How Abacha dragged me into his coup — Abdulsalami

Former Head of State, General Abdulsalami Abubakar, rtd, has disclosed shocking revelations about how late General Sani Abacha dragged him into his (Abacha) coup in 1993.
Disclosing this in Chapter 17 of his 264-page, 27-chapter autobiography titled ‘Call of Duty’, Abdulsalami said he was posted to the National War College, as its Commandant when the political crisis around the annulment of the June 12, 1993, election deepened.
He disclosed that he twice rejected the appointment as Chief of Army Staff offered by Abacha following the coup that toppled the Interim National Government, insisting to Abacha that he did not want to be made a tool in the hands of civilians seeking to use the...