Cika jumla mai zuwa:
1966 Juyin mulkin Najeriya, wanda ya haifar da mutuwar Firayim Minista Ahmadu Bello. An nada Katsina Gwamnan Arewacin Najeriya. Ya yi aiki a matsayin mai daidaitawa ga masu tsattsauran ra'ayi na soja karkashin jagorancin Janar Murtala Mohammed, wanda ke son yankin ya rabu bayan mutuwar Ahmadu Bello. Ya shiga cikin juyin mulkin Najeriya na 1966 wanda ya hambarar da Janar Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi kuma ya kawo Janar Yakubu Gowon zuwa mulki. Daga baya aka nada shi memba na Babban Majalisar Sojojin Najeriya.