'Abacha Sacked Me Because Of Obasanjo'

Over twenty five years since former Head of State, late Gen. Sani Abacha died, an ex-Inspector General of Police, Alhaji Gambo Jimeta has revealed why he was sacked by the former military Head of State.

According to the one time police boss, the late Gen Abacha decided to sack him because he made a suggestion that all political detainees that included Gen. Olusegun Obasanjo, Gen. Shehu Musa Yar’Adua and others should be released from prison unconditionally.

Jimeta also informed that it was like a rude shock to him and other members of the National Security Committee, when they learnt through the media that the job of the National Conference set up then was to write a new Constitution for the country.

* The late Gen. Sani Abacha
While making a statement at the inaugural meeting of the committee at the National Judicial Institute, the former IGP stated that: “As the IGP then, I advised the former Head of State, Gen. Sani Abacha, to release the high profile political detainees like Gen. Olusegun Obasanjo, Gen. Musa Yar’Adua and four others, but he refused to do so and instead removed me.”

Jimeta also told newsmen that as a delegate he was just doing his duty as a citizen of Nigeria.
He added that: “Wherever there is a positive endeavour to find solutions to what is worrying the nation, I will gladly go and do it not because I am invited or whatever.


 * Former Police boss, Gambo Jimeta said the late Gen. Abacha sacked him because his advice
 “Normally, I would have gone, that is why I am saying I am not working for anybody but for myself and my conscience and the well-being of my children and great grand children to come."

He, however, stated that he hoped that his committee would make their experiences show in the course of their duties as members of the committee.