Yayi alkawarin gudanar da zabe cikin shekaru hudu, wanda magajinsa Olusegun Obasanjo ya cika a ranar daya ga watan Octoban shekarar 1979, amma bayan shekaru hudu sai aka sake gudanar da wani juyin mulkin, bayan nan kuma aka sake wani juyin mulkin da ya kafa dambar dawwamar da rashawa da cin hanci a zukatan shugabanni.
