Nigeria, Dec. 26 -- A former National Security Adviser (NSA), Babagana Monguno, has narrated how the dysfunction around former president Muhammadu Buhari frustrated security initiatives in the country and made the Kuje Prison attacks in 2022 possible.

Mr Monguno's narration was captured in Mr Buhari's biography, "From Soldier to Statesman: The Legacy of Muhammadu Buhari", authored by Charles Omole.

According to the former NSA, power play by Mr Buhari's close associates, notably his nephew Mamman Daura, Chief of Staff Abba Kyari, among others, and a lacklustre attitude by the president, contributed to failures of the security architecture.

"If the president's first line in matters of security is the NSA, then starving that office is a w...