Kammala wannan magana: Ya yi aiki da yawa a lokacin Rikicin Kwango, a matsayin wani bangare na rundunar sojojin Najeriya ga dakarun kiyaye zaman lafiya na Majalisar Dinkin Duniya - ONUC - tsakanin 1960 da 1963, gami da Kwamandan ONUC, Kasai da Kbngolo Sector da Kwamandan Rundunar Najeriya, kuma a matsayin Shugaban Ma'aikata na ONUC. A ƙarshen hidimarsa a Kwango, ya koma Najeriya a matsayin kwamandan brigade na biyu na Sojojin Najeriya a Legas, inda ya kasance har zuwa watan Satumbar 1964, lokacin da ya tafi halartar Kwalejin Tsaro ta Imperial (yanzu Kwalejin Nazarin Tsaro ta Royal) a London. A karshen karatunsa a IDC, ya kasance a London a matsayin Mataimakin Soja a Babban Ofishin Jakadancin Najeriya, inda aka tura shi a lokacin da aka kai harin.
Juyin mulkin Janairu a Najeriya.