Murtala Ramat Muhammad: The iconic tributes to the General who redefined power in Nigeria Lt. General Olusegun Obasanjo, Colonel Muhammadu Buhari, and Colonel Shehu Musa Yar’Adua at a Federal Executive Council meeting in Dodan Barracks, observing prayers for the late Head of State, General Murtala Mohammed. General Murtala Mohammed was assassinated on Friday, February 13, 1976, during a failed coup attempt in Lagos. He lost his life alongside his Aide-de-Camp, Lt. Akintunde Akinsehinwa. On that same day, the Military Governor of Kwara State, Colonel Ibrahim Taiwo, was also killed in Ilorin in connection...