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Murtala Ramat Muhammed GCFR ((listen ⓘ); 8 November 1938 – 13 February 1976) [3] [4] [5] was a Nigerian military officer and the fourth head of state of Nigeria. He led the 1966 Nigerian counter-coup in overthrowing the military regime of Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi and featured prominently during the Nigerian Civil War and thereafter ruled Nigeria from 29 July 1975 until his assassination on 13 ...
The 1976 Nigerian coup d'état attempt was a military coup attempt which took place in Nigeria on 13 February 1976 [1] when a faction of Armed Forces officers, led by Lieutenant Colonel Bukar Suwa Dimka, attempted to overthrow the government of General Murtala Mohammed (who himself took power in the 1975 coup d'état).
Lieutenant Colonel Bukar Suwa Dimka (1940 – 15 May 1976) [1] was a Nigerian military officer who played a leading role in the 13 February 1976 abortive military coup against the government of General Murtala Ramat Muhammed. Dimka had also participated in the Nigerian counter-coup of 1966 which toppled the government of General Aguiyi Ironsi.
It was masterminded by Lt. Colonel Murtala Muhammed [4] and many other northern military officers. The coup began as a mutiny at roughly midnight of 28 July 1966 [5] and was a reaction to the killings of Northern politicians and officers by some soldiers on 15 January 1966 (see 1966 Nigerian coup d'état).
General Olusegun Obasanjo became head of state in Nigeria on 14 February 1976 after the assassination of General Murtala Mohammed.He replaced or reassigned many of the state governors, and broke up some of the larger states into two or three new states.
The soldier gets accused of being involved in the unsuccessful 1976 military coup and assassination of General Murtala Mohammed and the heavily pregnant wife gets entangled in an emotional dilemma. The historical account in ' 76 went through a seven-month approval period at the Nigerian Military before filming started.
After Muhammed’s arrest, she learned that many of his children were actually adults. According to court documents, one of his sons weighed 78 lbs. and stood just a little more than 4 ft. tall ...
He ruled from 16 January 1966, [2] until his assassination on 29 July in the same year, by a group of mutinous Northern Nigerian officers and men. The revolt was led by Major Murtala Mohammed and included Captain Theophilus Danjuma , Lieutenant Muhammadu Buhari , Lieutenant Ibrahim Babangida and Lieutenant Sani Abacha and became popularly ...