Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Kubva muna 1965 kusvika muna 1967, Buhari akashanda semutungamiri weChipiri Infantry Battalion uye akagadzwa brigade major, Second Sector, First Infantry Division, Kubvumbi 1967 kusvika Chikunguru 1967. Kutevera ropa
1966 Nigerian coup d'état, iyo yakaguma norufu rwaPrime Minister Ahmadu Bello. Lieutenant Buhari pamwe nevakuru vechidiki vanoverengeka vanobva kuNorthern Nigeria, vakatora chikamu muJuly counter-coup iyo yakadzinga General Aguiyi Ironsi achimutsiva naGeneral Yakubu Gowon.