*Iwuanyawu: June 12 annulment not his sole decision, he didn’t kill Dele Giwa *Akilu: Vasta was killed because he wasn’t innocent of foiled ’86 coup *Abubakar: He’s needlessly misunderstood Chuks O…
*Akilu: Vasta was killed because he wasn’t innocent of foiled ’86 coupSome elder statesmen and eminent Nigerians, many of whom played key roles in the administration of former Military President Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida, have come out to address some of the age-long thoughts about his leadership, with a view to owning their own narrative.
Generally, the speakers called on leaders across the country to emulate the inclusive leadership qualities of the former military president in managing Nigeria’s multi-ethnic polity and raised concern over the retrogression of intellectualism in governance. “On the cancellation of the June 12 election, none of the council members protested or resigned, because of the cancellation of the result. Maybe after this, the narrative will improve.”
Iwuanyanwu said, “We are warning the younger ones causing trouble, it is not a tea party. I fought in the war and he fought and we suffered injuries.” He added that when Babangida came to power, he assured those who fought the war on the side of Biafra of inclusion and “he made it real.” Akilu said he was attracted to Babangida during the civil war, when Babangida, as a young military officer, defended a junior officer from a bully military officer.
He lamented the failure of successive administrations to follow in the steps of Babangida in building more barracks for the military so that the military will have comfort. In his contribution on “how he built his tribe”, Abubakar, extolled the virtues of the former military president and underscored the need for leaders in the country to carry everybody along in a multi-ethnic country like Nigeria.
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