No personal vendetta here, Buhari and Dasuki are in-laws - says Biographer John Paden
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Buhari's biographer, John Paden, has dismissed allegations of a personal
vendetta by Buhari on embattled former former National Security Adviser, Sambo
Dasuki. In his recently launched book titled ‘Muhammadu Buhari: The Challenges
of Leadership in Nigeria,’ Paden stated that Buhari and Dasuki's family have
been united by marriage in the last four decades and that although Dasuki
participated in the 1985 coup that forced him out of office, Buhari never
begrudged him for his actions.
“It is beyond the scope of this study to assess
all the backstories of the relationship between Buhari and Dasuki. Suffice it
to say that the so-called grudge between the two has never really existed. Dasuki
is 12 years younger than Buhari, even though Dasuki did participate in the 1985
countercoup. The family of Ibrahim Dasuki and the Buhari extended family have
been linked by marriage for more than four decades. In addition, in his
inaugural address, Buhari had professed that although, ‘the past is prologue,’
he had no time to pursue alleged ‘enemies.’ Yet the real story has little to do
with personal or political relationships. As noted throughout this study,
Buhari has a strong belief in right and wrong. He has an abiding respect for
the Nigerian military as an institution that can help hold Nigeria together.
From Buhari perspective, if corruption in military procurement undermines the
integrity of the military, that corruption must be confronted. And if such
procurement allegations weaken the military response to Boko Haram and put
ordinary foot soldiers at risk, that corruption poses a double threat,
endangering even the Nigeria project itself” he wrote.
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