Left to right: Brigadier Wellington Duke Bassey, Brigade Commander of the 1st Brigade; Lieutenant Colonel Hassan Usman Katsina, the first and only Military Governor of the Northern Region; Major General Johnson Thomas Umunnakwe Aguiyi-Ironsi, Nigeria’s first military Head of State and Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces; and Major Samuel Osaigbovo Ogbemudia. Standing behind them is Ali Akilu, the first indigenous Head of Service and Secretary to the Northern Regional Government.
Location: Kachia, Zaria Province, Northern Region of Nigeria, 1966.
