On the 13th of February in 1976, General Ramat Murtala Muhammed was assassinated on his way to work by some military men who were loyalists of the then Head of the Nigerian Army Physical Training Corps, Lt. Col Buka Suka Dimka.
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Late General Murtala Muhammed was born on the 8th of November, 1938 in Kano to Risqua Muhammed and Uwani Rahamat. He was the ninth out of 11 children and attended Barewa College in Zaria where he graduated in 1957.
Gen. Murtala joined the Nigerian Army in 1958 at about 20 years of age and went to Sandhurst Royal Military Academy in England where he was trained as an officer cadet. He was also a Federal Minister Commissioner for Communications.
General Murtala took over power as the Military Head of Nigeria on the 29th of July, 1975 when General Yakubu Gowon was overthrown while he was at the 12th summit of the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) in Kampala, Uganda.
On February 16, 2011, The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reported that the bullet-riddled metallic-black Mercedes Benz 230.6 car was displayed at the 54-year-old National Museum, Onikan, Lagos, alongside other historical national antiques.
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The car in which the late Gen. Murtala Muhammed was assassinated 35 years ago has continued to attract an average of 2,000 tourists monthly, from within and outside Nigeria, Vanguard News reported
General Murtala Muhammed Mercedes-Benz 230.6
