How Dimka’s Lust for Woman Led to His Arrest After the Failed 1976 Coup

Lt. Colonel Buka Suka Dimka was a key player in the failed 1976 coup in which the then Nigeria’s Head of State, General Murtala Muhammed, was murdered... Read ..Full.. Article.. .

When Lt. Colonel Dimka realised that the coup was unsuccessful, he fled to Afikpo in the then Anambra State and sought refuge in the company of an old girlfriend.

Chief Jasper Okoro, a veteran journalist and native of Afikpo (now in Ebonyi State) recounts the events of that time and like other indigenes of the town, he would not disclose the present identity of Dimka’s former girlfriend, Ugo, who is allegedly now married.

What can you say about the Dimka’s coup?

“I was a teacher when the coup took place and when Dimka and his partners were declared wanted. At that time, the radio kept announcing that whoever finds him should report to the police as some benefits will be given to the person. So, every 15 minutes or thereabout the radio continued to flare the information, and..  Read . .More —