General Abdulsalami Abubakar

How I rejected offer to free me out of prison in commando style – Obasanjo

A former President, Olusegun Obasanjo said his friends once brought up the idea of storming the Yola Prisons with commandoes in order to liberate him from Sani Abacha’s incarceration but, he rejected it. “I said no, if you do that, I will not leave the prison,” he said at an event in Abuja to commemorate... Read More

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April 4, 2017

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Abdulsalami and I met briefly to discuss transition shortly after MKO’s death – Falae reacts to Bamaiyi’s book

by Dolapo Adelana A former Secretary to the Government of the Federation and presidential candidate in the 1999 election has said the death of Chief MKO Abiola stalled a transitional meeting that the then Head of State, General Abdulsalami Abubakar, invited him for in Abuja. Falae said this on Monday while reacting to a book, ‘Vindication... Read More

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