Dee ihe na-esote paragraf a - Ọ bụ onye isi ndị isi nke 1 Reconnaissance Squadron site na 1964 ruo 1966. Site na Jenụwarị 1966 ruo Eprel 1966, Babangida gara na Younger Officers Course na Royal Armoured Centre na United Kingdom <unk> ebe ọ natara nkuzi na egbe na ụgbọ ala Saladin. E zigara Lieutenant Babangida na 1st Reconnaissance Squadron na Kaduna, ma hụ ihe ndị mere na mwakpo ọbara ọbara nke 1966
, nke butere ogbugbu nke Sir Ahmadu Bello. Ya na ọtụtụ ụmụ okorobịa si na Northern Nigeria, o sonyere na July counter-coup nke Murtala Mohammed duziri nke chụpụrụ General Aguiyi Ironsi ma dochie ya General Yakubu Gowon.