What he never told us was why he left the late Gen. Abacha behind as he retired the senior officers in the eve of his departure from power.
Retired General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida broke his silence last weekend on the rising Arise TV network. Ms Ngozi Alaegbu travelled to Minna, Niger State, to interview IBB inside his mind-boggling edifice. Living reclusively in obscene opulence in the city near Abuja since beating a forced hasty retreat from the national political scene post-June 12 Babangida must have considered it auspicious making himself heard again.
He declared that the controversial annulment of the Abiola victory was based on the fact that if it materialised there would have been a violent coup d'etat and more instability in the polity. He admitted that pressure was mounted on him by civilian and military elements to cancel the election. On the agitation for both Biafra and Oduduwa Republics the General predicted failure for the efforts saying that Nigerians did not believe in secession.
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