“Anthony Ochefu”的意思、由来-开放百科全书

Colonel Anthony Aboki Ochefu was a Military Governor of East Central State from July 1975 to February 1976 during the military regime of General Murtala Mohammed.^[1]

During the Nigerian Civil War of 1967–70, Ochefu commanded a battalion tasked with clearing Biafran troops from the riverain areas of the Midwest, taking Koko, Sapele, and Warri, before exploiting northwards to link up with Lt. Col. Murtala Mohammed’s 2nd Division. His battalion was then used as a spearhead in the seaborne landing and capture of Calabar.^[2]

Colonel Anthony Ochefu was provost-marshal in 1975 when he was one of the leaders of the coup that overthrew General Yakubu Gowon on 29 July 1975. As a Christian, he played an important role in involving middle-belt officers in the planned coup.^[3]

Ochefu played a central role in pulling off the coup, centered on the army headquarters at Dodan Barracks.

Immediately after the coup, he was appointed Governor of East Central State.^[4]

The colonels who managed the coup included Abdullahi Mohammed, Shehu Musa Yar'Adua, Joseph Nanven Garba, Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida and Muhammadu Buhari as well as Ochefu.

Rather than name one of themselves as leader, they handed power to General Murtala Mohammed, with General Olusegun Obasanjo as Chief of Staff.^[5]

As governor, he renamed the newly opened Haile Selassie I Institute to the State Orthopaedic Hospital in July 1975, and shelved plans to build an Ophthalmic surgery part of the hospital.^[6]

After Murtala Mohammed was assassinated on 13 February 1976, Chief of Staff Olusegun Obasanjo became head of state.

Obasanjo fired or retired 215 officers. Ochefu was ostensibly fired for his conduct before the coup as Commanding Officer of the Lagos Garrison.^[7]

Ochefu was shot dead at a Petrol Station in Oturkpo, Benue State on 25 November 1999.

The police, headed by Inspector General Musiliu Smith were criticized for failing to follow up, releasing the suspects.^[9]

References

1. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.worldstatesmen.org/Nigeria_federal_states.htm |title=Nigerian States |publisher=WorldStatesmen |accessdate=2010-05-15| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20100528072649/http://www.worldstatesmen.org/Nigeria_federal_states.htm| archivedate= 28 May 2010 | deadurl= no}}
2. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.dawodu.com/omoigui32.htm |title=Federal Nigerian Army Blunders of the Nigerian Civil War - Part 9 |author=Nowa Omoigui |work=Dawodu |accessdate=2010-05-15}}
3. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.dawodu.com/omoigui43.htm |title=Military Rebellion of July 29, 1975: The coup against Gowon - Part 6 |author=Nowa Omoigui |work=Dawodu |accessdate=2010-05-15}}
4. ^{{cite book |page=233 |title=Oil, politics and violence: Nigeria's military coup culture (1966-1976) |author=Max Siollun |publisher=Algora Publishing |year=2009 |ISBN=0-87586-708-1}}
5. ^{{cite web |url=http://allafrica.com/stories/200411080453.html |title=Nigeria's Quest for Stability: The Challenges Ahead (3) |work=Vanguard |author=Ebenezer Babatope |date=7 November 2004 |accessdate=2010-05-15}}
6. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.nohenig.com/background.htm |publisher=NATIONAL ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL, ENUGU |title=Background to date |accessdate=2010-05-15 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110714190944/http://www.nohenig.com/background.htm |archivedate=2011-07-14 }}
7. ^{{cite book |page=23 |title=Africa report, Volume 21, Issues 1-4 |publisher=African-American Institute |year=1976}}
8. ^{{cite web |url=http://millenniummovers.homestead.com/files/newupdatemixed.htm |work=Guardian Online |date=December 29, 2000 |title=Police may transfer Ochefu's case to Abuja |author=Emmanuel Onwubiko |accessdate=2010-05-15}}
9. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.umes.edu/cms300uploadedFiles/AJCJS/acjavol1no1onyeozili.pdf |work=African Journal of Criminology and Justice Studies |date=April 2005 |title=Obstacles to Effective Policing in Nigeria |author=Emmanuel C. Onyeozili |accessdate=2010-05-15}}