Obasanjo: Who The Hell Is Bamayi That I’d Want To Kill Him?
Ex-Nigerian President, Olusegun Obasanjo yesterday rebuked former Chief of Army Staff, Ishaya Bamaiyi, over assassination claims the latter made against him.
Bamayi had in his book, “Vindication of A General”, alleged that the administration of Obasanjo had plotted to assassinate him in 1999.
“While I was in prison, efforts were made to ensure I did not come out alive,” Bamaiyi said in the 252-page book launched in Abuja a fortnight ago.
“A clear case was an attempt to kill me with a lethal injection while I was admitted at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH).
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“A friend from Abuja called to advise me not to accept any injections. He had been present when it was decided, and money was made available to give me a lethal injection. I took the advice and never had any injection while in LUTH,” Bamayi claimed.
But Obasanjo, in his reaction, described Bamayi as a blatant liar, adding that he (Obasanjo) stood nothing to gain by killing the ex-Chief of Army Staff.
“That I wanted to kill him? What of the people he killed? My government did not plot to kill him,” said Obasanjo.
“My government asked him to answer to those that were alleged to have been killed by him and that is legitimate.
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“That if there is an allegation that you have done something, that you have committed a crime, then you are arrested, you should answer and that is all.
“Who the hell is he that I would want to kill him? Kill him for what? To achieve what? No!
“There were allegations, the police and the law enforcement agencies decided to look into the allegations.
“They invited him and they asked him to answer as a result of what was found, so they charged him to court.
“So, it’s now up to him, the investigators as I said, the prosecutors and the judiciary. That’s all,” the ex-president said.
