Yar’Adua Death: There Was A Time There Was No Govt, I Could’ve Seized Power If I Wanted To -Dambazau

Lieutenant General Abdulrahman Dambazau, former Chief of Army Staff, has stated that he was once encouraged by some people to carry out a coup and become Head of State during the time when the late President Musa Yar’Adua was ill and unable to perform his duties

In an interview with NTA, General Dambazau said if he had intention of becoming Head of State he could have easily seized power during the period when Yar’Adua was ill or when he died

General Dambazau said most of the people who encouraged him to overthrow the government did so because they knew they would personally benefit from it

In General Dambazau’s words: “Some of these things people push you because they think they would benefit too. There was a period that there was no government, nobody was in charge, if I had that in mind I would have gone in…See More