In an interview from 42:16 on The Legacy Series, Colonel Anthony Otu-Nyiam (rtd) stated that he was among the officers who attempted to overthrow the military regime of General Ibrahim Babangida in 1990. He said the officer who led the coup attempt was Major Saliba Mukoro, not Gideon Orkar as many people believe
Col. Nyiam said when he joined the coup plotters to plan how to carry out the operation, he did not agree with some of their decisions. He stated that they wanted to destroy important bridges like Jebba Bridge and the bridge over River Benue and divide Nigeria, which he did not like
In Col. Nyiam’s words: “When I joined I didn’t like some of the moves they wanted to make like they wanted the country cut off from Jebba bridge and Benue bridge. They wanted to demolish the two bridges and then we secede. So I thought that was not wise because first we will endanger our people who are up north. Secondly I told them that I cannot secede from my own country because I am a Nigerian”. Read_More…