Muhammadu Buhari Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===Civil war=== {{Main|Nigerian Civil War}} Buhari was assigned to the [[1st Division (Nigeria)|1st Division]] under the command of Lt. Col [[Mohammed Shuwa]].{{sfn|Momoh|2000|p=65}} The division had temporarily moved from Kaduna to [[Makurdi]] at the onset of the [[Nigerian Civil War]]. The 1st division was divided into sectors and then battalions, {{sfn|Momoh|2000|p=343}} with Shuwa assisted by sector commanders Martin Adamu and Sule Apollo, who was later replaced by [[Theophilus Danjuma]]. Buhari's initial assignment was as [[Adjutant]] and [[Company Commander]] 2 [[battalion]] unit, Second Sector Infantry of the 1st Division. The 2 battalion was one of the units that participated in the first actions of the war: they started from Gakem near [[Afikpo]] and moved towards [[Ogoja]], with support from [[Gado Nasko]]'s artillery squad.{{sfn|Momoh|2000|p=69}} They reached and captured Ogoja within a week, with the intention of advancing through the flanks to [[Enugu]], the rebel capital.{{sfn|Momoh|2000|p=339}} Buhari was briefly the 2 battalion's Commander and led the battalion to [[Ehugbo|Afikpo]] to link with the 3rd Marine Commando and advance towards Enugu through Nkalagu and [[Abakaliki]]. However, before the move to Enugu, he was posted to [[Nsukka]] as Brigade Major of the 3rd Infantry Brigade under Joshua Gin, who would later become battle fatigued and replaced by Isa Bukar.{{sfn|Momoh|2000|p=340}} Buhari stayed with the infantry for a few months as the Nigerian army began to adjust tactics learnt from early battle experiences. Instead of swift advances, the new tactics involved securing and holding on to the lines of communications and using captured towns as training ground to train new recruits brought in from the army depots in [[Abeokuta]] and [[Zaria]].{{sfn|Momoh|2000|p=340}} In 1968, he was posted to the 4 Sector, also called the Awka sector, which was charged with taking over the capture of Onitsha from Division 2. The sector's operations were within the [[Awka]]-[[Abagana]]-Onitsha region, which was important to Biafran forces because it was a major source of food supply. It was in the sector that Buhari's group suffered a lot of casualties trying to protect the food supplies route of the rebels along [[Oji River]] and [[Abagana]].{{sfn|Momoh|2000|p=78}} Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page