- Former Military President Ibrahim Babangida admitted regret over the annulment of the June 12, 1993, presidential election during the launch of his autobiography in Abuja
- Babangida took full responsibility for the annulment and shared insights into the security concerns that influenced the decision
- He revealed plans for a subsequent election that were thwarted by the hostility following the cancellation, leading to the formation of an Interim National Government
Annullment of June 12, IBB speaks, regrets. Photo credit: IBB/Abiola Files/XSource: Getty ImagesAdmission of responsibility by IBB”I regret June 12. I accept full responsibility for the decisions taken, and June 12 happened under my watch. Mistakes, missteps happened in quick successions,” Babangida said.Previous defence of the annulmentConcerns about security and coupPlans for a subsequent electionActual words of Babangida:I regret June 12. I accept full responsibility for the decisions taken and June 12 happened under my watch. Mistakes, missteps happened in quick successions, he said.June 12 was accepted by Nigerians as the best of elections in Nigeria. It was free and fair. But unfortunately, we cancelled that election. I used the word unfortunately, for the first time. We were in government at the time and we knew the possible consequences of handing over to a democratic government. We did well that we wanted ours to be the last military coup detat. To be honest with you, the situation was not ripe to hand over at the time.Forget about the wrong things that happened in politics. The issue of security of the nation was a threat and we would have considered ourselves to have failed, if six months after handover, there was another coup. I went through coup detat and I survived it. We knew that there would be another coup detat. But not many people believed what we said. They could have allowed me to go away and then they (coup plotters) would regroup and stage another coup. This is how coups are staged one man will always come to complain. And he will try to convince you about his complaints, Babangida said.Babangida admits MKO Abiola won 1993 election
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