Reported by Saharareporters:
President Muhammadu Buhari has said he was removed from
office 31 years ago because he was planning to purge the military hierarchy of
corruption.
Buhari, who has not spared the military even in his ongoing anti-corruption war, said senior military leaders, led by a former military president, General Ibrahim Babangida, and General Aliyu Gusau, removed him in August 1985, to save themselves from his wrath.
Buhari, who has not spared the military even in his ongoing anti-corruption war, said senior military leaders, led by a former military president, General Ibrahim Babangida, and General Aliyu Gusau, removed him in August 1985, to save themselves from his wrath.
In an exclusive interview published in the current
edition of The Interview magazine, Buhari challenged Babangida and
Gusau, to tell the truth on why they carried out the coup against him.
“I learnt,” he
said, “that Aliyu Gusau, who was in charge of intelligence, took import licence
from the Ministry of Commerce which was in charge of supplies and gave it to
Alhaji Mai Deribe.
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