Pedzisa mutsara unotevera:
chiuto musi wa15 Ndira 1966, sezvakaitwa nevamwe vatungamiriri vakawanda, kusanganisira shamwari yake yekare Sir Ahmadu Bello. Mamiriro ezvinhu orufu rwake achiri asina kugadziriswa. Mutumbi wake wakawanikwa parutivi pomugwagwa pedyo neLagos mazuva matanhatu pashure pokunge abviswa pachigaro. Balewa akavigwa muBauchi. Mashoko okuurayiwa kwake akakurudzira mhirizhonga ine chisimba muNorthern Nigeria yose uye pakupedzisira akatungamirira kukudzorera kwokuparadza kweropa kwaJuly 1966.