Former Military President, General Ibrahim Babangida, yesterday, on a weekly programme on Liberty FM – a privately owned radio station in Kaduna – “Guest-of-the Week”, explained the rationale behind the choice of Chief Olusegun Obasanjo as the country’s President in 1999.
The gap-toothed General said beside the fact that only a person who was capable of saving the country from disintegration was required, “The emergence of Obasanjo came as a result of what happened in the country.
“The country was in a very serious crisis and we had to find the solution to these problems. Therefore we need a leader. A leader who is known in the country. So, we looked for a man who has been involved in the affairs of this country, who held position either in the military or in the cabinet and who has certain beliefs about Nigeria. All of us that were trained in the armed forces, there is one belief that you cannot take away from us, we believe in this country because this is part of our training. We fought for this country.
“So when you have a situation like that, you need a leader that has all these attributes and, quite frankly, he quickly came to mind. We have one who knows the north, knows the south and who fought a war,” he said.
Root founders of corruption,God wil surely purnish u pple.
That was Baba maradonna,that’s was b4 now our eyes don shine well well
U cant fool us again…after all u tink is wisdom d north now hav 16milion almajirai while ur own children ar educated abroad to continue leadin a blind region norten nig……a trilionaire in d mist of d poor populace
What General Babangida owes Oputa Panel is what he owes Nigeria as a country. Hence, the burdened heart of Baba would take a rest after revealing or confessing his various hidden undertakings .
Birds of a feather that flocks together.
Hahahaha, Igbos una no wan gree ooo, the war don pass Nigeria remain Biafra comot. Why not just embrace 9ja. After all una no get anything to show and even if to say una separate that time I sure una for turn dey kill each other for power since that time.
the only thing that can keep a multi-ethnic,religious & cultural society like Naija is justice equity & fairness which is the most scarce ingredient in the present ruling machinery of democrazy…..