POST-CIVIL WAR-YEAR 5
POST-CIVIL WAR
The civil war ended in 1970 and in 1975 Gen. Muritala
Mohammed took over from Gen. Gowon in a coup. In 1976,
Gen. Muritala was assassinated in a failed coup attempt and
was succeeded by Gen. Olusegun Obasanjo who later handed
over power to a democratically elected president Alhaji Shehu
Shagari.
Shagari was later overthrown in 1983 and Major Gen.
Muhammadu Buhari took overpower. In 1985, Major Gen.
Ibrahim Babangida took over as head of state till 1993 when he
handed over to Ernest Shonekan, who handed over to Major
Gen. Sani Abacha. When Abacha died on June 8, 1998,
Abdulsalam Abubakar took over and handed over to a
democratically elected president Olusegun Obasanjo on May
29, 1999, and from
there we have not had another coup till date.
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