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.
Posted by daniel on March 11, 2013.