Alex Ekwueme’s contrøversial arrest, detent!on by Buhari and how Babangida restricted his movement
One of the political arrests that have remained contrøversial had to do with Dr. Alex Ekwueme, then Vice President under Alhaji Shehu Shagari. Ekwueme was arrested with some others on January 17, 1984 immediately after the government of Shagari was overthrown. When Buhari was asked about his continued detention while Shagari was only placed under house arrest, the head of State was quoted by Concord newspaper as saying Ekwueme was detained in Lagos in the Kirikiri maximum-security prison because of suspected involvement in shady oil deals. "I have not seen anything against the former president. You cannot say the same…
