How Abacha dragged me into his coup — Abdulsalami

Former Head of State, General Abdulsalami Abubakar, rtd, has disclosed shocking revelations astir however precocious General Sani Abacha dragged him into his (Abacha) coup successful 1993.

Disclosing this successful Chapter 17 of his 264-page, 27-chapter autobiography titled ‘Call of Duty’, Abdulsalami said helium was posted to the National War College, arsenic its Commandant erstwhile the governmental situation astir the annulment of the June 12, 1993, predetermination deepened.

He disclosed that helium doubly rejected the assignment arsenic Chief of Army Staff offered by Abacha pursuing the coup that toppled the Interim National Government, insisting to Abacha that helium did not privation to beryllium made a instrumentality successful the hands of civilians seeking to usage the military.

According to him, Abacha, who was past Minister of Defence nether the Interim National Government, had retained his presumption arsenic the astir elder subject serviceman successful progressive work and successful government, having been near down by the Babangida medication to stabilise the military.

The erstwhile Army General further revealed that his archetypal hint of what was brewing came from Rear Admiral Suleiman Saidu, past Chief of Naval Staff, who visited him astatine location connected a Monday evening successful November 1993 with an urgent warning.

“He asked if I was alert that Abacha and Gusau had travelled to Abuja. I was amazed and asked wherefore they should question to Abuja, becaus...