Lit. Col. Ayuba Tense, a qualified engineer hired under the DSSC graduate induction scheme, leaving Kirikiri Prison and heading to the bar beach execution site. History of the 1976 coup plotters’ execution: On March 11, 1976, the coup plotters who killed General Murtala Ramat Muhammad were put to death at Lagos’ Bar Beach, under the command of General Olusegun Obasanjo. The following officers were accused of planning the coup, along with the dates of their execution:
Executed on March 11, 1976:
Major-General I D Bisalla
Warrant Officer 2 (WO2) Monday Monchon
Staff Sergeant Richard Dungdang
Sergeant Sale Pankshin
Lieutenant Colonel A R Aliyu
Captain M Parvwong
Captain J F Idi
Captain S Wakins
Lieutenant Mohammed
Lieutenant E L K Shelleng
Lieutenant Colonel Ayuba Tense
Colonel A D S Way
Lieutenant Colonel T K Adamu
Lieutenant Colonel A B Umaru
Captain A A Aliyu
Captain Augustine Dawurang
Major M M Mshelia
Lieutenant William Seri
Major I B Ribo
Major K K Gagra
Captain M R Gelip
Mr. Abdulkarim Zakari
Lieutenant Peter Ggani
Major Ola Ogunmekan
Lieutenant O Zagmi
Lieutenant S Wayah
Sergeant Ahmadu Rege
Sergeant Bala Javan
WO2 Sambo Dankshin
WO2 Emmanuel Dakup Seri
Major J W Kasai
Executed on May 17, 1976:
Buka Suka Dimka
Joseph D Gomwalk
Lieutenant S Kwale
Warrant Officer H E Bawa
Colonel I Buka
Major J K Afolabi
H Shaiyen