President Muhammadu Buhari has reminded Nigeria that he once spent 40 months in detention in Edo State during the 1985 military coup.
He said this during his two-day working visit to Edo state on November 7 while also using the opportunity to commission projects completed by the Oshiomhole-led government.
“I’m glad to be visiting Edo state, to commission Infrastructure projects completed by the administration of Gov Adams Oshiomhole,” President Buhari stated. “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 City.”
Professor John Paden on the page 33 of his book entitled: ‘Muhammadu Buhari: The Challenges of leadership in Nigeria’ described the life of the now incumbent president in detention after the coup in 1985.
Read the excerpts below:
“Buhari was housed in a well-guarded small bungalow in Benin City. He was not harassed by soldiers or cut off from all communication. He was given a small television set that could pick up one or two channels, plus daily newspapers, and he was provided three meals a day. He was allowed visitors, but only on the specific authorization of Babangida. In most cases, his visitors were members of his family, although because they lived in the north of the country, and Benin was in Edo state in the south, travel was a problem.”
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