Former Minister of Sports and Youth Development Solomon Dalung claimed that while his activities made enemies with some close to former President Buhari, they also made him a favorite with Buhari. This was especially true with regard to the Niger Delta issue. CONTINUE FULL READING>>>>>
Despite Buhari’s attempts to dissuade him, Dalung emphasized in an interview with Channels TV the risk he took by going into the Niger Delta’s creeks. He claimed to have told Buhari that he was prepared to risk his life for the nation.
In Dalung’s words: “[Buhari] tried to discourage me from going to the creeks, I told him 3 things will happen to me. I will come back alive, I will be kidnapped or I will be killed. Then he asked me but why would you want to take that risk and I told him I can lay my life for this country. So some of the things I did closely with the president endeared me to the president and also made me an enemy of people around him”. CONTINUE FULL READING>>>>>
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