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My Dilemma On Sambo Dasuki - Dr. Nura Alkali

I have a confession to make: I don't know whether to celebrate, to rue, or to be neutral on the ongoing trial of former NSA Col. Sambo Dasuki (rtd), charged with illegal possession of firearms by the DSS. 
According to popular opinion, Sambo Dasuki it was who, along with Cols. Dangiwa Umar, Lawal Gwadabe and David Mark, arrested then Head of State Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari at his bedroom on the night of Aug 17, 1985. However, so far President Buhari himself has never said a word in public about the events of that night, except to tell the remote causes of the coup. 
I know that as a Buhari supporter, i have hated Dasuki on that ground alone, regardless of his role in the GEJ government which reduced Nigeria to a laughing stock in the international community, reduced northerners to a second class status in their own country, and reduced the BH crisis to a fight between good and evil in which Dasuki was another name for Lucifer - thanks to the way his office misappropriated defence funds meant for fighting and defeating Boko Haram. 
On the basis of those beliefs, i have made write ups to castigate Dasuki and paint him as the devil incarnate. 
Now, two weeks ago, Retired Col. Abdulmumin Aminu challenged my intellect by claiming his colleague Col. Dasuki was not part of his team which arrested Buhari at Dodan Barracks on 17 Aug 1985. According to Aminu, his accomplices were Cols. Yuhanna Madaki (now late) and Dangiwa Umar (still alive). 
My quandary is this: Was Aminu telling the truth? If he was, would i have hated Dasuki so much if i had this information earlier when he was Jonathan's NSA? If i won't have, was i blinded by my misplaced hatred of Dasuki when the DSS charged him to court for gun possession even as most of his colleagues are likely guilty of similar crimes, but are now free because they didn't step on Buhari's toes? 
If you have additional information that could shed more light on this subject, your comment is welcome, please.


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