Pedzisa mutsara unotevera:
January 1966 coup yakaunganidza mauto kubva kuchikwata chechiratidzo. Vapanduki vakazoenderera mberi nekuuraya vezvematongerwo enyika vakakurumbira nemasoja kubva kunharaunda yekuchamhembe nekumadokero. Pashure pokunge zano rokuputsa hurumende rakundikana, kugoverwa kwezvombo zvitsva kwakaitwa nomutungamiriri mutsva kwakakonzera kusagadzikana muNorth. Muna Kubvumbi 1966, Muhammed akasimudzirwa kuva Lieutenant Colonel uye aive muongorori wezviratidzo akatumirwa kuArmy Headquarters, Lagos mukufamba kwaive chikamu chekunyaradza vanhu vekuchamhembe vaneta nehurumende itsva yemauto. Muhammed akagadzwawo senhengo yekomiti yekutungamira yePost uye Telecommunications. Muhammed akapikisa hurumende yaJohnson Aguiyi-Ironsi, iyo yakatora masimba mushure mekubvuta hurumende musi wa 15 Ndira 1966.