General Bamaiyi may your days be Long i admired you in my early days as a soldier, When you were the commander of 9 brigade in ikeja nice to watch this video from far away from home.
The Bamaiyi brothers were brave and fearless duo, even Abacha was scared of them. They were real soldiers not like what we have now. May the soul of Musa Bamaiyi continue to rest in peace. May your days be prolonged sir and may God continue to keep you and guide you. God bless you.
I did my NYSC under Bamaiyi's command at the 2nd Brigade in Abuja/Keffi. He was the GOC. We were always in conflict but in a friendly manner. The man has good heart but very ambitious. I hope to meet him again someday.
The interview was great especially the part that exonerated late General Sani Abacha , thank you for speaking the truth to us General Bamaiyi, out of hatred to Abacha and his Family he was branded thief and wicked but your interview has vindicated him, he was a man who meant well for the country during his days, other ministers in the meeting at that time should also come out and raise their voice and wash Abacha's name from the mud and dirt that was thrown to it. However what was missing from the interview is he was not ask about his family life such as spouse, number of children, their names, his late brothers spouse, ages, cause of death etc i hope in your next interview this should be taken into consideration.
You said the interview vindicated Abacha, have you considered the colossal amount of money repatriated back to Nigeria as Abacha loot? Bamaiyi just have to defend his boss.
I did my NYSC in Zuru ,the home town of the General and i can tell you that the Bamaiyi is an household name. My experience as a youth corper was unforgettable in Zuru..I enjoyed every bit of my stay in Zuru.
The names Gen. Musa Bamaiyi and Ishaya Bamaiyi kept ringing in my ears during Gen. Abatcha's regime and i asked my uncle who are these generals almost on the same line of ranks in Army. Until my uncle cleared that they are brothers from the same family. I really enjoyed this interview and i love the part the General said he was on top and all of a suddenly brought down to the lowest in prison as destiny. What a lesson! I never know Gen. Ishaya could be as simple as this in live. I pray for your long live in sound health.
General I never knew you had sense of humour. I admire you and wish you well. You are an inspiration to many. God will keep you and continue to protect you all the days of your life Sir.
People's General ever!!! I was about six thousand Kilometers away from Nigeria. I stood by his innocancy even from distance. It would be a honour if I could meet him in person one day.
Yes.... This is what omoyele sowore was saying that people don't even want to understand him, He said, 1999 Constitution was set up by military and military rule us with military constitution till now.. Nigeria will remain like this until will change our Constitution. That's what I learnt. Good day
Interesting!! I'm currently researching about this man and his time with Abacha...i think this was a good one and has shown the man to be great man. If you stand for the right thing always in Nigeria, you will hv so many enemies... Also, I think I will believe the story about Abacha loots. How would he have possibly looted all these monies?
General lshai was a patrotic dedicated officer who came from warriors lineage because the Kebbi people were warriors, he was a complete gentleman personified. SIr keep up the good life you are a become of hope for those who wants unity for Giant of Africa
I really enjoyed the interview and now I have a change of mind against the general. Through his analysis I held on some points to make me believe that no one's is perfect 👌 but do what is right in front of God. Our friends pay for our own mistake thirty years ago they're 5 the general dismissed instead of we about 28 that did the havoc in beating the police officers then in Abuja.He said why did they allow us to pass through the gate without stopping us.As a Bridgade Commander he sacrifice those soldiers for the rest of us. A real general 👏 Respect sir.
I am really impressed with this man. I pray almighty God will bless his remaining life on this earth. I also pray that almighty God will avenge for all the injustice done him by the power that be at that time.
Not the best for reason of if he is giving that it would be an injustice to other excellent officers like Gen. Salihu Ibrahim and Gen. Victor Malu but certainly one of the very best despite being the only COAS that went to preson
Even worse in the south for a Muslim to stay, in northern parts we have no difference like you do in the south brother remember his boss was a Muslim and loved him please stop bringing conflict that even him will not support of it.👍
@Ejionye. Abeg comot with your wahala. Guys like him & General T.Y. Danjuma benefited enormously. The Northern political leadership didn't differentiate between Abatcha, Murtala, Buhari and any Christian in the military, the results spoke for itself.
And nothing was said about what General Diya said about him during the supposed coup of Diya during Abacha regime? Maybe that's "don't touch area"? Anyways it was a wonderful interview.
This man is just deodorising their tenure as patriotic and forthright, which was not. He is speaking loftily with the benefit of hindsight. For those of us who witnessed their reign of terror, we know how they damaged our psychology as a government. As at 1999, himself and his brother were among the Generals that refused to leave when Abdulsalam was leaving until they were sacked by Obasanjo. The military under him and NDLEA under his brother were to be feared; himself was a terror, his brother was a monster and Abacha was a leviathan that could not be tamed. While they were ruling, he should tell us their efforts at building the country or even return the country to democracy. All they were about was to perpetuate themselves in power at the command of Abacha. Any mention or agitation against military government was resisted by them. We were all walking on egg shells then. As for Abacha, he should stop telling us that Abacha did not loot. Since the days of IBB, all military officers were looters and still looting till date. He should not come and bamboozle us with good words about Abacha. How come the foreign government were attaching the name of Abacha to those loot. We all know that even the present President, Buhari, once said Abacha never looted aby funds. How come he is receiving loots in the name of Abacha? Did Buhari colluded to soil the name of the man he worked under as the Chairman of PTF (Petroleum Trust Fund)? Abacha might have had good intentions about governing Nigeria but the truth is that he never believed in anyone criticising him and so were all who served under his government. Once you say anything against them or their government, you become object of attack. Sergent Rogers was one of the point men used to attack the opposition. How come he never released Abiola that he was not even the one that cancelled the June 12, 1993 election? Did Ishaya General Bamaiyi, as the COAS ever advised his boss, Abacha, about the need to return the country back to democracy when all the countries of the world sanctioned Nigeria and we were a pariah nation then? All they wanted was for Abacha to continue while they continue to rule until God intervened. He spoke as an elderly man and a stateman that now see how well the military should have helped to restructure the country well and hand over to us a good Nigeria like Jerry Rawlings did in Ghana, but they were more obsessed then with being in power and even roped Diya and other Southern soldiers whom they felt will be sympathetic to June 12 struggles, including Obasanjo that they sent to prison under allegation of phantom coup. I want to recognise the fact that nobody can be all round perfect or be a saint as a mortal, also he was less in the news then unlike his brother the NDLEA boss, under who Fela Anikulapo died in the NDLEA custody. In fact, they never came across as a Christian let alone as someone who are humane. Am happy for him to have been alive to live a good life at old age, but they missed the opportunity to put Nigeria on a sound footing before 1999.
You lie, he was against Abacha’s succession plan, and that didn’t go well with the Abacha boys. I just don’t like the way he betrayed Diya and co, but he did that to save head, because diya went on to tell gen azazi about removing abacha and he was scare the coup would leak to abacha if he did not say anything so he gave up diya. I believe if he had believed in diya they both would have succeeded.
Correction! Jerry Rawlings did not restructure Ghana well. He ruined Ghana and ended up being one of the most corrupt, way way more than the officers he and his cronies executed for allegedly being 'corrupt.'
That statement i enforced discipline rings a bell because he was a no nonsense man who hates indiscipline,always snaet,stern looking and erect,hmmm his defence of Abacha smack of nothing than loyalty and frankness,Abacha is not the demon they painted him
Will old late Pastor Bamaiyi be proud of the deceitful and destructive role player by Soldier Bamaiyi in cahoots with other tribalists under Abacha against Diya? This character should ask for forgiveness from the country he helped wreck with the privileged positions he held. Those who believe in God dont do the wrongs they proudly. The Army gave them all opportunities but most of them forgot their humble backgrounds while they wrecked the country.
Ask him if he thinks all that resulted in the war have been addressed or are even being addressed? You don't speak about people gunning for a second experience in war when you continue to deprive a child you killed his father the same thing you deprived his father and you expect him to be quiet and be afraid that you will kill him the same way you killed his father? The truth also is that Bamaiyi never experienced war before the civil war and he went into it and came out alive. He would have run away as an inexperienced folk in war. They project such talks to make you feel less so they can continually oppress you.
Very weak journalism lacking a continuity of question to unravel the real truth. She’s need to learn not to skip an ongoing question not answered completely before jumping on another one
Iam sure this man is not a fulani tribe but he is one of those who helps and do everything possible to make sure fulani northerners are where they are in the name of north and so called Nigeria but not knowing him and his type are cooking food that will make his people tribe backward instead of great, how mr general how is the so called Army, ur people and the so called north and evil Nigeria as a whole all is primitive and poor backwardnes till today
You may wish to check the Nigerian history again. This is the only general that had the opportunity to be head of state when abacha died but he chose not to. He believes in unity and for that he suffered for notin
@@adebamboadewale2344 let me enligthen u about it a bit. In 1966 wen Aguiyi Ironsi became head of state, he was chief of army staff. Yakubu Gowon in 1967 too from chief of army staff. IBB in 1985 became president wen he was chief of army staff. Sani Abacha. Now this was possible because the strength of nigerian millitary was the army and all GOC's answers directly to the COAS. Who eve had the GOC's unde control literally got the country right under his palm. If Bamaiyi wanted to become president, chief of defence is just an office bruh 😀
@@Johnapolmidah17 Aguyi Ironsi became the Head of State as result of a failed coup led by his junior officers. Babangida also became the Head of State because Babangida toppled Buhari. Go watch Al Mustapha at the oputa panel where he said Abdulsalam Abubakar sat on the seat of the Head of State without being sworn-in, if Bamaiyi had known that Abacha had died earlier in the day, he could have rallied the GOCs under his command to stage a coup. Dont trust Bamaiyi with power
@@adebamboadewale2344 i know of oputa panel so well bro. Bamaiyi called the meeting and it was in that meeting they agreed to giv Abdulsalam as the most senior officer as at the material time. Now to answer ur thoughts about aguiyi Ironsi, why did the chief of defence didnt assumed office? Thats to tel u literally how powerful the office of the chief of army staff is. Bamaiyi could have become head of state moment he knew abacha was dead without doubt if he wanted it. No man is perfect but i can tel u that this general was a loyal servant to his country
