INTERVIEW: GENERAL MUHAMMADU BUHARI HAS FINALLY SPOKEN Via: Damilola Adekunle ================================================== *His growing up days. *Experiences in the Army. *His emergence as head of state when he never participated in any coup. *The 1966 coup and the counter-coup. *The 2.8 billion allegedly missing. *The General Ibrahim Babangida coup that swept him out of office. *The execution of cocaine traffickers. *Decree 4 *The controversial “53 suitcases” that allegedly came into the country during his government. EXCERPTS: What kind of childhood did you have? Well, from my father’s side, we are Fulanis. You know the Fulanis are really divided into two. There are nomads, the ones that if you drive from Maiduguri and many parts of the North you will find. They are even in parts of Delta now. And there are those who settled. They are cousins and the same people actually. From my mother’s side and on her father’s side, we are Kanuris from Kukawa. Where’s Kukawa? Kukawa is in Borno State. We are Kanuris. On her mother’s side, we are Hausas. So, you can see I am Hausa, Fulani, Kanuri combined (he laughs). I am the 23rd child of my father. Twenty-third and the 13th on my mother side. There are only two of us remaining now; my sister and I. I went to school, primary school, in Daura and Kaduna, also a primary school, in Kachia. I also attended Kaduna Provincial Secondary School, now Government College. I didn’t work for a day. I joined the military in 1962. You mean as a boy soldier? No, after school certificate. There was an officer cadet school from here in Kaduna, called Nigeria Military Training College then. In April 1962, I went to the United Kingdom (UK), Mons Officers Cadet School. Read More......goo.gl/PDg9Wy
Posted on: Sat, 25 Oct 2014 07:22:16 +0000
Trending Topics
Recently Viewed Topics
© 2015