I remember the day Gen Murtala Ramat Muhammed was assassinated like it was just yesterday.

It was in February 1976. I was a kid in a private primary school in Lagos.

The afternoon it happened, we were in class, and the teacher came in and made the announcement, that there had been a coup, and that Gen Murtala Muhammed had been shot in his car on his way to work in Dodan barracks. (He never used a motorcade or convoy, saying he had nothing to fear from Nigerians as he was not a thief).

We all started crying in the class! Everyone!

Then the teacher - an Igbo woman said to us ''Please stop crying. I know you are all sad. Or do you want me to also start crying?''

Those were her exact words.

Then she broke down and wept uncontrollably. Right there in class before all of us.

General Murtala Ramat Muhammed of Blessed Memory.


THE WHOLE NIGERIA loved Gen Murtala Ramat Muhammed.

His assassination hit the soul of every Nigerian.

That is what you call a leader. Completely incorruptible. Completely honest. Completely determined to change the life of every Nigerian for the better.

Corruption ENDED in Nigeria during the reign of Gen. Murtala Ramat Muhammed.

Not 'reduced'.

ENDED. Full stop.

Later on we learnt there was CIA involvement in the assassination. The links were never pursued because Obasanjo, their man, replaced Murtala Muhammed, and that was that.

Adieu, Nigeria's greatest leader.

Ok.


He was killed by power-hungry officers.

So bad.

IPOBTERRORISTS:
Afonja Christians and IPOB terrorists wish they can kill northern leaders now. The table have turned

what's this one even saying?

IPOBTERRORISTS:
Afonja Christians and IPOB terrorists wish they can kill northern leaders now. The table have turned

I guess na Afonja christians and Igbos members are the one sponsoring Boko Haram, bandits, kidnappers and killer herdsmen in the north..

Eish

chatinent:
Ok.


He was killed by power-hungry officers....

Well you can say that, but Gen Muhammed had disagreements with the US over Angola at the time, and we know the CIA employed assassination as a tool in the 1960s and 70s especially, when dealing with developing nations' leaders whom they had 'issues' with.

As Wiki noted:

''Foreign Policy

Murtala Muhammed reappraised Nigeria's foreign policy, stressing a "Nigeria first" orientation in line with OPEC price guidelines that was to the disadvantage of other African countries. Nigeria became "neutral" rather than "nonaligned" in international affairs.

The shift in orientation became apparent with respect to Angola. Nigeria had worked with the OAU to bring about a negotiated reconciliation of the warring factions in the former Portuguese colony, but late in 1975 Murtala Muhammed announced Nigeria's support for the Soviet-backed Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola, citing [the then apartheid] South Africa's armed intervention on the side of the rival National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA). The realignment strained relations with the United States, which argued for the withdrawal of Cuban troops and Soviet advisers from Angola.

Assassination

On Friday 13 February 1976, General Muhammed set off for work along his usual route on George Street. Shortly after 8 a.m., his Mercedes Benz car traveled slowly in the infamous Lagos traffic near the Federal Secretariat at Ikoyi in Lagos and a group of soldiers (members of an abortive coup led by Dimka) emerged from an adjacent petrol station, ambushed the vehicle and assassinated Muhammed..''

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murtala_Mohammed

I see your point.

Mehn..

Rossikk:


Well you can say that, but Gen Muhammed had disagreements with the US over Angola at the time, and we know the CIA employed assassination as a tool in the 1960s and 70s especially, when dealing with developing nations' leaders whom they had 'issues' with.

As Wiki noted:

''Foreign Policy

Murtala Muhammed reappraised Nigeria's foreign policy, stressing a "Nigeria first" orientation in line with OPEC price guidelines that was to the disadvantage of other African countries. Nigeria became "neutral" rather than "nonaligned" in international affairs.

The shift in orientation became apparent with respect to Angola. Nigeria had worked with the OAU to bring about a negotiated reconciliation of the warring factions in the former Portuguese colony, but late in 1975 Murtala Muhammed announced Nigeria's support for the Soviet-backed Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola, citing [the then apartheid] South Africa's armed intervention on the side of the rival National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA). The realignment strained relations with the United States, which argued for the withdrawal of Cuban troops and Soviet advisers from Angola.

Assassination

On Friday 13 February 1976, General Muhammed set off for work along his usual route on George Street. Shortly after 8 a.m., his Mercedes Benz car traveled slowly in the infamous Lagos traffic near the Federal Secretariat at Ikoyi in Lagos and a group of soldiers (members of an abortive coup led by Dimka) emerged from an adjacent petrol station, ambushed the vehicle and assassinated Muhammed..''

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murtala_Mohammed

Asaba massacre comes to mind, if you know u know

kaylardz:
Asaba massacre comes to mind, if you know u know

Ironically, when Murtala Muhammed was head of state, nobody spoke of his activities during the civil war, despite the fact that it had ended barely 6 years earlier. People just accepted the ''no victor no vanquished'' ideology of Gowon, and accepted that everyone fought rightfully on their own side. There was no malice or ill-feeling in the country at all.

Nigerians were truly united under Gen. Murtala Muhammed. Ask your parents if you were too young or were not around then.

It is only nowadays, with the rise in ethnic animosity, that Igbos and such people try to ''remind us'' of what Muhammed did during the civil war.

When he was head of state, all Nigerians wanted to know was, ''what can this man do for the country?'' And what he did, they loved. Living standards rose DRAMATICALLY during his reign.

It was during Murtala's administration that Nigerians knew what it was like to live under a government free of corruption and nepotism. It was heaven on earth in Nigeria, when Murtala Muhammed was Head of State.

He killed Ironsi and Fajuyi too....

Serves him right!

illicit:
He killed Ironsi and Fajuyi too....


Serves him right!

Umm, we know he was part of the group of officers that assassinated Ironsi in the counter coup.

Have you any evidence he pulled the trigger? If not, don't accuse him of that.

Secondly, Ironsi, left the counter coupists with no option. They and the whole country had begged him for 9 months prior, to arrest and bring to justice the murderers of the Prime Minister, Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa, the Sardauna of Sokoto, Sir Ahmadu Bello, and other northern and Yoruba leaders in an Igbo-led coup which left out all Igbo civilian leaders, targeting only northern and western leaders for execution.

Ironsi refused to arrest them - Nzeogwu and co. This outraged everyone that wasn't Igbo (and many who were), and it was really only a matter of time before Ironsi had to pay the price.

I mean you don't just wake up and shoot the prime minster and northern region and western region leaders and not face justice! I mean what was he thinking? That everyone would just carry on as usual?

Ironsi had no one to blame but himself for what happened to him. If he had arrested and tried the coupists, there would have been no counter-coup leading to his assassination, no civil war, and he would have gone on to be head of state for 7 to 10 years if he wanted.

Rossikk:


Umm, we know he was part of the group of officers that assassinated Ironsi in the counter coup.

Have you any evidence he pulled the trigger? If not, don't accuse him of that.

Secondly, Ironsi, left the counter coupists with no option. They and the whole country had begged him for 9 months prior, to arrest and bring to justice the murderers of the Prime Minister, Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa, the Sardauna of Sokoto, Sir Ahmadu Bello, and other northern and Yoruba leaders in an igbo lead coup wjich left out all Igbo civilian leadrers, targeting only northern and Yoruba leaders.

Ironsi refused to arrest them - Nzeogwu and co. This outraged everyone that wasn't Igbo (and many who were), and it was really only a matter of time before Ironsi had to pay the price.

Ironsi and Fajuyi were innocent people....

They didn't deserve to die but Murtala deserved to die

illicit:



Ironsi and Fajuyi were innocent people....

They didn't deserve to die but Murtala deserved to die

Do you have a working brain at all, or are you just plain dumb?

Do you even know the sequence of events during that period, or are you just an IPOB kid of yesterday raised in hate and ignorance?

Rossikk:


Do you have a working brain at all, or are you just plain dumb?

Do you even know the sequence of events during that period, or are you just an IPOB kid of yesterday raised in hate and ignorance?

Here we go....


Anybody with a different opinion is dumb and brainless, everybody must agree with u all d time, what a shame


u are pathetic honestly, how old are u


What do u do in real life by the way, u seem to be useless and unimportant in reality

illicit:



Here we go....


Anybody with a different opinion is dumb


u are pathetic honestly, how old are u

You are incredibly thoughtless, stupid, and ignorant. And reason like a drug addict.

I cannot speak respectfully to you.

You reason like an animal.

If you reason like a human being, it will be reciprocated.

A military head of state ignores coupists who murdered the prime minister and other national leaders in cold blood, letting them off scot-free, and you say he is innocent?

You are an animal. Get lost. Don't come to this thread. Nobody wants you here.

And no tribe was blame because it was done by Britain and their cohort
Same way they did to gaddafi
They have been killing,Africa leaders for long
Any one that challenged them ,
Abacha too
Tho we know he looted but Britain use social media to de market him then off him


1993 coup: "Palace coup"
1990 coup: "Gideon orkar coup"
December 1985: "Vatsa coup"
August 1985: "palace coup"
1983 coup: "Nigerian military coup"
1976 coup: "Dimka coup"
1975 coup: "Palace coup"
July 1966 coup: "Nigerian counter coup"
January 1966 coup: "IGBO COUP"

Rossikk:


You are incredibly, thoughtless, stupid, and ignorant. And reason like a drug addict.

I cannot speak respectfully to you.

You reason like an animal.

U know what

U reason like a goat


U are not capable of making good judgement so you wouldn't know who to respect anyway....

Accept my sympathy

Rossikk:


You are incredibly, thoughtless, stupid, and ignorant. And reason like a drug addict.

I cannot speak respectfully to you.

You reason like an animal.

If you reason like a human being, it will be reciprocated.

A military head of state ignores coupists who murdered the prime minister and other national leaders in cold blood, letting them off scot-free, and you say he is innocent?

You are an animal. Get lost. Don't come to this thread. Nobody wants you here.

Nobody wants u alive, feel free to join ur Murtala


If u need a bullet in the head too, let me know ASAP

illicit:



U know what

U reason like a goat


U are not capable of making good judgement so you wouldn't know who to respect anyway....

Accept my sympathy

Thanks. Now get lost and stay lost.

illicit:



Nobody wants u alive, feel free to join ur Murtala


If u need a bullet in the head too, let me know ASAP

I repeat: Get lost and stay lost.

Worthless little wastrel.

Rossikk:


Get lost and stay lost.

Get a life or get a coffin....



Irredeemable scoundrel

Who cares about ur Murtala, go and wake him nah....

Oloriburuku

Nigeriabiafra82:
And no tribe was blame because it was done by Britain and their cohort
Same way they did to gaddafi
They have been killing,Africa leaders for long
Any one that challenged them ,
Abacha too
Tho we know he looted but Britain use social media to de market him then off him

Well, it is possible that the coupists were pushed by the Brits to assassinate Nigeria's leaders in order to start the descent to war.

Wouldn't put anything past them to be honest.

But I've no idea why Ironsi ignored all appeals to prosecute them. The entire country was sending delegations to Ironsi at the time, for 9 months straight, begging him to bring the killers to justice to avoid reprisals and war.

He ignored all entreaties. I mean, the north saw it as a slap in the face and a gross insult.

For them, the Sardauna was God's representative on Earth, even more important than Prime Minister Balewa, and he was murdered, and NO ONE was held to account? I mean, come on. It was obvious where that would lead.

Rossikk:


Ironically, when Murtala Muhammed was head of state, nobody spoke of his activities during the civil war, despite the fact that it had ended barely 6 years earlier. People just accepted the ''no victor no vanquished'' ideology of Gowon, and accepted that everyone fought rightfully on their own side. There was no malice or ill-feeling in the country at all.

Nigerians were truly united under Gen. Murtala Muhammed. Ask your parents if you were too young or were not around then.

It is only nowadays, with the rise in ethnic animosity, that Igbos and such people try to ''remind us'' of what Muhammed did during the civil war.

When he was head of state, all Nigerians wanted to know was, ''what can this man do for the country?'' And what he did, they loved. Living standards rose DRAMATICALLY during his reign.

It was during Murtala's administration that Nigerians knew what it was like to live under a government free of corruption and nepotism. It was heaven on earth in Nigeria, when Murtala Muhammed was Head of State.

blood sucking Murtala ordered an execution of thousands of harmless citizens including pregnant women, physically challenged, aged people, children and youths, and you are here typing gibberish. Murtala killed by sword and died by sword. vengeance is indeed of God.

Rossikk:


Well you can say that, but Gen Muhammed had disagreements with the US over Angola at the time, and we know the CIA employed assassination as a tool in the 1960s and 70s especially, when dealing with developing nations' leaders whom they had 'issues' with.

As Wiki noted:

''Foreign Policy

Murtala Muhammed reappraised Nigeria's foreign policy, stressing a "Nigeria first" orientation in line with OPEC price guidelines that was to the disadvantage of other African countries. Nigeria became "neutral" rather than "nonaligned" in international affairs.

The shift in orientation became apparent with respect to Angola. Nigeria had worked with the OAU to bring about a negotiated reconciliation of the warring factions in the former Portuguese colony, but late in 1975 Murtala Muhammed announced Nigeria's support for the Soviet-backed Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola, citing [the then apartheid] South Africa's armed intervention on the side of the rival National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA). The realignment strained relations with the United States, which argued for the withdrawal of Cuban troops and Soviet advisers from Angola.

Assassination

On Friday 13 February 1976, General Muhammed set off for work along his usual route on George Street. Shortly after 8 a.m., his Mercedes Benz car traveled slowly in the infamous Lagos traffic near the Federal Secretariat at Ikoyi in Lagos and a group of soldiers (members of an abortive coup led by Dimka) emerged from an adjacent petrol station, ambushed the vehicle and assassinated Muhammed..''

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murtala_Mohammed

muritala was a disaster waiting to happen. he had the average mentally of a core northerner, harsh and brutal. he inspired 1966 counter coup and after an internal power struggle Gowon was chosen as head of state but he continued to challenge and undermine his c in c. His greatest undoing is his overambitious nature &his I too know posture. all the CIA stuff is just to inflate his importance.

look at the type of person someone will cry over lol.

Nice info

Rossikk:


Ironically, when Murtala Muhammed was head of state, nobody spoke of his activities during the civil war, despite the fact that it had ended barely 6 years earlier. People just accepted the ''no victor no vanquished'' ideology of Gowon, and accepted that everyone fought rightfully on their own side. There was no malice or ill-feeling in the country at all.

Nigerians were truly united under Gen. Murtala Muhammed. Ask your parents if you were too young or were not around then.

It is only nowadays, with the rise in ethnic animosity, that Igbos and such people try to ''remind us'' of what Muhammed did during the civil war.

When he was head of state, all Nigerians wanted to know was, ''what can this man do for the country?'' And what he did, they loved. Living standards rose DRAMATICALLY during his reign.

It was during Murtala's administration that Nigerians knew what it was like to live under a government free of corruption and nepotism. It was heaven on earth in Nigeria, when Murtala Muhammed was Head of State.

General Murtala Mohammed of cursed memory was one of the biggest terrorists ever produced in Africa. The man was a dyed in wool killer, genocidist, sociopath and an accomplished coup plotter.

How anybody can have any regard for this mass-killer is beyond me. The atrocities of the man is enough to kill him 100 times over if possible

Are we talking of the over 300 eastern officers he murdered in the counter-coup he led? Are we talking about the many Biafran POW's he summarily ordered to be executed? Are we talking of the over 700 people lined up and shot in Asaba by the second division he commanded? Are we talking about his 6 moth rule where over 11,000 people were summarily sacked? Are we talking about the thousands of Soldiers he led to their deaths in his foolish bid to try and take Onitsha?

Murtala Mohammed was an accomplished coup plotter, war criminal, failed Soldier and genocidal killer

The man was the personification of pure evil

It's only in Nigeria we celebrate war criminals, thieves, genocidists as heroes no wonder after 60yrs of independence the country is still moving in circus like a headless chicken.
Murtala Mohammed was a known war criminal, poor military tactician who under his watch the Asaba massacre of over one thousand innocent women, children and men who came out with white flags to welcome the Nigerian army. This is after his role in the counter coup which didn't end with killing his felloe officers of Eastern extraction but shamefully extended his bestial behaviour to civilians residing bin the north who never knew or had a hand in the unfortunate and senseless coup led by Nzeogwu who is from the then Mid west but it was easterners that took the fall. It's also on record that this war criminal and power hungry felon (Murtala Muhammad) destroyed the Civil service in the very short months he held sway.
Just like they say Karma is like a boomerang what ever you give out, will come back to you. Gideon Orkar served justice to him in the most gruesome manner.

PS: This same war criminal was notorious for disrespecting orders from above as he never for once recognised Gowon as the Supreme commander. Brig Gen Joe Achuzie and Col Uche annihilated his convoy of 102 vehicles with ammunitions and men and was lucky to escape alive after which he was shamefully and unceremoniously relieved of his duties were he went on self exile in London.

Rossikk:


Ironically, when Murtala Muhammed was head of state, nobody spoke of his activities during the civil war, despite the fact that it had ended barely 6 years earlier. People just accepted the ''no victor no vanquished'' ideology of Gowon, and accepted that everyone fought rightfully on their own side. There was no malice or ill-feeling in the country at all.

Nigerians were truly united under Gen. Murtala Muhammed. Ask your parents if you were too young or were not around then.

It is only nowadays, with the rise in ethnic animosity, that Igbos and such people try to ''remind us'' of what Muhammed did during the civil war.

When he was head of state, all Nigerians wanted to know was, ''what can this man do for the country?'' And what he did, they loved. Living standards rose DRAMATICALLY during his reign.

It was during Murtala's administration that Nigerians knew what it was like to live under a government free of corruption and nepotism. It was heaven on earth in Nigeria, when Murtala Muhammed was Head of State.

Please naaaaa minimise the lies naaaa. It was in Gowon era the oil boom came in and Gowon constituted the Udoji panel that reviewed salaries of civil servant upwards it was then that Nigerians enjoyed not during Muritala

Rossikk:


Umm, we know he was part of the group of officers that assassinated Ironsi in the counter coup.

Have you any evidence he pulled the trigger? If not, don't accuse him of that.

Secondly, Ironsi, left the counter coupists with no option. They and the whole country had begged him for 9 months prior, to arrest and bring to justice the murderers of the Prime Minister, Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa, the Sardauna of Sokoto, Sir Ahmadu Bello, and other northern and Yoruba leaders in an Igbo-led coup which left out all Igbo civilian leaders, targeting only northern and western leaders for execution.

Ironsi refused to arrest them - Nzeogwu and co. This outraged everyone that wasn't Igbo (and many who were), and it was really only a matter of time before Ironsi had to pay the price.

I mean you don't just wake up and shoot the prime minster and northern region and western region leaders and not face justice! I mean what was he thinking? That everyone would just carry on as usual?

Ironsi had no one to blame but himself for what happened to him. If he had arrested and tried the coupists, there would have been no counter-coup leading to his assassination, no civil war, and he would have gone on to be head of state for 7 to 10 years if he wanted.

You really lie a lot. The Jan 66 coup plotters were already in jail Ironsi had not taken them to trial and lying again that it was 9months whereas Ironsi was in power till July which is 6months in power.