Former Minister of
Communication, Major-General Tajudeen Olarewaju, retd, has revealed how he,
late ex-Nigeria Permanent Representative to United Nations, UN, Maitama Sule,
prevented the death sentence the regime of late Gen Sani Abacha, rtd, passed on
ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo and others.
In a statement he signed,
Olarewaju also named onetime National Security Adviser, NSA, Alhaji Ismaila
Gwarzo as being involved in commuting the death sentence.
Olarewaju revealed that the trio
had embarked on a diplomatic mission which resulted in the commuting of the
death penalty to 25 years jail term by Abacha.
The former Minister made the
disclosure while stressing that the the memory of Sule will remain “evergreen
in Nigeria and the global community” due to his contributions to national and
global peace.
He said, “A Nigerian delegation led by the late Ambassador Yusuf Maitama Sule comprising myself and former NSA Gwarzo had gone on a diplomatic mission in Switzerland to meet with American delegation comprising Ambassador McHenry, then Assistant Secretary of State on Security Susan Rice and Assistant Secretary of State on Africa George Moose sent by then United States’ President Bill Clinton.
“The Maitama Sule-led Nigerian team demanded the release of the trio of General Olusegun Obasanjo, General Shehu Yar’Adua and Alhaji MKO Abiola.”
Sule, a former Petroleum Minister
died over the weekend in Cairo, Egypt while he was undergoing treatment
for an undisclosed illness.
His body arrived the country on
Tuesday and has since been buried in Kano.
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ReplyDeleteTYPICAL SELF-DELUSION. WHY DIDN'T HE SAY THIS DURING MAITAMA SULE'S LIFE TIME. SO THE SAVED OBASANJO'S LIFE AND ALLOWED THE SENIOR YAR'ADUA TO BE KILLED BY ABACHA? FABRICATED LIES. LET'S NOT DENY BOLA IGE THE ROLE HE ALLEGED PLAYED IN SAVING OBASANJO. THESE OLD BUCKANEERS SHOULD STOP TELLING LIES. WE WERE OLD ENOUGH TO BE CURRENT WITH ISSUES THEN. STOP FEEDING OUR YOUNG GENERATION WITH SCRAPS AND LIES. IT IS NOT WORTH IT. Jay 2, Abuja.
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