"Bamaiyi is Too small for me to Kill", says Obasanjo.

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has debunked the claim by a former Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Ishaya Bamaiyi that he (Obasanjo) planned on killing him. The ex-president said that during his administration from 1999 to 2007, Bamaiyi was arrested and interrogated over allegations against him that he took the life of some people during the regime of military dictator, Gen. Sani Abacha. He said it was only for this reasons that the law enforcement agencies in the country prosecuted him. The elder statesman said this on Sunday, at his Presidential Hilltop residence in Abeokuta, while playing host to members of the Ogun State Correspondents' chapel. In Bamaiyi's book, 'Vindication of A General', he accused OBJ of planning to kill him so that any plan by the former army chief to overthrow him would be buried. Reacting to the allegations, Obasanjo, who was said to be very angry, debunked any plans by his cabinet to kill Bamaiyi, but admitted his regime arrested him to ensure that he answered for his errors. OBJ said: "That I wanted to kill him? What of the people he allegedly killed? My government did not plot to kill him. My government asked him to answer for those that were alleged to have been killed by him and that is legitimate. "That is if there is an allegation that you have done something, that you have committed a crime, then you are arrested; you should answer. That’s all; pure and simple! "Who the hell is he that I would want to kill him? Kill him for what? To achieve what? No! There were allegations, the police and the law enforcement agencies decided to look into the allegations. "They invited him and they asked him to answer as a result of what was found, so they charged him to court. So, it’s now up to him, the investigators, as I said, the prosecutors and the judiciary. That’s all."

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