1. Major General Mohammed Shuwa was a Nigerian military officer and the first General Officer Commanding of the Nigerian Army's 1st Division.
10 Facts About Mohammed Shuwa
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Mohammed Shuwa was murdered in Maiduguri by suspected Boko Haram militants on 2 November 2012.
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Mohammed Shuwa was born in Masharte, Borno State on 1 September 1939.
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Mohammed Shuwa attended Kala Elementary School, Bama Central Elementary School, Bornu Middle School, and Barewa College, Zaria for his secondary education.
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Mohammed Shuwa received his commission as a 2nd Lieutenant in July 1961 after completing officer cadet training at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst.
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Col Mohammed Shuwa was Commander of the 5th Battalion in Kano during the Nigerian Army Mutiny of July 1966 where many Igbo military officers were systematically murdered by their northern counterparts for what the northern officers perceived as retribution for the January 15,1966 coup.
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Mohammed Shuwa who informed Head of State Major-General Yakubu Gowon about Nzeogwu's demise.
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From 1975 to 1979, Mohammed Shuwa served as Federal Commissioner for Trade and Works.
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Mohammed Shuwa retired from the Nigerian Army on October 1,1979, when the military administration of General Olusegun Obasanjo handed over the reins of political power in Nigeria to the democratically elected government of President Shehu Shagari.
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Mohammed Shuwa was murdered in his home in Maiduguri, in northern Nigeria, on 2 November 2012 by suspected Boko Haram militants.