“Me, Wanted To Kill You? Who The Hell Are You? ” …OBJ to Bamaiyi

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Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Sunday said his government never plotted to kill Lieutenant General Ishaya Bamaiyi (retd), as claimed by the former Chief of Army Staff in his book.
Obasanjo said this while playing host to members of the Correspondents Chapel of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, Ogun State Chapter at his hilltop residence in Abeokuta.
The former president explained that his administration only asked Bamaiyi to answer to those that he was alleged to have killed, saying the decision was legitimate.
Obasanjo said: “That I wanted to kill him?
“What of the people he killed?
“My government did not plot to kill him.
“My government asked him to answer to those that were alleged to have been killed by him and that is legitimate.
“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.”
Bamaiyi had recently alleged that his incarceration for more than eight years was punishment for opposing the choice of Obasanjo as successor to former Head of State, General Abdulsalami Abubakar.
The allegation was contained in his book: “Vindication of A General,” which was unveiled last weekend in Abuja.
Bamaiyi also claimed in the book that the incarceration was to keep him away for fear that he would overthrow the Obasanjo government.
He wrote that as soon as Obasanjo took over, Abubakar and some of his people told Obasanjo that if he (Bamaiyi) was left free, he would overthrow the government.