1976 Coup d’etat – Bajowa Saved Me From Being Killed By Dimka – Obasanjo

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, yesterday, revealed how Gen. Olu Bajowa(retd) saved him from being killed by Lt. Col. Bukar Dimka in the February 13, 1976, military coup d’etat. Obasanjo spoke at the 80th birthday celebration of Gen. Bajowa, in Igbotako, Okitipupa council area of Ondo State. The former president said “I want to say something about Olu, either he knew it or not. When Dimka coup came, if Olu had not been what and what he is, i would have gone with the coup. “Let me tell you the story. Olu is very respectful. He is very conscious of our culture. He had a child, a boy, and wanted to name the child after me. He had to call me early in the morning that Dimka had struck. And because Olu said he was coming, i had to wait a little bit. I waited beyond the time i would have gone out. Olu then came, he made the request and i granted the request. So, I was a little bit late in going on the route that i normally took to work. “Indirectly, that is how Olu Bajowa Saved my life.”