General Ibrahim Babangida, a former military head of state, has said claims that he endorsed a military takeover due to the current hardship in Nigeria are fake.
As reported by Vanguard newspaper, a parody account on X (formerly Twitter), @General_Ibbro, posted recently that Babangida endorsed the virtues of military rule over democratic governance.
The social media user’s comment comes amid the protests against hardship in several Nigeria cities which is in its fifth day.
Africa Independent Television (AIT) also noted the rebuttal from the former Nigerian leader.
Denying the report on Sunday, August 4, Babangida through his media office signed by Mahmud Abdullahi asserted that “the solution to our problems as he had said previously, is ‘more’ democracy, not less”.
The statement partly reads:
“Our attention has been drawn to a post on a parody account on X, formerly known as Twitter, which carries the handle, @General_Ibbro, in which former President Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida, GCFR, was supposed to have endorsed the virtues of military rule over democratic governance....[CONTINUE READING HERE ▶▶]
“This dubious account carries our principal’s picture and name and the coat of arms of the Federal Republic of Nigeria for added effect but it does not belong to him nor does the former President sanction any post appearing there.”
“This dubious account carries our principal’s picture and name and the coat of arms of the Federal Republic of Nigeria for added effect but it does not belong to him nor does the former President sanction any post appearing there.”
Babangida added:
“As a nation, we are currently facing a number of challenges but the former president has always expressed the view that we will eventually overcome these challenges and come out a stronger, more progressive nation.
The solution to our problems as he had said previously, is ‘more’ democracy, not less.”
