Gen. Buhari's classmates comes out to defend him

Gen. Buhari's classmates come out to
defend him...
During his media briefing, Gen. Buhari
mentioned two prominent Nigerians he went to
school with, former president of the Court of
Appeal, Justice Umaru Abdullahi and former
inspector-general of police, Alhaji Ibrahim
Coomassie.

The two men have spoken to the media
confirming that they indeed went to school together.
In an exclusive interview with Leadership , Alhaji
Coomasie said they & about 5 prominent
Nigerians attended the same school.
Coomasie said Buhari was the head boy and
loved to play football during their days in
school. He mentioned the former PCA Justice
Abdullahi; Gen Shehu Musa Yar’Adua; the
late Grand Khadi Halilu, and a Second
Republic senator Abdul Ali as some of their
classmates.
Coomassie said:
“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”
On his part, 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.”