###### Created: 2024-03-12 12:08 ###### Areas & Topics: # ###### Note Type: #permanent ###### Connected to: [[]] - Gideon Orkar was a Nigerian military officer who attempted to stage a violent coup against [[Ibrahim Babangida]] and his military rule in Nigeria in 1990. - This was known as the 'Orkar Coup' and involved him and his co-conspirators taking over Nigerian radio stations and demanding the excision of 5 of the northern Nigerian states. - The Orkar Coup did attack Babangida at his barracks, but Babangida managed to escape. - Following this, the Babangida government crushed the coup and executed Orkar along with 41 of his co-conspirators. ### Resources https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gideon_Orkar