President Muhammadu Buhari has
revealed what his former deputy, late Major General Tunde Idiagbon did for him
after his government was toppled in 1985.
Buhari said Idiagbon, who was in
Saudi Arabia insisted on returning back to Nigeria, saying, “if they kill him,
let them kill me also.”
Speaking when he received former
staff who worked with him during his tenure as military Head of State between
January 1984 to August 1985 on Sunday night at the State House, Abuja, Buhari
commended Idiagbon for what he termed “uncommon loyalty and courage.”
A statement by his media aide,
Femi Adesina quoted Buhari as saying: “He was in Saudi Arabia, performing the
hajj, when we were removed. The Saudi king said the coup was not just against
us, but also against him, since Idiagbon was praying with him.
“He asked him to send for his
family to join him in Saudi until it was clear where I was. Idiagbon said no, I
want to go back, Your Majesty. If they kill him, let them kill me also.
“He joined the next flight and
came back. I think there’s no way you can describe such loyalty, such courage.
May his soul rest in perfect peace.”
Buhari also commended his former
Aide-de-Camp, Alhaji Mustapha Jokolo, who used his initiative to put the parley
together.
Speaking, Jokolo said though the
departure of the former staff from government was “unexpected and
disappointing, if not regrettable,” the affected people recall the ugly
experiences today, “not with bitterness because individually, they had since
moved on with their lives, though painfully aware that they were victims of
misplaced aggression.”
“The fact that among us today are
highly respected Royal Fathers, businessmen, captains of industry, lawyers and
other specialists in the professions, and a university professor, speaks
volumes that God is good and that values of discipline and perseverance that we
imbibed under Your Excellency’s tutelage had not been in vain,” he said.
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