The 37th
anniversary of the death of General Murtala Mohammed was conspicuously bypassed
by all of the national dailies in the country yesterday. Gen. Mohammed was
assassinated in a coup plot on Friday, 13 February, 1976, exactly 37 years yesterday.
Nigeria’s fourth Head of States was assassinated on his way to office in the
then capital city of Lagos. However, the anniversary did not receive a
mention in the Nigerian media yesterday.
