Supreme Military Council (Nigeria 1983)
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The Supreme Military Council was the body that ruled Nigeria
after the coup d'etat on December 31, 1983. Its chairman was the head of state.
Nigeria
Nigeria , officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a federal constitutional republic comprising 36 states and its Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The country is located in West Africa and shares land borders with the Republic of Benin in the west, Chad and Cameroon in the east, and Niger in...
after the coup d'etat on December 31, 1983. Its chairman was the head of state.
Line-up (in Februar 1985)
| Chairman |
|---|
| Maj.-Gen. Muhammadu Buhari Muhammadu Buhari Muhammadu Buhari was a military ruler of Nigeria and an unsuccessful candidate for president in the 2003, 2007 and 2011 presidential elections... |
| Members |
| Maj.-Gen. Tunde Idiagbon Tunde Idiagbon Babatunde "Tunde" Idiagbon was a Nigerian soldier and a one-time member of the Nigerian military juntas of 1966–1979 and 1983-1998 Nigerian military junta which ruled that country. He served as a military administrator of Borno State in the 1970s in the military administration of Olusegun Obasanjo... |
| Maj.-Gen. Domkat Yah Bali |
| Cdre. A. Aikhomu |
| Air Vice Marshal Ibrahim Alfa |
| Maj.-Gen. Mamman Jiya Vatsa Mamman Jiya Vatsa Mamman Jiya Vatsa was a Nigerian soldier and writer. He was a Major-General in the Nigerian army, Minister of the Federal Capital Abuja, and a member of the Supreme Military Council... |
| Maj.-Gen. Mohammed Magoro Mohammed Magoro Mohammed Magoro is a retired Major General of the Nigerian army who was twice a government minister, under Generals Obasanjo and Buhari... |
| Maj.-Gen. Sanni Abacha |
| Brig. Ola Oni |
| Maj.-Gen. M. G. Nasko |
| Brig. Y. Yohana Kure |
| Col. Salihu Ibrahim Salihu Ibrahim Lt. General Salihu Ibrahim FSS FHWC was Chief of Army Staff from August 1990 until September 1993 during the military regime of General Ibrahim Babangida.Ibrahim joined the army in 1956.... |
| Capt. O. Ebitu Ukiwe |
| Air Cdre. Koinyan |
| G. A. E. Longe |
| Chike Offodile |
| Daura Rafindadi |
| Etim Inyang |