Former military ruler, General Ibrahim Babangida, drew more fire yesterday from across the country over his public admission that the late Chief Moshood Abiola won the June 12, 1993 election.
Several key actors in the National Democratic Coalition (NADECO), including Oba Olu Falae, Dr. Amos Akingba and Olawale Oshun, dismissed Babangida’s latest stance as belated.
Former Foreign Affairs Minister Prof. Bolaji Akinyemi said leaders should learn from the scenario, adding that the onus is always on them to take responsibility for their good and bad decisions.
Abiola’s daughter, Hafsat Abiola- Costello, said there was nothing new in what the former ruler said about the true winner of the election, although his brother AbdulMumini seemed satisfied that at long last Babangida “expressed remorse about the decision he made.”
Gumsu Sani Abacha, daughter of the late military ruler General Sani Abacha, chose to respond with cryptic messages on X apparently over the indictment of her father by Babangida for allegedly engineering the annulment of the election results.
Babangida also claims in his memoirs that Abacha plotted to violently overthrow his administration and had hatred for the late Chief Moshood Abiola. (TheNation)