Why Ibb Removed me From Power - Buhari Reveals

President Muhammadu Buhari has said he was removed
from office 31 years ago because he was planning to
purge the military hierarchy of corruption.
Buhari, who has not spared the military even in his
ongoing
anti-corruption war, said senior military leaders, led by
a former military president, General Ibrahim Babangida,
and General Aliyu Gusau, removed him in August 1985,
to save themselves from his wrath.
In an exclusive interview published in the current
edition of The Interview magazine, Buhari challenged
Babangida and Gusau, to tell the truth on why they
carried out the coup against him.
“I learnt,” he said, “that Aliyu Gusau, who was in charge
of intelligence, took import licence from the Ministry of
Commerce which was in charge of supplies and gave it
to Alhaji Mai Deribe.
"It was worth N100,000, a lot of money at that time. I
confronted them and took the case to the Army Council
in a memo...I wanted Gusau punished."
In a statement on www.theinterview.com.ng, the
Managing Director/Editor-in-chief of The Interview, Azu
Ishiekwene, said, “This is one edition that won’t let
sleeping dogs lie.”
Babangida had told The Interview in its December
edition that there was nothing in the memo which
Buhari said he submitted to the Army Council.
"Don't forget that I was one of Buhari’s closest aides. I
was the chief of army staff. So, I had an important
position, an important role to play in that
administration. I don't think it had to do with a memo,"
Babangida said.
But in a tone which revealed that the past might neither
have been forgotten nor forgiven, Buhari challenged
Babangida and Gusau to come clean on why they
removed him, asking The Interview to choose whose
story to believe.
He also fielded questions about his health, the 2016
budget, the pace of his government, former President
Goodluck Jonathan and why Mr. Babatunde Raji Fashola
was handed three ministerial portfolios......
*The interview has not been posted online.