along with those of the 15 January 1966 coup conspirators constituted a putsch against a democratically elected Nigerian government. The coup resulted in the murder of top government officials and gave way to a 13-year stretch of military rule (1966 to 1979), punctuated by a democratic Nigerian government from 1979 to 1983, which was stopped by another military intervention that lasted an additional 16 years until 1999. References People from Kaduna Participants in the January 1966 Nigerian military coup Participants of coups in Nigeria Leaders who took power by coup Graduates of the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst Nigerian Army officers Igbo Army personnel Nigerian Roman Catholics Military personnel killed in the Nigerian Civil War Deaths by firearm in Nigeria 20th-century Nigerian people 1937 births 1967 deaths