Ibrahim Bako babban hafsa ne a rundunar sojin Najeriya wanda ya taka rawar gani a juyin mulkin sojan Najeriya guda biyu: juyin mulkin Yuli 1966 da juyin mulkin Disamba 1983. An kashe shi ne a lokacin da yake yunkurin kama shugaban kasa Shehu Shagari a juyin mulkin Disamba 1983.
An ce makiyin gida shi ne babban makiyin da kowa zai iya fuskanta. Wannan shi ne lamarin da ya faru a juyin mulkin da sojoji suka yi a shekarar 1983. A lokacin juyin mulkin da sojoji suka yi a shekarar 1983, an tuhumi Ibrahim Bako da kama Shagari bisa la’akari da cewa shi ne na kusa da shugaban kasa wanda shi ne babban amininsa.
A karshen shekarar 1983, gwamnatin farar hula ta Najeriya ta yi juyin mulki a karkashin jagorancin Manjo Janar Muhammadu Buhari. Kaftin Augustine Anyogo na Brigade of Guard a karkashin Mohammed Kaliel ya hambarar da Shagari amma ba tare da turjiya ba. Bako ya rasa ransa a cikin haka.
Watanni uku ne kacal aka hambarar da Shagari bayan da aka sake zabensa a karo na biyu kuma na karshe a zaben da aka gudanar da zarge-zargen magudin zabe. Masu yunkurin juyin mulkin ba su cutar da wani babban jami’in gwamnati ba.
