Question on: JAMB Government - 2021
The two military coups that toppled civilian regimes in Nigeria were those of ......
A
February 1976 and December 1983
B
July 1966 and August 1985
C
January 1966 and July 1975
D
January 1966 and December 1983
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Correct Option: D
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Major Chukwuma Nzeogwu led a bloody coup on January 15, 1966 ousting the civilian government of Alhaji Abubakar Tafawa Balewa and bringing in Major General J.T.U Aguiyi Ironsi as the first Military Head of State of Nigeria.
General Muhammed Buhari and Tunde Idiagbon overthrew the civilian government of Shehu Shagari on December, 31,1983 while they were in Mecca.
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