General Murtala Muhammed was head of state of Nigeria from July 1975 to February 1976. Following is a list of state governors during his military regime.
State Governors in Nigeria during the Olusegun Obasanjo military regime (13 February 1976 – 1 October 1979)
General Olusegun Obasanjo became head of state in Nigeria on 14 February 1976 after the assassination of General Murtala Mohammed. He replaced or re-assigned many of the state governors, and broke up some of the larger states into two or three new states. Obasanjo began the transition to democracy with the Nigerian Second Republic, allowing the election of governors who replaced the military appointees in October 1979.
