In 1977 after the so-called Entebe Raid he added the title conquerer of the British empire (CBE) to his long list of titles. He announced that he was suspending certain provisions of the Ugandan constitution, and soon instituted an Advisory Defence Council composed of military officers with himself as the chairman. On 2 February 1971, one week after the coup, Amin declared himself President of Uganda, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, Army Chief of Staff, and Chief of Air Staff.
But Amin made sure that the situation did not normalise. Cheering crowds were reported in the streets of Kampala after the radio broadcast.Īmin announced that he was a soldier, not a politician, and that the military government would remain only as a caretaker regime until new elections, which would be announced when the situation was normalised. A broadcast on Radio Uganda accused Obote's government of corruption and preferential treatment of the Lango region. Soldiers surrounded Obote's residence and blocked major roads. On 25 January 1971, while Ugandan president Milton Obote was attending a Commonwealth summit Singapore, troops loyal to a military general Idi Amin sealed off the Entebbe International Airport and took the capital Kampala.
