Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Sa'an nan Lt. Col Shuwa shi ne Kwamandan Battalion na 5 a Kano a lokacin da sojojin Najeriya suka yi tawaye a watan Yulin 1966 inda aka kashe jami'an sojin Igbo da yawa ta hanyar da takwarorinsu na arewacin abin da jami'an arewacin suka dauka a matsayin azaba ga juyin mulkin 15 ga Janairu, 1966
(wanda yawancin jami'an Igbo ke jagoranta). Mataimakin Shuwa a Bataliya ta 5, sannan Manjo James Oluleye ya ɗauki matakin ta hanyar tambayar kwamandojin kamfaninsa su kulle ɗakin makamai na bataliya kuma su ba da makullin makamai a cikin ɗakin ajiyar makamai na Olulye. Sakamakon jagorancin Shuwa da Oluleye, an ceci rayukan jami'an Igbo da yawa a lokacin tawayen Yuli.