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The 1975 Nigerian coup d'état was a bloodless military coup which took place in Nigeria on 29 July 1975 when a faction of junior Armed Forces officers overthrew General Yakubu Gowon (who himself took power in the 1966 counter-coup). Colonel Joseph Nanven Garba announced the coup in a broadcast on Radio Nigeria (which became FRCN in 1978). At the time of the coup, Gowon was attending the 12th Organisation of African Unity (OAU) Summit in Kampala, Uganda. The coup plotters appointed Brigadier Murtala Mohammed as head of state, and Brigadier Olusegun Obasanjo as his deputy. The coup was motivated by unhappiness of junior officers at the lack of progress Gowon had made in moving the country towards democratic rule, while Garba's role as an insider is credited with ensuring that the coup was bl

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  • انقلاب 1975 في نيجيريا (ar)
  • 1975 Nigerian coup d'état (en)
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  • في 29 يوليو 1975، وقع انقلاب عسكري غير دموي في نيجيريا، حيث أطاح فصيل من صغار ضباط القوات المسلحة النيجيرية بحُكم يعقوب جون (الذي تولى السلطة في الانقلاب المضاد 1966). أعلن العقيد جوزيف نانفين غاربا عن الانقلاب في إذاعة راديو نيجيريا (التي أصبحت مؤسسة الإذاعة الفيدرالية في نيجيريا سنة 1978). في وقت الانقلاب، كان يعقوب جون يحضر القمة الثانية عشرة لمنظمة الوحدة الأفريقية في كمبالا، أوغندا. عيّن مدبرو الانقلاب العميد مورتالا محمد رئيسًا للدولة، والعميد أولوسيجون أوباسانجو نائبه. كان الدافع وراء الانقلاب هو تعاسة صغار الضباط بسبب عدم إحراز جون تقدما نحو الحكم الديمقراطي. (ar)
  • The 1975 Nigerian coup d'état was a bloodless military coup which took place in Nigeria on 29 July 1975 when a faction of junior Armed Forces officers overthrew General Yakubu Gowon (who himself took power in the 1966 counter-coup). Colonel Joseph Nanven Garba announced the coup in a broadcast on Radio Nigeria (which became FRCN in 1978). At the time of the coup, Gowon was attending the 12th Organisation of African Unity (OAU) Summit in Kampala, Uganda. The coup plotters appointed Brigadier Murtala Mohammed as head of state, and Brigadier Olusegun Obasanjo as his deputy. The coup was motivated by unhappiness of junior officers at the lack of progress Gowon had made in moving the country towards democratic rule, while Garba's role as an insider is credited with ensuring that the coup was bl (en)
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  • 1975 Nigerian coup d'état (en)
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  • في 29 يوليو 1975، وقع انقلاب عسكري غير دموي في نيجيريا، حيث أطاح فصيل من صغار ضباط القوات المسلحة النيجيرية بحُكم يعقوب جون (الذي تولى السلطة في الانقلاب المضاد 1966). أعلن العقيد جوزيف نانفين غاربا عن الانقلاب في إذاعة راديو نيجيريا (التي أصبحت مؤسسة الإذاعة الفيدرالية في نيجيريا سنة 1978). في وقت الانقلاب، كان يعقوب جون يحضر القمة الثانية عشرة لمنظمة الوحدة الأفريقية في كمبالا، أوغندا. عيّن مدبرو الانقلاب العميد مورتالا محمد رئيسًا للدولة، والعميد أولوسيجون أوباسانجو نائبه. كان الدافع وراء الانقلاب هو تعاسة صغار الضباط بسبب عدم إحراز جون تقدما نحو الحكم الديمقراطي. مورتالا محمد، الذي أكسبته سياساته وحسمه دعماً شعبياً واسعاً ورفعته إلى مرتبة البطل الشعبي، بقي في السلطة حتى 13 فبراير 1976 عندما اغتيل خلال محاولة الانقلاب سنة 1976. خلفه أولوسيجون أوباسانجو كرئيس للدولة. (ar)
  • The 1975 Nigerian coup d'état was a bloodless military coup which took place in Nigeria on 29 July 1975 when a faction of junior Armed Forces officers overthrew General Yakubu Gowon (who himself took power in the 1966 counter-coup). Colonel Joseph Nanven Garba announced the coup in a broadcast on Radio Nigeria (which became FRCN in 1978). At the time of the coup, Gowon was attending the 12th Organisation of African Unity (OAU) Summit in Kampala, Uganda. The coup plotters appointed Brigadier Murtala Mohammed as head of state, and Brigadier Olusegun Obasanjo as his deputy. The coup was motivated by unhappiness of junior officers at the lack of progress Gowon had made in moving the country towards democratic rule, while Garba's role as an insider is credited with ensuring that the coup was bloodless. Mohammed, whose policies and decisiveness won him broad popular support and elevated him to the status of a folk hero, stayed in power until 13 February 1976 when he was assassinated during a coup attempt. Obasanjo succeeded him as head of state. (en)
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  • *Yakubu Gowonis ousted and replaced withMurtala Mohammed.
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