“How I Spent 40 Months In Detention After 1985 Coup In Benin City” – Buhari Reveals

President Muhammadu Buhari during his two-day
working visit to Edo state on November 7 reminded
Nigerians and Governor Adams Oshiomhole,
Governor-elect, Godwin Obaseki that he spent 40
months in detention in the state during the 1985
military coup.
Buhari used the opportunity to commission projects
completed by the Oshiomhole-led government.
Professor John Paden on the page 33 of his book
entitled: ‘Muhammadu Buhari: The Challenges of
leadership in Nigeria’ described the life of the now
incumbent president in detention after the coup in
1985.
Read the excerpts below:
“Buhari was housed in a well-guarded small bungallow
in Benin City. He was not harassed by soldiers or cut
off from all communication. He was given a small
television set that could pick up one or two channels,
plus daily newspapers, and he was provided three
meals a day. He was allowed visitors, but only on the
specific authorization of Babangida. In most cases, his
visitors were members of his family, although because
they lived in the north of the country, and Benin was in
Edo state in the south, travel was a problem.
“Buhari’s daily routine was much the same every day.
He would get up around 5 a.m. for Muslim prayers,
and then go back to bed; get up again around 8 or 9
a.m. and have breakfast;read; have lunch; rest;
exercise; pray; eat dinner; read and sleep. The only
exercise he could get was to jog around outside the
house.
“He read not only newspapers, but also novels, history
books and Qur’an.”
President Buhari arrived Benin airport to begin a two-
day working visit to Edo on Nvember 7, Monday. He
was received by Governor Adams Oshiomhole.
The president inspected a guard of honour mounted
by military personnel before he proceeded to the
palace of the Oba of Benin, Oba Ewuare N’gidigan II,
on a courtesy visit.
Oshiomhole, who was first inaugurated on Nov. 12,
2008 and won his second term in 2012, is expected
to hand over to the governor-elect, Godwin Obaseki,
on November 12.
“I’m glad to be visiting Edo state, to
commission Infrastructure projects
completed by the administration of Gov
Adams Oshiomhole,” President Buhari
stated.
“Not many people may remember: I
spent most of the 40 months of my
detention, following the 1985 coup, in a
small bungalow here in Benin City.”
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