Murtala Muhammed
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Murtala Ramat Muhammed 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 f
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Car in which Murtala Muhammed was assassinated
State car in which General Murtala Mohammed was assassinated
Olusegun Obasanjo
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Chief Olusegun Matthew Okikiola Ogunboye Aremu Obasanjo is a Nigerian politician, statesman, agriculturalist, and former army general who served as Nigeria's Military Head of State from 1976 to 1979 a
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…his regime transitioned from being authoritarian into consensus decision-making with Murtala the leader of a military triumvirate, alongside Generals Olusegun Obasanjo and Theophilus Danjuma. The dictatorship softened and Murtala unveiled plans for the demilitarization of politics. In 1976, barely seven months into…
Obasanjo in 2001
"Colonel Olu Obasanjo, Commander, 3rd division". New Nigerian Newspaper, page 7, 12 January 1970. End of the Nigerian civil war with Biafra.
Obasanjo with U.S. president Jimmy Carter in the White House in 1977
U.S. president Jimmy Carter with Obasanjo on the former's state visit to Nigeria in 1978