Soldiers of Fortune: A History of Nigeria (1983-1993)|year=2013|publisher=Cassava Republic Press|isbn=9789785023824|pages=13|edition=2013}}</ref> * Major General [[Muhammadu Buhari]] (General Officer Commanding, 3rd Armored Division, Jos) * Major General [[Ibrahim Babangida]] (Director of Army Staff Duties and Plans) * Brigadier Ibrahim Bako (Acting General Officer Commanding, 1st Division Kaduna/Director Army Faculty, [[Armed Forces Command and Staff College, Jaji]]) * Brigadier [[Sani Abacha]] (Commander, 9th Mechanized Brigade) * Brigadier [[Tunde Idiagbon]] (Military Secretary, Army) * Lt Colonel [[Aliyu Mohammed Gusau]] (Director of Military Intelligence) * Lt Colonel [[Halilu Akilu]] * Lt Colonel [[David Mark]] * Lt Colonel [[Tunde Ogbeha]] * Major [[Sambo Dasuki]] (Military Assistant to the Chief of Army Staff, Lt-General [[Mohammed Inuwa Wushishi|Wushishi]]) * Major [[Abdulmumini Aminu]] * Major [[Lawan Gwadabe]] * Major Mustapha Jokolo (Senior Instructor, Basawa Barracks - Zaria) * Major [[Dangiwa Umar|Abubakar Umar]] Major General Buhari's Supreme Military Council (SMC) observed a minute of silence for the slain Brigadier Bako during SMC's first meeting.<ref name="NYT">{{cite news|last1=May|first1=Clifford|title=DEPOSED NIGERIAN PRESIDENT IS UNDER ARREST|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1984/01/04/world/deposed-nigerian-president-is-under-arrest.html|work=New York Times|date=4 January 1984|access-date=5 January 2015}}</ref> == References == {{Reflist}} m546hlpc2w9x5hsfmdox2xkgpekt9uj 41037 41036 2026-05-13T11:21:32Z Austinea3 116 /* Ùkọ̀lọ̀ kù i che efù ùja gba-ọjọba nolu ogwú-ny’ẹ́yọ́ m’ẹ́bie-ny’ẹ́yọ́ kaye efù ochù kochù k’ébíé efù ódù 1966. */ 41037 wikitext text/x-wiki {{short description|Nigerian brigadier (1943–1983)}}{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2023}} {{Infobox officeholder|name=Ibrahim Bako|honorific_prefix=[[Brigadier]]|image=|caption=|image_size=150px|office=Acting General Officer Commanding, [[1st Division (Nigeria)|1 Division]], Nigerian Army|term_start=|term_end=|predecessor=|successor=|birth_name=Ibrahim Ahmed Bako|birth_date=5 March 1943|death_date={{death date and age|1983|12|31|1943|3|5|df=y}}|allegiance={{NGR}}|branch={{army|Nigeria}}|service_years=1962–1983|rank=[[File:Nigeria-Army-OF-6.svg|20px]] [[Brigadier]]|alma_mater=[[Nigerian Defence Academy|Nigerian Military Training College]]<br>[[Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst|RMA Sandhurst]]}} '''Ibrahim Ahmed Bako''' (5 March 1943<ref name="Leadership-NG">{{Cite news|last1=Augustine|first1=Agbo-Paul|title=We've Forgiven Our Father's Killers – Prof Bako|url=http://leadership.ng/features/interviews/311481/weve-forgiven-our-fathers-killers-prof-bako|newspaper=[[Leadership (newspaper)|Leadership]]|access-date=9 January 2015}}</ref> – 31 December 1983) was a senior officer in the [[Nigerian Army]] who played a principal role in two Nigerian military coups: the [[1966 Nigerian counter-coup|July 1966 counter-coup]] and the [[1983 Nigerian coup d'état|December 1983]] coup. The 1983 coup ousted the democratic government of [[Shehu Shagari]] while the July 1966 coup ousted the military government of General [[Ironsi]]. Bako was killed during the [[1983 Nigerian coup d'état|December 1983 coup d'état]]. == Career == Ibrahim Ahmed Bako (N/548) FSS MSS psc ma bî éfu ó'chu ẹ́kẹ́ta nolu mẹ́lu éfu ọdọ 1943 efu [[Kaduna (city)|Kaduna]],kádunà státî. Íkọ́ ẹ̀kọ́ ìlùmẹ́ kíkọ n’ìfẹ̀ oñwu chi Junior Primary School, Kaduna kwì efu ọ̀dọ̀ 1951 tì 1954, oñwu l’adú d’anyí lo tì Giwa Senior Primary School n’ìchẹ́ kpa ẹ̀kọ́ ìlùmẹ́ kíkọ n’ìfẹ̀ nwu éfu ọdọ 1956. Î ló ti ukoche ísakulu Goméntì yi kóllégè , abójoì kî chî [[Barewa College]] kwî éfu ọdọ 1957 ló téfu ọdọ 1961 Abodu kù dabi kpa kù mé kù Igala kà kì amó kù i che nwi West African School cértîvîcatẹ̀ (WASC). Igbele kù i che kpa gwi unyi ùkoche sakandiri, i nwo che t'unyi ùkoche am'ùja kì dì Kaduna kì amó ma dó Úkọchẹ ama jîmî anakpala ogîjo kóllégè Naijiria (NMTC), kù amó ma dó kù ebèí i che Naijiria Defence Academy (NDA), efù amó kì dó NMTC Course 5 efù ódù 1962, nwi ùkoche ùja kì i koche kù i jé n'ogbagba. I nwo lo unyi ukoche kì dì United Kingdom kù i che kpa nwi ukoche am’uja [[Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst|Royal Military Academy Sandhurst]].Ma n’u kpañ’ù oji Regular Combatant Commission efù ochù kochù k’égwa méji nolu ogwú-ny’ẹ́yọ́ mébie, efù ódù 1964, kù i che rank Second Lieutenant. I nwo n’eñwu ogbagba rank lé kpaí amó k’i dó seniority gwi ochù kochù k’ẹ́lẹ́ nolu ogwú-ny’ẹ́yọ́ mẹ́lā, efù ódù 1962. Alu kù i che infantry ofisa efù am’uja Nigeria, Ibrahim Bako kàn’ùkólò n’ochu alu kù i che Platoon Commander efù 4 Battalion, i nwo che Company Commander efù 5 Battalion. Egba kù ùja civil war chàn’e efù ódù 1967, ma d’u nwi ùkólò Staff Captain Intelligence nwi Headquarters 1 Area Command (kì amó ma dabi dó 1 Division). Ma n’u kpañ’ù oji Major temporary nolu ogwú-ny’ẹ́yọ́ m’ẹ́ta-ny’ẹ́yọ́ kaye efù ochù kochù k’ébíé efù ódù 1968, tógba kù i nwo lo oji ùja gbagba alu kù i che Brigade Major nwi 4 Infantry Brigade. I dì efù rank Major lé lo tì nolu kaye efù ochù kochù k’égwa efù ódù 1972, egba kù ma n’u kpañ’ù oji temporary Lieutenant Colonel; oñwu nwo ch’ùkólò General Staff Officer Grade II Intelligence nwa. Bako (kì i che Lt Colonel egba lé) nwo ch’ùkólò logistics ofisa efù National Census Board nwi amó kì d’ọ̀nọ̀ amonẹ efù ódù 1973.<ref name="Siollun15">{{cite book|last1=Siollun|first1=Max|title=Soldiers of Fortune: A History of Nigeria (1983-1993)|publisher=Cassava Republic Press|year=2013|isbn=9789785023824|edition=2013|pages=15}}</ref> Ma d’u kpañ’ù oji rank Lieutenant Colonel gbagba nolu kaye efù ochù kochù k’ẹ́lẹ́ efù ódù 1974; egba lé, ma n’u odù kù i lo ch’ùkólò alu kù i che Commander nwi 20 Brigade. Alu kù i che Lieutenant Colonel lé, i nwo ch’ùkólò Assistant Quarter Master efù Headquarters Lagos Garrison Organisation (kì amó ma dó 81 Division, Lagos abajọì), i nwo dabi che Commander nwi 1 Infantry Division Garrison kì dì Kaduna. Nolu kaye efù ochù kochù k’égwa-ka efù ódù 1975, ma n’u kpañ’ù oji temporary rank Colonel; lo tì nolu mébie efù ochù kochù k’ébíé efù ódù 1978, egba kù i n’u oji rank Colonel gbagba. Oñwu nwo n’ùkólò efù ọ̀tẹ̀ k’ajì am’ùja alu kù i cheOfisa kì kọ̀nọ̀ nwi am’ofisa gbagba efù ùkólò Coordination Bako nwo k’ọ̀nọ̀, [https://www.britishpathe.com/video/VLVA2M3MVXR2Y21YDXCC94S838D4C-LEBANON-NIGERIAN-SOLDIERS-ARRIVE-TO-JOIN-UN-PEACE-KEEPING-FORCE/query/Nigerian+Army+Lebanon Nigerian Battalion in peace keeping operations in Lebanon] under '''UNIFIL''', [[United Nations|UN]] Ùkólò ukpahiọ ubi kì ma chánẹ́ ọjọ kî'ochu ẹ́kẹ̀ta nolu mẹ́gẹ́lè efu ọdọ 1978 by [[United Nations Security Council]] [[United Nations Security Council Resolution|Resolutions]] [[United Nations Security Council Resolution 425|425]] kpaî [[United Nations Security Council Resolution 426|426]]. brahim Bako n’u oji rank Brigadier nolu kaye efù ochù kochù k’ẹ́lẹ́ efù ódù 1980, egba kù i ch’ùkólò alu kù i che Commander nwi 7 Mechanised Brigade, i nwo ch’ùkólò kì i jẹ́ Director nwi amî soja Army Faculty lo tiùkpóká. [[Armed Forces Command and Staff College, Jaji]] tákì kwù ọjọ kî k'ochu ẹ́kẹ̀gwájî nolu ogwu-ẹ́gwa nyọ kaa efu ọdọ 1983. Efù ọ̀tẹ̀ ùkólò nwu, Ibrahim Bako kọ̀nọ̀ nwi . [[Nigerian Army]]...am’ofisa kì d’ọwọ́ kọ̀ kù ma gba am’ùja guerrilla ọgba kuo kì lú kẹ́jú efù ogwú-ny’ẹ́yọ́ m’ẹ́rẹ̀wá gwi efù égbe United Zimbabwe alu kù ùja elọwọ-olọ efù i kpa, kù ma mọ̀ ma nwọ̀ kpaí kù ma n’ùkoche nwi.[[Nigerian Defence Academy]], [[Kaduna (city)|Kaduna]] efu ọdọ 1980.Am’ùja guerrilla ọgba kuo kì lú kẹ́jú efù ogwú-ny’ẹ́yọ́ m’ẹ́rẹ̀wá lé, oñwu ma chànẹ́ ùkọ̀lọ̀ am’ùja gbagba alu kù ùja elọwọ-olọ i kpa lé. [[Zimbabwe National Army]],<ref name="Beegeagle">{{cite web|title=Nigerian Army Museum: a slice of Nigerian military history|url=https://beegeagle.wordpress.com/2012/03/24/nigerian-army-museum-a-slice-of-nigerian-military-history/|website=Beegeagle's Blog|date=24 March 2012|publisher=Beegeagle|access-date=5 January 2015}}</ref>alu kù i kọ̀nọ̀ nwi abole kì Naijiria kọ̀ d’ọwọ́ rọ am’efu k’ọ̀tẹ̀ Southern Africa abole kì Angola kpaí South Africa efù ùja kù ma ja gwi ọwọ́ apartheid ẹgẹ amonẹ gbiẹ́gbiẹ́ kpaí colonialism am'efu k'ọ̀ọ̀chẹ̀ kì ma j’ọba oji ma . == Ùkọ̀lọ̀ kù i che efù ùja gba-ọjọba nolu ogwú-ny’ẹ́yọ́ m’ẹ́bie-ny’ẹ́yọ́ kaye efù ochù kochù k’ébíé efù ódù 1966. == Ó'chu ẹ́kẹ̀biá nolu ogwu nyọ mẹ́jo éfu ọdọ 1966 mutiny (kú ma gbéju àdọ̀ kî [[Nigerian counter-coup of 1966]])...i che ùja kì d’efu kpaí ọwọ́-le kù ma kpo-ọjọba gwi ọwọ́ Jẹnẹra [[Aguiyi-Ironsi]]'i che ọjọba am'ùja, kì j'ọba ubi ùja gba-ọjọba nolu ogwú-gbanẹ efù ochù kochù kaye kì gbọfọ, kì Mẹ́jọ [[Emmanuel Ifeajuna]] kpaí Lt Col [[Kaduna Nzeogwu]]. Amùjo yé amì soja óffîsẹ́ kî ẹ́tèma dẹ́jú Naijiria northern (manyu egbale kî ché Lts Ibrahim Bako, [[Shehu Musa Yar'Adua]], [[Theophilus Danjuma]], ató'gba ñwu ma [[Joe Garba]], Lt Col [[Murtala Muhammed]], manyu abò kîbọ̀ ) kpalu dama kpaí ma kpa-ọwọ́-le oji oga jénéra Ironsi' kî chî achî ukólò amî sója goméntì.<ref name="OPV">{{cite book|last1=Siollun|first1=Max|title=Oil, Politics and Violence: Nigeria's Military Coup Culture (1966-1976)|year=2009|publisher=Algora Publishing|isbn=9780875867106|pages=99}}</ref> Efù amonẹ kì kwú (or kì n'ọgbogbo) efù ùja kpa-ọwọ́-le oji oga lé, Jẹnẹra [[Aguiyi Ironsi]] kpaí and Lt Colonel [[Adekunle Fajuyi]]. Egba kì ma n’ochu kì i che ùkọ̀lọ̀ amẹ́gbe nwi ùja dabi gba-ọjọba lé, Lieutenant Colonel egba lé. During reconnaissance for the counter coup, then Lt Col [[Murtala Mohammed]] .a k’ọ́tọ̀ tì Ibadan (eñwu kì Bako kpaí am’ùja dẹfù ma bọ́ alu kì Lieutenant egba lé dì ma.would drive to Ibadan (where Bako was stationed along with others like then Lt [[Jerry Useni]]),Muhammed a k’ọ́tọ̀ gwi Lagos wa efù ane gbagba lẹ́gẹ́-lẹ́gẹ́, kù i gba Ibrahim Bako kpaí Abdullai Shelleng efù ogba kì ma d’ọwọ́ kọ̀ tẹ́ n’ọchú, ma a nwo k’ọ́tọ̀ lo lẹ́gẹ́-lẹ́gẹ́ kù ma jọ̀ jẹ́ tógba kù ma n’ọkọ̀ kpa, efù alu kù ma jọ̀ ka ubi ọ̀nọ̀ kì ma a dabi gba-ọjọba ma lé Muhammed would often drive into town from Lagos, pick up Ibrahim Bako and Abdullai Shelleng at a pre-arranged location and drive around without stopping while they discussed their counter-coup plan.<ref name="Gamji-Omoigui">{{cite web|last1=Omoigui|first1=Nowa|title=Operation Aure (2): Planning to Overthrow General Ironsi|url=http://www.gamji.com/nowa/nowa26.htm|website=Gamji|publisher=Gamji|access-date=5 January 2015}}</ref> == Role on 31 December 1983 coup == Ibrahim Bako (then Director of the Army Faculty at the Armed Forces Command and staff College, Jaji)<ref name="Beegeagle" /> and acting GOC 1 Division, Kaduna,<ref name="Leadership-NG" /> was requested by the coup conspirators with securing President [[Shehu Shagari]] presumably after Shagari's [[Presidential Guard Brigade (Nigeria)|Brigade of Guards]] had been neutralized (without violence as planned) by Col [[Tunde Ogbeha]]. Author [[Max Siollun]] notes that Bako was chosen for the role because not only was Bako's father a personal friend to Shagari, as Commander 7 Mechanised Brigade Sokoto, he was well known and respected in the president's home state. Unknown to Bako was that the coup plot had been leaked to President Shagari, whose guards were on high alert. After arriving at the Presidential residence (in non-military attire) with an armed detachment to secure the President,<ref name="Omoiugui">{{cite web|last1=Omoigui|first1=Nowa|title=The palace coup of 27 August 1985 Part I|url=http://www.waado.org/nigerdelta/nigeria_facts/MilitaryRule/Omoigui/PalaceCoup-1985.htm|publisher=Uhrobo Historical Society|access-date=5 January 2015|archive-date=8 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210608090914/http://www.waado.org/nigerdelta/nigeria_facts/militaryrule/omoigui/PalaceCoup-1985.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> Bako was shot dead while sitting in the passenger side of a [[Unimog]] utility truck<ref name="Beegeagle" /> in an ensuing firefight between troops from Bako's detachment and the Brigade of Guards soldiers under the command of Captain Augustine Anyogo.<ref name="Siollun">{{cite book|last1=Siollun|first1=Max|title=Soldiers of Fortune: A History of Nigeria (1983-1993)|year=2013|publisher=Cassava Republic Press|isbn=9789785023824|pages=16–17|edition=2013}}</ref> The Unimog utility truck that Bako was killed in was on display at the Nigerian Army Museum in [[Zaria]], Nigeria. The senior military officers involved in the 1983 coup were:<ref name="Siollun13">{{cite book|last1=Siollun|first1=Max|title=Soldiers of Fortune: A History of Nigeria (1983-1993)|year=2013|publisher=Cassava Republic Press|isbn=9789785023824|pages=13|edition=2013}}</ref> * Major General [[Muhammadu Buhari]] (General Officer Commanding, 3rd Armored Division, Jos) * Major General [[Ibrahim Babangida]] (Director of Army Staff Duties and Plans) * Brigadier Ibrahim Bako (Acting General Officer Commanding, 1st Division Kaduna/Director Army Faculty, [[Armed Forces Command and Staff College, Jaji]]) * Brigadier [[Sani Abacha]] (Commander, 9th Mechanized Brigade) * Brigadier [[Tunde Idiagbon]] (Military Secretary, Army) * Lt Colonel [[Aliyu Mohammed Gusau]] (Director of Military Intelligence) * Lt Colonel [[Halilu Akilu]] * Lt Colonel [[David Mark]] * Lt Colonel [[Tunde Ogbeha]] * Major [[Sambo Dasuki]] (Military Assistant to the Chief of Army Staff, Lt-General [[Mohammed Inuwa Wushishi|Wushishi]]) * Major [[Abdulmumini Aminu]] * Major [[Lawan Gwadabe]] * Major Mustapha Jokolo (Senior Instructor, Basawa Barracks - Zaria) * Major [[Dangiwa Umar|Abubakar Umar]] Major General Buhari's Supreme Military Council (SMC) observed a minute of silence for the slain Brigadier Bako during SMC's first meeting.<ref name="NYT">{{cite news|last1=May|first1=Clifford|title=DEPOSED NIGERIAN PRESIDENT IS UNDER ARREST|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1984/01/04/world/deposed-nigerian-president-is-under-arrest.html|work=New York Times|date=4 January 1984|access-date=5 January 2015}}</ref> == References == {{Reflist}} r8tyt53tsz1ehcu33v151cfbsbj7v41 41038 41037 2026-05-13T11:24:10Z Austinea3 116 /* Role on 31 December 1983 coup */ 41038 wikitext text/x-wiki {{short description|Nigerian brigadier (1943–1983)}}{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2023}} {{Infobox officeholder|name=Ibrahim Bako|honorific_prefix=[[Brigadier]]|image=|caption=|image_size=150px|office=Acting General Officer Commanding, [[1st Division (Nigeria)|1 Division]], Nigerian Army|term_start=|term_end=|predecessor=|successor=|birth_name=Ibrahim Ahmed Bako|birth_date=5 March 1943|death_date={{death date and age|1983|12|31|1943|3|5|df=y}}|allegiance={{NGR}}|branch={{army|Nigeria}}|service_years=1962–1983|rank=[[File:Nigeria-Army-OF-6.svg|20px]] [[Brigadier]]|alma_mater=[[Nigerian Defence Academy|Nigerian Military Training College]]<br>[[Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst|RMA Sandhurst]]}} '''Ibrahim Ahmed Bako''' (5 March 1943<ref name="Leadership-NG">{{Cite news|last1=Augustine|first1=Agbo-Paul|title=We've Forgiven Our Father's Killers – Prof Bako|url=http://leadership.ng/features/interviews/311481/weve-forgiven-our-fathers-killers-prof-bako|newspaper=[[Leadership (newspaper)|Leadership]]|access-date=9 January 2015}}</ref> – 31 December 1983) was a senior officer in the [[Nigerian Army]] who played a principal role in two Nigerian military coups: the [[1966 Nigerian counter-coup|July 1966 counter-coup]] and the [[1983 Nigerian coup d'état|December 1983]] coup. The 1983 coup ousted the democratic government of [[Shehu Shagari]] while the July 1966 coup ousted the military government of General [[Ironsi]]. Bako was killed during the [[1983 Nigerian coup d'état|December 1983 coup d'état]]. == Career == Ibrahim Ahmed Bako (N/548) FSS MSS psc ma bî éfu ó'chu ẹ́kẹ́ta nolu mẹ́lu éfu ọdọ 1943 efu [[Kaduna (city)|Kaduna]],kádunà státî. Íkọ́ ẹ̀kọ́ ìlùmẹ́ kíkọ n’ìfẹ̀ oñwu chi Junior Primary School, Kaduna kwì efu ọ̀dọ̀ 1951 tì 1954, oñwu l’adú d’anyí lo tì Giwa Senior Primary School n’ìchẹ́ kpa ẹ̀kọ́ ìlùmẹ́ kíkọ n’ìfẹ̀ nwu éfu ọdọ 1956. Î ló ti ukoche ísakulu Goméntì yi kóllégè , abójoì kî chî [[Barewa College]] kwî éfu ọdọ 1957 ló téfu ọdọ 1961 Abodu kù dabi kpa kù mé kù Igala kà kì amó kù i che nwi West African School cértîvîcatẹ̀ (WASC). Igbele kù i che kpa gwi unyi ùkoche sakandiri, i nwo che t'unyi ùkoche am'ùja kì dì Kaduna kì amó ma dó Úkọchẹ ama jîmî anakpala ogîjo kóllégè Naijiria (NMTC), kù amó ma dó kù ebèí i che Naijiria Defence Academy (NDA), efù amó kì dó NMTC Course 5 efù ódù 1962, nwi ùkoche ùja kì i koche kù i jé n'ogbagba. I nwo lo unyi ukoche kì dì United Kingdom kù i che kpa nwi ukoche am’uja [[Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst|Royal Military Academy Sandhurst]].Ma n’u kpañ’ù oji Regular Combatant Commission efù ochù kochù k’égwa méji nolu ogwú-ny’ẹ́yọ́ mébie, efù ódù 1964, kù i che rank Second Lieutenant. I nwo n’eñwu ogbagba rank lé kpaí amó k’i dó seniority gwi ochù kochù k’ẹ́lẹ́ nolu ogwú-ny’ẹ́yọ́ mẹ́lā, efù ódù 1962. Alu kù i che infantry ofisa efù am’uja Nigeria, Ibrahim Bako kàn’ùkólò n’ochu alu kù i che Platoon Commander efù 4 Battalion, i nwo che Company Commander efù 5 Battalion. Egba kù ùja civil war chàn’e efù ódù 1967, ma d’u nwi ùkólò Staff Captain Intelligence nwi Headquarters 1 Area Command (kì amó ma dabi dó 1 Division). Ma n’u kpañ’ù oji Major temporary nolu ogwú-ny’ẹ́yọ́ m’ẹ́ta-ny’ẹ́yọ́ kaye efù ochù kochù k’ébíé efù ódù 1968, tógba kù i nwo lo oji ùja gbagba alu kù i che Brigade Major nwi 4 Infantry Brigade. I dì efù rank Major lé lo tì nolu kaye efù ochù kochù k’égwa efù ódù 1972, egba kù ma n’u kpañ’ù oji temporary Lieutenant Colonel; oñwu nwo ch’ùkólò General Staff Officer Grade II Intelligence nwa. Bako (kì i che Lt Colonel egba lé) nwo ch’ùkólò logistics ofisa efù National Census Board nwi amó kì d’ọ̀nọ̀ amonẹ efù ódù 1973.<ref name="Siollun15">{{cite book|last1=Siollun|first1=Max|title=Soldiers of Fortune: A History of Nigeria (1983-1993)|publisher=Cassava Republic Press|year=2013|isbn=9789785023824|edition=2013|pages=15}}</ref> Ma d’u kpañ’ù oji rank Lieutenant Colonel gbagba nolu kaye efù ochù kochù k’ẹ́lẹ́ efù ódù 1974; egba lé, ma n’u odù kù i lo ch’ùkólò alu kù i che Commander nwi 20 Brigade. Alu kù i che Lieutenant Colonel lé, i nwo ch’ùkólò Assistant Quarter Master efù Headquarters Lagos Garrison Organisation (kì amó ma dó 81 Division, Lagos abajọì), i nwo dabi che Commander nwi 1 Infantry Division Garrison kì dì Kaduna. Nolu kaye efù ochù kochù k’égwa-ka efù ódù 1975, ma n’u kpañ’ù oji temporary rank Colonel; lo tì nolu mébie efù ochù kochù k’ébíé efù ódù 1978, egba kù i n’u oji rank Colonel gbagba. Oñwu nwo n’ùkólò efù ọ̀tẹ̀ k’ajì am’ùja alu kù i cheOfisa kì kọ̀nọ̀ nwi am’ofisa gbagba efù ùkólò Coordination Bako nwo k’ọ̀nọ̀, [https://www.britishpathe.com/video/VLVA2M3MVXR2Y21YDXCC94S838D4C-LEBANON-NIGERIAN-SOLDIERS-ARRIVE-TO-JOIN-UN-PEACE-KEEPING-FORCE/query/Nigerian+Army+Lebanon Nigerian Battalion in peace keeping operations in Lebanon] under '''UNIFIL''', [[United Nations|UN]] Ùkólò ukpahiọ ubi kì ma chánẹ́ ọjọ kî'ochu ẹ́kẹ̀ta nolu mẹ́gẹ́lè efu ọdọ 1978 by [[United Nations Security Council]] [[United Nations Security Council Resolution|Resolutions]] [[United Nations Security Council Resolution 425|425]] kpaî [[United Nations Security Council Resolution 426|426]]. brahim Bako n’u oji rank Brigadier nolu kaye efù ochù kochù k’ẹ́lẹ́ efù ódù 1980, egba kù i ch’ùkólò alu kù i che Commander nwi 7 Mechanised Brigade, i nwo ch’ùkólò kì i jẹ́ Director nwi amî soja Army Faculty lo tiùkpóká. [[Armed Forces Command and Staff College, Jaji]] tákì kwù ọjọ kî k'ochu ẹ́kẹ̀gwájî nolu ogwu-ẹ́gwa nyọ kaa efu ọdọ 1983. Efù ọ̀tẹ̀ ùkólò nwu, Ibrahim Bako kọ̀nọ̀ nwi . [[Nigerian Army]]...am’ofisa kì d’ọwọ́ kọ̀ kù ma gba am’ùja guerrilla ọgba kuo kì lú kẹ́jú efù ogwú-ny’ẹ́yọ́ m’ẹ́rẹ̀wá gwi efù égbe United Zimbabwe alu kù ùja elọwọ-olọ efù i kpa, kù ma mọ̀ ma nwọ̀ kpaí kù ma n’ùkoche nwi.[[Nigerian Defence Academy]], [[Kaduna (city)|Kaduna]] efu ọdọ 1980.Am’ùja guerrilla ọgba kuo kì lú kẹ́jú efù ogwú-ny’ẹ́yọ́ m’ẹ́rẹ̀wá lé, oñwu ma chànẹ́ ùkọ̀lọ̀ am’ùja gbagba alu kù ùja elọwọ-olọ i kpa lé. [[Zimbabwe National Army]],<ref name="Beegeagle">{{cite web|title=Nigerian Army Museum: a slice of Nigerian military history|url=https://beegeagle.wordpress.com/2012/03/24/nigerian-army-museum-a-slice-of-nigerian-military-history/|website=Beegeagle's Blog|date=24 March 2012|publisher=Beegeagle|access-date=5 January 2015}}</ref>alu kù i kọ̀nọ̀ nwi abole kì Naijiria kọ̀ d’ọwọ́ rọ am’efu k’ọ̀tẹ̀ Southern Africa abole kì Angola kpaí South Africa efù ùja kù ma ja gwi ọwọ́ apartheid ẹgẹ amonẹ gbiẹ́gbiẹ́ kpaí colonialism am'efu k'ọ̀ọ̀chẹ̀ kì ma j’ọba oji ma . == Ùkọ̀lọ̀ kù i che efù ùja gba-ọjọba nolu ogwú-ny’ẹ́yọ́ m’ẹ́bie-ny’ẹ́yọ́ kaye efù ochù kochù k’ébíé efù ódù 1966. == Ó'chu ẹ́kẹ̀biá nolu ogwu nyọ mẹ́jo éfu ọdọ 1966 mutiny (kú ma gbéju àdọ̀ kî [[Nigerian counter-coup of 1966]])...i che ùja kì d’efu kpaí ọwọ́-le kù ma kpo-ọjọba gwi ọwọ́ Jẹnẹra [[Aguiyi-Ironsi]]'i che ọjọba am'ùja, kì j'ọba ubi ùja gba-ọjọba nolu ogwú-gbanẹ efù ochù kochù kaye kì gbọfọ, kì Mẹ́jọ [[Emmanuel Ifeajuna]] kpaí Lt Col [[Kaduna Nzeogwu]]. Amùjo yé amì soja óffîsẹ́ kî ẹ́tèma dẹ́jú Naijiria northern (manyu egbale kî ché Lts Ibrahim Bako, [[Shehu Musa Yar'Adua]], [[Theophilus Danjuma]], ató'gba ñwu ma [[Joe Garba]], Lt Col [[Murtala Muhammed]], manyu abò kîbọ̀ ) kpalu dama kpaí ma kpa-ọwọ́-le oji oga jénéra Ironsi' kî chî achî ukólò amî sója goméntì.<ref name="OPV">{{cite book|last1=Siollun|first1=Max|title=Oil, Politics and Violence: Nigeria's Military Coup Culture (1966-1976)|year=2009|publisher=Algora Publishing|isbn=9780875867106|pages=99}}</ref> Efù amonẹ kì kwú (or kì n'ọgbogbo) efù ùja kpa-ọwọ́-le oji oga lé, Jẹnẹra [[Aguiyi Ironsi]] kpaí Lt Colonel [[Adekunle Fajuyi]]. Egba kì ma n’ochu kì i che ùkọ̀lọ̀ amẹ́gbe nwi ùja dabi gba-ọjọba lé, Lieutenant Colonel egba lé. Lt Col [[Murtala Mohammed]] .a k’ọ́tọ̀ tì Ibadan (eñwu kì Bako kpaí am’ùja dẹfù ma bọ́ alu kì Lieutenant egba [[Jerry Useni]]),Muhammed a k’ọ́tọ̀ gwi Lagos wa efù ane gbagba lẹ́gẹ́-lẹ́gẹ́, kù i gba Ibrahim Bako kpaí Abdullai Shelleng efù ogba kì ma d’ọwọ́ kọ̀ tẹ́ n’ọchú, ma a nwo k’ọ́tọ̀ lo lẹ́gẹ́-lẹ́gẹ́ kù ma jọ̀ jẹ́ tógba kù ma n’ọkọ̀ kpa, efù alu kù ma jọ̀ ka ubi ọ̀nọ̀ kì ma a dabi gba-ọjọba ma lé .<ref name="Gamji-Omoigui">{{cite web|last1=Omoigui|first1=Nowa|title=Operation Aure (2): Planning to Overthrow General Ironsi|url=http://www.gamji.com/nowa/nowa26.htm|website=Gamji|publisher=Gamji|access-date=5 January 2015}}</ref> == Role on 31 December 1983 coup == Ibrahim Bako (then Director of the Army Faculty at the Armed Forces Command and staff College, Jaji)<ref name="Beegeagle" /> and acting GOC 1 Division, Kaduna,<ref name="Leadership-NG" /> was requested by the coup conspirators with securing President [[Shehu Shagari]] presumably after Shagari's [[Presidential Guard Brigade (Nigeria)|Brigade of Guards]] had been neutralized (without violence as planned) by Col [[Tunde Ogbeha]]. Author [[Max Siollun]] notes that Bako was chosen for the role because not only was Bako's father a personal friend to Shagari, as Commander 7 Mechanised Brigade Sokoto, he was well known and respected in the president's home state. Unknown to Bako was that the coup plot had been leaked to President Shagari, whose guards were on high alert. After arriving at the Presidential residence (in non-military attire) with an armed detachment to secure the President,<ref name="Omoiugui">{{cite web|last1=Omoigui|first1=Nowa|title=The palace coup of 27 August 1985 Part I|url=http://www.waado.org/nigerdelta/nigeria_facts/MilitaryRule/Omoigui/PalaceCoup-1985.htm|publisher=Uhrobo Historical Society|access-date=5 January 2015|archive-date=8 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210608090914/http://www.waado.org/nigerdelta/nigeria_facts/militaryrule/omoigui/PalaceCoup-1985.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> Bako was shot dead while sitting in the passenger side of a [[Unimog]] utility truck<ref name="Beegeagle" /> in an ensuing firefight between troops from Bako's detachment and the Brigade of Guards soldiers under the command of Captain Augustine Anyogo.<ref name="Siollun">{{cite book|last1=Siollun|first1=Max|title=Soldiers of Fortune: A History of Nigeria (1983-1993)|year=2013|publisher=Cassava Republic Press|isbn=9789785023824|pages=16–17|edition=2013}}</ref> The Unimog utility truck that Bako was killed in was on display at the Nigerian Army Museum in [[Zaria]], Nigeria. The senior military officers involved in the 1983 coup were:<ref name="Siollun13">{{cite book|last1=Siollun|first1=Max|title=Soldiers of Fortune: A History of Nigeria (1983-1993)|year=2013|publisher=Cassava Republic Press|isbn=9789785023824|pages=13|edition=2013}}</ref> * Major General [[Muhammadu Buhari]] (General Officer Commanding, 3rd Armored Division, Jos) * Major General [[Ibrahim Babangida]] (Director of Army Staff Duties and Plans) * Brigadier Ibrahim Bako (Acting General Officer Commanding, 1st Division Kaduna/Director Army Faculty, [[Armed Forces Command and Staff College, Jaji]]) * Brigadier [[Sani Abacha]] (Commander, 9th Mechanized Brigade) * Brigadier [[Tunde Idiagbon]] (Military Secretary, Army) * Lt Colonel [[Aliyu Mohammed Gusau]] (Director of Military Intelligence) * Lt Colonel [[Halilu Akilu]] * Lt Colonel [[David Mark]] * Lt Colonel [[Tunde Ogbeha]] * Major [[Sambo Dasuki]] (Military Assistant to the Chief of Army Staff, Lt-General [[Mohammed Inuwa Wushishi|Wushishi]]) * Major [[Abdulmumini Aminu]] * Major [[Lawan Gwadabe]] * Major Mustapha Jokolo (Senior Instructor, Basawa Barracks - Zaria) * Major [[Dangiwa Umar|Abubakar Umar]] Major General Buhari's Supreme Military Council (SMC) observed a minute of silence for the slain Brigadier Bako during SMC's first meeting.<ref name="NYT">{{cite news|last1=May|first1=Clifford|title=DEPOSED NIGERIAN PRESIDENT IS UNDER ARREST|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1984/01/04/world/deposed-nigerian-president-is-under-arrest.html|work=New York Times|date=4 January 1984|access-date=5 January 2015}}</ref> == References == {{Reflist}} 3a2j1kph48s5gb4bqdrnffbjoogclxv 41039 41038 2026-05-13T11:38:24Z Austinea3 116 /* Role on 31 December 1983 coup */ 41039 wikitext text/x-wiki {{short description|Nigerian brigadier (1943–1983)}}{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2023}} {{Infobox officeholder|name=Ibrahim Bako|honorific_prefix=[[Brigadier]]|image=|caption=|image_size=150px|office=Acting General Officer Commanding, [[1st Division (Nigeria)|1 Division]], Nigerian Army|term_start=|term_end=|predecessor=|successor=|birth_name=Ibrahim Ahmed Bako|birth_date=5 March 1943|death_date={{death date and age|1983|12|31|1943|3|5|df=y}}|allegiance={{NGR}}|branch={{army|Nigeria}}|service_years=1962–1983|rank=[[File:Nigeria-Army-OF-6.svg|20px]] [[Brigadier]]|alma_mater=[[Nigerian Defence Academy|Nigerian Military Training College]]<br>[[Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst|RMA Sandhurst]]}} '''Ibrahim Ahmed Bako''' (5 March 1943<ref name="Leadership-NG">{{Cite news|last1=Augustine|first1=Agbo-Paul|title=We've Forgiven Our Father's Killers – Prof Bako|url=http://leadership.ng/features/interviews/311481/weve-forgiven-our-fathers-killers-prof-bako|newspaper=[[Leadership (newspaper)|Leadership]]|access-date=9 January 2015}}</ref> – 31 December 1983) was a senior officer in the [[Nigerian Army]] who played a principal role in two Nigerian military coups: the [[1966 Nigerian counter-coup|July 1966 counter-coup]] and the [[1983 Nigerian coup d'état|December 1983]] coup. The 1983 coup ousted the democratic government of [[Shehu Shagari]] while the July 1966 coup ousted the military government of General [[Ironsi]]. Bako was killed during the [[1983 Nigerian coup d'état|December 1983 coup d'état]]. == Career == Ibrahim Ahmed Bako (N/548) FSS MSS psc ma bî éfu ó'chu ẹ́kẹ́ta nolu mẹ́lu éfu ọdọ 1943 efu [[Kaduna (city)|Kaduna]],kádunà státî. Íkọ́ ẹ̀kọ́ ìlùmẹ́ kíkọ n’ìfẹ̀ oñwu chi Junior Primary School, Kaduna kwì efu ọ̀dọ̀ 1951 tì 1954, oñwu l’adú d’anyí lo tì Giwa Senior Primary School n’ìchẹ́ kpa ẹ̀kọ́ ìlùmẹ́ kíkọ n’ìfẹ̀ nwu éfu ọdọ 1956. Î ló ti ukoche ísakulu Goméntì yi kóllégè , abójoì kî chî [[Barewa College]] kwî éfu ọdọ 1957 ló téfu ọdọ 1961 Abodu kù dabi kpa kù mé kù Igala kà kì amó kù i che nwi West African School cértîvîcatẹ̀ (WASC). Igbele kù i che kpa gwi unyi ùkoche sakandiri, i nwo che t'unyi ùkoche am'ùja kì dì Kaduna kì amó ma dó Úkọchẹ ama jîmî anakpala ogîjo kóllégè Naijiria (NMTC), kù amó ma dó kù ebèí i che Naijiria Defence Academy (NDA), efù amó kì dó NMTC Course 5 efù ódù 1962, nwi ùkoche ùja kì i koche kù i jé n'ogbagba. I nwo lo unyi ukoche kì dì United Kingdom kù i che kpa nwi ukoche am’uja [[Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst|Royal Military Academy Sandhurst]].Ma n’u kpañ’ù oji Regular Combatant Commission efù ochù kochù k’égwa méji nolu ogwú-ny’ẹ́yọ́ mébie, efù ódù 1964, kù i che rank Second Lieutenant. I nwo n’eñwu ogbagba rank lé kpaí amó k’i dó seniority gwi ochù kochù k’ẹ́lẹ́ nolu ogwú-ny’ẹ́yọ́ mẹ́lā, efù ódù 1962. Alu kù i che infantry ofisa efù am’uja Nigeria, Ibrahim Bako kàn’ùkólò n’ochu alu kù i che Platoon Commander efù 4 Battalion, i nwo che Company Commander efù 5 Battalion. Egba kù ùja civil war chàn’e efù ódù 1967, ma d’u nwi ùkólò Staff Captain Intelligence nwi Headquarters 1 Area Command (kì amó ma dabi dó 1 Division). Ma n’u kpañ’ù oji Major temporary nolu ogwú-ny’ẹ́yọ́ m’ẹ́ta-ny’ẹ́yọ́ kaye efù ochù kochù k’ébíé efù ódù 1968, tógba kù i nwo lo oji ùja gbagba alu kù i che Brigade Major nwi 4 Infantry Brigade. I dì efù rank Major lé lo tì nolu kaye efù ochù kochù k’égwa efù ódù 1972, egba kù ma n’u kpañ’ù oji temporary Lieutenant Colonel; oñwu nwo ch’ùkólò General Staff Officer Grade II Intelligence nwa. Bako (kì i che Lt Colonel egba lé) nwo ch’ùkólò logistics ofisa efù National Census Board nwi amó kì d’ọ̀nọ̀ amonẹ efù ódù 1973.<ref name="Siollun15">{{cite book|last1=Siollun|first1=Max|title=Soldiers of Fortune: A History of Nigeria (1983-1993)|publisher=Cassava Republic Press|year=2013|isbn=9789785023824|edition=2013|pages=15}}</ref> Ma d’u kpañ’ù oji rank Lieutenant Colonel gbagba nolu kaye efù ochù kochù k’ẹ́lẹ́ efù ódù 1974; egba lé, ma n’u odù kù i lo ch’ùkólò alu kù i che Commander nwi 20 Brigade. Alu kù i che Lieutenant Colonel lé, i nwo ch’ùkólò Assistant Quarter Master efù Headquarters Lagos Garrison Organisation (kì amó ma dó 81 Division, Lagos abajọì), i nwo dabi che Commander nwi 1 Infantry Division Garrison kì dì Kaduna. Nolu kaye efù ochù kochù k’égwa-ka efù ódù 1975, ma n’u kpañ’ù oji temporary rank Colonel; lo tì nolu mébie efù ochù kochù k’ébíé efù ódù 1978, egba kù i n’u oji rank Colonel gbagba. Oñwu nwo n’ùkólò efù ọ̀tẹ̀ k’ajì am’ùja alu kù i cheOfisa kì kọ̀nọ̀ nwi am’ofisa gbagba efù ùkólò Coordination Bako nwo k’ọ̀nọ̀, [https://www.britishpathe.com/video/VLVA2M3MVXR2Y21YDXCC94S838D4C-LEBANON-NIGERIAN-SOLDIERS-ARRIVE-TO-JOIN-UN-PEACE-KEEPING-FORCE/query/Nigerian+Army+Lebanon Nigerian Battalion in peace keeping operations in Lebanon] under '''UNIFIL''', [[United Nations|UN]] Ùkólò ukpahiọ ubi kì ma chánẹ́ ọjọ kî'ochu ẹ́kẹ̀ta nolu mẹ́gẹ́lè efu ọdọ 1978 by [[United Nations Security Council]] [[United Nations Security Council Resolution|Resolutions]] [[United Nations Security Council Resolution 425|425]] kpaî [[United Nations Security Council Resolution 426|426]]. brahim Bako n’u oji rank Brigadier nolu kaye efù ochù kochù k’ẹ́lẹ́ efù ódù 1980, egba kù i ch’ùkólò alu kù i che Commander nwi 7 Mechanised Brigade, i nwo ch’ùkólò kì i jẹ́ Director nwi amî soja Army Faculty lo tiùkpóká. [[Armed Forces Command and Staff College, Jaji]] tákì kwù ọjọ kî k'ochu ẹ́kẹ̀gwájî nolu ogwu-ẹ́gwa nyọ kaa efu ọdọ 1983. Efù ọ̀tẹ̀ ùkólò nwu, Ibrahim Bako kọ̀nọ̀ nwi . [[Nigerian Army]]...am’ofisa kì d’ọwọ́ kọ̀ kù ma gba am’ùja guerrilla ọgba kuo kì lú kẹ́jú efù ogwú-ny’ẹ́yọ́ m’ẹ́rẹ̀wá gwi efù égbe United Zimbabwe alu kù ùja elọwọ-olọ efù i kpa, kù ma mọ̀ ma nwọ̀ kpaí kù ma n’ùkoche nwi.[[Nigerian Defence Academy]], [[Kaduna (city)|Kaduna]] efu ọdọ 1980.Am’ùja guerrilla ọgba kuo kì lú kẹ́jú efù ogwú-ny’ẹ́yọ́ m’ẹ́rẹ̀wá lé, oñwu ma chànẹ́ ùkọ̀lọ̀ am’ùja gbagba alu kù ùja elọwọ-olọ i kpa lé. [[Zimbabwe National Army]],<ref name="Beegeagle">{{cite web|title=Nigerian Army Museum: a slice of Nigerian military history|url=https://beegeagle.wordpress.com/2012/03/24/nigerian-army-museum-a-slice-of-nigerian-military-history/|website=Beegeagle's Blog|date=24 March 2012|publisher=Beegeagle|access-date=5 January 2015}}</ref>alu kù i kọ̀nọ̀ nwi abole kì Naijiria kọ̀ d’ọwọ́ rọ am’efu k’ọ̀tẹ̀ Southern Africa abole kì Angola kpaí South Africa efù ùja kù ma ja gwi ọwọ́ apartheid ẹgẹ amonẹ gbiẹ́gbiẹ́ kpaí colonialism am'efu k'ọ̀ọ̀chẹ̀ kì ma j’ọba oji ma . == Ùkọ̀lọ̀ kù i che efù ùja gba-ọjọba nolu ogwú-ny’ẹ́yọ́ m’ẹ́bie-ny’ẹ́yọ́ kaye efù ochù kochù k’ébíé efù ódù 1966. == Ó'chu ẹ́kẹ̀biá nolu ogwu nyọ mẹ́jo éfu ọdọ 1966 mutiny (kú ma gbéju àdọ̀ kî [[Nigerian counter-coup of 1966]])...i che ùja kì d’efu kpaí ọwọ́-le kù ma kpo-ọjọba gwi ọwọ́ Jẹnẹra [[Aguiyi-Ironsi]]'i che ọjọba am'ùja, kì j'ọba ubi ùja gba-ọjọba nolu ogwú-gbanẹ efù ochù kochù kaye kì gbọfọ, kì Mẹ́jọ [[Emmanuel Ifeajuna]] kpaí Lt Col [[Kaduna Nzeogwu]]. Amùjo yé amì soja óffîsẹ́ kî ẹ́tèma dẹ́jú Naijiria northern (manyu egbale kî ché Lts Ibrahim Bako, [[Shehu Musa Yar'Adua]], [[Theophilus Danjuma]], ató'gba ñwu ma [[Joe Garba]], Lt Col [[Murtala Muhammed]], manyu abò kîbọ̀ ) kpalu dama kpaí ma kpa-ọwọ́-le oji oga jénéra Ironsi' kî chî achî ukólò amî sója goméntì.<ref name="OPV">{{cite book|last1=Siollun|first1=Max|title=Oil, Politics and Violence: Nigeria's Military Coup Culture (1966-1976)|year=2009|publisher=Algora Publishing|isbn=9780875867106|pages=99}}</ref> Efù amonẹ kì kwú (or kì n'ọgbogbo) efù ùja kpa-ọwọ́-le oji oga lé, Jẹnẹra [[Aguiyi Ironsi]] kpaí Lt Colonel [[Adekunle Fajuyi]]. Egba kì ma n’ochu kì i che ùkọ̀lọ̀ amẹ́gbe nwi ùja dabi gba-ọjọba lé, Lieutenant Colonel egba lé. Lt Col [[Murtala Mohammed]] .a k’ọ́tọ̀ tì Ibadan (eñwu kì Bako kpaí am’ùja dẹfù ma bọ́ alu kì Lieutenant egba [[Jerry Useni]]),Muhammed a k’ọ́tọ̀ gwi Lagos wa efù ane gbagba lẹ́gẹ́-lẹ́gẹ́, kù i gba Ibrahim Bako kpaí Abdullai Shelleng efù ogba kì ma d’ọwọ́ kọ̀ tẹ́ n’ọchú, ma a nwo k’ọ́tọ̀ lo lẹ́gẹ́-lẹ́gẹ́ kù ma jọ̀ jẹ́ tógba kù ma n’ọkọ̀ kpa, efù alu kù ma jọ̀ ka ubi ọ̀nọ̀ kì ma a dabi gba-ọjọba ma lé .<ref name="Gamji-Omoigui">{{cite web|last1=Omoigui|first1=Nowa|title=Operation Aure (2): Planning to Overthrow General Ironsi|url=http://www.gamji.com/nowa/nowa26.htm|website=Gamji|publisher=Gamji|access-date=5 January 2015}}</ref> == Role on 31 December 1983 coup == Ibrahim Bako (kì i che Director nwi Army Faculty efù unyi ùkoche am'ùja kì amó ma dó Armed Forces Command and Staff College egba lé Ibrahim Bako (then Director of the Army Faculty at the Armed Forces Command and staff College, Jaji)<ref name="Beegeagle" /> and acting GOC 1 Division, Kaduna,<ref name="Leadership-NG" /> was requested by the coup conspirators with securing President [[Shehu Shagari]] presumably after Shagari's [[Presidential Guard Brigade (Nigeria)|Brigade of Guards]] had been neutralized (without violence as planned) by Col [[Tunde Ogbeha]]. Author [[Max Siollun]] notes that Bako was chosen for the role because not only was Bako's father a personal friend to Shagari, as Commander 7 Mechanised Brigade Sokoto, he was well known and respected in the president's home state. Unknown to Bako was that the coup plot had been leaked to President Shagari, whose guards were on high alert. After arriving at the Presidential residence (in non-military attire) with an armed detachment to secure the President,<ref name="Omoiugui">{{cite web|last1=Omoigui|first1=Nowa|title=The palace coup of 27 August 1985 Part I|url=http://www.waado.org/nigerdelta/nigeria_facts/MilitaryRule/Omoigui/PalaceCoup-1985.htm|publisher=Uhrobo Historical Society|access-date=5 January 2015|archive-date=8 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210608090914/http://www.waado.org/nigerdelta/nigeria_facts/militaryrule/omoigui/PalaceCoup-1985.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> Bako was shot dead while sitting in the passenger side of a [[Unimog]] utility truck<ref name="Beegeagle" /> in an ensuing firefight between troops from Bako's detachment and the Brigade of Guards soldiers under the command of Captain Augustine Anyogo.<ref name="Siollun">{{cite book|last1=Siollun|first1=Max|title=Soldiers of Fortune: A History of Nigeria (1983-1993)|year=2013|publisher=Cassava Republic Press|isbn=9789785023824|pages=16–17|edition=2013}}</ref> The Unimog utility truck that Bako was killed in was on display at the Nigerian Army Museum in [[Zaria]], Nigeria. The senior military officers involved in the 1983 coup were:<ref name="Siollun13">{{cite book|last1=Siollun|first1=Max|title=Soldiers of Fortune: A History of Nigeria (1983-1993)|year=2013|publisher=Cassava Republic Press|isbn=9789785023824|pages=13|edition=2013}}</ref> * Major General [[Muhammadu Buhari]] (General Officer Commanding, 3rd Armored Division, Jos) * Major General [[Ibrahim Babangida]] (Director of Army Staff Duties and Plans) * Brigadier Ibrahim Bako (Acting General Officer Commanding, 1st Division Kaduna/Director Army Faculty, [[Armed Forces Command and Staff College, Jaji]]) * Brigadier [[Sani Abacha]] (Commander, 9th Mechanized Brigade) * Brigadier [[Tunde Idiagbon]] (Military Secretary, Army) * Lt Colonel [[Aliyu Mohammed Gusau]] (Director of Military Intelligence) * Lt Colonel [[Halilu Akilu]] * Lt Colonel [[David Mark]] * Lt Colonel [[Tunde Ogbeha]] * Major [[Sambo Dasuki]] (Military Assistant to the Chief of Army Staff, Lt-General [[Mohammed Inuwa Wushishi|Wushishi]]) * Major [[Abdulmumini Aminu]] * Major [[Lawan Gwadabe]] * Major Mustapha Jokolo (Senior Instructor, Basawa Barracks - Zaria) * Major [[Dangiwa Umar|Abubakar Umar]] Major General Buhari's Supreme Military Council (SMC) observed a minute of silence for the slain Brigadier Bako during SMC's first meeting.<ref name="NYT">{{cite news|last1=May|first1=Clifford|title=DEPOSED NIGERIAN PRESIDENT IS UNDER ARREST|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1984/01/04/world/deposed-nigerian-president-is-under-arrest.html|work=New York Times|date=4 January 1984|access-date=5 January 2015}}</ref> == References == {{Reflist}} 0gdpht8mjvog6wj3b9v4cddw1msb6l6 41040 41039 2026-05-13T11:40:43Z Austinea3 116 /* References */ 41040 wikitext text/x-wiki {{short description|Nigerian brigadier (1943–1983)}}{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2023}} {{Infobox officeholder|name=Ibrahim Bako|honorific_prefix=[[Brigadier]]|image=|caption=|image_size=150px|office=Acting General Officer Commanding, [[1st Division (Nigeria)|1 Division]], Nigerian Army|term_start=|term_end=|predecessor=|successor=|birth_name=Ibrahim Ahmed Bako|birth_date=5 March 1943|death_date={{death date and age|1983|12|31|1943|3|5|df=y}}|allegiance={{NGR}}|branch={{army|Nigeria}}|service_years=1962–1983|rank=[[File:Nigeria-Army-OF-6.svg|20px]] [[Brigadier]]|alma_mater=[[Nigerian Defence Academy|Nigerian Military Training College]]<br>[[Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst|RMA Sandhurst]]}} '''Ibrahim Ahmed Bako''' (5 March 1943<ref name="Leadership-NG">{{Cite news|last1=Augustine|first1=Agbo-Paul|title=We've Forgiven Our Father's Killers – Prof Bako|url=http://leadership.ng/features/interviews/311481/weve-forgiven-our-fathers-killers-prof-bako|newspaper=[[Leadership (newspaper)|Leadership]]|access-date=9 January 2015}}</ref> – 31 December 1983) was a senior officer in the [[Nigerian Army]] who played a principal role in two Nigerian military coups: the [[1966 Nigerian counter-coup|July 1966 counter-coup]] and the [[1983 Nigerian coup d'état|December 1983]] coup. The 1983 coup ousted the democratic government of [[Shehu Shagari]] while the July 1966 coup ousted the military government of General [[Ironsi]]. Bako was killed during the [[1983 Nigerian coup d'état|December 1983 coup d'état]]. == Career == Ibrahim Ahmed Bako (N/548) FSS MSS psc ma bî éfu ó'chu ẹ́kẹ́ta nolu mẹ́lu éfu ọdọ 1943 efu [[Kaduna (city)|Kaduna]],kádunà státî. Íkọ́ ẹ̀kọ́ ìlùmẹ́ kíkọ n’ìfẹ̀ oñwu chi Junior Primary School, Kaduna kwì efu ọ̀dọ̀ 1951 tì 1954, oñwu l’adú d’anyí lo tì Giwa Senior Primary School n’ìchẹ́ kpa ẹ̀kọ́ ìlùmẹ́ kíkọ n’ìfẹ̀ nwu éfu ọdọ 1956. Î ló ti ukoche ísakulu Goméntì yi kóllégè , abójoì kî chî [[Barewa College]] kwî éfu ọdọ 1957 ló téfu ọdọ 1961 Abodu kù dabi kpa kù mé kù Igala kà kì amó kù i che nwi West African School cértîvîcatẹ̀ (WASC). Igbele kù i che kpa gwi unyi ùkoche sakandiri, i nwo che t'unyi ùkoche am'ùja kì dì Kaduna kì amó ma dó Úkọchẹ ama jîmî anakpala ogîjo kóllégè Naijiria (NMTC), kù amó ma dó kù ebèí i che Naijiria Defence Academy (NDA), efù amó kì dó NMTC Course 5 efù ódù 1962, nwi ùkoche ùja kì i koche kù i jé n'ogbagba. I nwo lo unyi ukoche kì dì United Kingdom kù i che kpa nwi ukoche am’uja [[Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst|Royal Military Academy Sandhurst]].Ma n’u kpañ’ù oji Regular Combatant Commission efù ochù kochù k’égwa méji nolu ogwú-ny’ẹ́yọ́ mébie, efù ódù 1964, kù i che rank Second Lieutenant. I nwo n’eñwu ogbagba rank lé kpaí amó k’i dó seniority gwi ochù kochù k’ẹ́lẹ́ nolu ogwú-ny’ẹ́yọ́ mẹ́lā, efù ódù 1962. Alu kù i che infantry ofisa efù am’uja Nigeria, Ibrahim Bako kàn’ùkólò n’ochu alu kù i che Platoon Commander efù 4 Battalion, i nwo che Company Commander efù 5 Battalion. Egba kù ùja civil war chàn’e efù ódù 1967, ma d’u nwi ùkólò Staff Captain Intelligence nwi Headquarters 1 Area Command (kì amó ma dabi dó 1 Division). Ma n’u kpañ’ù oji Major temporary nolu ogwú-ny’ẹ́yọ́ m’ẹ́ta-ny’ẹ́yọ́ kaye efù ochù kochù k’ébíé efù ódù 1968, tógba kù i nwo lo oji ùja gbagba alu kù i che Brigade Major nwi 4 Infantry Brigade. I dì efù rank Major lé lo tì nolu kaye efù ochù kochù k’égwa efù ódù 1972, egba kù ma n’u kpañ’ù oji temporary Lieutenant Colonel; oñwu nwo ch’ùkólò General Staff Officer Grade II Intelligence nwa. Bako (kì i che Lt Colonel egba lé) nwo ch’ùkólò logistics ofisa efù National Census Board nwi amó kì d’ọ̀nọ̀ amonẹ efù ódù 1973.<ref name="Siollun15">{{cite book|last1=Siollun|first1=Max|title=Soldiers of Fortune: A History of Nigeria (1983-1993)|publisher=Cassava Republic Press|year=2013|isbn=9789785023824|edition=2013|pages=15}}</ref> Ma d’u kpañ’ù oji rank Lieutenant Colonel gbagba nolu kaye efù ochù kochù k’ẹ́lẹ́ efù ódù 1974; egba lé, ma n’u odù kù i lo ch’ùkólò alu kù i che Commander nwi 20 Brigade. Alu kù i che Lieutenant Colonel lé, i nwo ch’ùkólò Assistant Quarter Master efù Headquarters Lagos Garrison Organisation (kì amó ma dó 81 Division, Lagos abajọì), i nwo dabi che Commander nwi 1 Infantry Division Garrison kì dì Kaduna. Nolu kaye efù ochù kochù k’égwa-ka efù ódù 1975, ma n’u kpañ’ù oji temporary rank Colonel; lo tì nolu mébie efù ochù kochù k’ébíé efù ódù 1978, egba kù i n’u oji rank Colonel gbagba. Oñwu nwo n’ùkólò efù ọ̀tẹ̀ k’ajì am’ùja alu kù i cheOfisa kì kọ̀nọ̀ nwi am’ofisa gbagba efù ùkólò Coordination Bako nwo k’ọ̀nọ̀, [https://www.britishpathe.com/video/VLVA2M3MVXR2Y21YDXCC94S838D4C-LEBANON-NIGERIAN-SOLDIERS-ARRIVE-TO-JOIN-UN-PEACE-KEEPING-FORCE/query/Nigerian+Army+Lebanon Nigerian Battalion in peace keeping operations in Lebanon] under '''UNIFIL''', [[United Nations|UN]] Ùkólò ukpahiọ ubi kì ma chánẹ́ ọjọ kî'ochu ẹ́kẹ̀ta nolu mẹ́gẹ́lè efu ọdọ 1978 by [[United Nations Security Council]] [[United Nations Security Council Resolution|Resolutions]] [[United Nations Security Council Resolution 425|425]] kpaî [[United Nations Security Council Resolution 426|426]]. brahim Bako n’u oji rank Brigadier nolu kaye efù ochù kochù k’ẹ́lẹ́ efù ódù 1980, egba kù i ch’ùkólò alu kù i che Commander nwi 7 Mechanised Brigade, i nwo ch’ùkólò kì i jẹ́ Director nwi amî soja Army Faculty lo tiùkpóká. [[Armed Forces Command and Staff College, Jaji]] tákì kwù ọjọ kî k'ochu ẹ́kẹ̀gwájî nolu ogwu-ẹ́gwa nyọ kaa efu ọdọ 1983. Efù ọ̀tẹ̀ ùkólò nwu, Ibrahim Bako kọ̀nọ̀ nwi . [[Nigerian Army]]...am’ofisa kì d’ọwọ́ kọ̀ kù ma gba am’ùja guerrilla ọgba kuo kì lú kẹ́jú efù ogwú-ny’ẹ́yọ́ m’ẹ́rẹ̀wá gwi efù égbe United Zimbabwe alu kù ùja elọwọ-olọ efù i kpa, kù ma mọ̀ ma nwọ̀ kpaí kù ma n’ùkoche nwi.[[Nigerian Defence Academy]], [[Kaduna (city)|Kaduna]] efu ọdọ 1980.Am’ùja guerrilla ọgba kuo kì lú kẹ́jú efù ogwú-ny’ẹ́yọ́ m’ẹ́rẹ̀wá lé, oñwu ma chànẹ́ ùkọ̀lọ̀ am’ùja gbagba alu kù ùja elọwọ-olọ i kpa lé. [[Zimbabwe National Army]],<ref name="Beegeagle">{{cite web|title=Nigerian Army Museum: a slice of Nigerian military history|url=https://beegeagle.wordpress.com/2012/03/24/nigerian-army-museum-a-slice-of-nigerian-military-history/|website=Beegeagle's Blog|date=24 March 2012|publisher=Beegeagle|access-date=5 January 2015}}</ref>alu kù i kọ̀nọ̀ nwi abole kì Naijiria kọ̀ d’ọwọ́ rọ am’efu k’ọ̀tẹ̀ Southern Africa abole kì Angola kpaí South Africa efù ùja kù ma ja gwi ọwọ́ apartheid ẹgẹ amonẹ gbiẹ́gbiẹ́ kpaí colonialism am'efu k'ọ̀ọ̀chẹ̀ kì ma j’ọba oji ma . == Ùkọ̀lọ̀ kù i che efù ùja gba-ọjọba nolu ogwú-ny’ẹ́yọ́ m’ẹ́bie-ny’ẹ́yọ́ kaye efù ochù kochù k’ébíé efù ódù 1966. == Ó'chu ẹ́kẹ̀biá nolu ogwu nyọ mẹ́jo éfu ọdọ 1966 mutiny (kú ma gbéju àdọ̀ kî [[Nigerian counter-coup of 1966]])...i che ùja kì d’efu kpaí ọwọ́-le kù ma kpo-ọjọba gwi ọwọ́ Jẹnẹra [[Aguiyi-Ironsi]]'i che ọjọba am'ùja, kì j'ọba ubi ùja gba-ọjọba nolu ogwú-gbanẹ efù ochù kochù kaye kì gbọfọ, kì Mẹ́jọ [[Emmanuel Ifeajuna]] kpaí Lt Col [[Kaduna Nzeogwu]]. Amùjo yé amì soja óffîsẹ́ kî ẹ́tèma dẹ́jú Naijiria northern (manyu egbale kî ché Lts Ibrahim Bako, [[Shehu Musa Yar'Adua]], [[Theophilus Danjuma]], ató'gba ñwu ma [[Joe Garba]], Lt Col [[Murtala Muhammed]], manyu abò kîbọ̀ ) kpalu dama kpaí ma kpa-ọwọ́-le oji oga jénéra Ironsi' kî chî achî ukólò amî sója goméntì.<ref name="OPV">{{cite book|last1=Siollun|first1=Max|title=Oil, Politics and Violence: Nigeria's Military Coup Culture (1966-1976)|year=2009|publisher=Algora Publishing|isbn=9780875867106|pages=99}}</ref> Efù amonẹ kì kwú (or kì n'ọgbogbo) efù ùja kpa-ọwọ́-le oji oga lé, Jẹnẹra [[Aguiyi Ironsi]] kpaí Lt Colonel [[Adekunle Fajuyi]]. Egba kì ma n’ochu kì i che ùkọ̀lọ̀ amẹ́gbe nwi ùja dabi gba-ọjọba lé, Lieutenant Colonel egba lé. Lt Col [[Murtala Mohammed]] .a k’ọ́tọ̀ tì Ibadan (eñwu kì Bako kpaí am’ùja dẹfù ma bọ́ alu kì Lieutenant egba [[Jerry Useni]]),Muhammed a k’ọ́tọ̀ gwi Lagos wa efù ane gbagba lẹ́gẹ́-lẹ́gẹ́, kù i gba Ibrahim Bako kpaí Abdullai Shelleng efù ogba kì ma d’ọwọ́ kọ̀ tẹ́ n’ọchú, ma a nwo k’ọ́tọ̀ lo lẹ́gẹ́-lẹ́gẹ́ kù ma jọ̀ jẹ́ tógba kù ma n’ọkọ̀ kpa, efù alu kù ma jọ̀ ka ubi ọ̀nọ̀ kì ma a dabi gba-ọjọba ma lé .<ref name="Gamji-Omoigui">{{cite web|last1=Omoigui|first1=Nowa|title=Operation Aure (2): Planning to Overthrow General Ironsi|url=http://www.gamji.com/nowa/nowa26.htm|website=Gamji|publisher=Gamji|access-date=5 January 2015}}</ref> == Role on 31 December 1983 coup == Ibrahim Bako (kì i che Director nwi Army Faculty àmì soja efù unyi ùkoche am'ùja kì amó ma dó Armed Forces Command kpaî and Staff Collége egba lé Ibrahim Bako (then Director of the Army Faculty at the Armed Forces Command and staff College, Jaji)<ref name="Beegeagle" /> and acting GOC 1 Division, Kaduna,<ref name="Leadership-NG" /> was requested by the coup conspirators with securing President [[Shehu Shagari]] presumably after Shagari's [[Presidential Guard Brigade (Nigeria)|Brigade of Guards]] had been neutralized (without violence as planned) by Col [[Tunde Ogbeha]]. Author [[Max Siollun]] notes that Bako was chosen for the role because not only was Bako's father a personal friend to Shagari, as Commander 7 Mechanised Brigade Sokoto, he was well known and respected in the president's home state. Unknown to Bako was that the coup plot had been leaked to President Shagari, whose guards were on high alert. After arriving at the Presidential residence (in non-military attire) with an armed detachment to secure the President,<ref name="Omoiugui">{{cite web|last1=Omoigui|first1=Nowa|title=The palace coup of 27 August 1985 Part I|url=http://www.waado.org/nigerdelta/nigeria_facts/MilitaryRule/Omoigui/PalaceCoup-1985.htm|publisher=Uhrobo Historical Society|access-date=5 January 2015|archive-date=8 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210608090914/http://www.waado.org/nigerdelta/nigeria_facts/militaryrule/omoigui/PalaceCoup-1985.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> Bako was shot dead while sitting in the passenger side of a [[Unimog]] utility truck<ref name="Beegeagle" /> in an ensuing firefight between troops from Bako's detachment and the Brigade of Guards soldiers under the command of Captain Augustine Anyogo.<ref name="Siollun">{{cite book|last1=Siollun|first1=Max|title=Soldiers of Fortune: A History of Nigeria (1983-1993)|year=2013|publisher=Cassava Republic Press|isbn=9789785023824|pages=16–17|edition=2013}}</ref> The Unimog utility truck that Bako was killed in was on display at the Nigerian Army Museum in [[Zaria]], Nigeria. The senior military officers involved in the 1983 coup were:<ref name="Siollun13">{{cite book|last1=Siollun|first1=Max|title=Soldiers of Fortune: A History of Nigeria (1983-1993)|year=2013|publisher=Cassava Republic Press|isbn=9789785023824|pages=13|edition=2013}}</ref> * Major General [[Muhammadu Buhari]] (General Officer Commanding, 3rd Armored Division, Jos) * Major General [[Ibrahim Babangida]] (Director of Army Staff Duties and Plans) * Brigadier Ibrahim Bako (Acting General Officer Commanding, 1st Division Kaduna/Director Army Faculty, [[Armed Forces Command and Staff College, Jaji]]) * Brigadier [[Sani Abacha]] (Commander, 9th Mechanized Brigade) * Brigadier [[Tunde Idiagbon]] (Military Secretary, Army) * Lt Colonel [[Aliyu Mohammed Gusau]] (Director of Military Intelligence) * Lt Colonel [[Halilu Akilu]] * Lt Colonel [[David Mark]] * Lt Colonel [[Tunde Ogbeha]] * Major [[Sambo Dasuki]] (Military Assistant to the Chief of Army Staff, Lt-General [[Mohammed Inuwa Wushishi|Wushishi]]) * Major [[Abdulmumini Aminu]] * Major [[Lawan Gwadabe]] * Major Mustapha Jokolo (Senior Instructor, Basawa Barracks - Zaria) * Major [[Dangiwa Umar|Abubakar Umar]] Major General Buhari's Supreme Military Council (SMC) observed a minute of silence for the slain Brigadier Bako during SMC's first meeting.<ref name="NYT">{{cite news|last1=May|first1=Clifford|title=DEPOSED NIGERIAN PRESIDENT IS UNDER ARREST|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1984/01/04/world/deposed-nigerian-president-is-under-arrest.html|work=New York Times|date=4 January 1984|access-date=5 January 2015}}</ref> == References == {{Reflist}} iqz9de6celzz43t9k345qt9r9ramm02 41041 41040 2026-05-13T11:42:57Z Austinea3 116 /* Role on 31 December 1983 coup */ 41041 wikitext text/x-wiki {{short description|Nigerian brigadier (1943–1983)}}{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2023}} {{Infobox officeholder|name=Ibrahim Bako|honorific_prefix=[[Brigadier]]|image=|caption=|image_size=150px|office=Acting General Officer Commanding, [[1st Division (Nigeria)|1 Division]], Nigerian Army|term_start=|term_end=|predecessor=|successor=|birth_name=Ibrahim Ahmed Bako|birth_date=5 March 1943|death_date={{death date and age|1983|12|31|1943|3|5|df=y}}|allegiance={{NGR}}|branch={{army|Nigeria}}|service_years=1962–1983|rank=[[File:Nigeria-Army-OF-6.svg|20px]] [[Brigadier]]|alma_mater=[[Nigerian Defence Academy|Nigerian Military Training College]]<br>[[Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst|RMA Sandhurst]]}} '''Ibrahim Ahmed Bako''' (5 March 1943<ref name="Leadership-NG">{{Cite news|last1=Augustine|first1=Agbo-Paul|title=We've Forgiven Our Father's Killers – Prof Bako|url=http://leadership.ng/features/interviews/311481/weve-forgiven-our-fathers-killers-prof-bako|newspaper=[[Leadership (newspaper)|Leadership]]|access-date=9 January 2015}}</ref> – 31 December 1983) was a senior officer in the [[Nigerian Army]] who played a principal role in two Nigerian military coups: the [[1966 Nigerian counter-coup|July 1966 counter-coup]] and the [[1983 Nigerian coup d'état|December 1983]] coup. The 1983 coup ousted the democratic government of [[Shehu Shagari]] while the July 1966 coup ousted the military government of General [[Ironsi]]. Bako was killed during the [[1983 Nigerian coup d'état|December 1983 coup d'état]]. == Career == Ibrahim Ahmed Bako (N/548) FSS MSS psc ma bî éfu ó'chu ẹ́kẹ́ta nolu mẹ́lu éfu ọdọ 1943 efu [[Kaduna (city)|Kaduna]],kádunà státî. Íkọ́ ẹ̀kọ́ ìlùmẹ́ kíkọ n’ìfẹ̀ oñwu chi Junior Primary School, Kaduna kwì efu ọ̀dọ̀ 1951 tì 1954, oñwu l’adú d’anyí lo tì Giwa Senior Primary School n’ìchẹ́ kpa ẹ̀kọ́ ìlùmẹ́ kíkọ n’ìfẹ̀ nwu éfu ọdọ 1956. Î ló ti ukoche ísakulu Goméntì yi kóllégè , abójoì kî chî [[Barewa College]] kwî éfu ọdọ 1957 ló téfu ọdọ 1961 Abodu kù dabi kpa kù mé kù Igala kà kì amó kù i che nwi West African School cértîvîcatẹ̀ (WASC). Igbele kù i che kpa gwi unyi ùkoche sakandiri, i nwo che t'unyi ùkoche am'ùja kì dì Kaduna kì amó ma dó Úkọchẹ ama jîmî anakpala ogîjo kóllégè Naijiria (NMTC), kù amó ma dó kù ebèí i che Naijiria Defence Academy (NDA), efù amó kì dó NMTC Course 5 efù ódù 1962, nwi ùkoche ùja kì i koche kù i jé n'ogbagba. I nwo lo unyi ukoche kì dì United Kingdom kù i che kpa nwi ukoche am’uja [[Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst|Royal Military Academy Sandhurst]].Ma n’u kpañ’ù oji Regular Combatant Commission efù ochù kochù k’égwa méji nolu ogwú-ny’ẹ́yọ́ mébie, efù ódù 1964, kù i che rank Second Lieutenant. I nwo n’eñwu ogbagba rank lé kpaí amó k’i dó seniority gwi ochù kochù k’ẹ́lẹ́ nolu ogwú-ny’ẹ́yọ́ mẹ́lā, efù ódù 1962. Alu kù i che infantry ofisa efù am’uja Nigeria, Ibrahim Bako kàn’ùkólò n’ochu alu kù i che Platoon Commander efù 4 Battalion, i nwo che Company Commander efù 5 Battalion. Egba kù ùja civil war chàn’e efù ódù 1967, ma d’u nwi ùkólò Staff Captain Intelligence nwi Headquarters 1 Area Command (kì amó ma dabi dó 1 Division). Ma n’u kpañ’ù oji Major temporary nolu ogwú-ny’ẹ́yọ́ m’ẹ́ta-ny’ẹ́yọ́ kaye efù ochù kochù k’ébíé efù ódù 1968, tógba kù i nwo lo oji ùja gbagba alu kù i che Brigade Major nwi 4 Infantry Brigade. I dì efù rank Major lé lo tì nolu kaye efù ochù kochù k’égwa efù ódù 1972, egba kù ma n’u kpañ’ù oji temporary Lieutenant Colonel; oñwu nwo ch’ùkólò General Staff Officer Grade II Intelligence nwa. Bako (kì i che Lt Colonel egba lé) nwo ch’ùkólò logistics ofisa efù National Census Board nwi amó kì d’ọ̀nọ̀ amonẹ efù ódù 1973.<ref name="Siollun15">{{cite book|last1=Siollun|first1=Max|title=Soldiers of Fortune: A History of Nigeria (1983-1993)|publisher=Cassava Republic Press|year=2013|isbn=9789785023824|edition=2013|pages=15}}</ref> Ma d’u kpañ’ù oji rank Lieutenant Colonel gbagba nolu kaye efù ochù kochù k’ẹ́lẹ́ efù ódù 1974; egba lé, ma n’u odù kù i lo ch’ùkólò alu kù i che Commander nwi 20 Brigade. Alu kù i che Lieutenant Colonel lé, i nwo ch’ùkólò Assistant Quarter Master efù Headquarters Lagos Garrison Organisation (kì amó ma dó 81 Division, Lagos abajọì), i nwo dabi che Commander nwi 1 Infantry Division Garrison kì dì Kaduna. Nolu kaye efù ochù kochù k’égwa-ka efù ódù 1975, ma n’u kpañ’ù oji temporary rank Colonel; lo tì nolu mébie efù ochù kochù k’ébíé efù ódù 1978, egba kù i n’u oji rank Colonel gbagba. Oñwu nwo n’ùkólò efù ọ̀tẹ̀ k’ajì am’ùja alu kù i cheOfisa kì kọ̀nọ̀ nwi am’ofisa gbagba efù ùkólò Coordination Bako nwo k’ọ̀nọ̀, [https://www.britishpathe.com/video/VLVA2M3MVXR2Y21YDXCC94S838D4C-LEBANON-NIGERIAN-SOLDIERS-ARRIVE-TO-JOIN-UN-PEACE-KEEPING-FORCE/query/Nigerian+Army+Lebanon Nigerian Battalion in peace keeping operations in Lebanon] under '''UNIFIL''', [[United Nations|UN]] Ùkólò ukpahiọ ubi kì ma chánẹ́ ọjọ kî'ochu ẹ́kẹ̀ta nolu mẹ́gẹ́lè efu ọdọ 1978 by [[United Nations Security Council]] [[United Nations Security Council Resolution|Resolutions]] [[United Nations Security Council Resolution 425|425]] kpaî [[United Nations Security Council Resolution 426|426]]. brahim Bako n’u oji rank Brigadier nolu kaye efù ochù kochù k’ẹ́lẹ́ efù ódù 1980, egba kù i ch’ùkólò alu kù i che Commander nwi 7 Mechanised Brigade, i nwo ch’ùkólò kì i jẹ́ Director nwi amî soja Army Faculty lo tiùkpóká. [[Armed Forces Command and Staff College, Jaji]] tákì kwù ọjọ kî k'ochu ẹ́kẹ̀gwájî nolu ogwu-ẹ́gwa nyọ kaa efu ọdọ 1983. Efù ọ̀tẹ̀ ùkólò nwu, Ibrahim Bako kọ̀nọ̀ nwi . [[Nigerian Army]]...am’ofisa kì d’ọwọ́ kọ̀ kù ma gba am’ùja guerrilla ọgba kuo kì lú kẹ́jú efù ogwú-ny’ẹ́yọ́ m’ẹ́rẹ̀wá gwi efù égbe United Zimbabwe alu kù ùja elọwọ-olọ efù i kpa, kù ma mọ̀ ma nwọ̀ kpaí kù ma n’ùkoche nwi.[[Nigerian Defence Academy]], [[Kaduna (city)|Kaduna]] efu ọdọ 1980.Am’ùja guerrilla ọgba kuo kì lú kẹ́jú efù ogwú-ny’ẹ́yọ́ m’ẹ́rẹ̀wá lé, oñwu ma chànẹ́ ùkọ̀lọ̀ am’ùja gbagba alu kù ùja elọwọ-olọ i kpa lé. [[Zimbabwe National Army]],<ref name="Beegeagle">{{cite web|title=Nigerian Army Museum: a slice of Nigerian military history|url=https://beegeagle.wordpress.com/2012/03/24/nigerian-army-museum-a-slice-of-nigerian-military-history/|website=Beegeagle's Blog|date=24 March 2012|publisher=Beegeagle|access-date=5 January 2015}}</ref>alu kù i kọ̀nọ̀ nwi abole kì Naijiria kọ̀ d’ọwọ́ rọ am’efu k’ọ̀tẹ̀ Southern Africa abole kì Angola kpaí South Africa efù ùja kù ma ja gwi ọwọ́ apartheid ẹgẹ amonẹ gbiẹ́gbiẹ́ kpaí colonialism am'efu k'ọ̀ọ̀chẹ̀ kì ma j’ọba oji ma . == Ùkọ̀lọ̀ kù i che efù ùja gba-ọjọba nolu ogwú-ny’ẹ́yọ́ m’ẹ́bie-ny’ẹ́yọ́ kaye efù ochù kochù k’ébíé efù ódù 1966. == Ó'chu ẹ́kẹ̀biá nolu ogwu nyọ mẹ́jo éfu ọdọ 1966 mutiny (kú ma gbéju àdọ̀ kî [[Nigerian counter-coup of 1966]])...i che ùja kì d’efu kpaí ọwọ́-le kù ma kpo-ọjọba gwi ọwọ́ Jẹnẹra [[Aguiyi-Ironsi]]'i che ọjọba am'ùja, kì j'ọba ubi ùja gba-ọjọba nolu ogwú-gbanẹ efù ochù kochù kaye kì gbọfọ, kì Mẹ́jọ [[Emmanuel Ifeajuna]] kpaí Lt Col [[Kaduna Nzeogwu]]. Amùjo yé amì soja óffîsẹ́ kî ẹ́tèma dẹ́jú Naijiria northern (manyu egbale kî ché Lts Ibrahim Bako, [[Shehu Musa Yar'Adua]], [[Theophilus Danjuma]], ató'gba ñwu ma [[Joe Garba]], Lt Col [[Murtala Muhammed]], manyu abò kîbọ̀ ) kpalu dama kpaí ma kpa-ọwọ́-le oji oga jénéra Ironsi' kî chî achî ukólò amî sója goméntì.<ref name="OPV">{{cite book|last1=Siollun|first1=Max|title=Oil, Politics and Violence: Nigeria's Military Coup Culture (1966-1976)|year=2009|publisher=Algora Publishing|isbn=9780875867106|pages=99}}</ref> Efù amonẹ kì kwú (or kì n'ọgbogbo) efù ùja kpa-ọwọ́-le oji oga lé, Jẹnẹra [[Aguiyi Ironsi]] kpaí Lt Colonel [[Adekunle Fajuyi]]. Egba kì ma n’ochu kì i che ùkọ̀lọ̀ amẹ́gbe nwi ùja dabi gba-ọjọba lé, Lieutenant Colonel egba lé. Lt Col [[Murtala Mohammed]] .a k’ọ́tọ̀ tì Ibadan (eñwu kì Bako kpaí am’ùja dẹfù ma bọ́ alu kì Lieutenant egba [[Jerry Useni]]),Muhammed a k’ọ́tọ̀ gwi Lagos wa efù ane gbagba lẹ́gẹ́-lẹ́gẹ́, kù i gba Ibrahim Bako kpaí Abdullai Shelleng efù ogba kì ma d’ọwọ́ kọ̀ tẹ́ n’ọchú, ma a nwo k’ọ́tọ̀ lo lẹ́gẹ́-lẹ́gẹ́ kù ma jọ̀ jẹ́ tógba kù ma n’ọkọ̀ kpa, efù alu kù ma jọ̀ ka ubi ọ̀nọ̀ kì ma a dabi gba-ọjọba ma lé .<ref name="Gamji-Omoigui">{{cite web|last1=Omoigui|first1=Nowa|title=Operation Aure (2): Planning to Overthrow General Ironsi|url=http://www.gamji.com/nowa/nowa26.htm|website=Gamji|publisher=Gamji|access-date=5 January 2015}}</ref> == Role on 31 December 1983 coup == Ibrahim Bako (kì i che Director nwi Army Faculty àmì soja efù unyi ùkoche am'ùja kì amó ma dó Armed Forces Command kpaî and Staff Collége egba yé Jaji)<ref name="Beegeagle" /> and acting GOC 1 Division, Kaduna,<ref name="Leadership-NG" /> was requested by the coup conspirators with securing President [[Shehu Shagari]] presumably after Shagari's [[Presidential Guard Brigade (Nigeria)|Brigade of Guards]] had been neutralized (without violence as planned) by Col [[Tunde Ogbeha]]. Author [[Max Siollun]] notes that Bako was chosen for the role because not only was Bako's father a personal friend to Shagari, as Commander 7 Mechanised Brigade Sokoto, he was well known and respected in the president's home state. Unknown to Bako was that the coup plot had been leaked to President Shagari, whose guards were on high alert. After arriving at the Presidential residence (in non-military attire) with an armed detachment to secure the President,<ref name="Omoiugui">{{cite web|last1=Omoigui|first1=Nowa|title=The palace coup of 27 August 1985 Part I|url=http://www.waado.org/nigerdelta/nigeria_facts/MilitaryRule/Omoigui/PalaceCoup-1985.htm|publisher=Uhrobo Historical Society|access-date=5 January 2015|archive-date=8 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210608090914/http://www.waado.org/nigerdelta/nigeria_facts/militaryrule/omoigui/PalaceCoup-1985.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> Bako was shot dead while sitting in the passenger side of a [[Unimog]] utility truck<ref name="Beegeagle" /> in an ensuing firefight between troops from Bako's detachment and the Brigade of Guards soldiers under the command of Captain Augustine Anyogo.<ref name="Siollun">{{cite book|last1=Siollun|first1=Max|title=Soldiers of Fortune: A History of Nigeria (1983-1993)|year=2013|publisher=Cassava Republic Press|isbn=9789785023824|pages=16–17|edition=2013}}</ref> The Unimog utility truck that Bako was killed in was on display at the Nigerian Army Museum in [[Zaria]], Nigeria. The senior military officers involved in the 1983 coup were:<ref name="Siollun13">{{cite book|last1=Siollun|first1=Max|title=Soldiers of Fortune: A History of Nigeria (1983-1993)|year=2013|publisher=Cassava Republic Press|isbn=9789785023824|pages=13|edition=2013}}</ref> * Major General [[Muhammadu Buhari]] (General Officer Commanding, 3rd Armored Division, Jos) * Major General [[Ibrahim Babangida]] (Director of Army Staff Duties and Plans) * Brigadier Ibrahim Bako (Acting General Officer Commanding, 1st Division Kaduna/Director Army Faculty, [[Armed Forces Command and Staff College, Jaji]]) * Brigadier [[Sani Abacha]] (Commander, 9th Mechanized Brigade) * Brigadier [[Tunde Idiagbon]] (Military Secretary, Army) * Lt Colonel [[Aliyu Mohammed Gusau]] (Director of Military Intelligence) * Lt Colonel [[Halilu Akilu]] * Lt Colonel [[David Mark]] * Lt Colonel [[Tunde Ogbeha]] * Major [[Sambo Dasuki]] (Military Assistant to the Chief of Army Staff, Lt-General [[Mohammed Inuwa Wushishi|Wushishi]]) * Major [[Abdulmumini Aminu]] * Major [[Lawan Gwadabe]] * Major Mustapha Jokolo (Senior Instructor, Basawa Barracks - Zaria) * Major [[Dangiwa Umar|Abubakar Umar]] Major General Buhari's Supreme Military Council (SMC) observed a minute of silence for the slain Brigadier Bako during SMC's first meeting.<ref name="NYT">{{cite news|last1=May|first1=Clifford|title=DEPOSED NIGERIAN PRESIDENT IS UNDER ARREST|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1984/01/04/world/deposed-nigerian-president-is-under-arrest.html|work=New York Times|date=4 January 1984|access-date=5 January 2015}}</ref> == References == {{Reflist}} ohg7ga2r6165jtkmcql4kvhp26u5j82 41042 41041 2026-05-13T11:47:34Z Austinea3 116 /* Career */ 41042 wikitext text/x-wiki {{short description|Nigerian brigadier (1943–1983)}}{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2023}} {{Infobox officeholder|name=Ibrahim Bako|honorific_prefix=[[Brigadier]]|image=|caption=|image_size=150px|office=Acting General Officer Commanding, [[1st Division (Nigeria)|1 Division]], Nigerian Army|term_start=|term_end=|predecessor=|successor=|birth_name=Ibrahim Ahmed Bako|birth_date=5 March 1943|death_date={{death date and age|1983|12|31|1943|3|5|df=y}}|allegiance={{NGR}}|branch={{army|Nigeria}}|service_years=1962–1983|rank=[[File:Nigeria-Army-OF-6.svg|20px]] [[Brigadier]]|alma_mater=[[Nigerian Defence Academy|Nigerian Military Training College]]<br>[[Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst|RMA Sandhurst]]}} '''Ibrahim Ahmed Bako''' (5 March 1943<ref name="Leadership-NG">{{Cite news|last1=Augustine|first1=Agbo-Paul|title=We've Forgiven Our Father's Killers – Prof Bako|url=http://leadership.ng/features/interviews/311481/weve-forgiven-our-fathers-killers-prof-bako|newspaper=[[Leadership (newspaper)|Leadership]]|access-date=9 January 2015}}</ref> – 31 December 1983) was a senior officer in the [[Nigerian Army]] who played a principal role in two Nigerian military coups: the [[1966 Nigerian counter-coup|July 1966 counter-coup]] and the [[1983 Nigerian coup d'état|December 1983]] coup. The 1983 coup ousted the democratic government of [[Shehu Shagari]] while the July 1966 coup ousted the military government of General [[Ironsi]]. Bako was killed during the [[1983 Nigerian coup d'état|December 1983 coup d'état]]. == Career == Ibrahim Ahmed Bako (N/548) FSS MSS psc ma bî éfu ó'chu ẹ́kẹ́ta nolu mẹ́lu éfu ọdọ 1943 efu [[Kaduna (city)|Kaduna]],kádunà státî. Íkọ́ ẹ̀kọ́ ìlùmẹ́ kíkọ n’ìfẹ̀ oñwu chi Junior Primary School, Kaduna kwì efu ọ̀dọ̀ 1951 tì 1954, oñwu l’adú d’anyí lo tì Giwa Senior Primary School n’ìchẹ́ kpa ẹ̀kọ́ ìlùmẹ́ kíkọ n’ìfẹ̀ nwu éfu ọdọ 1956. Î ló ti ukoche ísakulu Goméntì yi kóllégè , abójoì kî chî [[Barewa College]] kwî éfu ọdọ 1957 ló téfu ọdọ 1961 Abodu kù dabi kpa kù mé kù Igala kà kì amó kù i che nwi West African School cértîvîcatẹ̀ (WASC). Igbele kù i che kpa gwi unyi ùkoche sakandiri, i nwo che t'unyi ùkoche am'ùja kì dì Kaduna kì amó ma dó Úkọchẹ ama jîmî anakpala ogîjo kóllégè Naijiria (NMTC), kù amó ma dó kù ebèí i che Naijiria Defence Academy (NDA), efù amó kì dó NMTC Course 5 efù ódù 1962, nwi ùkoche ùja kì i koche kù i jé n'ogbagba. I nwo lo unyi ukoche kì dì United Kingdom kù i che kpa nwi ukoche am’uja [[Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst|Royal Military Academy Sandhurst]].Ma n’u kpañ’ù oji Regular Combatant Commission efù ochù kochù k’égwa méji nolu ogwú-ny’ẹ́yọ́ mébie, efù ódù 1964, kù i che rank Second Lieutenant. I nwo n’eñwu ogbagba rank lé kpaí amó k’i dó seniority gwi ochù kochù k’ẹ́lẹ́ nolu ogwú-ny’ẹ́yọ́ mẹ́lā, efù ódù 1962. Alu kù i che infantry ofisa efù am’uja Nigeria, Ibrahim Bako kàn’ùkólò n’ochu alu kù i che Platoon Commander efù 4 Battalion, i nwo che Company Commander efù 5 Battalion. Egba kù ùja civil war chàn’e efù ódù 1967, ma d’u nwi ùkólò Staff Captain Intelligence nwi Headquarters 1 Area Command (kì amó ma dabi dó 1 Division). Ma n’u kpañ’ù oji Major temporary nolu ogwú-ny’ẹ́yọ́ m’ẹ́ta-ny’ẹ́yọ́ kaye efù ochù kochù k’ébíé efù ódù 1968, tógba kù i nwo lo oji ùja gbagba alu kù i che Brigade Major nwi 4 Infantry Brigade. I dì efù rank Major lé lo tì nolu kaye efù ochù kochù k’égwa efù ódù 1972, egba kù ma n’u kpañ’ù oji temporary Lieutenant Colonel; oñwu nwo ch’ùkólò General Staff Officer Grade II Intelligence nwa. Bako (kì i che Lt Colonel egba lé) nwo ch’ùkólò logistics ofisa efù National Census Board nwi amó kì d’ọ̀nọ̀ amonẹ efù ódù 1973.<ref name="Siollun15">{{cite book|last1=Siollun|first1=Max|title=Soldiers of Fortune: A History of Nigeria (1983-1993)|publisher=Cassava Republic Press|year=2013|isbn=9789785023824|edition=2013|pages=15}}</ref> Ma d’u kpañ’ù oji rank Lieutenant Colonel gbagba nolu kaye efù ochù kochù k’ẹ́lẹ́ efù ódù 1974; egba lé, ma n’u odù kù i lo ch’ùkólò alu kù i che Commander nwi 20 Brigade. Alu kù i che Lieutenant Colonel lé, i nwo ch’ùkólò Assistant Quarter Master efù Headquarters Lagos Garrison Organisation (kì amó ma dó 81 Division, Lagos abajọì), i nwo dabi che Commander nwi 1 Infantry Division Garrison kì dì Kaduna. Nolu kaye efù ochù kochù k’égwa-ka efù ódù 1975, ma n’u kpañ’ù oji temporary rank Colonel; lo tì nolu mébie efù ochù kochù k’ébíé efù ódù 1978, egba kù i n’u oji rank Colonel gbagba. Oñwu nwo n’ùkólò efù ọ̀tẹ̀ k’ajì am’ùja alu kù i cheOfisa kì kọ̀nọ̀ nwi am’ofisa gbagba efù ùkólò Coordination Bako nwo k’ọ̀nọ̀, [https://www.britishpathe.com/video/VLVA2M3MVXR2Y21YDXCC94S838D4C-LEBANON-NIGERIAN-SOLDIERS-ARRIVE-TO-JOIN-UN-PEACE-KEEPING-FORCE/query/Nigerian+Army+Lebanon Nigerian Battalion in peace keeping operations in Lebanon] under '''UNIFIL''', [[United Nations|UN]] Ùkólò ukpahiọ ubi kì ma chánẹ́ ọjọ kî'ochu ẹ́kẹ̀ta nolu mẹ́gẹ́lè efu ọdọ 1978 by [[United Nations Security Council]] [[United Nations Security Council Resolution|Resolutions]] [[United Nations Security Council Resolution 425|425]] kpaî [[United Nations Security Council Resolution 426|426]]. brahim Bako n’u oji rank Brigadier nolu kaye efù ochù kochù k’ẹ́lẹ́ efù ódù 1980, egba kù i ch’ùkólò alu kù i che Commander nwi 7 Mechanised Brigade, i nwo ch’ùkólò kì i jẹ́ Director nwi amî soja Army Faculty lo tiùkpóká. [[Armed Forces Command and Staff College, Jaji]] tákì kwù ọjọ kî k'ochu ẹ́kẹ̀gwájî nolu ogwu-ẹ́gwa nyọ kaa efu ọdọ 1983. Efù ọ̀tẹ̀ ùkólò nwu, Ibrahim Bako kọ̀nọ̀ nwi . [[Nigerian Army]]...am’ofisa kì d’ọwọ́ kọ̀ kù ma gba am’ùja guerrilla ọgba kuo kì lú kẹ́jú efù ogwú-ny’ẹ́yọ́ m’ẹ́rẹ̀wá gwi efù égbe United Zimbabwe alu kù ùja elọwọ-olọ efù i kpa, kù ma mọ̀ ma nwọ̀ kpaí kù ma n’ùkoche nwi.[[Nigerian Defence Academy]], [[Kaduna (city)|Kaduna]] efu ọdọ 1980.Am’ùja guerrilla ọgba kuo kì lú kẹ́jú efù ogwú-ny’ẹ́yọ́ m’ẹ́rẹ̀wá lé, oñwu ma chànẹ́ ùkọ̀lọ̀ am’ùja gbagba alu kù ùja elọwọ-olọ i kpa lé. [[Zimbabwe National Army]],<ref name="Beegeagle">{{cite web|title=Nigerian Army Museum: a slice of Nigerian military history|url=https://beegeagle.wordpress.com/2012/03/24/nigerian-army-museum-a-slice-of-nigerian-military-history/|website=Beegeagle's Blog|date=24 March 2012|publisher=Beegeagle|access-date=5 January 2015}}</ref>alu kù i kọ̀nọ̀ nwi abole kì Naijiria kọ̀ d’ọwọ́ rọ am’efu k’ọ̀tẹ̀ Southern Africa abole kì Angola kpaí South Africa efù ùja kù ma ja gwi ọwọ́ apartheid ẹgẹ amonẹ gbiẹ́gbiẹ́ kpaí colonialism am'efu k'ọ̀ọ̀chẹ̀ kì ma j’ọba oji ma . == Ùkọ̀lọ̀ kù i che efù ùja gba-ọjọba nolu ogwú-ny’ẹ́yọ́ m’ẹ́bie-ny’ẹ́yọ́ kaye efù ochù kochù k’ébíé efù ódù 1966. == Ó'chu ẹ́kẹ̀biá nolu ogwu nyọ mẹ́jo éfu ọdọ 1966 mutiny (kú ma gbéju àdọ̀ kî [[Nigerian counter-coup of 1966]])...i che ùja kì d’efu kpaí ọwọ́-le kù ma kpo-ọjọba gwi ọwọ́ Jẹnẹra [[Aguiyi-Ironsi]]'i che ọjọba am'ùja, kì j'ọba ubi ùja gba-ọjọba nolu ogwú-gbanẹ efù ochù kochù kaye kì gbọfọ, kì Mẹ́jọ [[Emmanuel Ifeajuna]] kpaí Lt Col [[Kaduna Nzeogwu]]. Amùjo yé amì soja óffîsẹ́ kî ẹ́tèma dẹ́jú Naijiria northern (manyu egbale kî ché Lts Ibrahim Bako, [[Shehu Musa Yar'Adua]], [[Theophilus Danjuma]], ató'gba ñwu ma [[Joe Garba]], Lt Col [[Murtala Muhammed]], manyu abò kîbọ̀ ) kpalu dama kpaí ma kpa-ọwọ́-le oji oga jénéra Ironsi' kî chî achî ukólò amî sója goméntì.<ref name="OPV">{{cite book|last1=Siollun|first1=Max|title=Oil, Politics and Violence: Nigeria's Military Coup Culture (1966-1976)|year=2009|publisher=Algora Publishing|isbn=9780875867106|pages=99}}</ref> Efù amonẹ kì kwú (or kì n'ọgbogbo) efù ùja kpa-ọwọ́-le oji oga lé, Jẹnẹra [[Aguiyi Ironsi]] kpaí Lt Colonel [[Adekunle Fajuyi]]. Egba kì ma n’ochu kì i che ùkọ̀lọ̀ amẹ́gbe nwi ùja dabi gba-ọjọba lé, Lieutenant Colonel egba lé. Lt Col [[Murtala Mohammed]] .a k’ọ́tọ̀ tì Ibadan (eñwu kì Bako kpaí am’ùja dẹfù ma bọ́ alu kì Lieutenant egba [[Jerry Useni]]),Muhammed a k’ọ́tọ̀ gwi Lagos wa efù ane gbagba lẹ́gẹ́-lẹ́gẹ́, kù i gba Ibrahim Bako kpaí Abdullai Shelleng efù ogba kì ma d’ọwọ́ kọ̀ tẹ́ n’ọchú, ma a nwo k’ọ́tọ̀ lo lẹ́gẹ́-lẹ́gẹ́ kù ma jọ̀ jẹ́ tógba kù ma n’ọkọ̀ kpa, efù alu kù ma jọ̀ ka ubi ọ̀nọ̀ kì ma a dabi gba-ọjọba ma lé .<ref name="Gamji-Omoigui">{{cite web|last1=Omoigui|first1=Nowa|title=Operation Aure (2): Planning to Overthrow General Ironsi|url=http://www.gamji.com/nowa/nowa26.htm|website=Gamji|publisher=Gamji|access-date=5 January 2015}}</ref> == Role on 31 December 1983 coup == Ibrahim Bako (kì i che Director nwi Army Faculty àmì soja efù unyi ùkoche am'ùja kì amó ma dó Armed Forces Command kpaî and Staff Collége egba yé Jaji)<ref name="Beegeagle" /> kpaí kì i ch’ùkólò alu kì i che acting GOC nwi 1 Division kì dì Kaduna.and acting GOC 1 Division, Kaduna,<ref name="Leadership-NG" /> was requested by the coup conspirators with securing President [[Shehu Shagari]] presumably after Shagari's [[Presidential Guard Brigade (Nigeria)|Brigade of Guards]] had been neutralized (without violence as planned) by Col [[Tunde Ogbeha]]. Author [[Max Siollun]] notes that Bako was chosen for the role because not only was Bako's father a personal friend to Shagari, as Commander 7 Mechanised Brigade Sokoto, he was well known and respected in the president's home state. Unknown to Bako was that the coup plot had been leaked to President Shagari, whose guards were on high alert. After arriving at the Presidential residence (in non-military attire) with an armed detachment to secure the President,<ref name="Omoiugui">{{cite web|last1=Omoigui|first1=Nowa|title=The palace coup of 27 August 1985 Part I|url=http://www.waado.org/nigerdelta/nigeria_facts/MilitaryRule/Omoigui/PalaceCoup-1985.htm|publisher=Uhrobo Historical Society|access-date=5 January 2015|archive-date=8 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210608090914/http://www.waado.org/nigerdelta/nigeria_facts/militaryrule/omoigui/PalaceCoup-1985.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> Bako was shot dead while sitting in the passenger side of a [[Unimog]] utility truck<ref name="Beegeagle" /> in an ensuing firefight between troops from Bako's detachment and the Brigade of Guards soldiers under the command of Captain Augustine Anyogo.<ref name="Siollun">{{cite book|last1=Siollun|first1=Max|title=Soldiers of Fortune: A History of Nigeria (1983-1993)|year=2013|publisher=Cassava Republic Press|isbn=9789785023824|pages=16–17|edition=2013}}</ref> The Unimog utility truck that Bako was killed in was on display at the Nigerian Army Museum in [[Zaria]], Nigeria. The senior military officers involved in the 1983 coup were:<ref name="Siollun13">{{cite book|last1=Siollun|first1=Max|title=Soldiers of Fortune: A History of Nigeria (1983-1993)|year=2013|publisher=Cassava Republic Press|isbn=9789785023824|pages=13|edition=2013}}</ref> * Major General [[Muhammadu Buhari]] (General Officer Commanding, 3rd Armored Division, Jos) * Major General [[Ibrahim Babangida]] (Director of Army Staff Duties and Plans) * Brigadier Ibrahim Bako (Acting General Officer Commanding, 1st Division Kaduna/Director Army Faculty, [[Armed Forces Command and Staff College, Jaji]]) * Brigadier [[Sani Abacha]] (Commander, 9th Mechanized Brigade) * Brigadier [[Tunde Idiagbon]] (Military Secretary, Army) * Lt Colonel [[Aliyu Mohammed Gusau]] (Director of Military Intelligence) * Lt Colonel [[Halilu Akilu]] * Lt Colonel [[David Mark]] * Lt Colonel [[Tunde Ogbeha]] * Major [[Sambo Dasuki]] (Military Assistant to the Chief of Army Staff, Lt-General [[Mohammed Inuwa Wushishi|Wushishi]]) * Major [[Abdulmumini Aminu]] * Major [[Lawan Gwadabe]] * Major Mustapha Jokolo (Senior Instructor, Basawa Barracks - Zaria) * Major [[Dangiwa Umar|Abubakar Umar]] Major General Buhari's Supreme Military Council (SMC) observed a minute of silence for the slain Brigadier Bako during SMC's first meeting.<ref name="NYT">{{cite news|last1=May|first1=Clifford|title=DEPOSED NIGERIAN PRESIDENT IS UNDER ARREST|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1984/01/04/world/deposed-nigerian-president-is-under-arrest.html|work=New York Times|date=4 January 1984|access-date=5 January 2015}}</ref> == References == {{Reflist}} o5qgcgu6plq9fja0iql8h9s3aly1j40 41043 41042 2026-05-13T11:51:12Z Austinea3 116 41043 wikitext text/x-wiki {{short description|Nigerian brigadier (1943–1983)}}{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2023}} {{Infobox officeholder|name=Ibrahim Bako|honorific_prefix=[[Brigadier]]|image=|caption=|image_size=150px|office=Acting General Officer Commanding, [[1st Division (Nigeria)|1 Division]], Nigerian Army|term_start=|term_end=|predecessor=|successor=|birth_name=Ibrahim Ahmed Bako|birth_date=5 March 1943|death_date={{death date and age|1983|12|31|1943|3|5|df=y}}|allegiance={{NGR}}|branch={{army|Nigeria}}|service_years=1962–1983|rank=[[File:Nigeria-Army-OF-6.svg|20px]] [[Brigadier]]|alma_mater=[[Nigerian Defence Academy|Nigerian Military Training College]]<br>[[Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst|RMA Sandhurst]]}} '''Ibrahim Ahmed Bako''' (5 March 1943<ref name="Leadership-NG">{{Cite news|last1=Augustine|first1=Agbo-Paul|title=We've Forgiven Our Father's Killers – Prof Bako|url=http://leadership.ng/features/interviews/311481/weve-forgiven-our-fathers-killers-prof-bako|newspaper=[[Leadership (newspaper)|Leadership]]|access-date=9 January 2015}}</ref> – 31 December 1983) was a senior officer in the [[Nigerian Army]] who played a principal role in two Nigerian military coups: the [[1966 Nigerian counter-coup|July 1966 counter-coup]] and the [[1983 Nigerian coup d'état|December 1983]] coup. The 1983 coup ousted the democratic government of [[Shehu Shagari]] while the July 1966 coup ousted the military government of General [[Ironsi]]. Bako was killed during the [[1983 Nigerian coup d'état|December 1983 coup d'état]]. == Career == Ibrahim Ahmed Bako (N/548) FSS MSS psc ma bî éfu ó'chu ẹ́kẹ́ta nolu mẹ́lu éfu ọdọ 1943 efu [[Kaduna (city)|Kaduna]],kádunà státî. Íkọ́ ẹ̀kọ́ ìlùmẹ́ kíkọ n’ìfẹ̀ oñwu chi Junior Primary School, Kaduna kwì efu ọ̀dọ̀ 1951 tì 1954, oñwu l’adú d’anyí lo tì Giwa Senior Primary School n’ìchẹ́ kpa ẹ̀kọ́ ìlùmẹ́ kíkọ n’ìfẹ̀ nwu éfu ọdọ 1956. Î ló ti ukoche ísakulu Goméntì yi kóllégè , abójoì kî chî [[Barewa College]] kwî éfu ọdọ 1957 ló téfu ọdọ 1961 Abodu kù dabi kpa kù mé kù Igala kà kì amó kù i che nwi West African School cértîvîcatẹ̀ (WASC). Igbele kù i che kpa gwi unyi ùkoche sakandiri, i nwo che t'unyi ùkoche am'ùja kì dì Kaduna kì amó ma dó Úkọchẹ ama jîmî anakpala ogîjo kóllégè Naijiria (NMTC), kù amó ma dó kù ebèí i che Naijiria Defence Academy (NDA), efù amó kì dó NMTC Course 5 efù ódù 1962, nwi ùkoche ùja kì i koche kù i jé n'ogbagba. I nwo lo unyi ukoche kì dì United Kingdom kù i che kpa nwi ukoche am’uja [[Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst|Royal Military Academy Sandhurst]].Ma n’u kpañ’ù oji Regular Combatant Commission efù ochù kochù k’égwa méji nolu ogwú-ny’ẹ́yọ́ mébie, efù ódù 1964, kù i che rank Second Lieutenant. I nwo n’eñwu ogbagba rank lé kpaí amó k’i dó seniority gwi ochù kochù k’ẹ́lẹ́ nolu ogwú-ny’ẹ́yọ́ mẹ́lā, efù ódù 1962. Alu kù i che infantry ofisa efù am’uja Nigeria, Ibrahim Bako kàn’ùkólò n’ochu alu kù i che Platoon Commander efù 4 Battalion, i nwo che Company Commander efù 5 Battalion. Egba kù ùja civil war chàn’e efù ódù 1967, ma d’u nwi ùkólò Staff Captain Intelligence nwi Headquarters 1 Area Command (kì amó ma dabi dó 1 Division). Ma n’u kpañ’ù oji Major temporary nolu ogwú-ny’ẹ́yọ́ m’ẹ́ta-ny’ẹ́yọ́ kaye efù ochù kochù k’ébíé efù ódù 1968, tógba kù i nwo lo oji ùja gbagba alu kù i che Brigade Major nwi 4 Infantry Brigade. I dì efù rank Major lé lo tì nolu kaye efù ochù kochù k’égwa efù ódù 1972, egba kù ma n’u kpañ’ù oji temporary Lieutenant Colonel; oñwu nwo ch’ùkólò General Staff Officer Grade II Intelligence nwa. Bako (kì i che Lt Colonel egba lé) nwo ch’ùkólò logistics ofisa efù National Census Board nwi amó kì d’ọ̀nọ̀ amonẹ efù ódù 1973.<ref name="Siollun15">{{cite book|last1=Siollun|first1=Max|title=Soldiers of Fortune: A History of Nigeria (1983-1993)|publisher=Cassava Republic Press|year=2013|isbn=9789785023824|edition=2013|pages=15}}</ref> Ma d’u kpañ’ù oji rank Lieutenant Colonel gbagba nolu kaye efù ochù kochù k’ẹ́lẹ́ efù ódù 1974; egba lé, ma n’u odù kù i lo ch’ùkólò alu kù i che Commander nwi 20 Brigade. Alu kù i che Lieutenant Colonel lé, i nwo ch’ùkólò Assistant Quarter Master efù Headquarters Lagos Garrison Organisation (kì amó ma dó 81 Division, Lagos abajọì), i nwo dabi che Commander nwi 1 Infantry Division Garrison kì dì Kaduna. Nolu kaye efù ochù kochù k’égwa-ka efù ódù 1975, ma n’u kpañ’ù oji temporary rank Colonel; lo tì nolu mébie efù ochù kochù k’ébíé efù ódù 1978, egba kù i n’u oji rank Colonel gbagba. Oñwu nwo n’ùkólò efù ọ̀tẹ̀ k’ajì am’ùja alu kù i cheOfisa kì kọ̀nọ̀ nwi am’ofisa gbagba efù ùkólò Coordination Bako nwo k’ọ̀nọ̀, [https://www.britishpathe.com/video/VLVA2M3MVXR2Y21YDXCC94S838D4C-LEBANON-NIGERIAN-SOLDIERS-ARRIVE-TO-JOIN-UN-PEACE-KEEPING-FORCE/query/Nigerian+Army+Lebanon Nigerian Battalion in peace keeping operations in Lebanon] under '''UNIFIL''', [[United Nations|UN]] Ùkólò ukpahiọ ubi kì ma chánẹ́ ọjọ kî'ochu ẹ́kẹ̀ta nolu mẹ́gẹ́lè efu ọdọ 1978 by [[United Nations Security Council]] [[United Nations Security Council Resolution|Resolutions]] [[United Nations Security Council Resolution 425|425]] kpaî [[United Nations Security Council Resolution 426|426]]. brahim Bako n’u oji rank Brigadier nolu kaye efù ochù kochù k’ẹ́lẹ́ efù ódù 1980, egba kù i ch’ùkólò alu kù i che Commander nwi 7 Mechanised Brigade, i nwo ch’ùkólò kì i jẹ́ Director nwi amî soja Army Faculty lo tiùkpóká. [[Armed Forces Command and Staff College, Jaji]] tákì kwù ọjọ kî k'ochu ẹ́kẹ̀gwájî nolu ogwu-ẹ́gwa nyọ kaa efu ọdọ 1983. Efù ọ̀tẹ̀ ùkólò nwu, Ibrahim Bako kọ̀nọ̀ nwi . [[Nigerian Army]]...am’ofisa kì d’ọwọ́ kọ̀ kù ma gba am’ùja guerrilla ọgba kuo kì lú kẹ́jú efù ogwú-ny’ẹ́yọ́ m’ẹ́rẹ̀wá gwi efù égbe United Zimbabwe alu kù ùja elọwọ-olọ efù i kpa, kù ma mọ̀ ma nwọ̀ kpaí kù ma n’ùkoche nwi.[[Nigerian Defence Academy]], [[Kaduna (city)|Kaduna]] efu ọdọ 1980.Am’ùja guerrilla ọgba kuo kì lú kẹ́jú efù ogwú-ny’ẹ́yọ́ m’ẹ́rẹ̀wá lé, oñwu ma chànẹ́ ùkọ̀lọ̀ am’ùja gbagba alu kù ùja elọwọ-olọ i kpa lé. [[Zimbabwe National Army]],<ref name="Beegeagle">{{cite web|title=Nigerian Army Museum: a slice of Nigerian military history|url=https://beegeagle.wordpress.com/2012/03/24/nigerian-army-museum-a-slice-of-nigerian-military-history/|website=Beegeagle's Blog|date=24 March 2012|publisher=Beegeagle|access-date=5 January 2015}}</ref>alu kù i kọ̀nọ̀ nwi abole kì Naijiria kọ̀ d’ọwọ́ rọ am’efu k’ọ̀tẹ̀ Southern Africa abole kì Angola kpaí South Africa efù ùja kù ma ja gwi ọwọ́ apartheid ẹgẹ amonẹ gbiẹ́gbiẹ́ kpaí colonialism am'efu k'ọ̀ọ̀chẹ̀ kì ma j’ọba oji ma . == Ùkọ̀lọ̀ kù i che efù ùja gba-ọjọba nolu ogwú-ny’ẹ́yọ́ m’ẹ́bie-ny’ẹ́yọ́ kaye efù ochù kochù k’ébíé efù ódù 1966. == Ó'chu ẹ́kẹ̀biá nolu ogwu nyọ mẹ́jo éfu ọdọ 1966 mutiny (kú ma gbéju àdọ̀ kî [[Nigerian counter-coup of 1966]])...i che ùja kì d’efu kpaí ọwọ́-le kù ma kpo-ọjọba gwi ọwọ́ Jẹnẹra [[Aguiyi-Ironsi]]'i che ọjọba am'ùja, kì j'ọba ubi ùja gba-ọjọba nolu ogwú-gbanẹ efù ochù kochù kaye kì gbọfọ, kì Mẹ́jọ [[Emmanuel Ifeajuna]] kpaí Lt Col [[Kaduna Nzeogwu]]. Amùjo yé amì soja óffîsẹ́ kî ẹ́tèma dẹ́jú Naijiria northern (manyu egbale kî ché Lts Ibrahim Bako, [[Shehu Musa Yar'Adua]], [[Theophilus Danjuma]], ató'gba ñwu ma [[Joe Garba]], Lt Col [[Murtala Muhammed]], manyu abò kîbọ̀ ) kpalu dama kpaí ma kpa-ọwọ́-le oji oga jénéra Ironsi' kî chî achî ukólò amî sója goméntì.<ref name="OPV">{{cite book|last1=Siollun|first1=Max|title=Oil, Politics and Violence: Nigeria's Military Coup Culture (1966-1976)|year=2009|publisher=Algora Publishing|isbn=9780875867106|pages=99}}</ref> Efù amonẹ kì kwú (or kì n'ọgbogbo) efù ùja kpa-ọwọ́-le oji oga lé, Jẹnẹra [[Aguiyi Ironsi]] kpaí Lt Colonel [[Adekunle Fajuyi]]. Egba kì ma n’ochu kì i che ùkọ̀lọ̀ amẹ́gbe nwi ùja dabi gba-ọjọba lé, Lieutenant Colonel egba lé. Lt Col [[Murtala Mohammed]] .a k’ọ́tọ̀ tì Ibadan (eñwu kì Bako kpaí am’ùja dẹfù ma bọ́ alu kì Lieutenant egba [[Jerry Useni]]),Muhammed a k’ọ́tọ̀ gwi Lagos wa efù ane gbagba lẹ́gẹ́-lẹ́gẹ́, kù i gba Ibrahim Bako kpaí Abdullai Shelleng efù ogba kì ma d’ọwọ́ kọ̀ tẹ́ n’ọchú, ma a nwo k’ọ́tọ̀ lo lẹ́gẹ́-lẹ́gẹ́ kù ma jọ̀ jẹ́ tógba kù ma n’ọkọ̀ kpa, efù alu kù ma jọ̀ ka ubi ọ̀nọ̀ kì ma a dabi gba-ọjọba ma lé .<ref name="Gamji-Omoigui">{{cite web|last1=Omoigui|first1=Nowa|title=Operation Aure (2): Planning to Overthrow General Ironsi|url=http://www.gamji.com/nowa/nowa26.htm|website=Gamji|publisher=Gamji|access-date=5 January 2015}}</ref> == Role on 31 December 1983 coup == Ibrahim Bako (kì i che Director nwi Army Faculty àmì soja efù unyi ùkoche am'ùja kì amó ma dó Armed Forces Command kpaî and Staff Collége egba yé Jaji)<ref name="Beegeagle" /> kpaí kì i ch’ùkólò alu kì i che acting GOC nwi 1 Division kì dì Kaduna.,<ref name="Leadership-NG" /> amó kì d’ọwọ́ kọ̀ nwi ùja gba-ọjọba lé ma d’abọ̀ rọ̀ kpaí ma n’u ọwọ́ n’ẹ kù i lo dẹ́jú tẹ́ Pẹrẹsidẹntì. was requested by the coup conspirators with securing President [[Shehu Shagari]] presumably after Shagari's [[Presidential Guard Brigade (Nigeria)|Brigade of Guards]] had been neutralized (without violence as planned) by Col [[Tunde Ogbeha]]. Author [[Max Siollun]] notes that Bako was chosen for the role because not only was Bako's father a personal friend to Shagari, as Commander 7 Mechanised Brigade Sokoto, he was well known and respected in the president's home state. Unknown to Bako was that the coup plot had been leaked to President Shagari, whose guards were on high alert. After arriving at the Presidential residence (in non-military attire) with an armed detachment to secure the President,<ref name="Omoiugui">{{cite web|last1=Omoigui|first1=Nowa|title=The palace coup of 27 August 1985 Part I|url=http://www.waado.org/nigerdelta/nigeria_facts/MilitaryRule/Omoigui/PalaceCoup-1985.htm|publisher=Uhrobo Historical Society|access-date=5 January 2015|archive-date=8 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210608090914/http://www.waado.org/nigerdelta/nigeria_facts/militaryrule/omoigui/PalaceCoup-1985.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> Bako was shot dead while sitting in the passenger side of a [[Unimog]] utility truck<ref name="Beegeagle" /> in an ensuing firefight between troops from Bako's detachment and the Brigade of Guards soldiers under the command of Captain Augustine Anyogo.<ref name="Siollun">{{cite book|last1=Siollun|first1=Max|title=Soldiers of Fortune: A History of Nigeria (1983-1993)|year=2013|publisher=Cassava Republic Press|isbn=9789785023824|pages=16–17|edition=2013}}</ref> The Unimog utility truck that Bako was killed in was on display at the Nigerian Army Museum in [[Zaria]], Nigeria. The senior military officers involved in the 1983 coup were:<ref name="Siollun13">{{cite book|last1=Siollun|first1=Max|title=Soldiers of Fortune: A History of Nigeria (1983-1993)|year=2013|publisher=Cassava Republic Press|isbn=9789785023824|pages=13|edition=2013}}</ref> * Major General [[Muhammadu Buhari]] (General Officer Commanding, 3rd Armored Division, Jos) * Major General [[Ibrahim Babangida]] (Director of Army Staff Duties and Plans) * Brigadier Ibrahim Bako (Acting General Officer Commanding, 1st Division Kaduna/Director Army Faculty, [[Armed Forces Command and Staff College, Jaji]]) * Brigadier [[Sani Abacha]] (Commander, 9th Mechanized Brigade) * Brigadier [[Tunde Idiagbon]] (Military Secretary, Army) * Lt Colonel [[Aliyu Mohammed Gusau]] (Director of Military Intelligence) * Lt Colonel [[Halilu Akilu]] * Lt Colonel [[David Mark]] * Lt Colonel [[Tunde Ogbeha]] * Major [[Sambo Dasuki]] (Military Assistant to the Chief of Army Staff, Lt-General [[Mohammed Inuwa Wushishi|Wushishi]]) * Major [[Abdulmumini Aminu]] * Major [[Lawan Gwadabe]] * Major Mustapha Jokolo (Senior Instructor, Basawa Barracks - Zaria) * Major [[Dangiwa Umar|Abubakar Umar]] Major General Buhari's Supreme Military Council (SMC) observed a minute of silence for the slain Brigadier Bako during SMC's first meeting.<ref name="NYT">{{cite news|last1=May|first1=Clifford|title=DEPOSED NIGERIAN PRESIDENT IS UNDER ARREST|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1984/01/04/world/deposed-nigerian-president-is-under-arrest.html|work=New York Times|date=4 January 1984|access-date=5 January 2015}}</ref> == References == {{Reflist}} nc27x93nktc6rpq7y9oixw3tjs1qf7r