Nigeria's Former President Ibrahim
Babangida long term confidant
Professor Ukandi G. Damachi had
allegedlly told the United states
council that former president
Yar'Adua was poisoned by Ex
President Obasanjo's Kitchen staff.
According to Wiki leaks Professor
Ukandi G. Damachi who is a friend to
the US consul, He told them in secrecy
about the alleged poisoning.
Professor Ukandi G. Damachi is a friend
to US consul, long term confidant to
Nigeria's past president Ibrahim
Badamosi Babangida with privy to
Nigeria's government workings inside
information.
The Wikileaks cable, reference ID
08LAGOS153, described in Professor
Damachi's narration, that late president
Yar'Adua was given poison in his food,
"his food was poisoned", he alleged.
Further stating that the president
inherited his predecessor, president
Obasanjo's kitchen, and these kitchen
staff were likely used to poison
Nigeria's president. The professor
further revealed that when president
Yar'Adua realized this he fired the
Obasanjo kitchen staff.
He Said: "There are lots of problems in
Nigeria." The first problem, he said, is
the President's illness; "his food was
poisoned", Damachi alleged. Asked
whether he meant "food poisoning" or
that someone had deliberately poisoned
the President's food, Damachi
shrugged, replying "The President
inherited Obasanjo's kitchen staff";
Yar'Adua has now fired them all, and
the kitchen has been cleaned out
following the incident, Damachi said.At
the same time, Damachi went on, the
President did attend functions on both
the Saturday and Sunday preceding his
illness and ate some food at both of
them. "What President eats at a
function?", Damachi asked rhetorically.
The President was so sick that the day
he signed the budget, he was unable to
sign a second piece of legislation
awaiting his approval…"
Late Yar'Adua Yar'Adua was known to
have stepped hard on his predecessors
toes. Upon entering office president
Yar'Adua, described by his wife as a
very honest man who left no wealth
behind; seriously went after the
reversal of Nigeria's public assets that
his predecessor had sold to his allies,
Aliku Dangote and Femi Otedola.
"In the weeks leading up to Obasanjo's
departure, Dangote's privately held
company has also scooped up a cement
plant, a telecoms licence and mining
concessions in a rush of privatisations
that has triggered accusations of
cronyism by opposition parties."
By July of 2007, barely 2 months into
office, Yar'Adua had held meetings with
Bureau for Public Enterprises (BPE), to
querry the sale of Nigeria's refineries to
Obasanjo's henchmen, Aliku Dangote
and tycoon Otedola. BPE reportedly
justified the sale to Bluestar, saying it
was transparent, but the Nigeria
National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC)
faulted it, and maintained that the
corporation was capable of running
them efficiently.
President Yar'Adua "after considering
the facts presented to him, the
President directed that the sale should
be revoked as the exercise was not
transparent enough. The Nigeria Labour
Congress (NLC) praised President
Yar'Adua for the revocation of the
privatization of the refineries." Dangote
And former president Obasanjo
Dangote And former president
Obasanjo President Yar'Adua,
determined to recover Nigeria's
infrastructure and assets coveted by
Obasanjo and his cronies, moved on to
other government assets.
Yar'Adua also suffered from chronic
allergic disorder and this was easily
attributed to be the direct cause of his
death.
The possibility of the poisoning to death
of a Nigerian serving head of State will
amount to a grievous crime. The
exhumation of late President Yar'Adua's
body may be necessitated as well as a
thorough investigation of ll who may
have been involved in the murder of a
president in office.
Late Palestinian premier, Yasser Arafat
was recently exhumed due to evidence
of polonium poisoning as an
investigation into alleged Israeli
intelligence poisoning was reopened.
SOURCE: WikiLeaks
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