Barikin Dodan

Barikin Dodan wani barikin sojoji ne da ke Ikoyi, Legas, Najeriya. Bariki dai ita ce Hedikwatar Sojoji koli a lokacin yaƙin basasar Najeriya da kuma daga shekara ta 1966 zuwa 1979 da kuma shekarar 1983 zuwa 1985. Barikin Dodan ya kasance, wurin zama a hukumance na shugabannin mulkin sojan Najeriya na 1966-79 da 1983–99, haka nan kuma nan ya kasance babban hedikwatar sojoji daga shekarar 1966 har zuwa lokacin da ta koma Abuja a shekarar 1991. 

 Suna 
Sunan "Dodan" ya samo asali ne daga wurin da aka gwabza yakin kasar Burma a yakin duniya na biyu da runduna ta 82 ta yammacin Afirka ta yi. 

 Hedkwatar sojoji 
Barikin Dodan na ɗaya daga cikin sansanonin wasu manyan sojojin Najeriya da suka hambarar da jamhuriyar Najeriya ta farko a watan Janairun 1966. Sojojin ne suka murƙushe juyin mulkin, wanda kwamandansu, Manjo Janar Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi, ya zama shugaban ƙasa. A watan Yulin 1966 Barikin Dodan ya zama wurin kujerar mulki a Najeriya bayan juyin mulkin da aka yi, inda aka kashe Ironsi sannan aka naɗa babban hafsan sa Janar Yakubu Gowon a matsayin shugaban ƙasa, inda ya shiga cikin ruɗani na jami'an tsaron tarayya. Barikin dai ita ce wurin da Gowon ya karɓi miƙa wuya na kafa kasar Biafra a karshen yakin basasar Najeriya a watan,Janairun shekarar 1970. Sarakunan da suka biyo baya sun ajiye sansaninsu a barikin a farko-farkon ƙarni na gaba.
An hambarar da Gowon a juyin mulkin Yuli 1975, Janar Murtala Mohammed ya gaje shi. A wani yunkurin juyin mulki a watan Fabrairun 1976, an kashe Murtala a lokacin da aka yi wa ayarin sa kwanton ɓauna. Obasanjo ya koma barikin ne saboda dalilan tsaro.

A cikin shekarar 1977, sojoji sun mamaye harabar fitaccen mawakin nan Fela Kuti, wanda ake kira da baban Afrobeat, wanda ke sukar gwamnatin soja. Sun yi wa maza duka, sun yi wa mata fyade, daga bisani suka jefa Fela a gidan yari. Mahaifiyarsa mai shekaru 78 ta mutu daga baya sakamakon raunukan da ta ji, biyo bayan da aka jefa ta daga tagar bene na biyu. A lokacin da aka saki shi, ya yi rikodin wani kundi mai suna Coffin For Head of State. Fela da magoya bayansa sun yi tattaki babu komai a cikin akwatin gawar mahaifiyarsa zuwa Barikin Dodan, suka bar akwatin a can don kunyata Obasanjo. Barikin Dodan nan ne wurin da aka yi taro a watan Afrilun shekarar 1978 tsakanin Shugaban Amurka Jimmy Carter da Olusegun Obasanjo.

A cikin nasarar juyin mulkin da aka yi a watan Disamban shekarar 1983, lokacin da Janar Muhammadu Buhari ya karɓe mulki daga hannun Shugaba Shehu Shagari, sojojin da ke bariki sun yi turjiya da farko, sai dai a washegarin da suka wuce. An  juyin mulki a watan Agustan 1985 wanda Janar Ibrahim Babangida ya shirya, ya kwace mulki daga hannun Buhari. A watan Janairun shekarar 1986, an kafa wata kotun soji ta musamman domin shari’ar waɗanda ake zargi da yunƙurin kifar da gwamnatin Janar Babangida. Kotun ta gudanar da shari’ar a barikin Dodan, inda ta samu 17 daga cikin waɗanda ake tuhuma da laifin cin amanar ƙasa.

Barikin Dodan na ɗaya daga cikin muhimman wuraren da aka kwace a yunkurin juyin mulkin da Manjo Gideon Orkar ya yi wa Janar Ibrahim Babangida a watan Afrilun shekarar 1990. Babangida yana zaune ne a lokacin da aka kai wa barikin hari, amma ya tsere ta hanyar baya. Jami’an tsaron sun daƙile yunkurin juyin mulkin inda suka rasa mambobi biyar da ga cikin masu kare barikin Dodan ɗin. Matar Babangida, Maryam, wacce ita ma tana tare da ‘ya’yanta a lokacin yunƙurin juyin mulkin, ta tuna cewa lokacin da ta koma bariki a shekarar 1985 sai da ta shirya yin gyare-gyare da yawa don ganin ɗakunan sun dace da liyafar da aka saba yi.

 Mulkin farar hula 
Bayan an koma hedikwatar sojoji zuwa Abuja a shekarar 1991, sannan aka dawo da mulkin farar hula a shekarar 1999, an samu raguwar kuɗaɗen kula da bariki sosai. A ƙarshen shekarar 2003 filin ya ƙazantu kuma ba a tsaftace wurin ba, najasa ko'ina, bangon wasu gine-gine ya tsage kuma aka yi watsi da yawancin bangayen.
A shekara ta 2004 ne shugaban farar hula na lokacin Olusegun Obasanjo - a matsayin wani mataki na ficewa daga mulkin kama-ƙarya na soji a karshe ya ba da umarnin miƙa barikin Dodan da duk wasu barikokin soji da ba sa amfani da su a faɗin kasar ga rundunar ƴan sandan ƙasar.

A cikin watan Agustan shekarar 2006, cibiyar kula da muhalli da tsaftar muhalli ta Legas ta gano wata hanyar gurbataccen magudanar ruwa a kasuwar mammy ta Obalende, bayan gidan gwamnati da Barikin Dodan. Wani bincike da aka yi a watan Agustan shekarar 2007 ya gano cewa ruwan ya gurɓace da kayan najasa sosai. Mutanen da ke zaune da aiki a kasuwa, Barikin Dodan da gidan gwamnati na cikin hadarin kamuwa da cututtuka irin su zazzabin taifot, gudawa, ciwon daji da kwalara.
A watan Janairun shekarar 2009 ne aka ruwaito cewa shugaba Umaru 'Yar'aduwa zai yi ɗan huta a barikin.

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