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This is Professor Humphrey Nwosu answering bluntly and succinctly to direct questions about June 12 over ten years ago. No holds barred. This is for those who kept saying that he never said anything about June 12 thereafter.

This man was never an attention wh-ore. He was called by the government to run the countrys general elections as a Professor of Political Science. He did so to the best of his abilities, and in the process, unleashed the "freeiest and fairest" elections in the nations history till this day.

Power drunk officers refused to let the results of the elections to see the light of the day and went ahead to sack him. He left for his home and stayed out of public space till his death. Most probably, without Humphrey Nwosu, there would never have been the story of Abiola and June 12.

It is important for every discerning mind to take into consideration the fact that the same people that want Nwosus name out of the history books, are the biggest supporters of one Mahmud Yakubu, the most inefficient and totally inept electoral umpire in Nigerias history.

Enough irony for a lifetime..


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=keSD3BCqsUo?si=H8KhMSQBMb-zUIU0

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There you have it. So does anyone still thinks or feels Prof Humphrey Nwosu has no legacy as far as the June 12 1993 political history of this nation is concerned? Let the bigotry plaguing this nation stop please.

Racoon:
There you have it. So does anyone still thinks or feels Prof Humphrey Nwosu has no legacy as far as the June 12 1993 political history of this nation is concerned? Let the bigotry plaguing this nation stop please.

Notice that his answers here aligned totally with the submissions of General Babangida in his book.
Facts are Facts..

True!




If he did the usual mago mago as some of his forerunners,there would not have been an Abiola and mandate...


His efficiency and straight forwardness brought about June 12

Hahahah. Your enemy never look at your benevolence.

It's beyond that. It's deep seated national hate for the Igbos since that attempt on self determination.

Except some drastic actions are taken, that stereotypes stigmatization will not go away soon

psucc:
Hahahah. Your enemy never look at your benevolence.

It's beyond that. It's deep seated national hate for the Igbos since that attempt on self determination.

Except some drastic actions are taken, that stereotypes stigmatization will not go away soon

we say we no fit immortalise am

Na fight?

U Igbos should do that now

Do you know that some people are even more against Humphrey Nwosu, than they are against the General in Minna who annulled June 12th?

The most important thing is to bring in a process that engender free and fair election and ensuring that the process is strictly adhered to.
If the next election will be free and fair, we will be fine and if the electoral is afraid, he should not pronounce the winner instead of pronouncing a loser,as a winner.

Juxtaposing this interview with what Babangida said in his book, you will notice that he was right in saying Abacha was the issue. That is not to let Babangida off the hook, it means he wasn't in full control of his government or was scared of Abacha. Babangida should have pushed for the announcement of the result whichever way. He erred seriously.

gidgiddy:
Do you know that some people are even more against Humphrey Nwosu, than they are against the General in Minna who annulled June 12th?

At the Minna General's book launching a few weeks back,they all went there and started laughing and donating to him

Or Like they look the other way when the hausa fulani bandits kill our people but shout igbo every now and then on Social Media

Anyways,We only hope their anti igbo bigotry doesnt pass online and isnt transferred offline in the days towards the 2027 elections

Because these ones have nothing to offer except ethnic tirades

Awon oloshi

gidgiddy:
Do you know that some people are even more against Humphrey Nwosu, than they are against the General in Minna who annulled June 12th?

Have anything being named after babaginda by the federal government??

All this emotional can't work.

Name one local airport or school after Nwosu you if people really worship him.

Bobodee09:
Have anything being named after babaginda by the federal government??

All this emotional can't work.

Name one local airport or school after Nwosu you if people really worship him.

GCFR,GCB,

Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida University. Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida University (IBBUL)


Nothing to do with emotion, all about reality

Nwosu is a criminal

Bobodee09:
Have anything being named after babaginda by the federal government??

All this emotional can't work.

Name one local airport or school after Nwosu you if people really worship him.

Na now I see say you no know anything, at least use the data they bought for you to be doing some research before saying anything…

Fear fit allow Nigeria not to name anything under Babangida ?


Even Buhari Dey respect that General… the only person that Babangida is scared of is Abacha… every other person dead or alive is a toy to him, even Tinubu knows his limit as a president.

Make you no come online Dey yan dust due to small 30k we dey pay you monthly

History will continue to remember and be kind to Prof. Humphrey Nwosu!

Prof Nwosu made the whole June 12 presidential election results available to the court so that it will become public knowledge and the media will capitalize on it. He did his part as someone who believed in a workable Nigeria.

For whatever reason including fear that he might be killed, Prof Nwosu stated that the election was inconclusive while knowing same not to be the truth as Abiola won the election.

He was a coward. What he should have done at the time, he didn't do it. He chickened out.

givedemwotowoto:
Prof Nwosu made the whole June 12 presidential election results available to the court so that it will become public knowledge and the media will capitalize on it. He did his part as someone who believed in a workable Nigeria.

Liar.

zero8zero:
He was a coward. What he should have done at the time, he didn't do it. He chickened out.

You mean a coward like one inebriated urchin you and I know, who dashed across the seme border like a meteorite immediately one Sanni Abacha hyjacked power? The one who busied himself as a courier man for the Pablo Escobars of this world in far away Chicago while Nwosu was right here in Nigeria living with the same Abacha after refusing the earlier ultimatums from the military as it regards going ahead with conducting the elections? Do you recognise the fact that the present president of Nigeria actually ran into exile because of the same Abacha?

owobokiri:
Notice that his answers here aligned totally with the submissions of General Babangida in his book.
Facts are Facts..

It didn't aligned. Babangida put all the blame on Abacha but here you heard him saying IBB said they are on their own

Racoon:
There you have it. So does anyone still thinks or feels Prof Humphrey Nwosu has no legacy as far as the June 12 1993 political history of this nation is concerned? Let the bigotry plaguing this nation stop please.

He's a coward, he should have released the rest of the results and damn the consequences. That's how heroes act.

MKO declared himself as the president...he never chickened out

Inconclusive means what?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1994/06/24/nigerian-police-arrest-self-declared-president/16379c29-4324-4333-b490-ce0649b41349/

Till tomorrow, the military will tell you that they arrest Abiola because he self-proclaimed that he won the election, a job that the referee Nwosu failed to do. i don't have a problem with honouring Nwosu, at least IBB and even Abacha have some honour. But people should stop twisting history and making this a tribal issue. Nwosu was simply the referee. i don't care if he was Nupe, Efik or Urhobo, he was the referee. He saw the goal, he knew it was a goal, but he said it is inconclusive. Coming 15years later to tell people that it was a goal and that everybody knew is cowardly. He should have said it there and then in the match. If "FIFA FG" afterwards decides that they don't want, we know that the referee was not part of the blame.
And don't tell us that without him, there is no June 12 or Abiola. It's like saying without the referee there's no Messi or Ronaldo, or without Jega and Mahmood, our presidents are irrelevant and they must be put on the same pedestal.

Counterigbolies:
we say we no fit immortalise am

Na fight?

U Igbos should do that now

to hell with your immortalization

We all know the people who are standing against the immortalization. The same MKO people the ones who shared his meat

Oshiomhole, you’ve got memo.

Image123:
Inconclusive means what?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1994/06/24/nigerian-police-arrest-self-declared-president/16379c29-4324-4333-b490-ce0649b41349/

Till tomorrow, the military will tell you that they arrest Abiola because he self-proclaimed that he won the election, a job that the referee Nwosu failed to do. i don't have a problem with honouring Nwosu, at least IBB and even Abacha have some honour. But people should stop twisting history and making this a tribal issue. Nwosu was simply the referee. i don't care if he was Nupe, Efik or Urhobo, he was the referee. He saw the goal, he knew it was a goal, but he said it is inconclusive. Coming 15years later to tell people that it was a goal and that everybody knew is cowardly. He should have said it there and then in the match. If "FIFA FG" afterwards decides that they don't want, we know that the referee was not part of the blame.
And don't tell us that without him, there is no June 12 or Abiola. It's like saying without the referee there's no Messi or Ronaldo, or without Jega and Mahmood, our presidents are irrelevant and they must be put on the same pedestal.

Didn't you watch the video where Nwosu clearly stated that he could not announce results while waiting for the last results from Taraba State? You guys wanted Nwosu to declare the winner based on incomplete results?

It was while waiting for Taraba results that Nwosu was ambushed, and ordered to stop collation of results. We are talking about Generals with guns.

Despite that, Nwosu still went to court to insist that the elections must stand, and tendered the complete results in court, which made it a public document. It is based on having access to the results that MKO has any right to claim victory.

Nwosu does not have to be immortalised, but he should be given his due acknowledgement. Had the man not brought June 12th results out to the public domain, the winner would have been speculation to this day

gidgiddy:
Didn't you watch the video where Nwosu clearly stated that he could not announce results while waiting for the last results from Taraba State? You guys wanted Nwosu to declare the winner based on incomplete results?

It was while waiting for Taraba results that Nwosu was ambushed, and ordered to stop collation of results. We are talking about Generals with guns.

Despite that, Nwosu still went to court to insist that the elections must stand, and tendered the complete results in court, which made it a public document. It is based on having access to the results that MKO has any right to claim victory.

Nwosu does not have to be immortalised, but he should be given his due acknowledgement. Had the man not brought June 12th results out to the public domain, the winner would have been speculation to this day

Of the 6.6 million votes that had been announced, Abiola had received 4.3 million and Tofa 2.3 million. The world knew the winner already, it was a formality waiting for taraba results. Instead Nwosu said that the election was inconclusive. He had until June 23 or so that he was removed as chairman. He didn't say anything until 15years after. There was no speculation there, results were shown to everyone and on the dailies.

One thing I have observed in Nigeria, if you a honest politician or top government officials. Write about your work while alive and make a documentary or even interview to detail your involvement. Mentioning names and dates so that anyone that want to refute can have their day in court.

Otherwise, those who rewrites history will destroy your image and handiwork.

I am not saying that Abacha is anywhere near a saint but today everyone blames him for everything. I won't be surprised after Tinubu's tenure if some people blame Abacha for the failure of Tinubu's government.