In an exclusive interview, former military president, Ibrahim Babangida, has disclosed that he is ready to vote for an Igbo president in 2019 and that there is no need for Biafra agitation.
Ibrahim Babangida
In a disclosure to The Interview, a magazine published by Azu Ishiekwene, focusing on leading professionals and politicians, former Nigerian Head of State, Ibrahim Babangida, says he will support Igbo to take over power in 2019 adding that there was no need for Biafra agitation.
"We do not need this distraction now, I will vote for an Igbo president in 2019, if I find one," he said.
The former president also spoke on the death of Moshood Kashimawo Olawale (MKO) Abiola, the acclaimed winner of the June 12, 1993 election, said that he received the news with shock but without regret.
When asked whether he believed that Abiola died of natural causes, IBB responded: "I should know? I didn’t serve the tea…!"
The managing director of The Interview, Azu Ishiekwene, said IBB also spoke about his childhood friend, Mamman Vasta, who was killed on his orders for allegedly planning a coup to overthrow him and he talked about the late dictator, Sani Abacha.
Ishiekwene said IBB told him about how former governor of Abia State, Orji Kalu, arranged a meeting between him and President Muhammadu 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," Babangida reportedly said.
"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," Ishiekwene said.