 Nyorai mberi kwechikamu chino - Pane imwe nguva, Butabika akabatana neuto reUganda, uye akakwira kuva lieutenant wechipiri panguva yekutonga kwaMilton Obote. Nokufamba kwenguva, kusagutsikana kwakakura pakati pemapoka emauto nehurumende yaObote, zvichikonzera kurangana kuti abviswe pachigaro. Butabika akabatana nevapanduki, uye kupandukira kwavo kwakarongwa pamusha pake. Hurongwa hwekutanga hwaive hwekuputika ndege yaObote paEntebbe International Airport musi wa24 Ndira 1971, asi mudzimai waButabika akaudza hama yake mukwasha Ahmad Oduka, Senior Superintendent of Police, nezvekurangana uku. Aifanira kuva pakati paavo vaiva mundege, uye hanzvadzi yomudzimai wake yakamukurudzira kuti agare pamba musi iwoyo kuti aponese upenyu hwake. Zvisinei, Oduka akanga akavimbika kuhurumende uye akaudza Gurukota rezvemukati menyika Basil Kiiza Bataringaya. Kunyange zvazvo kuurayiwa kwaObote kwakadziviswa, vapanduki vakakwanisa kutanga coup détat musi wa25 January 1971. Vakapidigura hurumende, asi ipapo vakava vasina chokwadi pamusoro penzira inotevera yokuita. Amin pakutanga akanga asingadi kutora hutungamiri, apo Butabika anonzi akamutyisidzira nepfuti kuti agamuchire kugadzwa kwake seMutungamiri weUganda. Zvichakadaro, mudzimai waButabika akanga atiza guta guru achitya kuti kuzivisa kwake Oduka nezvorongwa hwevanodzvinyirira hurumende kwaizova nemigumisiro. 