Ruler · 1938 – 1976

Murtala Muhammed

Lived 1938 – 1976; military personnel. President of Nigeria (Nigeria), 1975 – 1976.

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Lived: 1938 – 1976; 38 years
In office: 1 year; one reign
Lines: 1; Nigeria
Left it: killed in office; Wikidata's manner of death

President of Nigeria

Nigeria · the 4th of 16 dated reigns · 1963 – 2023

Nnamdi Azikiwe1963 – 1966

Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi1966

Yakubu Gowon1966 – 1975

Murtala Muhammed1975 – 1976

Olusegun Obasanjo1976 – 1979

Shehu Shagari1979 – 1983

Muhammadu Buhari1983 – 1985

9 after

killed, executed or dead in battledeposed, abdicated, exiled or removeddied in officeleft alive by a regular roadstill in officeending not on recordthis entry

Reigned 1975 – 1976 · 1 year · came to it aged 37

Left it: killed in officeWikidata's manner of death: magnicide

Muhammed was assassinated, aged 37, along with his aide-de-camp, Lieutenant Akintunde Akinsehinwa, and his driver, Sergeant Adamu Michika, in his black Mercedes on 13 February 1976.

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