Former military President Ibrahim
Babangida has spoken on the controversy around the statement he issued about
the 2019 elections.
In the statement well-circulated
in the media on Sunday, the retired military ruler, better known as IBB, asked
Nigerians to have patience with President Muhammadu Buhari till his tenure ends
in 2019.
He also harped on the need to
have a new breed of leaders.
But shortly after that statement
signed on his behalf by Kassim Afegbua, his spokesman, was made public, a
counter-statement was released.
The new statement denied some of
the critical issues raised in the previous one, saying IBB had “unfettered
channel of communication with the highest authorities”.
But in a chat with THISDAY, the
elder statesman said “original statement still stands”.
The newspaper said when Babangida
got informed that a counter-statement had been issued, he instructed Afegbua to
reach out to media houses reaffirming the validity of the first statement.
Babangida reportedly said the
second statement was issued by friends and had nothing to do with him.
However, the ex-president was
said to have expressed dissatisfaction with the way the statement he issued was
treated.
Nigerians reacted to the
controversy in different ways.
Babanginda released the statement
less than two weeks after former President Olusegun Obasanjo wrote a letter to Buhari asking him not to contest
in 2019.
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