Former military president, Ibrahim Babangida says he is ready to vote for an Igbo president in 2019. Speaking with The Interview, a magazine focused on leading professionals and politicians, IBB, described the agitation for Biafra republic as a distraction. “We do not need this distraction now,” he said, adding that “I will vote for an Igbo president in 2019, if I find one.”
He also revisited one of the most controversial issues involving him – the death of MKO Abiola, acclaimed winner of the June 12 1993 election. He said he received the news of his death with shock but without regret. Responding to the question whether he believed that Abiola died of natural causes, Babangida said: “I should know? I didn’t serve the tea…!”
The retired general also spoke on his relationship with President Muhammadu Buhari, Mamman Vatsa, IBB’s childhood friend who was executed on his orders for a botched coup plot, and Sani Abacha, former military ruler. Babangida also revealed how Orji Uzor Kalu, former governor of Abia state, arranged a meeting between him and Buhari in 2006. “One thing you guys in the media want is for us to be exchanging words with each other each time we see,” he said.
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