Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Daga 1965 zuwa 1967, Buhari ya yi aiki a matsayin kwamandan Battalion na Biyu na Sojoji kuma an nada shi babban hafsan brigade, Sashe na Biyu, Rukunin Sojoji na Farko, Afrilu 1967 zuwa Yuli 1967. Bayan zubar da jinin 1966 Najeriya juyin mulki
, wanda ya haifar da mutuwar Firayim Minista Ahmadu Bello. Laftanar Buhari tare da wasu matasa daga Arewacin Najeriya, sun shiga cikin juyin mulkin Yuli wanda ya hambarar da Janar Aguiyi Ironsi ya maye gurbinsa da Janar Yakubu Gowon.