1. Sambo Dasuki was born on 2 December 1954 and is a retired Nigerian military officer who served as National Security Adviser to President Goodluck Jonathan and briefly to President Muhammadu Buhari.
14 Facts About Sambo Dasuki
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Sambo Dasuki attended Kaduna Capital School for his elementary education and later Government College Kaduna, for his secondary education.
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Sambo Dasuki entered the Nigerian Defence Academy in 1972 and was classmates with future officers such as Colonel Kayode Are, General Owoye Andrew Azazi, and Admiral Ganiyu Adekeye.
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Sambo Dasuki received his commission from the Nigerian Defence Academy in 1974 and was posted to an Army Headquarters platoon.
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Later, Sambo Dasuki was among four majors who arrested the Nigerian head of state Muhammadu Buhari in the 1985 palace coup led by Major General Ibrahim Babangida.
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Sambo Dasuki worked as Babangida's aide until 1988, when he left the post due to alleged disagreements with the then Chief of Army Staff, General Sani Abacha.
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Sambo Dasuki then went to the US where he received further military training.
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In 1993, following the rise to power of General Sani Abacha, Sambo Dasuki was retired from the army.
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Sambo Dasuki was accused of masterminding a coup allegedly led by Lawan Gwadabe.
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In 2001, Sambo Dasuki returned to Nigeria and was appointed as the managing director of Nigerian Security Printing and Minting Company Limited.
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Sambo Dasuki resigned in protest against controversial privatization of NSPMC by former President Olusegun Obasanjo and retired into private business.
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In June 2012, Sambo Dasuki was appointed as National Security Advisor by President Goodluck Jonathan.
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Coincidentally, on the one-year anniversary of the abduction of Chibok school girls, Sambo Dasuki insisted that government was concerned about the welfare of every single Nigerian, not only the Chibok girls, as terrorists abducted other innocent Nigerian girls, boys, men, and women, and security agencies were making all efforts to rescue them.
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In November 2018, Sambo Dasuki was refused bail by the government despite being granted bail by four different high court judges.