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I assured Jonathan I’d never betray him and I kept my words – Dasuki

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Former National Security Adviser, Sambo Dasuki, has denied campaigning for the President, Major General, Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) while serving as ex-president Goodluck Jonathan’s NSA.

He also debunked reports that he campaigned for the All Progressives Congress or its then-presidential candidate, Buhari, “in whatever shape or form before, during or after the 2015 presidential elections.”

The former NSA said this in a statement on Sunday titled, ‘I never campaigned for APC or Buhari as NSA to President Jonathan.’

He stated,

“The truth is that I was involved in an attempt at forging an alliance between the Action Congress of Nigeria, All Nigeria Peoples Party, Congress for Progressive Change, among others, prior to 2011 elections which was not successful.

“My involvement in that political process ended after the elections of 2011.”

Dasuki continued:

“At the point of accepting the appointment to serve as National Security Adviser in 2012, I made clear to President Jonathan that I had relationships with General Muhammadu Buhari of CPC, Asiwaju Ahmed Tinubu of ACN and Chief Ogbonnaya Onu of ANPP, among other opposition elements and that my appointment would not cause me to sever the relationship.

“I, however, assured him that I would never betray him. As a man of honour, I kept to my words.”

As NSA between 2012 and 2015, Dasuki insisted that he did not work at cross-purposes with Jonathan “as being recklessly insinuated by mischief makers on their blogs and social media.”

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