Aquino akadzokera kuPhilippines musi waAugust 21, 1983, uye akaurayiwa
paManila International Airport pakusvika kwake. Sezvo kupomerwa kwaaiitwa kwakatanga kuwedzera, Ferdinand akasika Agrava Commission, dare rokutsvakurudza chokwadi, kuti rimubvunze, pakupedzisira achimuona asina mhosva.