Whakakiia te rerenga e whai ake nei: Ko ia te Kaihauturu o te 1 Reconnaissance Squadron mai i 1964 ki 1966. Mai i te Hanuere 1966 ki te Paenga-whawha 1966, i tae atu a Babangida ki te Kura Kaitohutohu Rangatahi i te Royal Armoured Centre i te United Kingdom <unk> i reira i whakaakona ai ia ki te patu patu me te motuka patu a Saladin. I tukuna a Lieutenant Babangida ki te 1st Reconnaissance Squadron i Kaduna, a ka kite i nga huihuinga o te toto toto
Ko te whakatikatika o te 1966, i hua ai te kohuru o Sir Ahmadu Bello. I te taha o etahi rangatira taiohi mai i te Raki o Nigeria, i uru ia ki te pakanga a te Hōngongoi i arahina e Murtala Mohammed i peia ai a General Aguiyi Ironsi ka whakakapihia e ia ki a General Yakubu Gowon.