Muhammadu Buhari Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! === Umaru Dikko affair === {{Main|Dikko affair}} [[Dikko Affair|The Umaru Dikko Affair]] was another defining moment in Buhari's military government. [[Umaru Dikko]], a former Minister of Transportation under the previous civilian administration of President Shagari who fled the country shortly after the coup, was accused of embezzling $1 billion in oil profits. With the help of an alleged former Mossad agent, the [[National Security Organization|NSO]] traced him to London, where operatives from Nigeria and Israel drugged and kidnapped him. They placed him in a plastic bag, which was subsequently hidden inside a crate labelled as "Diplomatic Baggage". The purpose of this secret operation was to ship Dikko off to Nigeria on an empty Nigerian Airways Boeing 707, to stand trial for embezzlement. The plot was foiled by British airport officers.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-20211380|title=The foiled Nigerian kidnap plot|last=Alex|first=Last|date=12 November 2012|website=bbc.co.uk|access-date=21 July 2018|archive-date=24 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181124114330/https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-20211380|url-status=live}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page