One thing that has made me wondered right from my final year in the secondary school, through out my stay in the University, and till date, is the disappearance of two non-commissioned officers of the Nigerian Army, Sergeant Clement Yildar and Corporal Dauda Usman. They were among the officers found guilty by the Emmanuel Abisoye tribunal, which tried those that took part in the February 1976 coup d'état led by Lt-Col. Buka Suka Dimka. Till date, 39 years after the assassination of Murtala Muhammad and the execution of the coupists, nothing, to the best of my knowledge and the public, has been heard about these men.
Could they have been executed secretly? Could they have committed suicide?
Where are Clement Yildar and Dauda Usman?

*Seun, Ishilove, Lalasticalala, move this to front page.

They definitely escaped to another country and may have quietly returned to nigeria probably when democracy was restored to nigeria. They also won't use their previous names if still alive for obvious reasons

Why is this thread hidden? Is this forum not supposed to serve as a meeting point where intellectuals discuss and people learn?

Since you said they were found guilty, then the fate that normally befall coupists must have befallen them. So, search no more.

Nobody has heard anything about them. Are they still alive or were killed secretly?

Once u are found Guilty. Sentence is carry Out.
So possibly the are resting

I guess after lying low for some years they changed their names, relocated to another part of Nigeria and kept their mouths firmly shut.

I was in the same primary school as the son of Dauda Usman, who was quite popular in his own right. As school kids, we used to chant his nickname whenever he walked past "Askarim Baba oh".

I was tempted to ask him of his Dad's whereabouts but decided against it as he was physically big and I was scared he might give me a sound beating! One of the other coup plotters that was caught and executed also had 2 kids in the school.

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Learned they both emigrated to the UK where they became citizens

aribs:
Learned they both emigrated to the UK where they became citizens

How come nobody hear about them? Major Umukoro and other officers that partook in the Orkah's failed coup that escaped to the UK and the US are still heard of. Could it be that Yildar and Usman changed their names and decided to remain outside the country, knowing that their offence is punishable by death?

OrlandoOwoh:

How come nobody hear about them? Major Umukoro and other officers that partook in the Orkah's failed coup that escaped to the UK and the US are still heard of. Could it be that Yildar and Usman changed their names and decided to remain outside the country, knowing that their offence is punishable by death?

who knows really. I learned they became citizens in the late 70s. They could be dead also. its a long time

Something tells the op is either Dauda Usman or Clement Yildar and he is trying to use this forum to test if Nigerians still remembers them before sneaking back home.

Mitcheew

luvinhubby:
Something tells the op is either Dauda Usman or Clement Yildar and he is trying to use this forum to test if Nigerians still remembers them before sneaking back home.

Really?

Lalasticlala and Mynd44, this thread needs to be in the front page. Did those disappear? Did the government at the time seek international help to track them?

You can do us a service,
Dodan Barracks was the seat of power, then and should have data on all enlisted servicemen.
Locate their home town and get in touch with their families, time heals/opens all wounds.
Get back to us and posterity will forever be grateful to you.

Proudlyngwa:
You can do us a service,
Dodan Barracks was the seat of power, then and should have data on all enlisted servicemen.
Locate their home town and get in touch with their families, time heals/opens all wounds.
Get back to us and posterity will forever be grateful to you.

You think those men could have escaped to the places whose addresses they used upon their enlistment? You are wrong.

Cc DedeNkem, DerideGull, Dede1, Duru.

OrlandoOwoh:

You think those men could have escaped to the places whose addresses they used upon their enlistment? You are wrong.

Cc DedeNkem, DerideGull, Dede1, Duru.

No, but one nostalgic fella there will fill you in.
Goodluck on your quest.
you remind me of saving private ryan

Their successful disappearance leaves a gaping hole in intelligence-gathering potency of the Nigeria military. This has become increasingly obvious as time goes on.

would like to know

OrlandoOwoh:

How come nobody hear about them? Major Umukoro and other officers that partook in the Orkah's failed coup that escaped to the UK and the US are still heard of. Could it be that Yildar and Usman changed their names and decided to remain outside the country, knowing that their offence is punishable by death?

So people escaped even when 41 people where killed including the lead Gideon Orkar