Dhugal:
The Butcher of Asaba, Killer of unarmed men, First rate Indisciplined Commander of the Nigerian Army,Serial Coupist, Mutineer and Hero of the North,Beloved of Twisted Nigeria.


Karma did serve him deservedly.
He lived by the gun, and died of the gun.
May he be consigned to the dustbin of history.

mujahid777:

Was he the one who ordered the Asaba massacre?

musa7m:
orders were given, reportedly by Second-in-Command, Maj. Ibrahim Taiwo, to open fire......afonja's don do una strong since 1967

9jaDoc:


Nonsense. Taiwo was only following Murtala's orders.

musa7m:
Ibrahim B. Haruna has sometimes been named as the officer who ordered the massacre, following a report of his testimony to the Nigerian Human Rights Violations Investigations Commission, known as the Oputa Panel.[1] This article quoted him as claiming responsibility (as the commanding officer) and having no apology for the atrocity. However, Haruna was not present in Asaba in 1967. He replaced Murtala Muhammed as C.O. of the Second Division in spring 1968. While there are no eye-witness reports of Muhammed ordering the killings, he was the Commander in the field, and thus must bear responsibility.

raker300:
read your history man..

He was not great @all

haywire07:
The only clueless military man whom I can't afford to allow him watch over my grandmother.

How dumb can a coupist be that he felt so convenient and invincible to move about without a proper convoy?

Even up till about 8years after Abacha's reign, obasanjo was still very vigilant and jailed who ever he suspects to be a coupist

Kundagarten:


Name any Nigerian President that is more loved than Murtala Mohammed.

robosky02:



am very sorry for the asaba massacre...


but even obsanjo had odi massacre?

lalasticlala:

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

omoelerin1:
he was greater than the rest military rulers.
Have you heard anything about golden era in the Nigeria's foreign policy? That was the era of Murtala /Obasanjo, when Nigeria was brought to the limelight in the international arena, became a leader that other African states look upon. Thereby, Nigeria became one of the major players in international politics. With his personality in the international system and the aggressive foreign policies he pursued, he freed Nigeria from western colonialists who still held the country on ransom despite the political independence. He was able to shift the nation's from being too pro-west, and balance the nation's foreign policies between the west and the eastern block during that critical period of cold war between the west and the east.
Above all, power was returned to the constitutional government as he promised.
What are you saying?

omoelerin1:
he was greater than the rest military rulers.
Have you heard anything about golden era in the Nigeria's foreign policy? That was the era of Murtala /Obasanjo, when Nigeria was brought to the limelight in the international arena, became a leader that other African states look upon.  Thereby, Nigeria became one of the major players in international politics. With his personality in the international system and the aggressive foreign policies he pursued, he freed Nigeria from western colonialists who still held the country on ransom despite the political independence. He was able to shift the nation's from being too pro-west, and balance the nation's foreign policies between the west and the eastern block during that critical period of cold war between the west and the east.
Above all, power was returned to the constitutional government as he promised.
What are you saying?

omoelerin1:
he was greater than the rest military rulers.
Have you heard anything about golden era in the Nigeria's foreign policy? That was the era of Murtala /Obasanjo, when Nigeria was brought to the limelight in the international arena, became a leader that other African states look upon. Thereby, Nigeria became one of the major players in international politics. With his personality in the international system and the aggressive foreign policies he pursued, he freed Nigeria from western colonialists who still held the country on ransom despite the political independence. He was able to shift the nation's from being too pro-west, and balance the nation's foreign policies between the west and the eastern block during that critical period of cold war between the west and the east.
Above all, power was returned to the constitutional government as he promised.
What are you saying?

mujahid777:

Was he the one who ordered the Asaba massacre?

9jaDoc:


NO SOLDIER dares do something like this without the highest authority and clearance. In fact if it were not a war scenario Gowon would be held responsible.

proudlyYoruba:
He wasn't the one that was identified by one human right bla bla and there's no evidence to nail it to him. But he was the commander of the unit he will take responsibility for the action of his surbordinates. Ibrahim Taiwo was the one who opened machine gun on dancing Asabans

proudlyYoruba:
He wasn't the one that was identified by one human right bla bla and there's no evidence to nail it to him. But he was the commander of the unit he will take responsibility for the action of his surbordinates. Ibrahim Taiwo was the one who opened machine gun on dancing Asabans

Dhugal:

It was his command, and he was in town. Enough of hiding behind one finger, please.
Don't forget the trail of massacres,through Ikaland,leading up to Asaba.Or he was not aware of those ones too?
Lest I forget, giving the order to execute prisoners of war, as he definitely did, constitute war crime under the ICC statutes and the Geneva Convention.
Your Nigerian hero was a criminal and karma served him justly.

proudlyYoruba:
Sir i was once a fan

NwaAmaikpe:


Karma is a B.
Muritala Muhammed experienced the worst death. My disdain for him knows no bounds.
He is one of the many reasons I hate the N20 Naira bill.
Each time I walk into MMIA, I am repulsed knowing it is named after a genocidal villain.

If the people of the USA protested and pulled down Confederate Statues; then it wouldn't be out of place to strip the murderer of all honours.

It is an insult to people whose family tree was altered by the Asaba Massacre.

We will never forget.

Leez:
[s][/s][code][/code] trash

omoelerin1:
block head.
You had better cultivate the habit of learning with diligent for your own good.

Leez:

Trash
d coward was killed like d goat he was
forza dimka

omoelerin1:
I thought I was conversing with a literate and informed person.
gibberish.

cashlurd:
One of those military men who kept us in the darkness we are in today.

raker300:
read your history man..

He was not great @all

robosky02:

Murtala Muhammed was killed, aged 37, along with his Aide-De-Camp (ADC), Lieutenant Akintunde Akintunde in his black Mercedes Benz saloon car on, February 13, 1976, in an abortive coup attempt led by Lt. Col Dimka, when his car was ambushed en route his office at Dodan Barracks, Lagos. The only visible sign of protection, according to reports, was a pistol carried by his orderly, therefore making his assassination an easy task.

He was succeeded by the Chief of Staff, Supreme HQ, Olusegun Obasanjo, who completed his plan of an orderly transfer to civilian rule by handing power to 1979. Today, he is remembered for his laudable achievements and intentions as his portrait adorns the 20 Naira note and Murtala Mohammed International Airport in Lagos is named in his honor.