Garba Duba, Nigerian Army general who participated in 1966 counter-coup, is dead

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Mr Sani further explained to PREMIUM TIMES that the retired lieutenant-general; died on Friday and his remains were interred at Gudu Cemetery in Abuja.He served as military governor of Bauchi State under the Olusegun Obasanjo military regime between 1978 and 1979 and military administrator ofMr Duba, as a young officer, participated in the counter-coup of 1966 in which Nigeria’s first military Head of State, Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi, was killed.

Under Mr Duba, some Teacher Training Colleges and School of Basic Studies were established in Bauchi. He later served as Commander, 2nd Mechanised Division between 1987 and 1988) as well as Commander, 3rd Armoured Division and Commandant, Nigerian Defence Academy between 1990 and 1992.; chairman, SGI Nigeria Limited; director, First Bank of Nigeria; non-executive director, Honeywell Flour Mills Plc and chairman, board of Leadway Pension Fund.

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