Former Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Lt. Gen. Ishaya Bamaiyi (retd), has revealed that there was more to why former President Olusegun Obasanjo imprisoned him for over eight years.
Bamaiyi said apart from the fact that he opposed the choice of Obasanjo as successor to former Head of State, Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar, he was jailed for fears that he would overthrow the Obasanjo government.
The ex-army chief revealed this in his book, "Vindication of A General" which was unveiled in Abuja last weekend.
According to Bamaiyi's account in the book, upon handing over power to Obasanjo in May 1999, Abubakar told the new civilian president to silence him (Bamaiyi) because he could overthrow the new government.
By Dimeji Akinloye.
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