June 12: It Will Haunt My Father For Life, Some South-West Politicians Benefited from It Too- Mohammed Babaginda
The eldest son of former military president of Nigeria better known as IBB, Mohammed Babangida, says his father told him that the annulment of the June 12, 1993, election will haunt him for the rest of his life. The annulment of the election threw Nigeria into chaos and MKO Abiola, who was riding to victory as of the time the election was cancelled never recovered from the crisis as he was incarcerated and died shortly before he was to be released. In an interview with The SUN, Babangida’s son narrated what happened on the night his father made his mark on history. “ We were at the (Aso Rock Presidential) Villa at the time. We were in the living room when he had done the recording. He came and he said, ‘I just annulled June 12.’ We both looked at each other and we looked at him, and said: why would you do that?” he said. “And he said ‘you are too young to understand the intrigues of governance.’ And we said, but it is about you and your administration. And he said, ‘well, perhaps, this...