List of the soldiers who planned the coup that led to the killing of the Nigerian leader General Ironsi, the Western Region Governor Lieutenant Colonel Adekunle Fajuyi, and many other soldiers, most of whom were of the Igbo ethnic group, on July 29, 1966.
Ironsi
1. Lt. Colonel Joseph Akahan (Commander, 4th Battalion Ibadan)
2. Lt. Colonel Murtala Muhammed (Inspector of Signals, Lagos)
3. Major Theophilus Danjuma (Principal Staff Officer, Army HQ, Lagos)
4. Major Abba Kyari (Artillery, Kaduna)
5. Major Martin Adamu (2nd Battalion Lagos)
6. Major Shittu Alao (Nigerian Airforce HQ, Lagos)
7. Major Musa Usman (Nigerian Air Force, Lagos)
8. Captain Joseph Garba (Federal Guards Lagos)
9. Captain Isa Bukar (Federal Guards Lagos)
10. Captain Ibrahim Taiwo (Lagos Garrison Yaba)
11. Captain Baba Usman GSO (Grade II, Army HQ, Lagos)
12. Captain Abdul D.S. Wya (3rd Battalion, Kaduna)
13. Lieutenant Muhammadu Buhari (2 Brigade Lagos)
14. Lieutenant Ibrahim Babangida (1st Reconnaissance Squadron, Kaduna)
15. Lieutenant Ibrahim Bako (4th Battalion, Ibadan)
16. Lieutenant William Walbe (2nd Battalion, Lagos)
17. Lieutenant Mamman Vatsa (4th Battalion, Ibadan)
18. Lieutenant Buka Suka Dimka (Nigerian Military Training College Kaduna)
19. Lieutenant Yakubu Dambo (3rd Battalion Kaduna)
20. Lieutenant Garba A. Dada (Adjutant 4th Battalion Ibadan)
21. Lieutenant Garba Duba (1 Reconnaissance Squadron Kaduna)
22. Lieutenant Mohammed Balarabe Haladu (4th Battalion, Ibadan)
23. Lieutenant Malami Mahe Nassarawa (2nd Battalion, Lagos)
24. Lieutenant James Onoja (4th Battalion, Ibadan)
25. Lieutenant Abdulahhi Shelleng (Company Commander, 4th Battalion, Ibadan)
26. Lieutenant Paul Chabri Tarfa (Federal Guards, Lagos)
27. Lieutenant Alfred Gom (2nd Battalion, Lagos)
28. Lieutenant Nuhu Nathan
29. Lieutenant Jonathan Longboem
30. Lieutenant D.S. Abubakar (Abeokuta Garrison)
31. Second Lieutenant Sani Abacha (3rd Battalion Kaduna)
32. Second Lieutenant Muhammadu Gado Nasko (Artillery, Kaduna)
33. Sergeant Paul Dickson
34. Sergeant Sabo Kwale (Abeokuta Garrison)
35. Corporal Alimi Faheem (2nd Reconnaissance Squadron, Abeokuta)