Dodan Barracks yaiva imwe yenzvimbo dzaigara mauto eNigerian Army ayo akapidigura hurumende yeFirst Nigerian Republic muna Ndira 1966.
. Kudengenyeka kwacho kwakadzvinyirirwa neuto, mutungamiriri waro, Major General Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi, ipapo akava mukuru wenyika. Muna Chikunguru 1966, Dodan Barracks yakava chigaro chesimba muNigeria mushure mekurwisa-kuputsa umo Ironsi akaurayiwa uye mukuru wevashandi vake, General Yakubu Gowon akagadzwa mukuru wenyika, achienda kumukuru weFederal Guard. The Barracks yaiva nzvimbo apo Gowon akagamuchira Biafran pamutemo kuzviisa pasi pakuguma kweNigerian Civil War muna January 1970. Vatongi vakatevera vakaramba vakavakira misasa yavo muzvivako zvevarwi kwechikamu chezana remakore chinotevera.