{"id":41111,"date":"2015-08-09T16:23:32","date_gmt":"2015-08-09T15:23:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=41111"},"modified":"2015-08-09T16:23:32","modified_gmt":"2015-08-09T15:23:32","slug":"%e2%80%8ecol-aminu-i-not-dasuki-arrested-buhari-in-1985","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/%e2%80%8ecol-aminu-i-not-dasuki-arrested-buhari-in-1985\/","title":{"rendered":"\u200eCol.\u00a0Aminu: I, not Dasuki, arrested Buhari in 1985"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1439126579543_3098\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Contrary to the popular belief that Sambo Dasuki, former national security adviser, was in the team that arrested Muhammadu Buhari during the 1985 coup, Abdulmumini Aminu has revealed the identities of\u00a0the three majors.<\/div>\n<div id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1439126579543_3111\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1439126579543_3112\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1439126579543_3113\">Speaking to Daily Trust in an interview published on Sunday, Aminu, who retired as a colonel in 1993, said it was a three-man team which he led that arrested the then head of state, with the others being\u00a0Lawan Gwadabe and John Madaki.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1439126579543_3114\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1439126579543_3115\">This revelation runs contrary to reports that the team was made up of Dasuki, Aminu, Gwadabe and Abubakar Umar.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1439126579543_3116\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1439126579543_3117\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1439126579543_3118\">Most recently when the DSS searched the residences of the former NSA during the id-al-fitr celebrations, there were insinuations that it was in revenge for what he \u201cdid\u201d to Buhari during the Muslim holidays on August 27,\u00a01985 when the coup was executed.<\/span><\/div>\n<div id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1439126579543_3119\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1439126579543_3121\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1439126579543_3120\">But Aminu told Daily Trust: \u201cI must confess that I led that operation. I went to Dodan Barracks that time in company of two other officers \u2013 then Major John Madaki and Lawan Gwadabe. Three of us went, but specifically I was the one that went upstairs to bring Buhari. With due respect, I have been reading in the papers and listening to radio, people saying that we manhandled him, we disrespected him.\u00a0 That was not true.&#8221;<\/span><\/div>\n<div id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1439126579543_3122\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1439126579543_3124\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1439126579543_3123\">He said further &#8221; I and General Buhari are the only two who knew what transpired upstairs and there was nothing like that. \u201cWe gave him his absolute respect as a superior, because even before that time, we had absolute respect for him, because of whom and what he was. We respected him a lot till today and there is no animosity between us and he knew it was a military assignment that we were carrying out from our superior. He even told me at one time. So for us, it is just like the other way round of when he came to power during the anti-Shagari coup. I was among those who played a major role in getting him to power (in 1993). \u201cSo, he knew the role I played. And even Buhari knew in 2003, I was arrested because of him. That time, I supported him (in the presidential election against President Olusegun Obasanjo). I worked for him at that time, without even him knowing anyway, but he later knew. You see, once you believe in somebody and you know he has the capability, you can do anything for him without even him knowing.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1439126579543_3132\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1439126579543_3131\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1439126579543_3126\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1439126579543_3130\">n. He said: \u201cIt is a blatant lie. In an operation of that nature, we don\u2019t carry handcuffs. I did not salute him because according to military tradition and norms when the flag is lowered, you can only pay compliments the way you deem fit, not salutation. \u201cWe met at 2am and at that time, we don\u2019t salute because the flag is down, until 6am again when the flag is up. To insinuate that he was handcuffed, that is far from the truth. We only accorded him all the respects he deserved. 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