Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: Mai i te 1965 ki te 1967, i mahi a Buhari hei rangatira mo te Tuarua o te Rererangi Tuarua, a ka tohua hei rangatira rangatira, Tuarua Tuarua, Tuatahi Rererangi Tuatahi, Paenga-whawha 1967 ki te Hurae 1967. I muri i te toto
1966 Nigerian coup d'état, i hua ai te matenga o te Pirimia Ahmadu Bello. I uru a Lieutenant Buhari me etahi rangatira taitamariki mai i te Raki o Nigeria ki te whakaeke i te Hurae i peia ai a General Aguiyi Ironsi ka whakakapihia e ia ki a General Yakubu Gowon.