Rare Throwback Photos Of Yakubu Gowon Getting Married During The War

 

General Yakubu "Jack" Dan-Yumma Gowon was a former military head of state of Nigeria from 1966 to 1975. He was born on the 19th of October 1934. He took power after one military coup d'état and was overthrown in another.

 

 

 

As a war leader, on April 19, 1969, while Nigerian soldiers and civilians were dying in a civil war, General Yakubu Gowon was getting married in Lagos. He got married at the age of 34 to his sweetheart, Victoria. He was the only bachelor to become Head of State and the only leader to get married in office.