Just wait till Yar’Adua finishes his eight years and you will marvel.

Now to the ‘meat’ of the post. Aside from the constant movement of politicised officers, another reason that a coup would be difficult nowadays (though not impossible) is the fact that Ibrahim Babangida and Sani Abacha, (themselves professional coup plotters) made the move from Dodan Barracks to Aso Rock. With the entire Guards Brigade sitting just behind Aso Rock, it would take a lot to successfully complete a coup out there, and this isn’t including the fact that Aso Rock itself is a great defensive position. Again another thing that has changed from the heyday of coup plotting is the proliferation of radio stations in so many parts of the country. Back in the day when the only radio stations (which were few in number anyway) were all government controlled, they were always a strategic target because as the executors of the first coup realised (Ben Gbulie for ref), information is power. Gideon Orkar’s coup (or its failure) showed the immense value of having access to control of information.