The president of Nigeria Muhammadu Buhari was a special guest at Murtala Muhammed 40th memorial lecture which was held at the
Transcorps Hilton Hotel in Abuja the federal capital of Nigeria.
Murtala Muhammed was the military held of state of Nigeria then and was killed in a coup by some military official in 1976 be former President Olusegun Obasanjo takes over in 1976 after his death and he then handovers to Sheu Shagari who was democratically elected in 1979.
The president while giving his keynote address said that the best Nigerians can do for Murtala Muhammed is to honour him not to mourn him.
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