Nelson Mandela escaped assassination in Ethiopia

A Retired Ethiopian Police Officer, Commander Gudeta Dinka, Relates the Plot to Assassinate Nelson Mandela in Addis Ababa.  Nelson Mandela is known to have taken military training in Ethiopia as part of a support he was getting for his Anti Apartheid struggle. Former Ethiopian Police Officer, Commander Gudeta Dinka, has said to the local radio station in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, that once he was asked to kill the then military trainee, Nelson Mandela.  Gudeta Dinka, 76, was a police officer under the command of General Tadesse (A top military officer, then colonel, who was appointed by the Emperor himself for the training and safety of Mandela). The retired officer told the radio station that it was only four people; General Tadesse, Colonel Fekadu, Commander Fekade and he were allowed to a tight section in the Kolfe Police Academy where Mandela stayed and took training.  Mandela used to leave the window open at night; the commander remembers. He said that as he was one of those in charge of Mandela’s safety, once he was contacted by a police officer to discuss on a very serious matter. When they met at Taitu Hotel, Commander Guta relates that the officer gave him 2,000 pounds and offered him to strangle Mandela.  The commander remarked that the officer offered a lot more money for both of them and a safe way out of the country if he killed Mandela. “Finish him and when you leave the compound a car will be waiting for pickup. Two chances are before us. We shouldn’t miss them…” said the officer to commander Guta, as he remembered the incident.  “I acted as if I have agreed, and then I told about the plot to General Tadesse. The plot held in great secrecy and those people behind the plot got identified and then banished from the country” said the retired police officer, Commander Guta Dinka. Source: http://www.diretube.com/articles/read-nelson-mandela-escaped-assassination-in-ethiopia_3789.html