Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - An hambarar da shi kuma aka kashe shi a cikin juyin mulkin soja a ranar 15 ga Janairu 1966
, kamar yadda wasu shugabannin suka yi, ciki har da tsohon abokin aikinsa Sir Ahmadu Bello. Har yanzu ba a bayyana dalilin mutuwarsa ba. An gano gawarsa a gefen hanya kusa da Legas kwana shida bayan an hambarar da shi daga ofis. An binne Balewa a Bauchi. Labarin kisan nasa ya haifar da tashin hankali a duk Arewacin Najeriya kuma daga karshe ya haifar da zubar da jini a watan Yulin 1966.