Bukar dimka biography definition

Nigerian military officer (1940–1976)

Lieutenant ColonelBukar Suwa Dimka (1940 – 15 May 1976)^[1] was a Nigerian military officer who played a leading role in the 13 February 1976 abortive military coup against the government of General Murtala Ramat Muhammed. Dimka had also participated in the Nigerian counter-coup of 1966 which toppled the government of General Aguiyi Ironsi.

Education

Bukar Suwar Dimka was commissioned as a Second-Lieutenant from the Australian ArmyOfficer Cadet School, Portsea, into the Nigerian Army on 13 December 1963. He and Lt. Boniface Ikejiofor were the first two Nigerian Army officers to train in Australia and complete the 12 months course at the school with cadets from Australia, New Zealand, Malaysia, the Philippines and the Pacific Islands.^[2]

Participation in the Nigerian counter-coup of July 1966

Dimka, then a lieutenant with the Nigerian Military Training College in Kaduna, was one of many officers 1976 Coup: How Police Inspector Arrested Lieutenant Colonel Dimka JOR