biography
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| male
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| lived:
| (1934– )
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| biography:
| Nigerian soldier and president (1966–75), born in Garam, NW Nigeria. He trained in Nigeria and Britain (Sandhurst Military Academy), and joined the Nigerian army, becoming adjutant-general in 1963 and commander-in-chief in 1966. He led a military takeover in 1966 and became president, but could not prevent a costly civil war which lasted until 1970. In 1975 he was ousted in a bloodless coup while in Kampala. After pursuing academic studies in Britain, he eventually settled in Togo. |
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