Forty nine years ago today, on Friday 13th February 1976, barely six months in office as Nigeria's Military Head of State, General Murtala Ramat Mohammed was assassinated on his way from his Ikoyi home to his office in Dodan Barracks. Murtala was born on November 8, 1938, in Kano State, Nigeria. His father, Risqua Muhammed, … Continue reading Murtala