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Dimka's Failed Coup Attempt of February 13, 1976</strong></h3> <div class="entry-content"> <div class="entry-body"> <p><strong><h2>By Nowa Omoigui, MD, MPH, FACC</h2></strong></p> <p><strong>Just before 8:30 a.m. on February 13, 1976, the following curious announcement was heard on Radio Nigeria: </strong></p> <blockquote><strong>Good morning fellow Nigerians, This is Lt. Col. B. Dimka of the Nigerian Army calling. I bring you good tidings. Murtala Muhammed's deficiency has been detected. His government is now overthrown by the young revolutionaries. All the 19 military governors have no powers over the states they now govern. The states affairs will be run by military brigade commanders until further notice</strong></blockquote>. </div> <a id="more"></a> <div class="entry-more"> <blockquote>All commissioners are sacked, except for the armed forces and police commissioners who will be redeployed. All senior military officers should remain calm in their respective spots. No divisional commanders will issue orders or instructions until further notice. Any attempt to foil these plans from any quarters will be met with death. You are warned, it is all over the 19 states. </blockquote> <blockquote>Any acts of looting or raids will be death. Everyone should be calm. Please stay by your radio for further announcements. All borders, air and sea ports are closed until further notice. Curfew is imposed from 6am to 6pm. Thank you. We are all together." </blockquote> <p>Just prior to this broadcast, then Head of State, General Murtala Ramat Muhammed, along with his ADC (Lt. Akinsehinwa), Orderly and driver, had been assassinated on his way to work in a thin skinned black Mercedes Benz car without escorts. The unprotected car had slowed down at the junction in front of the Federal Secretariat in Ikoyi, Lagos, when a hit team which allegedly included Lt. William Seri and others, casually strolled up and riddled it with bullets. </p> <p>Following confirmation of Muhammed's death, Lt. Col. Buka Suka Dimka, of the Army Physical Training Corps, who (along with some others) had been up for most of the night drinking champagne, then made a quick trip to the British High Commission at about 8 am where he demanded to be put in touch with General Gowon in Britain. </p> <p>He allegedly left a message through Sir Martin LeQuesne, saying Gowon should proceed to Togo and await further instructions. Then he returned, initially accompanied by six others, to Ikoyi to seize the Radio Station. The martial music played was allegedly specially selected by a civilian worker, Mr. Abdulkarim Zakari, who had been alerted before hand to do so. </p> <p><strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120205145347/http://www.omoigui.com/files/dimka_failed_coup_attempt.pdf" target="dimka">Click here to print or download file in PDF format</a></strong></p> </div> </div> <div class="entry-footer"> <p class="entry-footer-info"> <span class="post-footers">September 23, 2004 at 08:45 PM in <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120205145347/http://www.omoigui.com/nigerian_military_coups/">Nigerian Military Coups</a> </span> <span class="separator">|</span> <a class="permalink" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120205145347/http://www.omoigui.com/2004/09/strongcol_dimka.html">Permalink</a> </p>   </div> </div> <a id="comments"></a> <div class="comments" id="all-comments"> <h3 class="comments-header">Comments</h3> <div class="comments-content" id="comments-content"> <a id="c10774326"></a> <div class="comment comment-odd comment-has-avatar" id="comment-10774326"> <div class="comment-avatar"> <img id="comment-6a00e54ffa3d57883300e5500e41bd8834-avatarimg" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120205145347im_/http://static.typepad.com/.shared:v20120202.02-0-g4d29366:typepad:en_us/default-userpics/20-50si.gif" alt="Iajdkoahinglap njnoijfaojsdfasopjn" width="50" height="50"/> </div> <div class="comment-content" id="comment-10774326-content"> <span id="comment-10774326-content"><p>What happened to Col Buka Simka Dimka</p></span> </div> <p class="comment-footer"> Posted by: Iajdkoahinglap njnoijfaojsdfasopjn | <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120205145347/http://www.omoigui.com/2004/09/strongcol_dimka.html?cid=10774326#comment-6a00e54ffa3d57883300e5500e41bd8834">October 31, 2005 at 05:51 PM</a> </p> </div><a id="c137844094"></a> <div class="comment comment-even comment-has-avatar" id="comment-137844094"> <div class="comment-avatar"> <img id="comment-6a00e54ffa3d578833010535db6853970c-avatarimg" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120205145347im_/http://static.typepad.com/.shared:v20120202.02-0-g4d29366:typepad:en_us/default-userpics/20-50si.gif" alt="musa sanda jika" width="50" height="50"/> </div> <div class="comment-content" id="comment-137844094-content"> <span id="comment-137844094-content"><p>welldone sir this a good job pls keep it up. 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Very interesting post. I like Momo (also because it reminds me of Momotarou, the peach boy) and Pochi and Tama. What a </p> <p>nice dog in the pic!</p></span> </div> <p class="comment-footer"> Posted by: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" title="http://www.forjordans.net/" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120205145347/http://www.forjordans.net/">air jordans</a> | <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120205145347/http://www.omoigui.com/2004/09/strongcol_dimka.html?cid=6a00e54ffa3d5788330147e34456f8970b#comment-6a00e54ffa3d5788330147e34456f8970b">March 16, 2011 at 09:19 PM</a> </p> </div><a id="c6a00e54ffa3d578833014e8821ec24970d"></a> <div class="comment comment-odd comment-has-avatar" id="comment-6a00e54ffa3d578833014e8821ec24970d"> <div class="comment-avatar"> <img id="comment-6a00e54ffa3d578833014e8821ec24970d-avatarimg" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120205145347im_/http://static.typepad.com/.shared:v20120202.02-0-g4d29366:typepad:en_us/default-userpics/18-50si.gif" alt="toochukwu henry" width="50" height="50"/> </div> <div class="comment-content" id="comment-6a00e54ffa3d578833014e8821ec24970d-content"> <span id="comment-6a00e54ffa3d578833014e8821ec24970d-content"><p>nice one sir. keep it up</p></span> </div> <p class="comment-footer"> Posted by: toochukwu henry | <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120205145347/http://www.omoigui.com/2004/09/strongcol_dimka.html?cid=6a00e54ffa3d578833014e8821ec24970d#comment-6a00e54ffa3d578833014e8821ec24970d">April 28, 2011 at 02:06 PM</a> </p> </div><a id="c6a00e54ffa3d57883301538fcc4f32970b"></a> <div class="comment comment-even comment-has-avatar" id="comment-6a00e54ffa3d57883301538fcc4f32970b"> <div class="comment-avatar"> <img id="comment-6a00e54ffa3d57883301538fcc4f32970b-avatarimg" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120205145347im_/http://static.typepad.com/.shared:v20120202.02-0-g4d29366:typepad:en_us/default-userpics/03-50si.gif" alt="Coach Outlet Stores Online" width="50" height="50"/> </div> <div class="comment-content" id="comment-6a00e54ffa3d57883301538fcc4f32970b-content"> <span id="comment-6a00e54ffa3d57883301538fcc4f32970b-content"><p>"I would have expected that this should contain a routine that accepts a starting url and then traverses the website and picks up the website hierarchy "dynamically" and construct the xml accordingly. <br/> one is dangerous and the other is not?</p></span> </div> <p class="comment-footer"> Posted by: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" title="http://www.coach-factoryoutletstores.com" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120205145347/http://www.coach-factoryoutletstores.com/">Coach Outlet Stores Online</a> | <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120205145347/http://www.omoigui.com/2004/09/strongcol_dimka.html?cid=6a00e54ffa3d57883301538fcc4f32970b#comment-6a00e54ffa3d57883301538fcc4f32970b">July 10, 2011 at 10:19 PM</a> </p> </div><a id="c6a00e54ffa3d578833014e8b7b05bb970d"></a> <div class="comment comment-odd comment-has-avatar" id="comment-6a00e54ffa3d578833014e8b7b05bb970d"> <div class="comment-avatar"> <img id="comment-6a00e54ffa3d578833014e8b7b05bb970d-avatarimg" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120205145347im_/http://static.typepad.com/.shared:v20120202.02-0-g4d29366:typepad:en_us/default-userpics/19-50si.gif" alt="SSmamyImaps" width="50" height="50"/> </div> <div class="comment-content" id="comment-6a00e54ffa3d578833014e8b7b05bb970d-content"> <span id="comment-6a00e54ffa3d578833014e8b7b05bb970d-content"><p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120205145347/http://www.submit2this.com/story.php?id=95910" rel="nofollow">http://www.submit2this.com/story.php?id=95910</a> <br/> my computer said it had a high risk virus, but when i tried to get rid of it my anti virus stopped responding so i just left it. now when i turn my computer on and dont go into safe mode the screen is black and it just says something like windows error.. hellppp!! :( </p></span> </div> <p class="comment-footer"> Posted by: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" title="http://www.submit2this.com/story.php?id=95910" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120205145347/http://www.submit2this.com/story.php?id=95910">SSmamyImaps</a> | <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120205145347/http://www.omoigui.com/2004/09/strongcol_dimka.html?cid=6a00e54ffa3d578833014e8b7b05bb970d#comment-6a00e54ffa3d578833014e8b7b05bb970d">September 12, 2011 at 04:29 AM</a> </p> </div><a id="c6a00e54ffa3d5788330154363ce0cd970c"></a> <div class="comment comment-even comment-has-avatar" id="comment-6a00e54ffa3d5788330154363ce0cd970c"> <div class="comment-avatar"> <img id="comment-6a00e54ffa3d5788330154363ce0cd970c-avatarimg" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120205145347im_/http://static.typepad.com/.shared:v20120202.02-0-g4d29366:typepad:en_us/default-userpics/16-50si.gif" alt="Uggs Clearance" width="50" height="50"/> </div> <div class="comment-content" id="comment-6a00e54ffa3d5788330154363ce0cd970c-content"> <span id="comment-6a00e54ffa3d5788330154363ce0cd970c-content"><p>In return they got a good, up and coming goalkeeper. And HOuston lost a back-up goalkeeper in return for a defender who might just need a change of scenery.</p></span> </div> <p class="comment-footer"> Posted by: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" title="http://www.uggs-outlet-usa.com/products_new.html" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120205145347/http://www.uggs-outlet-usa.com/products_new.html">Uggs Clearance</a> | <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120205145347/http://www.omoigui.com/2004/09/strongcol_dimka.html?cid=6a00e54ffa3d5788330154363ce0cd970c#comment-6a00e54ffa3d5788330154363ce0cd970c">October 18, 2011 at 09:13 PM</a> </p> </div><a id="c6a00e54ffa3d5788330162ff56ff14970d"></a> <div class="comment comment-odd comment-has-avatar" id="comment-6a00e54ffa3d5788330162ff56ff14970d"> <div class="comment-avatar"> <img id="comment-6a00e54ffa3d5788330162ff56ff14970d-avatarimg" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120205145347im_/http://static.typepad.com/.shared:v20120202.02-0-g4d29366:typepad:en_us/default-userpics/16-50si.gif" alt="Steve " width="50" height="50"/> </div> <div class="comment-content" id="comment-6a00e54ffa3d5788330162ff56ff14970d-content"> <span id="comment-6a00e54ffa3d5788330162ff56ff14970d-content"><p>This piece is word for word with an article written by www.dawodu.com, someone is plagiarising someone's work!!<br/> </p></span> </div> <p class="comment-footer"> Posted by: Steve | <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120205145347/http://www.omoigui.com/2004/09/strongcol_dimka.html?cid=6a00e54ffa3d5788330162ff56ff14970d#comment-6a00e54ffa3d5788330162ff56ff14970d">January 10, 2012 at 10:06 AM</a> </p> </div><a id="c6a00e54ffa3d5788330167604bd642970b"></a> <div class="comment comment-even comment-has-avatar" id="comment-6a00e54ffa3d5788330167604bd642970b"> <div class="comment-avatar"> <img id="comment-6a00e54ffa3d5788330167604bd642970b-avatarimg" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120205145347im_/http://static.typepad.com/.shared:v20120202.02-0-g4d29366:typepad:en_us/default-userpics/16-50si.gif" alt="Steve " width="50" height="50"/> </div> <div class="comment-content" id="comment-6a00e54ffa3d5788330167604bd642970b-content"> <span id="comment-6a00e54ffa3d5788330167604bd642970b-content"><p>漏 1999 - 2006 Segun Toyin Dawodu. 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