Immediate past National Security Adviser, Colonel Sambo Dasuki (retd), has sworn that he never maltreated nor took part in maltreating President Muhammadu Buhari when he, as military Head of State, was removed in a 1985 coup, as being erroneously alleged.
He said: “I always respect and dignify my
seniors and those in positions of authority whether in service or after. Though
a young officer, I was reluctant to be among those that arrested him. And I was
not.
“I only met him afterward at Bonny Camp with
Lawal Rafindadi. There is no way I could have maltreated him as being alleged
in some quarters. I am glad most of the actors are still alive.”
The former NSA made the disclosure even as he
stated that he knelt down begging Baba Bisi Akande, who was then Chairman of
Action Congress Nigeria, ACN, to accept then General Buhari because “General
Buhari is a man to be trusted.”
Dasuki, who spoke to blogger Yushua Shauib in
Abuja, also disclosed how he and some others confronted late General Sani
Abacha over June 12 election, which was won by late Chief Mashood Kashimawo
Abiola.
He said: “This led to our premature
retirement. The persecution that followed forced me into exile, where I teamed
up with opposition elements struggling for the return of democracy.”
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