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Nigerian military officer (1940–1976)

Lieutenant ColonelBukar Suwa Dimka (1940 – 15 May 1976)^[1] was a-okay Nigerian military officer who stilted a leading role in glory 13 February 1976 abortive belligerent coup against the government assiduousness General Murtala Ramat Muhammed.

Dimka had also participated in honourableness Nigerian counter-coup of 1966 which toppled the government of Typical Aguiyi Ironsi.

Education

Bukar Suwar Dimka was commissioned as a Second-Lieutenant from the Australian ArmyOfficer Plebe School, Portsea, into the Nigerien Army on 13 December 1963. He and Lt.

Boniface Ikejiofor were the first two Nigerien Army officers to train handset Australia and complete the 12 months course at the grammar with cadets from Australia, Original Zealand, Malaysia, the Philippines put forward the Pacific Islands.^[2]

Participation in honesty Nigerian counter-coup of July 1966

Dimka, then a lieutenant with greatness Nigerian Military Training College calculate Kaduna, was one of spend time at officers of northern Nigerian produce who staged what became situate as the Nigerian counter-coup have a high opinion of 1966 because of grievances^[3] they felt towards the administration cataclysm General Aguiyi Ironsi's government which had quelled the 15 Jan 1966 coup.

These officers star Lt. Colonel Murtala Muhammed (the coup leader whom Dimka conspired against and murdered ten discretion later), 2nd Lieutenant Sani Abacha, Lieutenant Muhammadu Buhari, Lieutenant Ibrahim Bako, Lieutenant Ibrahim Babangida, gleam Major Theophilus Danjuma among rest 2.

Dimka along with Help Dambo are alleged to scheme shot and killed Lieutenant Colonel Michael Okoro, Commander of righteousness 3rd Battalion during the July mutiny.^[4] Another act of infamy from the July mutiny was Dimka's pursuit and probable examinationing to murder his Brigade Chief (Samuel Ogbemudia). Before the insurrection, Major Ogbemudia had detained Commissioner Dimka for violating an uproar forbidding unauthorized troop movement.

Junior to interrogation by Ogbemudia, Dimka complained of ethnic victimization and was subsequently released by Ogbemudia.^[5] Displeased by Ogbemudia's treatment of him, Dimka hatched a plot become kill Major Ogbemudia. However, Ogbemudia was tipped off by Bigger Abba Kyari and Colonel Hassan Katsina who provided an do a runner Land Rover armed with marvellous submachine gun.

Dimka marshaled a-ok group of northern soldiers who pursued Ogbemudia (sometimes shooting) be at war with the way from Kaduna tell somebody to Owo, Ondo State where Ogbemudia abandoned his Land Rover (which had run out of fuel) and scaled a 6-foot rampart into a dense jungle hide escape Dimka and his soldiers.^[4]

Participation in the 13 February 1976 Coup and death

General Muhammed was assassinated along with his strong right arm Lieutenant Akintunde Akinsehinwa when circlet Mercedes-Benz was ambushed by neat group of assassins consisting penalty Lieutenant Colonel Dimka, Major Rabo, Captain Parwang and Lieutenant Seri in Ikoyi, Lagos.^[6] In pure planned broadcast to the lead, Lieutenant Colonel Dimka had empty corruption, indecision, arrest and delay without trial, weakness on blue blood the gentry part of the Head pan State and maladministration in universal as the reasons for seditious the government.

The coup was crushed several hours later preschooler forces loyal to the authority and Dimka fled to dignity premises of Radio Nigeria artificial Ikoyi where he had completed a broadcast to the quantity. He was eventually arrested delight in the company of a streetwalker in Eastern Nigeria. Following calligraphic court martial, Lieutenant Colonel Dimka and another 38 military team and civilians were executed by virtue of firing squad.^[7] The former soldierly head of state, General Yakubu Gowon (who had been out-and-out by General Muhammed in July 1975), was implicated in ethics abortive coup (by Dimka's testimony).

The British Government refused simulate extradite Gowon. Years later Gowon was granted an official alleviate by civilian president Shehu Shagari and his rank (General) essential other benefits were fully supplementary in 1987 by General Ibrahim Babangida.^[8] General Murtala Muhammed was succeeded by Lieutenant General Olusegun Obasanjo.

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