Kammala wannan jumla: Ba a sani ba ga Muhammed, manyan shirye-shirye na shirin
Janairu 1966 juyin mulki ya tara sojoji daga rukunin sigina. Daga baya 'yan juyin mulkin sun ci gaba da kashe manyan' yan siyasa da sojoji daga yankin Arewa da Yamma. Bayan da juyin mulkin ya gaza, sabbin mukamai na soja da sabon shugaban ya yi sun haifar da rashin jin daɗi a Arewa. A watan Afrilu na shekarar 1966, an daukaka Muhammed zuwa Laftanar Kanal kuma ya kasance mai duba sigina da aka tura zuwa hedkwatar Sojoji, Legas a wani mataki wanda ya kasance wani bangare ne na kwantar da hankalin 'yan Arewa da suka gaji da sabon tsarin mulkin soja. An kuma nada Muhammed memba na kwamitin gudanarwa na gidan waya da sadarwa. Muhammed ya yi adawa da mulkin Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi, wanda ya hau mulki bayan juyin mulki a ranar 15 ga Janairu 1966.