Maitama Sule and I prevented Obasanjo from been killed by Abacha- Tajudeen Olarewaju

Former Minister of Communication, Major-General Tajudeen Olarewaju, retd, has revealed how he, late ex-Nigeria Permanent Representative to United Nations, UN, Maitama Sule, prevented the death sentence the regime of late Gen Sani Abacha, rtd, passed on ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo and others.

In a statement he signed, Olarewaju also named onetime National Security Adviser, NSA, Alhaji Ismaila Gwarzo as being involved in commuting the death sentence.

Olarewaju revealed that the trio had embarked on a diplomatic mission which resulted in the commuting of the death penalty to 25 years jail term by Abacha.

The former Minister made the disclosure while stressing that the the memory of Sule will remain “evergreen in Nigeria and the global community” due to his contributions to national and global peace.

“The Maitama Sule-led Nigerian team demanded the release of the trio of General Olusegun Obasanjo, General Shehu Yar’Adua and Alhaji MKO Abiola.”

Sule, a former Petroleum Minister died over the weekend in Cairo, Egypt while he was undergoing treatment for an undisclosed illness.

His body arrived the country on Tuesday and has since been buried in Kano.