Former Head of State, General Abdulsalami Abubakar (retired), has said Nigeria could have achieved far more if citizens had shown greater patience with the military government of the late General Muhammadu Buhari.
Abubakar made the remarks in Chapter 10 of his autobiography, Call of Duty: My Autobiography, titled “One Coup after the Other.”
According to him, a stronger social order would have been established if Buhari and his second in command, Brigadier Tunde Idiagbon, had been allowed to remain in power beyond their 20-month tenure.
The retired general reviewed key military interventions in Nigeria’s history and the increasing politicisation of the armed forces.
While acknowledging the excesses of the Buhari regime, he noted that many Nigerians had already grown disillusioned with the civilian government it had overthrown in 1983.
“We all have our opinions, but I believe the Buhari/Idiagbon government brought a lot of sanity to the country.
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