On Sunday, April 22, 1990, about five years into Babangida’s bloody rule, a junior soldier, Major Gideon Orkar, announced the most audacious coup in the annals of the country which attempted to oust the fiercely-corrupt Babangida from power. The Orkar coup demystified Babangida, who fled, tail between legs, to Abuja, where he relocated the seat of power to from Lagos after escaping being killed, through the courage of his security aides. Colonel UK Bello his ADC confronted the coup plotters but was killed inside an armoured tank. Subsequently, the coup was foiled and the plotters were arrested. Orkar, a Tiv from Benue State, and 41 other soldiers were shot to death on July 27, 1990.
Maj Saliba Mukoro was alleged to be the ring leader and brain behind the coup. He conscripted Orkar at the later stages.
Maj Saliba Mukoro was the first PhD holder in the military. An intelligent officer of the Military police,US trained and from Delta state.
Documentary on the coup below



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lIjRLKqLtTQ

Men with Lion Hearts, young and ready to change the ideology of Nigerians

Now politics have eaten Deep into the Nigeria Army, that its only the Sons/daughters of the corrupt Leaders that can gain admission to N.D.A

While they sell recruitment slots for poor desperate Graduates...


I Repeat Nigeria issa falied state... Until tribalism, nepotism, and religion difference is been addressed properly.

Will become war tore like Syria in the next 3 years.

I wished it succeeded. Nigeria must be ended to save lives

******TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN******

Major Gideon Gwaza Orkar (October 4, 1952 - July 27, 1990) was a Nigerian military officer who staged a violent coup against the government of General Ibrahim Babangida on April 22, 1990. Orkar and his conspirators seized the FRCN radio station, various military posts around Lagos and the Dodan Barracks, Lagos, the military headquarters and presidential residence. Babangida was present when the barracks were attacked but managed to escape by a back route.

Na God save ibb then (see men DAT are ready 2 put deir life 4 d country)

sammybest889:
******TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN******

Major Gideon Gwaza Orkar (October 4, 1952 - July 27, 1990) was a Nigerian military officer who staged a violent coup against the government of General Ibrahim Babangida on April 22, 1990. Orkar and his conspirators seized the FRCN radio station, various military posts around Lagos and the Dodan Barracks, Lagos, the military headquarters and presidential residence. Babangida was present when the barracks were attacked but managed to escape by a back route.

Na God save ibb then (see men DAT are ready 2 put deir life 4 d country)

Infact, now that am older, I kind of understand why they did what they did. It was a matter of the Northern domination on the oil rich and literate south.
They failed. That's why Nigeria is still that way till now

lazkizz:
Men with Lion Hearts, young and ready to change the ideology of Nigerians

Now politics have eaten Deep into the Nigeria Army, that its only the Sons/daughters of the corrupt Leaders that can gain admission to N.D.A

While they sell recruitment slots for poor desperate Graduates...


I Repeat Nigeria issa falied state... Until tribalism, nepotism, and religion difference is been addressed properly.

Will become war tore like Syria in the next 3 years.

They made use of tanks and mainly artillery weaponry. Nice strategy but they focused mainly on Lagos and were ready to cut off the north if need be. Brave men

FellaG:


They made use of tanks and mainly artillery weaponry. Nice strategy but they focused mainly on Lagos and were ready to cut off the north if need be. Brave men

Yes, true

Pray this generation sees well and are able to step up and stop being a slowpoke in affairs

Today the clowns running affairs are stupidly asking for majority from the almajiri beggers to help secure office of presidential status

God bless Oduduwa republic
God bless biafrans

Nigeriadondie:
I wished it succeeded. Nigeria must be ended to save lives

I cudnt agree more

genkins:


Infact, now that am older, I kind of understand why they did what they did. It was a matter of the Northern domination on the oil rich and literate south.
They failed. That's why Nigeria is still that way till now

Definitely

The Gideon Orkar coup was majorly orchestrated by officers of Middle- Belt.
The major reason why it failed was the coup planners sought to divide Nigeria by cutting off Northern Nigeria from the rest of the Country.
Why some top ranking officers in the Military were adversed to the corrupt style of the Babangida Administration and would have supported the Orkar coup, but when the clear intent of the coup began to emerge, they backed out especially the christian officers from Plateau and Kaduna who were not liking the idea of being cut off to remain attached to the North.

Till date, the unity of Nigeria is a political game amongst the military officer in North especially the Christian officers from Plateau, Niger and Nasarawa and Kaduna states.
It is not that the Military officer from Northern Nigeria are so muchinterested in the unity of Nigeria, but for them Nigeria must remain United so they would not be left at the mercy of Northern Muslims.

I still remember that day especially the shelling around the state house as the coup progressed.The major reasons why the coup failed was because of the failure of the coupists to secure heavy calibre weapons and the pre-mature cutting off of Northern Nigeria from the rest of the country.I remember a soldier was killed @ the armoury that day.RIP sergeant.

CharleyBright:
The Gideon Orkar coup was majorly orchestrated by officers of Middle- Belt.The major reason why it failed was the coup planners sought to divide Nigeria by cutting off Northern Nigeria from the rest of the country.

Why some top ranking officers in the Military were adversed to the corrupt style of the Babangida Administration and would have supported the Orkar coup, but when the clear intent of the coup began to emerge, they backed out especially the christian officers from Plateau and Kaduna who were not liking the idea of being cut off to remain attached to the North.

Till date, the unity of Nigeria is a political game amongst the military officer in North especially the Christian officers from Plateau, Niger and Nasarawa and Kaduna states.It is not that the Military officer from Northern Nigeria are so much interested in the unity of Nigeria, but for them Nigeria must remain United so they would not be left at the mercy of Northern Muslims.

But they, their people and region are still suffering the same mistake till today.Gowon, IBB/Abdulsalam Abubakar(Niger), TY Danjuma(Taraba), Zamani Lekwot(Kaduna), Jonah Jang/Bernard Banfa(Plateau) etc.

CharleyBright:
The Gideon Orkar coup was majorly orchestrated by officers of Middle- Belt.
The major reason why it failed was the coup planners sought to divide Nigeria by cutting off Northern Nigeria from the rest of the Country.
Why some top ranking officers in the Military were adversed to the corrupt style of the Babangida Administration and would have supported the Orkar coup, but when the clear intent of the coup began to emerge, they backed out especially the christian officers from Plateau and Kaduna who were not liking the idea of being cut off to remain attached to the North.

Till date, the unity of Nigeria is a political game amongst the military officer in North especially the Christian officers from Plateau, Niger and Nasarawa and Kaduna states.
It is not that the Military officer from Northern Nigeria are so muchinterested in the unity of Nigeria, but for them Nigeria must remain United so they would not be left at the mercy of Northern Muslims.

Very apt. Nothing to add

Racoon:
I still remember that day especially the shelling around the state house as the coup progressed.The major reasons why the coup failed was because of the failure of the coupists to secure heavy calibre weapons and the pre-mature cutting off of Northern Nigeria from the rest of the country.I remember a soldier was killed @ the armoury that day.RIP sergeant.

I kinda miss the suspense when after a session of martial music, you hear.. fellow Nigerians.. Lol

genkins:

I kinda miss the suspense when after a session of martial music, you hear.. fellow Nigerians.. Lol

Lolz! The IBB-Abacha-Dogonyaro coup suspense following the Buhari overthrow of Aug. 27 1985 was the most dramatic and tensed. Lagos was practically paralysed with fear that one can feel it even in the air.

Mumumu you want to cut the North from the south..

How do these southerners think..

Nigeria is one


I used to think the coup planner Gideon orkar was an igbo man..



Viva la north

Racoon:

Lolz! The IBB-Abacha-Dogonyaro coup and suspense over throw announcemence of August 27 1985 was the most suspense.Lagos was practically paralysed with fear that one can feel even in the air.

Lol.. I was born at that time

BlackfireX:
Mumumu you want to cut the North from the south..

How do these southerners think..

Nigeria is one


I used to think the coup planner Gideon orkar was an igbo man..



Viva la north

Lol.. That is what made his coup fail.. But I kinda understand what he was trying to do. The seat of power was in Lagos. Orkar and Co were not concerned with what happens up north. Thier mission was to grap power in the Lagos centre and then give conditions to the north if they still want to be part of Nigeria. If it came to a fight, they will have the upper hand. The North will have no choice other than accepting thier conditions. The North is land locked, No oil etc and depend on the south to live well

genkins:
Lol.. I was born at that time

What a time to be alive then though it was a time of rotating musical chair of coup plotting within the military.

It is thesame issues Major Gideon Orkar highlighted then are still what we're struggling with as a country currently. These were brave people ready to die for a cause rather than all this spineless youths and semi old cargoes that prefer to live for nothing, and all they can do best is phuck and breed children with no future in view.

Things fall apart.....There was a country

Nigeriadondie:
I wished it succeeded. Nigeria must be ended to save lives

Prolific007:
It is the same issues Major Gideon Orkar highlighted then are still what we're struggling with as a country currently. ... Things fall apart.There was a country

"Our history is replete with numerous and uncontrollable instances of callous and insensitive dominating repressive intrigues by those who think it is their birthright to dominate till eternity the political and economic privileges of this great country to the exclusion of the people of the Middle Belt & the south"

It is our unflinching belief that this quest for domination, oppression and marginalization is against the wish of God and therefore, must be resisted with vehemence. Anything that has a beginning must have an end....-Maj.Gideon Gwarza Orkar

Prolific007:
It is thesame issues Major Gideon Orkar highlighted then are still what we're struggling with as a country currently. These were brave people ready to die for a cause rather than all this spineless youths and semi old cargoes that prefer to live for nothing, and all they can do best is phuck and breed children with no future in view.

Things fall apart.....There was a country

There was a country.. I should go back and read Chinua achebe's book.. Our problem has been the same since 1960

genkins:

There was a country.. I should go back and read Chinua achebe's book.. Our problem has been the same since 1960

Yeah it's been like that sincerely, and it's because we keep recycling thesame people that has been in power before...just imagine the mannequin in also rock was also recycled and he brought his gang to come loot too... it's so unfortunate

Racoon:
"Our history is replete with numerous and uncontrollable instances of callous and insensitive dominating repressive intrigues by those who think it is their birthright to dominate till eternity the political and economic privileges of this great country to the exclusion of the people of the Middle Belt & the south"

It is our unflinching belief that this quest for domination, oppression and marginalization is against the wish of God and therefore, must be resisted with vehemence. Anything that has a beginning must have an end....-Maj.Gideon Gwarza Orkar

He summarized the whole of Nigeria's problem and truly the core north is our major problem, one of the reasons we can't progress as a nation. All I can do now is wish it had pull through back then atleast for the fact that the shackles of slavery would have been broken off our neck. The core north is ruling this nation like how a grand master rules in a secret cult with so much clandestine activities.

Prolific007:


He summarized the whole of Nigeria's problem and truly the core north is our major problem, one of the reasons we can't progress as a nation. All I can do now is wish it had pull through back then atleast for the fact that the shackles of slavery would have been broken off our neck. The core north is ruling this nation like how a grand master rules in a secret cult with so much clandestine activities.

Bro, you spoke my mind. I just avoided mentioning that in my summision. The same problem we have then, is the same now

CharleyBright:
The Gideon Orkar coup was majorly orchestrated by officers of Middle- Belt.
The major reason why it failed was the coup planners sought to divide Nigeria by cutting off Northern Nigeria from the rest of the Country.
Why some top ranking officers in the Military were adversed to the corrupt style of the Babangida Administration and would have supported the Orkar coup, but when the clear intent of the coup began to emerge, they backed out especially the christian officers from Plateau and Kaduna who were not liking the idea of being cut off to remain attached to the North.

Till date, the unity of Nigeria is a political game amongst the military officer in North especially the Christian officers from Plateau, Niger and Nasarawa and Kaduna states.
It is not that the Military officer from Northern Nigeria are so muchinterested in the unity of Nigeria, but for them Nigeria must remain United so they would not be left at the mercy of Northern Muslims.

ur assumption isn't totally right
because even if they have succeeded in carrying out the coup, Kaduna and plateau would have still been in Nigeria
The five major states to be removed from Nigeria were Kani, katsina, Sokoto, Borno and Bauchi

Aaronzy:
Your assumption isn't totally right because even if they have succeeded in carrying out the coup, Kaduna and plateau would have still been in Nigeria.The five major states to be removed from Nigeria were Kano, katsina, Sokoto, Borno and Bauchi.

Very apt man.

Racoon:
Very apt man.

I don't agree with him, I agree with d former

genkins:


Bro, you spoke my mind. I just avoided mentioning that in my summision. The same problem we have then, is the same now

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CharleyBright:
The Gideon Orkar coup was majorly orchestrated by officers of Middle- Belt.
The major reason why it failed was the coup planners sought to divide Nigeria by cutting off Northern Nigeria from the rest of the Country.
Why some top ranking officers in the Military were adversed to the corrupt style of the Babangida Administration and would have supported the Orkar coup, but when the clear intent of the coup began to emerge, they backed out especially the christian officers from Plateau and Kaduna who were not liking the idea of being cut off to remain attached to the North.

Till date, the unity of Nigeria is a political game amongst the military officer in North especially the Christian officers from Plateau, Niger and Nasarawa and Kaduna states.
It is not that the Military officer from Northern Nigeria are so muchinterested in the unity of Nigeria, but for them Nigeria must remain United so they would not be left at the mercy of Northern Muslims.

You are 100% correct

VOICEofORIENTAL:
You are 100% correct

Yes.. I agree totally with his summision