Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Najeriya ta zama Tarayyar Jamhuriyar Najeriya a ranar 1 ga Oktoba 1963. Balewa ya ci gaba da zama a matsayin firaministan jamhuriyar har zuwa lokacin da aka yi masa juyin mulki da kisan gilla a juyin mulkin Najeriya na 1966
a ranar 15 ga watan Janairun 1966.