IBRAHIM
Babangida, former military president, says he is ready to vote for an
Igbo president in 2019.
In a chat with The Interview, a magazine focused on leading professionals
and politicians, IBB, as he is fondly called, described the agitation
for Biafra republic as a distraction.
“We do not need this distraction now,” he was quoted as saying,
adding that, “I will vote for an Igbo president in 2019, if I find one.”
According to Azu Ishiekwene, managing director of The Interview, the
retired general also spoke on his relationship With President
MuhammaduBuhari, Vasta Mamman, IBB’s childhood friend who was executed on his orders, and Sani Abacha, former military ruler.
Ishiekwene said the magazine, will be out next week.
Babangida was also said to have 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 reportedly said.
Ishiekwene added that “Babangida spoke on the two ‘most traumatic’
coups during his eight-year regime – the Mamman Vatsa and Gideon Orkar
coups – revealing, for the first time, a meeting he had with Vatsa
before his trial began.
“The interview also covered Dele Giwa and the C130 Hercules plane crash in Ejigbo, which left 150 military officers dead.”
A statement issued by Ishiekwene, revealed that Femi Falana, notable human rights lawyer, also spoke with The Interview.
“In the same edition, frontline lawyer and Senior Advocate of
Nigeria, Femi Falana, spoke on why he was dropped from the ministerial
list, while the new President of Mauritius, Ameenah Gurib-Fakim, gave
African leaders some homework to do,” the statement read.
“The edition also features interviews with leading South African
Editor-In-Chief of City Press, Ferial Haffajee; young prodigy and Bill
Gates scholar at Oxford, Ify Aniebo; and the D-G of NIMASA, Haruna Baba
Jauro, with an extended version of Interview
Confidential, the inside news in whispers.”
Source:
Mediapaper
Title : Babangida Vows To Vote For An Igbo President In 2019 If I Find One
Description : IBRAHIM Babangida, former military president, says he is ready to vote for an Igbo president in 2019. In a chat with The Interview, a maga...
