Former military President Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida (IBB) has announced the launch of his autobiography, titled: A Journey in Service, on February 20.
Seven years ago, IBB expressed doubts about writing an autobiography, saying he was uncertain if Nigerians would “want to read about a dictator”.
He added that the public had a wrong impression of him, citing his role in the annulment of the June 12, 1993 presidential election, and some of the controversial policies he implemented between 1985 and 1993 as Head of State.
In an invite dispatched to dignitaries this week, the Board of Trustees (BoT) of the IBB Presidential Library Foundation announced that the book launch would take place alongside a fundraising for a presidential library at the Congress Hall of Transcorp Hilton Hotel in Abuja.
The organisers said the event would be chaired by Olusegun Obasanjo, a former president; with President Bola Tinubu as the special guest of honour.
The keynote address would be delivered by former Ghanaian President Nana Akufo-Addo, while Nigeria’s former Vice President Yemi Osinbajo would review the book.
Other guests billed to attend the event include ex-Presidents Muhammadu Buhari, Yakubu Gowon, Abdulsalami Abubakar, and Goodluck Jonathan.A former Minister of Defence, Gen. Theophilus Danjuma, and the Chairman of BUA Group, Alhaji Abdul Samad Rabiu, are the chief launchers. (TheNation)