babyosisi:

[size=13pt]I hope he is rotting in hell where he rightly belongs.[/size]
The same bullets he pumped on civilians for sport,were dished to him
God bless the Dimka lineage for ridding us of this monster and avenging the death of innocent civilians
If I had my way Murtala Mohammed airport would be changed to a more befitting Statesman's name

Ahasco:

He was a tribalist I don't haye him though but I hate wat he did

AnOlAd: ku ise.... admiring u...

Intrepid!:
It is only in Nigeria that a certified war criminal is revered. Utter rubbish!

Ahasco:

He was a tribalist I don't haye him though but I hate wat he did

Obi1kenobi: Only in Nigeria would people revere a proven genocidal mass murderer of civilians and immortalize him with great monuments in his honour. It's like Germany immortalizing Nazis and World War 2 war criminals. But I guess Nigeria has never been the sanest of countries.

CHIMSKY: The guy got what was coming to him.Bisalla did a fantastic job.If Murtala had remained HOS for 2 years,he would have Boko Harammed Nigeria and implemented Sharia by force.
Nigerian should develop better memories and stop turning genocidal maniacs into war heroes.

babyosisi:

Ojukwu died at a ripe old age of 70 plus and was celebrated by Nigeria
And he didn't drink rat poison either
This one was slaughtered like a dog on a city street in Rambo style
He deserved it because of his atrocities

danny301:

I guess Aguiyi Ironsi too died at a ;very ripe old age' and in the 'comfort of his room'! For the record, i do not hate any individual or tribe but i hate it when a particular tribe rejoices over every calamity that befalls others. Death is a mystery which no man can explain.... Anybody can die anytime and anywhere...... Several people that alive today or even some of the people died at 'very at ripe old age' are not better than some of the people that died prematurely..... Next time when talking about issue as mysterious as death do not all your hatred for other people or tribes to get the better part of you.

pannyman: A lot of stories have been told of how he supervised the massacre of the male population of some place in Asaba or near Asaba. None of the people who peddle this story on Nairaland was there, and the man, Murtala is not alive to defend himself. It is always easy to accuse the dead because they cannot speak. Well, one day we will all give account for every word we have spoken.

Rossikk:

Great point. I would have placed Murtala Muhammed as Nigeria's No 1 leader, but that place has been taken by Dr Goodluck Ebele Jonathan. Still, Gen. Murtala Muhammed was one of Nigeria's greatest leaders and will remain very highly regarded by the people.

berem: You are very very stewpid for quoting the whole thread to write this crap you just wrote. Dundee!

@ post, i remember some years back i watched an interview on NTA about Murtala 's wife and her love for flowers. She was actually being interviewed. I have never seen a garden as beautiful as hers. Beautiful woman, beautiful garden. May his husband's soul rest in peace.

danny301:

I guess Aguiyi Ironsi too died at a ;very ripe old age' and in the 'comfort of his room'! For the record, i do not hate any individual or tribe but i hate it when a particular tribe rejoices over every calamity that befalls others. Death is a mystery which no man can explain.... Anybody can die anytime and anywhere...... Several people that alive today or even some of the people died at 'very at ripe old age' are not better than some of the people that died prematurely..... Next time when talking about issue as mysterious as death do not all your hatred for other people or tribes to get the better part of you.

nnenna.1:
My goodness

I need to stop coming to Nairaland...a lot of the things I have read here in the past few years have not mentally nor spiritually healthy.

Van snickers:
I hope he meets Ojukwu there, the man who selfishly led his People into a War that almost became Genocide.

babyosisi: By Comrade Lawrence Chinedu Nwobu


[b]As the civil-war commenced, Murtala Muhammed entered the war in the Midwest campaign where he robbed the Central Bank in Benin, and began his litany of war crimes. Federal forces under his command unleashed a massacre of Igbos in Benin city and environs, however Asaba became the legendary centre were Murtala Muhammed set a record of war crimes. In a rain of blood, [size=18pt]tens of thousands of innocent youths, some of them just 6 years old were lined up on the streets of Asaba and executed in cold blood on the direct orders of Murtala Muhammed[/size]. The Asaba massacre was the first of its kind in Africa and remains one of the bloodiest to date in the history of the African continent. As a further testimony to the bloodlust and depravity demonstrated by Murtala Muhammed and his forces, few kilometres away in Onitsha, another barbaric massacre was unleashed in the Apostolic Church where over 300 civilians, devout Christians including women and children who had stayed back and continued in their prayers after the fall of Onitsha were brutally murdered in cold blood. [/b]

But beyond his crude barbarity which he repeatedly manifested in the violation of women and cold blooded massacre of defenceless civilians, he was an ill disciplined, failed soldier who In spite of the immense amounts of men and ammunition at his disposal suffered crushing defeats in most of his military campaigns against barely armed Biafran soldiers. His military campaign to take Onitsha, where he acted against orders from military headquarters ended in a humiliating defeat, and his 96 vehicle column of heavily armed troops who were ambushed and totally wiped out at Abagana are some of the worst defeats suffered by the Nigerian army in the civil war. His string of tactical failures led to his exit from the war theatre.

No doubt, one of the greatest murderers, war criminals, and opportunists in Nigeria‘s chequered history, his entire war career is littered with war crimes committed in different theatres of war.

In July 1975, he seized power in a coup but was shot dead in a military putsch in February 1976, at last a victim of the bullets he had used to kill so many. In the end he left behind a legacy of barbarities, war crimes, bank robbery, destruction of the federal civil service and failure as a soldier. An avowed secessionist who became an opportunist apostle of one Nigeria, not because he genuinely believed in Nigeria, but for reasons of opportunism. The emergence of his likes as leaders, remains the greatest reason why Nigeria has failed.

Murtala Muhammed’s hands are soiled with so much blood, and even though by his death he escaped justice in the physical, he is sure getting his punishment in the spiritual realm. His entire generation of descendants shall also continue to pay one way or the other for the sins of their father.

Source: http://asaba.com/?p=352