Why Major Gideon Orkar Coup Was Failed
Gideon Orkar was the 9th child born to the family of Levi Orkar Chi, a teacher of Tiv heritage in Apir village of Gwer Local Government in Benue State. He attended primary schools at the village of Apir and Wadata. He also attended Boys Secondary School, Gindiri, Plateau State and while taking Higher School Certificate classes, he responded to an army advert and joined the Nigerian Army in 1972 as cadet no 682. He started his officer cadet training at the Nigerian Defence Academy, Kaduna with the 12th Regular Combatant Course. He was commissioned in December 1974 in the rank of Second Lieutenant and posted to the Nigerian Army Armoured Major Gideon Gwaza Orkar, born October 4, 1952, was a military officer who staged a coup against the government of General Ibrahim Babangida on April 22, 1990. Orkar and his conspirators Seized the FRCN radio station, various military posts around Lagos and the Dodan Barracks, Lagos, the military headquarters and presidential residence. Major