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notes that Bako was chosen for the role because not only was Bako's father a personal friend to
Shagari, as Commander 7 Mechanised Brigade Sokoto, he was well known and respected in the president's home state. Unknown to Bako was the fact that the coup plot had been leaked to President Shagari, whose
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He remained a Major until 1 October 1972 when he was afforded the temporary rank of
Lieutenant Colonel and with it the duties of General Staff Officer Grade II Intelligence. Bako (then a Lt Colonel) served as a logistics officer on the National Census Board for the 1973 census. The Substantive rank
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As a
Nigerian Army Infantry officer, Ibrahim Bako started his career as Platoon Commander 4 Battalion, then Company Commander 5 Battalion. At the start of the civil war in 1967, he was appointed Staff Captain intelligence for Headquarters 1 Area Command (later redesignated 1 Division). He was made a
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utility truck in an ensuing firefight between troops from Bako's detachment and the
Brigade of Guards soldiers under the command of Captain Augustine Anyogo. The Unimog utility truck that Bako was killed in was on display at the Nigerian Army Museum in
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On 1 November 1975, he was given the temporary rank of
Colonel and by 5 July 1978 he was made a substantive Colonel and with it the new posting of General Staff Officer Grade 1 Coordination Army Headquarters. Colonel Bako led a
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guards were on high alert. After arriving at the
Presidential residence (in non-military attire) with an armed detachment to secure the President, Bako was shot dead while sitting in the passenger side of a
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temporary Major on 31 July 1968 before taking a more active role at the front as a
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contingent that facilitated the transfer of about 100 former guerrillas from the Zimbabwean bushes (after the liberation struggle) for selection and training at the
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Major General Buhari's Supreme Military Council (SMC) observed a minute of silence for the slain Brigadier Bako during SMC's first meeting.
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