How I received news of Abacha’s death – Abdulsalami

Former Head of State, Abdulsalami Abubakar, has revealed melodramatic events surrounding the decease of Nigeria”s erstwhile subject ruler, Sani Abacha, successful 1998.

Abdulsalami took implicit arsenic subject caput of authorities aft Abacha’s death.

In his autobiography, ‘Call of Duty’, Abdulsalami disclosed that was deceived that Abacha wanted to spot him connected the greeting of June 8, 1998.

According to him, connected getting to the Presidential Villa, helium was locked up successful a country for implicit 1 hr without immoderate mentation until the precocious Ibrahim Coomassie, who was the  Inspector-General of Police astatine the time, came to unfastened the door.

The erstwhile Army-General wrote: “On Monday, 8 June, I received a telephone precise aboriginal successful the greeting that helium (Abacha) wanted to spot me. I softly prayed that helium would not nonstop maine to Togo wherever determination was going to beryllium an ECOWAS summit. I was bushed of going everywhere.

“By this time, Lt-General Diya, his No 2, was successful detention (over an alleged coup plot). I was efficaciously the No 2 antheral successful authorities and I was ever representing him astatine events. I told my woman I was not blessed with the telephone due to the fact that I didn’t privation to question to Togo. I told my orderly to battalion my travelling container and different idiosyncratic effects.

“As I entered the bathroom, determination was different call. I was told again that the Head of State wanted to spot me. Out of frustration, I asked if I was ...