President Muhammadu Buhari has said he was removed from office 31 years ago because he was planning to purge the military hierarchy of corruption.

Mr. Buhari, who has not spared the military even in his ongoing anti-corruption war, said senior military leaders, led by 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, Mr. Buhari challenged Messrs 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.

“It was worth N100,000, a lot of money at that time. I confronted them and took the case to the Army council in a memo…I wanted Gusau punished.”

In a statement on www.theinterview.com.ng, the Managing Director/Editor-in-chief of The Interview, Azu Ishiekwene, said, “This is one edition that won’t let sleeping dogs lie.”

Mr. Babangida had told The Interview in its December edition that there was nothing in the memo which Mr. Buhari said he submitted to the Army council.

“Don’t forget that I was one of Buhari’s closest aides. I was the chief of army staff. So, I had an important position, an important role to play within that administration. I don’t think it had to do with a memo,” Mr. Babangida said.

But in a tone which revealed that the past may neither have been forgotten nor forgiven, Mr. Buhari challenged Messrs Babangida and Gusau to come clean on why they removed him, asking The Interview to choose whose story to believe.

He also fielded questions about his health, the 2016 budget, the pace of his government, former President Goodluck Jonathan and why Babatunde Fashola was handed three ministerial portfolios.

The edition also features interviews with Liberian presidential hopeful, Winston Tubman, and retired Justice Dahiru Saleh, the controversial judge whose court nailed June 12.

And in an interview which indicates that the battle for 2019 could be well and truly underway, pharmacist and rotarian, Mike Omotosho, reveals his ambition for the Kwara State Government House.

His road map would give rivals sleepless nights, Mr. Ishiekwene said.



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Op complete what you started

Regrettably, it turned out that Major-General Muhammadu Buhari was too rigid and uncompromising in his attitudes to issues of national significance. Efforts to make him understand that a diverse polity like Nigeria required recognition and appreciation of differences in both cultural and individual perceptions, only served to aggravate these attitudes.

-Excerpt from General Ibrahim Babangida Coup Speech
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Babanginda like every military top brass is not innocent of corruption.

But above excerpt is part of the reasons/bigotry that always beclouds Buhari sense of reasoning as seen even under present government which led to the overthrow of his military regime by Babangida.

Buhari is not a statesman nor a nationalist and has no regard for Nigeria's diverse society and interests.

I just hope there are other Babangida and Gusau around now to kick you out from power again so that your nepotism, bigotry, impunity, total disregard to our diversity, etc, will not put our nation into crisis

id911:
I just hope there are other Babangida and Gusau around now to kick you out from power again so that your nepotism, bigotry, impunity, total disregard to our diversity, etc, will not put our nation into crisis

The presidency is very much afraid of such recurring hence the ongoing 'weeding' and monitoring within the armed forces.

God let another babangida, Gausa combine forces and save Nigeria from Buhari again.Also let that aunty that gave General Sani Abacha Apple to come and do the needful.Nigeria need to be liberated from this tyrannic,clueless,Nepotism,directionless and incompetent president.Ameeeeen

Methinks the fooll we now have as president is a hopeless ìdiottt.


Shameless weakling.

Fulani revenge!

Uwith due respect oga bubu,u were remove from power cos there was no idea in ur empty brain to move Nigeria forward and thirty years later u still haven't improved on ursef. Even simple economic challenge be like asking u to invent an aeroplane.lubbish