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Yakubu Gowon Sani Abacha Mohammadu Buhari Obafemi Awolowo Murtala Mohammed Chronicles of Nigeria’s Leadership decay (Part.1) If character is taken in isolation, Murtala Mohammed would be considered to glow with desirable commodity. When he was alive leading the nation ( Nigeria ), he had on an inner conviction which seemed to resonate well with Nigerians who were so dissatisfied with Yakubu Gowon’ s regime. A government that had a character the was not matched with adequate judgment. We must not forget that character always goes with something else, otherwise the notorious stubbornness and cocksureness of Nigeria’s former president Obasanjo could be confused with character. We’ve had leaders of very noble characters. We can actually make comparison with the case of French De Gaulle in 1946, when he attempted to amend the French 5th Republic Constitution and he was vehemently rebuffed. Ask me what he did: He had enough character to resign his position. As a man who believes in G...