Former President Ibrahim Babangida has flayed what he Wednesday described as an attempt to ridicule the military institution and some of its sterling lights in the name of politics.

Taking note of a television documentary aired on Tuesday night on a private television network to project President Goodluck Jonathan ahead of the presidential election, Babangida lamented that the president’s backers at the same time poured calumny on some of the country’s former military rulers.

Babangida took strong objections to what he said were the negative imputations put on the integrity and services to the nation by Generals Olusegun Obasanjo, Muhammadu Buhari, himself; Ibrahim Babangida, late Sani Abacha, Abdulsalami Abubakar, and T.Y Danjuma.
Noting that the sponsors of the documentary which he described as a hate campaign were either intellectually delinquent or suffering from memory loss; or a combination of both, Babangida referred them to his leading role in the formation of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP.

He said:
“For record purposes, and without sounding immodest, the idea of a PDP that has now become the “largest party in Africa” started in my home, here in Minna. With the support of my fellow colleagues, we prepared the way for this democratic process that has now led us to where we are presently. We built the democratic infrastructure and architecture. Those who are parading themselves as democrats today, all participated in military governments. As a deliberate principle of remaining unsung, or blowing my own trumpet, I have elected over the years to maintain dignified silence on so many issues concerning Nigeria while I cultivate my access to each sitting President to pass across my advice in whatever form.

“It is on record and this is incontrovertible that the government I ran paraded some of the best brains this country can be proud of. I still remain eternally grateful to those wonderful brains who participated in our government to fashion a new roadmap for re-engineering the country. Some of our policies have remained unsurpassed till date and most of what the country enjoys today was a creation of the Military.
From primary healthcare to good roads, DFRRI, Better Life for Rural Women, housing, river basin authorities, MAMSER, new airports, agricultural development and other economic infrastructure, to mention but a few, were platforms where our interventions were felt. We achieved that much with very slim resources. If we had the several billions of dollars that are flying around today, we would have turned Nigeria to the Dubai of Africa.

“The military is an institution that is so dear to my heart. It is an institution that nurtured my growing up and my achievements in life. I am not only sold to the military institution and by extension the Nigerian state, I am betrothed to it. As a profession, retirees are bound to participate in politics and democracy as an all-inclusive process, same way that Doctors, Lawyers, Teachers, Nurses, and Civil Servants get involved in it.
It is the reason why I ventured into politics in 2003 before I quit in 2010. It is the same reason why General Obasanjo participated and got elected; and now General Buhari. It is therefore very curious that promoters of President Goodluck Jonathan’s aspiration would attempt to demonize and stigmatize former military leaders and cast aspersions on them in order to malign their reputation. This is very unfair.

“Fact is; the military fought a civil war to keep this country together. What I suffer today is a consequence of the injuries I sustained during the Nigeria Civil War. I am not sure there is any patriotism that is more than that. Some of us were prepared to die for the country. The military is presently combating the dreaded Boko Haram sect to restore Nigeria’s territorial integrity. What law under a democracy forbids retired military personnel from participating in politics and presenting themselves for election? Over 90 percent of American Presidents have military background.

Leadership training is better grounded in the military than any other profession. And the military parades some of the best brains in any country, including Nigeria. In fact, some of my military students that I tutored have Doctorate Degrees. It is therefore callous, wicked, out-of-sync, cynical and a show of crass ignorance for anyone to undermine the military institution by embarking on mudslinging campaigns against former presidents and leaders of military background.

“While those campaigners are pointing their accusing fingers at us, they forget to recall that the present Director-General of the PDP Presidential Campaign Organization is actually a retired Military Officer. It is this form of demonization and stigmatization that often compels us to exhibit espirit de corps amongst ourselves in support of our military institution and colleagues when the stakes are high. As disciplined military officers, we are patriotic Nigerians and must be treated with utmost respect and decorum.

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/03/babangida-fumes-at-anti-military-political-broadcast/

Babangida would be out tomorrow to deny this just like OBJ.
They say one thing today and deny it the next day.
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Sai Buhari.........

Even Babangida is not happy with the current position of things ....
Even Obasanjo is not happy with the current position of things....
Even Danjuma is not happy with the current position of things...
The masses have been unhappy since pump price climbed from N65 till today...unemployment, insecurity, corruption, poverty is on the rise and there is no hope....

One single decision on March 28 will CHANGE things.

E don happen

Babangida should go and seat down. Military intervention and interference in Nigerian politics destroyed this country. The military also caused the civil war, that led to the loss of millions of precious lives.
That Nigeria is a useless country today, is due to the interference of power hungry military men.

Mogidi:
Babangida would be out tomorrow to deny this just like OBJ.

www.nairaland.com/attachments/2240102_obj_jpeg69052097a4fedb4aeb4c99f2aefd08a3

How?

Story for the gods

Jonathan and his handlers keep proving time and again just how desperate and twisted minded they are. By the time the dust finally settles, this man would be left munching sand and spilled oil in some beach in the Niger Delta.

What law under a democracy forbids
retired military personnel from participating in
politics and presenting themselves for election?
Over 90 percent of American Presidents have
military background.

This is absolutely true! All over the world,military rulers who turned to civilian presidents do extremely well for their beloved country.

Lee Kwan Yeuw,a man Jonathan compared himself to was a military man before he became a civilian president of Singapore. We all know what he did for his countries.

Jerry Rawling too

Nigeria will not be an exception. Sai Buhari!

I am not a fan of IBB though.

Let GEJ campaign organisation continue to cast aspersions on the past military elders....The result of such is around the corner.

#GMB for President
#IhavePVC
#MyVoteWillCount

Desperation and Greed has made Jonathan and his supporters to forget that the nation they are looting today was built no the blood and sweat of past leaders.

Just because they want to stay put, loot and spread their incompetence, they keep insulting everyone. Even kids that are yet to get a degree, insult Army Generals just to fan the clueless ego of the zoologist.

Sweetguy25:
Babangida should go and seat down. Military intervention and interference in Nigerian politics destroyed this country. The military also caused the civil war, that led to the loss of millions of precious lives.
That Nigeria is a useless country today, is due to the interference of power hungry military men.

Civilians have been just as bad or even worse than the military in providing good governance and promoting democracy. Goodluck Jonathan has definitely been worse than any military ruler when it comes to safeguarding lives and security in Nigeria.

Lalasticlala,front page biko!

Jonathan has gone to far in his hate campaign. Haba!

JackBaueress:
Lalasticlala,front page biko!

Jonathan has gone to far in his hate campaign. Haba!

Front page pls

When you have a person who has little to campaign with, he campaigns with anything available, logical and illogical.

Sai baba sai buhari
#NOmoreGEJ
#VOTEBUHARI
Buhari is the man of change !
If you soo much believe in buhari.
Please support him, don't bother looking at what PDP are saying !

Serves Babangida right.When his likes kept quiet when GMB was being rubbished by office generals who have neither fought a street battle talkless of a war in their lives,he didn't know that silence wud come to bite him sooner than later.
Now he has witnessed first hand how sinister GEJ can b and d extent he can go to retain power.The full extent of what acts GEJ is capable of can only be imagined.
How does IBB now feel to have all he achieved rubbished by a man who shouldn't have been allowed close to the chairmanship position of a LGA?
Very painful I guess!

Wow! IBB, an alleged ally of GEJ, blasting him!

GEJ, stays losing allies since 1608. . lol!

SAI BUHARI!!

[size=18pt]3 DAYS TO CHANGE!![/size]

IBB should just stfu. Where was he when GEJ and his Cohort were calling a fellow General all sorts of names just to score cheap political point?
Anyways, GMB2015
#ihavedecided

that is how clueless jonny walker and his idiots are

IBRAHIM BADAMASI BABANGIDA SHOULD GO AND DIE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qp4y5kGXTE8

Am sorry to say this but the time this country was under military rule, things were better off since democracy especially the last 6years.

In the last 6 years, it has gone from bad to worse to worst.

We cant stand another 4years which will go agian from worst to terrible to catastrophic ( idk words to use again)

Let vote for change come 28th March.

Ok

Who cares what u think? Go & sin no more...

hmmmm

The spirit of confusion at work, if you love your life just cast your vote and go home

When people open their mouths and say that PDP will win Niger or it'll be a battle ground state because of IBB, I just laugh.