Major Daniel Idowu Bamidele: A Soldier’s Tragic Stand in a Tumultuous Era in 1986
Lagos, Nigeria – In the annals of Nigeria’s military history, few episodes are as heartrending and controversial as the execution of Major Daniel Idowu Bamidele. A career soldier whose service spanned 19 years—including active duty during the civil war—Bamidele’s fate was sealed not on a battlefield against an external enemy, but in a politically charged…