Tag: Gen. Abdulsalami (rtd)

2027: OBJ, IBB, AbdulSalami mull Atiku, Obi as replacement of Tinubu

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Triple Generals

.…Considering David Mark as PDP National Chairman In a deft move to unseat President Bola Tinubu ahead of the 2027 poll, the trio of former Nigerian leaders, Olusegun Obasanjo, Ibrahim Babangida, AbdulSalami Abubakar and top military brass are reportedly looking in the direction of former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar to come to the rescue of the country. Also on the list of the power brokers who met behind closed doors in Minna last weekend is the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 poll, Mr. Peter Obi.…

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Hardship: “Palliatives not the answer” – AbdulSalami to FG

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AbdulSalami to FG

Former Head of State, Gen. AbdulSalami Abubakar (rtd), has called on the Federal Government to remedy the present hardship confronting Nigerians. AbdulSalami made the call on Tuesday in Minna, Niger State, when he hosted a delegation of a Civil Society Organisation, (CSO), Campaign for Democracy, (CD). While stating that hardship appears to be out of control, the former military ruler said he would continue to urge the Government to put measures in place to address the hardship that the citizens are currently experiencing. He said: “Everybody is crying because of…

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“Why military coups succeed” – Ex Head of State, AbdulSalami

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AbdulSalami

Former military Head of State, AbdulSalami Abubakar, says military coups will not happen if politicians don’t encourage it through their unsettling actions and inactions. He stated that soldiers capitalise on citizens’ discontent, social upheaval and treacherous political climate to topple civilian government. Recall that AbdulSalami was sworn-in as Head of State after the Late military ruler, Sani Abacha, who died in June 1998. He ushered in the Fourth Republic after he relinquished power to democratically-elected Olusegun Obasanjo in 1999, keeping to his word of returning the country to civilian rule.…

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Ndume seeks Gowon, AbdulSalam, others intervention in Niger Republic crisis

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Senate Majority Chief Whip, Senator Muhammadu Ndume, has called for the urgent intervention of the four living former military Nigerian heads of state of northern extraction in the resolution of the persisting Niger Republic crisis following the military coup there five months ago. At a media parley in Maiduguri, Borno State on Saturday, Ndume wrote-off the ECOWAS-imposed sanctions on the neighbouring francophone country as miscalculated and ineffective. “We have four former military heads of state that are alive – Buhari, the most-recent, Abdulsalami, Babangida and Gowon, who can intervene. I…

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Insecurity:”Growing tension may lead us to a point-of-no-return” – Gen. Abdulsalami (rtd)

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Former Head of State and Chairman of the National Peace Committee,  Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar (rtd), have said that the growing tension in the wake of ethnic crisis can lead the country to a point-of-no-return. Speaking with journalists at his Hilltop residence in Minna, the Niger State capital, the former Head of State described the recent happening in some parts of the country as unfortunate. “We appeal to the citizens of our dear country, who have borne so much pain and suffering, to remain resilient and patient. “Thousands of our people are…

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