1985 Nigerian coup d'état

Coup against Pres. Buhari; Ibrahim Babangida installed August 2026 August 2026 1985 Nigerian coup d'état 200px File:Location Nigeria AU Africa.svg August 27, 1985 Nigeria Coup succeeds. Muhammadu Buhari is ousted by the Chief of Army Staff Ibrahim Babangida. Flag of Nigeria (state).svg Military government Supreme Military Council (SMC) Flag of the Nigerian Armed Forces.svg Nigerian Armed Forces Armed Forces faction Armed Forces Ruling Council (AFRC) Muhammadu Buhari Ibrahim Babangida Second Nigerian Republic The 1985 Nigerian coup d'état was a military coup which took place in Nigeria on 27 August 1985https://www.nytimes.com/1985/08/28/world/army-officers-said-to-overthrow-nigeria-s-ruling-military-council.html ARMY OFFICERS SAID TO OVERTHROW NIGERIA'S RULING MILITARY COUNCIL 28 August 1985 The New York Times 7 July 2019https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1985-08-28-mn-24972-story.html Coup in Nigeria Ousts Military Ruler; Corruption and Ailing Economy Cited 28 August 1985 The Los Angeles Times 8 July 2019 when a faction of mid-level Armed Forces officers, led by the Chief of Army Staff Major-General Ibrahim Babangida, overthrew the government of Major General Muhammadu Buhari (who himself took power in the 1983 coup d'état).Siollun Max Buhari And Idiagbon: A Missed Opportunity For Nigeria http://www.gamji.com/article6000/NEWS7202.htm Gamji.com 1 April 2015Diamond Larry 1985 Nigeria Update https://www.jstor.org/stable/20042576 Foreign Affairs 64 2 326–336 10.2307/20042576 0015-7120 subscription Buhari was then detained in Benin City until 1988.Toyin Falola Matthew M. Heaton A History of Nigeria https://archive.org/details/historynigeria00falo limited Cambridge University Press 2008 271 Babangida justified the coup by saying that Buhari failed to deal with the country's economic problems by implementing Buharism, and promised "to rejuvenate the economy ravaged by decades of government mismanagement and corruption".http://www.gamji.com/sanusi/sanusi32.htm Buharism as Fascism: Engaging Balarabe Musa Sanusi Lamido Sanusi London 20 February 2003 12 September 2013 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20140525233525/http://www.gamji.com/sanusi/sanusi32.htm 25 May 2014 Babangida then replaced the ruling Supreme Military Council (SMC) with a new Armed Forces Ruling Council (AFRC), which lasted until 1993. The regime survived a coup attempt in 1986 and 1990. According to Larry Diamond, "Buhari's fall from grace was due primarily to his anti-democratic behavior; regionalism, factionalism and economic woe also contributed to his demise." See also Military coups in Nigeria References Category:Coups d'état in Nigeria Category:Muhammadu Buhari Category:1985 in Nigeria Category:August 1985 in Nigeria Category:1980s coups d'état Category:1985 conflicts