Muritala' incident made Nigeria lose his mimentum in its march to greatness -Buhari.

President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday
reflected on the death of former Head of
State, General Murtala Muhammed, in a coup
attempt 40 years ago, and said his demise in
that incident made Nigeria lose momentum in
its march to greatness.
Muhammed was assassinated when the late
Colonel Buka Suka Dimka and his gang
ambushed him at Ikoyi, Lagos, and shot him
dead in a traffic jam.
Buhari, who had served under the late head of
state as military governor of the old Borno
State, said at the Murtala Muhammed 40th
Memorial Lecture in Abuja, that the deceased
was a loyal Nigerian.
He challenged Nigerians to imbibe the virtues
of loyalty, honesty and determination like
Muhammed rather than mourn his death.

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