By Ogaga Ariemu Nigeria’s former military president, Ibrahim Babangida, has opened up that the annulment of the June 12, 1993, presi...
By Ogaga Ariemu
Nigeria’s former military president, Ibrahim Babangida, has
opened up that the annulment of the June 12, 1993, presidential election was
due to “national interest”.
IBB made this known in Abuja on Thursday during the launch
of his autobiography, “A Journey in Service”.
Thirty-two years after the annulment of the June 12
election, believed to have been won by late Moshood Abiola, Babangida said he
acted to protect the country’s interest.
“As the leader of the military administration, I accept full
responsibility for all decisions taken by me. And June 12 happened under my
watch.
“Mistakes, oversights, and missteps happen in quick
succession, but I say in my book, in all matters, we acted in extreme national
interest so that Nigeria could survive,” the former military president told the
gathering.
Babangida also admitted on Thursday that the June 12
election was free, fair, and won by Abiola.
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