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Legal armed force council in charge during 1985 to 1993 in Nigeria
Nigeria's Armed Forces Ruling Council was established by
Ibrahim Babangida following the
1985 Nigerian coup d'état that overthrew
Muhammadu Buhari. It replaced Buhari's
Supreme Military Council, which had been in place since the
1983 Nigerian coup d'état.
Initial membership
| Name
|
Position
|
| Major-General
Ibrahim Babangida
|
President, Chairman of the Armed Forces Ruling Council, Chairman of the Federal Executive Council, Commander in Chief – Nigerian Armed Forces
|
| Commodore
Ebitu Ukiwe
|
Chief of General Staff
|
| Major-General
Domkat Bali
|
Defence Secretary and
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
|
| Maj-Gen
Sani Abacha
|
Chief of Army Staff
|
| Air Vice Marshal
Ibrahim Mahmud Alfa
|
Chief of Air Staff
|
| Rear-Admiral
Augustus Aikhomu
|
Chief of Naval Staff
|
| Major-General
Mamman Jiya Vatsa
|
Minister of the
Federal Capital Territory
|
|
Etim Inyang
|
Inspector-General of Police
|
| Brigadier
Peter Adomokhai
|
GOC, 1 Mechanised Infantry Division – Kaduna
|
| Brigadier
Yohanna Yerima Kure
|
GOC, 2 Mechanised Division – Ibadan
|
| Brigadier
Joshua Nimyel Dogonyaro
|
GOC, 3 Armoured Infantry Division – Jos
|
| Brigadier
Donaldson Oladipo Diya
|
GOC, 82 Division – Enugu
|
| Brigadier
Gado Nasko
|
Commander - Nigerian Army Corps of Artillery
|
| Brigadier
Duro Ajayi
|
Commander, Training and Doctrine Command
|
| Brigadier
Paul Omu
|
Commandant, Command and Staff College
|
| Brigadier
Joseph Olayeni Oni
|
Director - Joint Services
|
| Brigadier
Abdullahi Mamman
|
Director of Army Training and Operations
|
| Commodore Aloko
|
Flag Officer Commanding, Eastern Naval Command
|
| Commodore
Murtala Nyako
|
Flag Officer Commanding, Western Naval Command
|
| Commodore
Mauftau Adegoke Babatunde Elegbede
|
Flag Officer Commanding, Sea Training Command
|
| Air Vice Marshal
Muhammadu Yahaya
|
Air officer Commanding – Air Training Command
|
| Air Commodore
Bayo Lawal
|
Air Officer Commanding, Tactical Air Command
|
| Air Commodore
Nura Imam
|
Air Officer Commanding, Logistics Command
|
| Air Commodore
Larry Koinyan
|
Air Force
|
| Lt-Col
John Shagaya
|
Commander, 9 Mechanised Brigade
|
| Lt-Col
Halilu Akilu
|
Director-General, Directorate of Military Intelligence
|
| Lt-Col
Raji Alagbe Rasaki
|
Commander, Army Headquarters Garrison and Signal Group
|
| Lt-Col
Tanko Ayuba
|
Commander – Corps of Signals
|
Of these initial members, only five (Abacha, Dogonyaro, Aikhomu, Nyako and Elegbede) were still members when Babangida stepped down in 1993.
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References
Nigeria portal