Tuhia he haere tonu mō tēnei wāhanga - Ko ia te Kaihautū o te 1 Reconnaissance Squadron mai i te 1964 ki te 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 i kite ia i nga huihuinga o te toto toto o te 1966
, i hua ai te kohurutanga 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.