Thirty-Three years after his involvement in a failed military putsch, the late Major Gideon Orkar has been immortalised by the Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom.

The governor named a major road in Makurdi after the key actor in the botched 1990 coup.

Orkar was executed by firing squad after he was found guilty as charged by the military regime of former President, Gen. Ibrahim Babangida.

The insurrection led by the Benue-born soldier was crushed by troops loyal to Gen. Babangida.

The late Major hailed from Apir, Makurdi Local Government Area.

In broadcast aired on the Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria (FRCN), Okar exercised four northern states from Nigeria.

Orkar’s elder brother, Professor John Okar, who was at the inauguration of the road, said the same injustice his bother complained about in the coup broadcast 33 years ago still persists.

According to him, naming the road after the late Major would remind the federal government to address the injustice.

Prof Okar told The Nation in a chat that the family was happy with the immortalisation of their late brother by governor. (The Nation)