[1][2] On 13 February 1976, army coup plotters assassinated the then head of state, General Murtala Mohammed.

[3] General Ibrahim Babangida appointed Alli military governor of Plateau State from August 1985 to 1986.

[1] During the attempted coup against General Ibrahim Babangida by Major Gideon Orkar on 22 April 1990, Colonel Alli was commander of the 3rd Infantry Brigade in Kano.

[4] After the coup in November 1993, when President Ernest Shonekan was ousted by General Sani Abacha, Alli was appointed Chief of the Army Staff.

[8] Alli's measures were successful in calming the situation, and he handed back to civilian rule in November 2004.