Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - After the 1966 Nigerian coup d'état
, Shagari aive pakati pevakuru vehurumende vakaendesa hurumende kuhutungamiriri hwemauto aMaj. Gen. Aguiyi Ironsi. Akadzokera kuSokoto kunosimudzira dzidzo. Akashanda sa Executive Secretary weSokoto Province Education Development Fund muna 1967, kwaakavaka zvikoro zvakawanda zvematunhu. Akazogadzwa sa Commissioner we Establishment and Training uye akashandawo kwenguva pfupi sa Commissioner weDzidzo muNorth Western States vasati vakokwa kuti vashande pasi peFederal Military Government yaGen. Yakubu Gowon.