₦airaland Forum

Rossikk:
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:
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.
https://i.ytimg.com/vi/NiB681AEYcg/maxresdefault.jpg

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.

Abufo:
Rubbish! guy that destroyed Nigerian civil service! started the continuing northernization agenda!!!! Obasanjo is and remains the best Nigerian leader by far! One thing I love about OBJ is that within his power and knowledge ,he will always try to balance his decisions and actions.

And he is a stickler for acquiring knowledge........he would have done even better as a civilian if the north did not use the national assembly to abort and slow his plans! Murtala was a war time criminal. He allowed his subordinate and side kick Ibrahim Taiwo to organize the massacre nearly 5000 male civilians in Asaba.

Less than 10 years later nemesis and cruel death visited the 2 of them ( murtala and Taiwo) in the Dimka coup! Let us not talk of the july 1966 counter coup ,when the useless murtala and even more useless Danjuma superintended what is arguably the most heinous crime ever committed by the (slave raiding fulani army disguising as a national army), dragged out hundreds of innocent Igbo army officers and slaughtered them in their barracks conveniently leaving the coupists of the January 1966 alive!

Racoon:
Murtala Ramat Mohammed was a cold blooded killer like Adolf Hitler. So I am not surprised he has admirers
He came in a Hail of bullets and left in same.

Abufo:
Rubbish...........d guy that destroyed Nigerian civil service! started the continuing northernization agenda!!!! Obasanjo is and remains the best Nigerian leader by far! One thing I love about OBJ is that within his power and knowledge ,he will always try to balance his decisions and actions............and he is a stickler for acquiring knowledge........he would have done even better as a civilian if the north did not use the national assembly to abort and slow his plans!

Murtala was a war time criminal.......he allowed his subordinate and side kick Ibrahim Taiwo to organize the massacre nearly 5000 male civilians in Asaba..........less than 10 years later nemesis and cruel death visited the 2 of them ( murtala and Taiwo) in the Dimka coup! Let us not talk of the july 1966 counter coup ,when the useless murtala and even more useless Danjuma superintended what is arguably the most heinous crime ever committed by the (slave raiding fulani army disguising as a national army),dragged out hundreds of innocent Igbo army officers and slaughtered them in their barracks...............conveniently leaving the coupists of the January 1966 alive!

Rossikk:
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.
https://i.ytimg.com/vi/NiB681AEYcg/maxresdefault.jpg

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.