Zakariya Maimalari

Zakariyya Maimalari Birgediya ne na Sojojin Najeriya, an kashe shi a juyin mulkin da Najeriya ta yi a shekarar 1966 . Ya kasance kwamandan Brigade na biyu, Apapa, Legas a shekarar 1966.

An haifi Maimalari a jihar Yobe a halin yanzu, ya yi karatu a Kwalejin Barewa Zariya . Maimalari da abokinsa na yarinta, Lawan Umar ya shiga rundunar soja ta Royal West Africa Frontier Force a shekarar 1950.  A cikin shirin Najeriya na shigar da karin 'yan Najeriya manyan mukamai na soja, ya yi kwas na share fage a makarantar horas da jami'an tsaro da ke Teshie Ghana da kuma Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst. Maimalari da Lawan duk sun halarci Sandhusrt amma daga baya aka sallami Lawan daga  Maimalari shi ne dan Najeriya na farko da aka nada a matsayin hafsan rundunar sojojin Najeriya.  a Kwalejin Horar da Sojoji ta Najeriya sannan kuma kwamandan bataliya ta biyu na sojojin Najeriya.

Manufar inganta karin jami'an Najeriya ta haifar da tsarin ƙungiya wanda aka haɓaka ta hanyar yanki da kabilanci. Maimalari wani lokacin wasu jami'an Kudancin suna kallon shi a matsayin alama ce ta mulkin Arewa saboda saurin tashi ta hanyar jami'in daga mayaƙa na yau da kullun.

Ranar da kafin 15 ga Janairun 1966 juyin mulkin, Maimalari yana bikin aurensa na baya-bayan nan, ba tare da sani ba wasu daga cikin wadanda suka halarci taron su ma shugabannin 'yan tawaye ne da za su dawo da shi. A ranar juyin mulkin, da zarar sojojin ‘yan tawaye suka shiga gidansa, sai ya tsere ta bayan gidansa, da farko ya buya ne a wani dan karamin fili a cikin gidansa kafin ya fita zuwa cikin babbar hanya. A hanya, ya buga wata mota yana fatan zuwa Ikeja, amma abin takaici, motar motar ‘yan tawaye ce kuma aka kama shi kuma daga baya aka kashe shi. 

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Rukuni:Matattun 1966