sshd service failed to start with error - Bad configuration option: Include

Issue

• Not able to start sshd service. Getting "Bad configuration option" errors in the logs.

  sshd[7663]: /etc/ssh/sshd_config: line 35: Bad configuration option: Include
  sshd[7663]: /etc/ssh/sshd_config: terminating, 1 bad configuration options
  

• Failed to start OpenSSH server daemon with status=255/n/a

  systemd[1]: sshd.service: main process exited, code=exited, status=255/n/a
  

• sshd service is in "Active: activating (auto-restart)" state.