Pres. Buhari reveals how he spent 40 months in detention after 1985 Coup In Benin City”:-Read here

President Muhammadu Buhari during his two-day working visit to Edo state on November 7 reminded Nigerians and Governor Adams Oshiomhole, Governor-elect, Godwin Obaseki that he spent 40 months in detention in the state during the 1985 military coup.
Buhari used the opportunity to commission projects completed by the Oshiomhole-led government.

     “I’m glad to be visiting Edo state, to
commission Infrastructure projects
completed by the administration of Gov
Adams Oshiomhole,” President Buhari
stated.
    “Not many people may remember: I spent
most of the 40 months of my detention,
following the 1985 coup, in a small bungalow
here in Benin City.”

   Professor John Paden on the page 33 of his book entitled:
‘Muhammadu Buhari: The Challenges of leadership in Nigeria’
described the life of the now incumbent president in detention
after the coup in 1985.
Read the excerpts below:

“Buhari was housed in a well-guarded small bungallow in Benin
City. He was not harassed by soldiers or cut off from all
communication. He was given a small television set that could
pick up one or two channels, plus daily newspapers, and he was
provided three meals a day. He was allowed visitors, but only on
the specific authorization of Babangida. In most cases, his
visitors were members of his family, although because they lived
in the north of the country, and Benin was in Edo state in the
south, travel was a problem.

“Buhari’s daily routine was much the same every day. He would
get up around 5 a.m. for Muslim prayers, and then go back to
bed; get up again around 8 or 9 a.m. and have breakfast;read;
have lunch; rest; exercise; pray; eat dinner; read and sleep. The
only exercise he could get was to jog around outside the house.
 
     “He read not only newspapers, but also novels, history books and Qur’an.”

   President Buhari arrived Benin airport to begin a two-day
working visit to Edo on Nvember 7, Monday. He was received
by Governor Adams Oshiomhole.
The president inspected a guard of honour mounted by
military personnel before he proceeded to the palace of the
Oba of Benin, Oba Ewuare N’gidigan II, on a courtesy visit.

  Oshiomhole, who was first inaugurated on Nov. 12, 2008 and
won his second term in 2012, is expected to hand over to the
governor-elect, Godwin Obaseki, on November 12.