How I received news of Abacha’s death – Abdulsalami

Former Head of State, Abdulsalami Abubakar, has revealed dramatic events surrounding the death of Nigeria”s former military ruler, Sani Abacha, in 1998.
Abdulsalami took over as military head of state after Abacha’s death.
In his autobiography, ‘Call of Duty’, Abdulsalami disclosed that was deceived that Abacha wanted to see him on the morning of June 8, 1998.
According to him, on getting to the Presidential Villa, he was locked up in a room for over one hour without any explanation until the late Ibrahim Coomassie, who was the  Inspector-General of Police at the time, came to open the door.
The former Army-General wrote: “On Monday, 8 June, I received a call very early in the mor...