What the records say
- When
- 27 Aug 1985
- Kind
- Coup
- Coordinates
- 9.06° N, 7.49° E
- Description
- The 1985 Nigerian coup d'etat
1985 Nigerian coup d'état
Coup against Pres. Buhari; Ibrahim Babangida installed
The 1985 Nigerian coup d'état was a military coup which took place in Nigeria on 27 August 1985 when a faction of mid-level Armed Forces officers, led by the Chief of Army Staff Major-General Ibrahim Babangida, overthrew the government of Major General Muhammadu Buhari. Buhari was then detained in Benin City until 1988.
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- Wikidata: treaties and coupsWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Cline Center Coup d’État Project v2.2.2Cline Center for Advanced Social Research, University of Illinois · names it “Coup in Nigeria”Creative Commons Attribution 4.0
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