Unveiling Gen Abdulrahman Dambazau (retd): The Man Standing Between Nigerians And Buhari
ReportsApr 29, 2015

As President-elect Muhammadu Buhari readies himself for the onerous task of putting aright a country on the brink no thanks to years of profligacy and graft, one man stands between him and his mission. He is Lt-Gen Abdulrahman Bello Dambazau (retd).

“Dambazau has constituted himself into a principality of some sort around Buhari since after the election”, a source within the APC top hierarchy who craved anonymity for this story, told Ekekeee.

“He shields everyone; including persons who have plenty of good intentions, from having access to Buhari. If Buhari knows what’s best for him, he has to dispense with Dambazau’s services as soon as possible”, the source added gravely.

Dambazau’s antecedents make for depressing reading as well. As Chief of Army Staff in the Yar’adua administration, he was a member of the cabal who made sure an ailing President Yar’adua was prevented from handing over power to Jonathan who was his number two man.

“Jonathan had to pay him off through IBB. This man who is today positioning himself as the ‘be all’ and ‘end all’ around Buhari, is a dangerous man”, another source added.



Dambazau’s first task as Chief of Army Staff was to fritter over N2bn (two billion naira) sum left by his predecessor for the furnishing allowance of the military officers’ quarters, our investigations have revealed. Only the intervention of his in-law who was once a prominent Emir, saved his career and prevented him from answering for his crimes.

He is credited with polarizing the Nigerian Army along religious lines and still reports to the Hill-top mansion of former military ruler Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida (IBB).

“He is IBB’s boy and that worries us”, a member of a Buhari support group which contributed in no small measure to the success of the candidate at the ballot, told Ekekeee.

“Dambazau has alienated Buhari from all the men and women who were instrumental to his election success. Even Tinubu and the South West APC stalwarts are fuming at Dambazau’s antics. There is a power tussle within the APC structure post-election and Dambazau is the major negative catalyst fanning the embers”, the Buhari supporter said.



When an ailing President Yar’adua touched down in Abuja subsumed in an ambulance, Dambazau it was who ordered that the airport lights go off as a Commander-In-Chief who was holding on to the last breath in his lungs, was sped off in a convoy in the dead of the night. His job was to ensure that the cabal never handed over power to the Vice President.

“People remember the Yar’adua cabal for Turai; the late President’s wife. But Dambazau was the head of the cabal. Yayale Ahmed who was the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) at the time, took Dambazau to Quanish Jeddah, Saudi Arabia before Yar’adua was transported to Nigeria. Their discussion centered on the ailing Yar Adua and the need to take over the reins of power to “avoid” a constitutional and national crises. Dambazau duly obliged the other members of the cabal and with the Nigerian Army at his beck and call, he was moments away from becoming Nigeria’s next President before common sense prevailed. He is a slick and cunning (if very brash) operator. The kind of man Buhari doesn’t need around him at this time if he is serious about changing Nigeria”, the source said.

But Buhari has a long standing friendship with Dambazau forged through years of mutual respect. The former Army Chief is currently the Director in charge of the Security Directorate of the APC Presidential Campaign Council and reportedly staved off many attacks on Buhari during the electioneering campaigns; a fact not lost on Nigeria’s President-elect.

“But it is now very clear that Dambazau staged most of those attacks on Buhari and prevented same to curry favor from the people’s General and put himself in the frame for an appointment as the National Security Adviser (NSA) in Buhari’s cabinet. No one in the APC likes this man and for some strange reason, Buhari does”, our source lamented.

It’s a lobby that appears to have paid off with Dambazau now in pole position to nick the NSA job, all his previous baggage nonetheless.

“The worry we have now is that this man still reports to IBB and his loyalty still lies with IBB. What becomes of Buhari’s presidency when the man in charge of his security is an errand boy of a one time military ruler who toppled Buhari in the ’80s? The same IBB who alongside other Nigerian leaders brought this country to its knees and who looted the country dry?” an APC chieftain who would not want to be named for this story because he was not authorized to speak on the subject, told Ekekeee.
its appears Dambazau has a dream of becoming president through the back. While he may have failed to achieve this during the Yar'adua saga, he may be giving it a second try by positioning himself as the next National Security Adviser (NSA).Similarly, using his closeness to president Buhari, he is trying to muscle the secret service from Villa and replace them with personally selected boys from the military to give him unfeterd access to the president.

Maj.-Gen. Dambazau was the General Officer Commanding, 2nd Division of the Nigerian Army in Ibadan before his days in the Y[truncated by WhatsApp]

Were was this ranting writer when Danbazau was busy working hard during the presidential election? Allow him to reap the fruit of his labour. PMB knows what he is doing. These saTANists sef!

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Tinubu and his boys trying to you the press to fight back

amnesty7:
Were was this ranting writer when Danbazau was busy working hard during the presidential election? Allow him to reap the fruit of his labour. PMB knows what he is doing. These saTANists sef!

to a typical janjawe.ed like you truth has always been a bitter pilles.
Why is Buhari rejecting the patriotic DSS men been sent to gaurd him?
Is he still afraid of thieftinubu who is ever ready to compromise the men of DSS to kill Buhari the way funsho williams was killed?

Tho an ardent APC supporter, but Dambazau is tooooooooooooooooooooo CORRUPT!!!!!

Redoil:
to a typical janjawe.ed like you truth has always been a bitter pilles.
Why is Buhari rejecting the patriotic DSS men been sent to gaurd him?
Is he still afraid of thieftinubu who is ever ready to compromise the men of DSS to kill Buhari the way funsho williams was killed?

patriotic DSS?? More like unpatriotic

Redoil:
to a typical janjawe.ed like you truth has always been a bitter pilles.
Why is Buhari rejecting the patriotic DSS men been sent to gaurd him?
Is he still afraid of thieftinubu who is ever ready to compromise the men of DSS to kill Buhari the way funsho williams was killed?

patriotic DSS?? More like unpatriotic

Now you see that jonaD.AFt as you APShit call him is not a daft after all, I have always seen Gen dambazau rtd as a dangerous man, ever since ex president Jonathan sack him as an army chief he has been working his way to get back revenge. I may not be surprised that he's behind boko haram conspiracy

What is ekeekee? Pls taniods embrace change this ramadan and repent.

Dambazzau is a plus to PMB he is articulated and capable

IbnSultaan:
Dambazzau is a plus to PMB
he is articulated and capable

Capable in your neck of woods must mean useless.

What a thread.

Giving unnecessary importance to a disgruntled Army General whose aim is to disorganise Nigerian security agencies in order to achieve his personal interest.

I strongly believe Buhari will not make the costly mistake of believing that this man's sinister moves around him will not compromise his security and that of the nation.

Too many wolves in sheep clothing around. May God grant Buhari the wisdom to discern his aides.

CSTR2:
Capable in your neck of woods must mean useless.

Leave media reports based on Yar'adua's era of which most people didn't know what was happening. Dambazau is over capable sef. The man has a BSc in Criminal Justice, MA in International Relations, MEd in Higher Educational Administration and PhD in Criminology. He attended the University of Ibadan, University of Keele, Kent State University and was a visiting fellow at Harvard University.

CSTR2:
Capable in your neck of woods must mean useless.

Go and read Wikileaks reports of the roles Dambazau played during the Yar'adua saga. The man fulfilled his role responsibly and kept the military in line during the period. People just came with stories in the media and ran away with the issue. Nigerians don't waste time before they hang tires on people's necks.

If you read Damabazu's work, you see a very analytical mind. There is a lot the man has written about Nigeria which has come to pass and he clearly understands the reasons why some organizations should be apolitical e.g the military in the face of crisis. I read some of the man's work and it was impressive to say the least. The man is a scholar not your stereotypical aboki wey no go school. Some of these blogs sef, they just wake up and start compiling articles without doing research

Dambazau is the epitome of loyalty, what is wrong with protecting his president till the end? hater can go and die

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tai2:
If you read Damabazu's work, you see a very analytical mind. There is a lot the man has written about Nigeria which has come to pass and he clearly understands the reasons why some organizations should be apolitical e.g the military in the face of crisis. I read some of the man's work and it was impressive to say the least. The man is a scholar not your stereotypical aboki wey no go school. Some of these blogs sef, they just wake up and start compiling articles without doing research

A LEADER prefers honest men around him than deceitful beings. Danbazau should stop causing division in the Presidential Villa among the military and DSS. A man of his so called knowledge should not be mentioned as an arrowhead in the tension we hear exist in the villa.

The man is an IBB boy yet he was in charge of Buhari's security. You see the irony? Is Buhari that careless to leave an IBB boy to be in charge of his security. Make una fear God abeg.

"He wanted to take over from Yar'adua but common sense prevailed". There was nothing stopping him from taking over as COAS. So any common sense he had was clearly there before handing over to Jonathan. Read the following excerpt from the Wikileaks report:

"Dambazau stressed he had not been worried about
stability, but admitted that Nigeria had entered a phase where
anything can happen. He is committed to watching out for any signs
of a coup or any involvements or subliminal efforts by politicians,
particularly from the North, to try to encourage such an action.
Dambazau said the most important thing to him was for Nigeria to
remain stable and that he would not sit back and allow the country
to become unstable, noting rule of law needs to prevail. He hoped
that the politicians would get their act together and put the
country back on track. For him, his hopes rest with the National
Assembly right now, notably the Senate, to try to find
constitutional and rule of law ways out of the mess. "

I fear Nigerians sha. This is how false stories and damaging of people's reputations start.

kromoto:


A LEADER prefers honest men around him than deceitful beings. Danbazau should stop causing division in the Presidential Villa among the military and DSS. A man of his so called knowledge should not be mentioned as an arrowhead in the tension we hear exist in the villa.

The men of the DSS were the ones who abandoned their constitutional duties to play politics a long time ago. Why should the President now entrust his security to them. Make them kill am? Where were you when Marilyn Ogar and co were playing politics with national issues? If na you, you will allow the same people to secure your bed at night? God forbid.

kromoto:


A LEADER prefers honest men around him than deceitful beings. Danbazau should stop causing division in the Presidential Villa among the military and DSS. A man of his so called knowledge should not be mentioned as an arrowhead in the tension we hear exist in the villa.

This nonsense article is all about the DSS? we don't want another saraki in Villa. simple as ABC

tai2:


The men of the DSS were the ones who abandoned their constitutional duties to play politics a long time ago. Why should the President now entrust his security to them. Make them kill am? Where were you when Marilyn Ogar and co were playing politics with national issues? If na you, you will allow the same people to secure your bed at night? God forbid.

Don't mind them jare

tai2:


The men of the DSS were the ones who abandoned their constitutional duties to play politics a long time ago. Why should the President now entrust his security to them. Make them kill am? Where were you when Marilyn Ogar and co were playing politics with national issues? If na you, you will allow the same people to secure your bed at night? God forbid.

But the same DSS protected Buhari while he was Head of State. The primary duty of the DSS is to protect the intergrity of Nigeria and the sitting C in C. if anything happens to the CinC, the DSS will be gravely embarrassed and rubbished more than any security outfit in Nigeria.

My brother what is simply at play is just inter agency rivalry and craze for supremacy not minding how compromising it will be to the CinC. The military feels Buhari is their own, every other security should stay off but they are wrong.

IyaIode:

Don't mind them jare

If you knew half of what FBI, M15, KGB, MOSSAD, SSS etc do in their various countries to protect their sitting president you will marvel. Buhari is a STATE property that MUST be protected by STATE security service.

The cane used in flogging the first wife is always kept handy in case its needed for the second and all subsequent wives, so says our fathers. Propaganda, blackmail and demonisation were tools effectively deployed by Apc against the ruling party in their virulent quest for power, I have no doubt the same weapons will be used for the intra party jostling for political advantages

I hate news with no credible source

Dambazau or not , nigerians don't give a shit ,what matters to nigerians is that buhari performs and the clock has started ticking ,already 30days is gone , we are watching . All these dambazau issue is buhari and apc headache it doesn't concern the ordinary nigerian man on the street.