President Muhammad Buhari has said that those who
toppled his military government in August 1985 were corrupt officers of the military. He also said
that the coup that toppled his government was planned in a palace.
Buhari became Nigeria’s head of state, through a coup,
on December 31, 1983.
Former military president, Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida,
a retired general and former military president, Aliyu Gusau, former director
of military intelligence (DMI), and other members of the then ruling Supreme
Military Council (SMC) took over power on August 27, 1985.
After his overthrow, Buhari was put under house arrest
for so many months until his release in 1988, after the death of his mother.
Acccording
to DailySun, Buhari said he was
overthrown because of his crusade against corruption in the military.
He said senior military leaders ousted him to save
themselves from his wrath.
The president revisited the issue on a two-day working
visit to Edo State, yesterday.
Buhari said many had forgotten that he spent most part
of his 40 months detention in the ancient city.
“Not many people may remember: I spent most of the 40
months of my detention, following the 1985 coup, in a small bungalow here in
Benin,” he said.
Yesterday, after inaugurating a remodelled 200-bed
capacity ultra modern central hospital, which the administration of Governor
Adams Oshiomhole, the outgoing governor, built in Benin, Buhari said he was
impressed with the edifice.
The president also noted that it was “the best way to
do things and the best thing to do for the people” by any government.
He also inaugurated the Upper Siluko Road in the state
capital and said “the road will stand the test of time.
“Oshiomhole could have built a new Government House
but, he chose to construct roads for his people.”
Buhari said he was in the state for the third time to
inaugurate projects build by Oshiomhole’s administration
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