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Dodan Barracks is a military barrack located in Ikoyi, Lagos, Nigeria.The barrack was the Supreme Military Headquarters during the Nigerian Civil War and from 1966 to 1979 and 1983 to 1985, Dodan Barracks was the official residence of the military heads of state of the Nigerian military juntas of 1966–79 and 1983–99, and also the Supreme Military Headquarters from 1966 until the move to ...
On 22 April 1990, military officers led by Major Gideon Orkar attacked Dodan Barracks in an attempt to overthrow Babangida's administration. [2] Babangida escaped successfully, and fighting stopped ten hours later, when senior military commanders elsewhere in the country announced their support for Babangida. 42 men convicted of involvement in ...
The Supreme Military Council was the body that ruled Nigeria after the 1966 coup d'état until it was dissolved following the 1979 parliamentary election and the Second Nigerian Republic. The Supreme Military Council was located at Dodan Barracks as the Supreme Military Headquarters (SMHQ) in Lagos.
The 1990 Nigerian coup d'état attempt was a military coup attempt which took place in Nigeria on 22 April 1990 when a faction of Armed Forces officers, led by Major Gideon Orkar, attempted to overthrow the government of General Ibrahim Babangida (who himself took power in the 1985 coup d'état).
Pages in category "Barracks in Nigeria" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total. ... Dodan Barracks; I. Ikeja Cantonment This page was ...
Orkar and his conspirators seized the FRCN radio station, various military posts around Lagos and the Dodan Barracks, Lagos, the military headquarters and presidential Villa. Babangida was present when the barracks were attacked but managed to escape by a back route. [1] In his coup address, Orkar called for the excision of five northern states ...
Dodan barracks was one of the key locations seized in the April 1990 coup attempt by Gideon Orkar against Ibrahim Babangida, who was present in the barracks when the attack occurred, but managed to escape via a back route. [7] As First Lady of Nigeria between 1985 and 1993, she turned the ceremonial post into a champion for women's rural ...
Ochefu played a central role in pulling off the coup, centered on the army headquarters at Dodan Barracks. Immediately after the coup, he was appointed Governor of East Central State. [ 4 ] The colonels who managed the coup included Abdullahi Mohammed , Shehu Musa Yar'Adua , Joseph Nanven Garba , Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida and Muhammadu Buhari ...