Recently fired National Security Adviser, Sambo Dasuki, narrated the sacrifices he once made to convince leaders of the All Progressives Congress, APC, to allow President Muhammadu Buhari be fielded as their presidential candidate.
This revelation was made by an Abuja-based blogger and Public Relations consultant to Dasuki during his time as the country’s NSA, Yushau Shuaib, in his blog post titled ‘Sambo Dasuki: An Encounter with the Spymaster’.
According to Shuaib, Dasuki pleaded with Bola Tinubu and Bisi Akande to allow Buhari emerge as the joint presidential candidate of the defunct ACN and CPC in 2011.
“The major shocker for me in his narratives was his campaign for Buhari to emerge the joint candidate of ACN and CPC in 2011.
“He disclosed how he pleaded with Asiwaju Ahmed Tinubu in the presence of Bisi Akande to accept Muhammad Buhari as the joint Presidential candidate for ACN and CPC. Dasuki stated that he knelt down begging ‘Baba Bisi Akande’ who was then chairman of ACN that ‘General Buhari is a man to be trusted.
“On his roles in politics, Sambo Dasuki narrated how he supported the campaign aspiration of Muhammadu Buhari for Presidential elections in 2003, 2007 and 2011.
“In fact, he mentioned names of individuals who were also privy to his active involvement including respected Northern elements like Adamu Adamu, Bashir Kurfi, Wada Maida, Sule Hamman and Kabir Yusuf among others,” Shuaib wrote on his blog.
