Barely four years, the armed forces led by General Buhari overthrew Shagari and in a succession of Northern generals between 1983 and 1999, Nigeria became plaything in their hands.

Source: https://www.newtelegraphng.com/countdown-to-presidential-election-the-die-is-cast/

But President Shehu Shagari, bless him, rose to the challenge.

Source: https://www.blueprint.ng/an-economy-with-a-bad-attitude-2/

Denied appointment as Director, National Security Organisation, (NSO) by Muhammadu Buhari who succeeded Shagari effectively from January 1, 1984, Gusau was despatched to a training programme at the Royal College of Defence Studies, (RCDS), in the UK.

Source: https://pmnewsnigeria.com/2023/05/15/gen-gusau-80-glimpses-and-encounters-with-mr-mystique/

“In 1979, the Southwest voted against Alhaji Shehu Shagari in the Presidential Election of that year.

Source: https://thenationonlineng.net/the-immediate-task-before-the-president-elect/

In May 2022, a female student of Shehu Shagari College of Education in Sokoto, Deborah Samuel, was burnt to death by her colleagues for allegedly insulting Prophet Muhammad.

Source: https://newsday.com.ng/amnesty-international-condemns-mob-killing-of-nigerian-over-alleged-blasphemy-accuses-government-of-permitting-brutality/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=amnesty-international-condemns-mob-killing-of-nigerian-over-alleged

Like Buhari, Second Republic’s President Shehu Shagari rose from the Fulani stock; but Shagari never displayed the trappings of bigotry and led Nigeria in the path of cohesion and peace.

Source: https://www.opinionnigeria.com/surviving-nigerias-pan-fulani-president-with-sunday-igboho-by-felix-oboagwina/

Like Buhari, Second Republic’s President Shehu Shagari rose from the Fulani stock; but Shagari never displayed the trappings of bigotry and led Nigeria in the path of cohesion and peace.

Source: https://www.opinionnigeria.com/surviving-nigerias-pan-fulani-president-with-sunday-igboho-by-felix-oboagwina/

Olatunde served the Obasanjo's regime and the administration of former president, Shehu Shagari.

Source: https://www.legit.ng/politics/1538732-list-central-bank-nigeria-governors-1958/

On 26th September 1979, Williams, who was the presiding judge, and others decided the case in favour of Shagari, with only Eso dissenting.

Source: https://247ureports.com/2023/12/when-shall-we-stop-going-to-court-after-elections-by-hassan-gimba/

President Shehu Shagari tried to move things along rather gingerly but anyone who has watched Onyeka Onwuenu’s BBC-NTA documentary, The Squandering of Riches, might see where Abuja finally lost its way and inherited its perverted DNA.

Source: https://newsdiaryonline.com/saving-abuja-from-wike-really-by-azu-ishiekwene/

With his massive grassroots support, Malam lost his base to Alhaji Shehu Shagari.

Source: https://guardian.ng/politics/2023-polls-kano-and-kwankwasiyyas-audacious-exploits/