Gen. Buhari's Former Classmates Defend him

Former colleagues of presidential candidate Gen.Muhammadu Buhari have come to the defence of their classmate. The duo of Alhaji Ibrahim Cooomassie and Justice Umaru Abdullahi who were the Former inspector-general of police and former president of the Court of Appeal (PCA) respectively, spoke exclusively to LEADERSHIP newspapers on Gen. Buhari.

Ibrahim Coomasie said Buhari  who was the head boy and loved to play football during their days in school. “While we were in school, Buhari was the head boy. He loves playing football. We were all close friends in school. After we finished secondary school, General Buhari decided to join the military, I joined the police and Justice Abdullahi decided to go to the university.”

“I, the late Shehu Yar’Adua, the late Halilu, a Grand Khadi in Katsina, Senator Abdul Ali, a Senator in the 2nd Republic and several other attended the same school”.

Also speaking, Justice Abdullahi described Buhari as a brilliant student when they were in school, saying he was Buhari’s classmate from primary to secondary school, saying: “I, Buhari and some others had the best results during our final examinations in secondary school back then. He was a very brilliant student in school, no doubt; we attended the same school from primary to secondary school.”