Buhari Shows Oshiomhole Where He Was Detained For 40 Months during 1985 Military Coup

President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday told Governor Adams Oshiomhole, Governor-elect, Godwin Obaseki and other delegates in Benin City that he spent 40 months in detention in the state during the 1985 military coup.

President Buhari said this while on a two-day working visit to Edo state to launch projects completed by the Governor Adams Oshiomhole-led administration.

“I’m glad to be visiting Edo State, to commission infrastructure projects completed by the administration of Gov Adams Oshiomhole”.

“Not many people may remember: I spent most of the 40 months of my detention, following the 1985 coup, in a small bungalow here in Benin City”, the president said.