‘How Queen Elizabeth Stopped Buhari’s Regime From Extraditing Umaru Dikko’

Elder statesman and Second Republic politician, Isyaku Ibrahim, has narrated how the late Queen Elizabeth helped stopped the extradition of a former Transportation Minister, Umaru Dikko, by the Common Muhammadu Buhari-led (Rtd) regime in 1984.

Naija Information recollects that on July fifth, 1984, in what’s now infamously generally known as the ‘Dikko Affair’, the Buhari regime allegedly sanctioned the kidnapping and extra-ordinary rendition of Dikko, who served within the Shehu Shagari authorities toppled by Buhari.

Dikko was discovered with a Jewish physician drugged and saved in a crate at Stansted Airport destined for Lagos State.

Talking with Day by day Belief on Saturday in Abuja, Ibrahim stated he was deeply pained by the demise of Queen Elizabeth II.

In accordance with the elder statesman, the late British monarch performed a key function in stopping the extradition of Umaru Dikko.

Ibrahim stated: “After I was in New York with the current president of Ghana, I used to be known as and the woman was crying. I requested her what occurred and he or she advised me that she heard that Umaru Dikko had been kidnapped. I requested if she had spoken to the police and he or she stated no. I advised her to not name the police.

“I stated I might preserve her posted about what I used to be doing. I then known as my enterprise affiliate with the British Aerospace, who occurred to be Main Hamset. He was a colleague of Queen Elizabeth’s safety man. Hamset had determined to retire. He didn’t wish to proceed within the military; he stated he needed to earn cash. So, after I known as him to inform him what occurred, he stated I ought to put my phone down.

“He rapidly known as his colleague (the queen’s safety man) and advised him that that they had kidnapped Umaru Dikko. He then went to the queen, saluted, and stated, ‘We now have a foul information.’ He advised the queen that that they had kidnapped Dikko. She screamed and stated Dikko was her visitor. This goes to indicate you ways sharp the queen’s reminiscence was.”

Jewish Physician

He stated the Queen then directed her safety man to name Margaret Thatcher (the then British prime minister) and inform her what was occurring.

“Are you able to consider it? Wallahi, inside 20 minutes the British airspace, sea, and floor have been sealed. The entire of Nice Britain was sealed. Then, at about 2 pm or 2:30 pm, Main Hamset known as me and stated, ‘I’ve excellent news for you. Umaru Dikko has been discovered with a Jewish physician in a crate.’”

In accordance with Ibrahim, the Jewish physician was speculated to be injecting him till they put them on the aircraft for onward supply to Nigeria.

Naija Information studies that Britain’s longest-reigning monarch and the nation’s figurehead for seven many years died on Thursday at age 96.

The elder statesman stated the queen cherished Nigeria and could be drastically missed.