They have replied IBB

Human rights activists and politicians have
branded former military president, Gen. Ibrahim
Badamasi Babangida, a.k.a. IBB, a failure in the
same way he branded former President Olusegun
Obasanjo a failure, yesterday.
They described Babangida as a kettle calling the
pot (Obasanjo) black; that they are two of the
same kind.
Speaking with P.M.NEWS this morning,
constitutional lawyer, Prof. Itse Sagay added that
“two of them are colossal failure; they are twin
brothers as far as governance is concerned. They
are not better than each other,” he stated.
Human rights activist and lawyer, Bamidele Aturu
said both Obasanjo and IBB were in the same
boat as military leaders.
“Both of them failed even when they had the
opportunity to have transformed this nation. IBB
made corruption permanent. We must thank IBB
for saying the truth. It takes a failure to accuse a
failure,” he said.
According Chief Olu Falae, Obasanjo’s civilian
administration was a disaster as he could not
manage the various organs of government that
could make his administration a success.
He said he would prefer IBB to Obasanjo because
IBB during his time was cool headed unlike
Obasanjo who ruled with iron fist even as a civilian
president.
Yoruba leader, Ayo Opadokun said the tenures of
Obasanjo and IBB were complete disasters that
impacted negatively on the lives of Nigerians.
He accused Obasanjo of plunging the nation into
extreme debt, adding that IBB’s regime was
completely dictatorial and militant in nature.
Opadokun lamented that Obasanjo performed
very poorly while in office but noted that his
regime gave room for people to air their views.
Also speaking, Mr. Yinka Odumakin described the
tenures of IBB and Obasanjo as disasters.
He said there was nothing good about the two
administrations as they had negative impact all
through.
IBB had said yesterday that Obasanjo’s eight-year
tenure in office was a total failure and that he
would have done better if given the same
opportunity and resources to rule as a civilian
president as Obasanjo had.
Speaking with journalists in Minna, Niger State,
North Central Nigeria to commemorate his 70th
birthday, IBB who was military president from
1985 to 1993, stirred the hornet’s nest when he
said if he were lucky to access the revenue that
accrued to the Federal Government today, he
would have done more than he did while in
power.
Immediately he made that statement, activists
and politicians slammed him, saying he was also
guilty of mismanagement of the economy while in
government.
The Minna, Niger State-born retired General, ruled
Nigeria for eight years during which he ruined the
nation’s economy by devaluing the naira which
was stronger than the dollar when he seized
power in August 1985.
He also annulled the June 12, 1993 presidential
election won by his friend, the late Chief Moshood
Abiola.
When our correspondent called Chief Obasanjo’s
aides this morning to react to Babangida’s
statement, they declined to speak.
One of them simply said: “Baba (Obasanjo) has
asked us not to reply Babangida.”
—Kazeem Ugbodaga

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He accused Obasanjo of plunging the nation into
extreme debt, adding that IBB’s regime was
completely dictatorial and militant in nature.
Opadokun lamented that Obasanjo performed
very poorly while in office but noted that his
regime gave room for people to air their views.
Also speaking, Mr. Yinka Odumakin described the
tenures of IBB and Obasanjo as disasters.
He said there was nothing good about the two
administrations as they had negative impact all
through.
IBB had said yesterday that Obasanjo’s eight-year
tenure in office was a total failure and that he
would have done better if given the same
opportunity and resources to rule as a civilian
president as Obasanjo had.
Speaking with journalists in Minna, Niger State,
North Central Nigeria to commemorate his 70th
birthday, IBB who was military president from
1985 to 1993, stirred the hornet’s nest when he
said if he were lucky to access the revenue that
accrued to the Federal Government today, he
would have done more than he did while in
power.
Immediately he made that statement, activists
and politicians slammed him, saying he was also
guilty of mismanagement of the economy while in
government.
The Minna, Niger State-born retired General, ruled
Nigeria for eight years during which he ruined the
nation’s economy by devaluing the naira which
was stronger than the dollar when he seized
power in August 1985.
He also annulled the June 12, 1993 presidential
election won by his friend, the late Chief Moshood
Abiola.
When our correspondent called Chief Obasanjo’s
aides this morning to react to Babangida’s
statement, they declined to speak.
One of them simply said: “Baba (Obasanjo) has
asked us not to reply Babangida.”
—Kazeem Ugbodaga

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