After Ferdinand Marcos declared Martial Law , Lucman went into self-exile in Saudi Arabia in 1976 and worked closely with opposition Senator Ninoy Aquino to push proposals of Autonomy for the Moro people . Lucman 's health began to fail soon after he learned of the assassination of Ninoy Aquino , and he died less than a year later in Riyadh in 1984 - two years before the establishment of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao under Aquino 's widow President Corazon Aquino
assassination of Ninoy Aquino
Assassination of Benigno Aquino Jr.
Rashid Lucman