[3] Hezekiah assumed the title of chairman of a so-called "People's Redemption Council" that planned to replace President Moi.
From 30 October 1978 to 21 January 1980, he attended a course in RAF Cosford, UK, after which he worked as a Senior Private Grade-I, the second lowest rank in Kenya's military.
On 1 August 1982, Ochuka ruled Kenya for approximately 6 hours, after he led a group of low ranked Air Force servicemen in a coup d'état attempt.
The supposed "trusted" pilots pretended as if they were listening to orders given to them by their chief, but instead once in the air dropped bombs over Mount Kenya forests.
President Moi later announced that loyal army and police units had crushed an attempted coup on his civilian government.
The putsch was quickly suppressed by forces commanded by Chief of General Staff Mahamoud Mohamed, a veteran military official.
Ogidi left the Ngong Road house and drove towards town and on reaching the Grosvenor Hotel,[7] where he then found a roadblock mounted by army personnel, under the command of a Navy officer.