President Muhammadu Buhari has revealed why he was kicked out of office as a military leader on August 27, 1985
Also, the president said he would ensure that such budget padding would never happen again
Nigeria’s president Muhammadu Buhari has revealed why he was kicked out of office as a military leader on August 27, 1985.
Buhari, who was the military head of state for 18 months was kicked out by then Chief of Army Staff, Maj. Gen. Ibrahim Babangida.
Speaking in an interview with The Interview Magazine, Buhari said IBB overthrew him because he was fighting corruption.
“I learnt that Gen. Ali Gusau, who was in charge of intelligence, took an import licence from the Ministry of Commerce, which was supplies, and gave it to Alhaji Mai Deribe. It was worth N100, 000, a lot of money then.
“When I discovered this, I confronted them and took the case to the army council. Gen. Malu was the Chief of Defence Staff; Gen. Babangida was the Chief of Army Staff; Tunde Idiagbon was the Chief of Staff, Defence Headquarters and I was the Head of State.
“I said if I didn’t punish Gusau, it would create a problem for us. It is North versus South; majority versus minority; Muslim versus Christian. That was what it showed.
“So, I said Gen. Ali Gusau had to go. He was the Chief of Intelligence. That was why Babangida got some officers to remove me. Let him repeat his own story. Ali Gusau is still alive.”
Speaking on the 2016 budget fiasco, the President said he would ensure that such budget padding would never happen again.
He also slammed critics who accused him of not having an economic team.
Buhari said; “What do they mean by team? The Vice-President heads our Economic Management Team. You have a finance minister, a budget and planning minister; a minister of trade and industry and investment; a governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, a national economic adviser and others and yet some people still ask for a team.
“We will listen to everybody but we are averse to economic teams whose private sector members frequently steer government policy to suit their own narrow interests rather than the overall national interest.”
Meanwhile, nine members of the Ekiti State House of Assembly are set to be prosecuted by the Federal government for alleged forgery of their academic results.
Source :Naija. com
Nigeria’s president Muhammadu Buhari has revealed why he was kicked out of office as a military leader on August 27, 1985.
Buhari, who was the military head of state for 18 months was kicked out by then Chief of Army Staff, Maj. Gen. Ibrahim Babangida.
Speaking in an interview with The Interview Magazine, Buhari said IBB overthrew him because he was fighting corruption.
“I learnt that Gen. Ali Gusau, who was in charge of intelligence, took an import licence from the Ministry of Commerce, which was supplies, and gave it to Alhaji Mai Deribe. It was worth N100, 000, a lot of money then.
“When I discovered this, I confronted them and took the case to the army council. Gen. Malu was the Chief of Defence Staff; Gen. Babangida was the Chief of Army Staff; Tunde Idiagbon was the Chief of Staff, Defence Headquarters and I was the Head of State.
“I said if I didn’t punish Gusau, it would create a problem for us. It is North versus South; majority versus minority; Muslim versus Christian. That was what it showed.
“So, I said Gen. Ali Gusau had to go. He was the Chief of Intelligence. That was why Babangida got some officers to remove me. Let him repeat his own story. Ali Gusau is still alive.”
Speaking on the 2016 budget fiasco, the President said he would ensure that such budget padding would never happen again.
He also slammed critics who accused him of not having an economic team.
Buhari said; “What do they mean by team? The Vice-President heads our Economic Management Team. You have a finance minister, a budget and planning minister; a minister of trade and industry and investment; a governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, a national economic adviser and others and yet some people still ask for a team.
“We will listen to everybody but we are averse to economic teams whose private sector members frequently steer government policy to suit their own narrow interests rather than the overall national interest.”
Meanwhile, nine members of the Ekiti State House of Assembly are set to be prosecuted by the Federal government for alleged forgery of their academic results.
Source :Naija. com
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