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Afenifere Reacts To Babangida’s Excuse For Annulling June 12 Election

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A Yoruba socio-cultural group, Afenifere has condemned the reason given by Former Military head of state, Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida (IBB) for the annulment of June 12 election.

Babangida had annulled the June 12, 1993, general election considered by most Nigerians as the most credible poll in the country’s history.

IBB had, in an interview on Friday, explained he annulled the election which Late. M.K.O Abiola was the winner, to prevent a violent coup d’etat.

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But reacting, Sola Ebiseni, secretary-general of Afenifere, described Babangida’s excuse as an insult on the intelligence of Nigerians.

“Babangida has not said a new thing worthy of any reaction in respect of his treasonable acts of the annulment of the adjudged freest and fairest election in the country’s political history,” he said.

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“Nigerians are not interested in any excuse being given by IBB. It is even most preposterous that IBB will only now be insulting the intelligence of Nigerians that he annulled their mandate to forestall a violent coup, which, by reasonable inference, he was aware of.

“He lost the opportunity of being the hero of democracy and father of a new Nigeria, an eternal regret that no whitewashing on television can redeem.

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