Names of the frontline commanders who fought and led the Nigerian Civil War to victory.
1- General Yakubu Gowon
2 – 2nd Lieutenant Sani Abacha (3rd Battalion Kaduna)
3- Lieutenant D.S. Abubakar (Abeokuta Garrison)
4- Major Martin Adamu (2nd Battalion Lagos)
5- Lt Colonel Joseph Akahan (Commander, 4th Bataillon Kaduna)
6- Major Shittu Alao (Nigerian Airforce HQ, Lagos) –
7- Lieutenant Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida (1st Reconnaissance Squadron, Kaduna)
8- Lieutenant Ibrahim Bako (4th Battalion, Ibadan)
9- Lieutenant Muhammadu Buhari (2 Brigade Lagos)
10- Captain Isa Bukar (Federal Guards Lagos)
11- Lieutenant Yakubu Dambo (3rd Battalion Kaduna)
12- Lieutenant Garba A. Dada (Adjutant 4th Battalion Ibadan)
13- Major Theophilus Danjuma (Principal Staff Officer, Army HQ, Lagos)
14- Sergeant Paul Dickson
15- Lieutenant Buka Suka Dimka (Nigerian Military Training College Kaduna)
16- Lieutenant Garba Duba (1 Reconnaissance Squadron Kaduna)
17- Captain Joseph Garba (Federal Guards Lagos)
18- Lieutenant Mohammed Balarabe Haladu (4th Battalion, Ibadan)
19- Major Abba Kyari (Artillery, Kaduna)
20- Sergeant Sabo Kwale (Abeokuta Garrison)
21- Lieutenant Colonel Murtala Muhammed (Inspector of Signals, Lagos)
22- 2nd Lieutenant Muhammadu Gado Nasko (Artillery, Kaduna)
23- Lieutenant Malami Mahe Nassarawa (2nd Battalion, Lagos)
24- Lieutenant James Onoja (4th Battalion, Ibadan)
25- Corporal John Shagaya (2nd Reconnaissance Squadron, Abeokuta)
26- Lieutenant Abdulahhi Shelleng (Company Commander, 4th Battalion, Ibadan)
27- Captain Ibrahim Taiwo (Lagos Garrison Yaba)
28- Lieutenant Paul Chabri Tarfa (Federal Guards, Lagos)
29- Captain Baba Usman GSO (Grade II, Army HQ, Lagos)
30- Major Musa Usman (Nigerian Air Force, Lagos)
31- Lieutenant William Walbe (2nd Battalion, Lagos)
32- Lieutenant Mamman Vatsa (4th Battalion, Ibadan)
33- Captain Abdul D.S. Wya (3rd Battalion, Kaduna)
34- Shehu Musa Yar’Adua
35- Mohammed Shuwa
36- Tunde Idiagbon
37- Abdulkarim Adisa
Credit: North Book, Historical Nigeria-Yoruba
