These are not the best of times for Gen. Aliyu Gusau (retd). Those close to him squealed to us that ever since President Muhammadu Buhari revealed his 31years old secret he has not been himself. They added that he has been keeping to himself and has not been attending public functions. Besides the retired soldier and Intelligence Officer has not been able to muster the courage to dispute the president’s shocking exposition.

For those who don’t know, the president opened a can of worms on Gen. Gusau recently. “I learnt that Gen. Ali Gusau, who was in charge of Intelligence, took an import licence from the Ministry of Commerce, which was supplies, and gave it to Alhaji Mai Deribe. It was worth N100, 000, a lot of money then.”

“When I discovered this, I confronted them and took the case to the army council. Gen. Malu was the Chief of Defence Staff; Gen. Babangida was the Chief of Army Staff; Tunde Idiagbon was the Chief of Staff, Defence Headquarters and I was the Head of State. I said if I didn’t punish Gusau, it would create a problem for us. It is North versus South; majority versus minority; Muslim versus Christian. That was what it showed. So, I said Gen. Ali Gusau had to go. He was the Chief of Intelligence. That was why Babangida got some officers to remove me. Let him repeat his own story. Ali Gusau is still alive.”