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29 Years Ago Today: On Sunday 22 April 1990,A Group Of Army Officers Of Middle Belt & Southern Extraction Mounted A Bloody Coup Bid Against The Babangida-Led Regime.Centred On Lagos,It Left Barracks+Cantonments At Ikeja, Ikoyi, Ojo, Victoria Island.+ Apapa In A State Of Turmoil
The most senior officer in the plot was Lt Colonel GA Nyiam, an officer of the Regular Course 9 intake who was mates with two officers who had been ADCs to Cs-in-C - Major al-Mustapha Jokolo (served under Gen Buhari 1984-85) & Lt Col UK Bello, ADC to the incumbent, IBB
The intellectual pivot of the plot was said to have been Major Saliba Daddy Mukoro, reputed to be the first officer of the Nigerian Army ever to have earned a PhD. Mukoro was a career military police officer and a trained criminologist
By some accounts, several security reports had hitherto warned the regime to be wary of Mukoro who was reportedly described as a Major who likes to keep the company of brigadiers and major generals
The coup bid itself was announced by Major Gideon Gwaza Orkar, an officer of the armoured corps. Orkar used to be an officer of the Regular Course 12 intake and was thus mates with Gen Andrew Azazi and Colonel Sambo Dasuki
Major Gideon Gwaza Orkar 
