Major General Abubakar came to power on June 8, 1998 without planning a coup or winning an election. The international community was now treating Nigeria as a pariah state that they would not touch even with a 10-foot pole. Abdulsalami Abubakar did not engage in such invidious and wicked practices as some of his predecessors in office. Mohammed Ladan Salihu, chairman of the State House Press Corps at the time told me how Abubakar surprised them one day. That is why he is being toasted today in Nigeria and around the world as a man of honour.

Source: The Guardian November 30, 2021 03:36 UTC