Shady and corrupt elite, led by General Ibrahim Babangida, Mr. Tony Anenih and the former governors the EFCC is hounding over allegations of corruption, are at the forefront of those mounting pressure on President Umaru Yar’Adua to sack the EFCC boss, Mr. Nuhu Ribadu, considered to be an errand boy of former President Olusegun Obasanjo.
Fourteen years after the death of Chief Moshood Kasimowo Olawale Abiola, pro-democracy groups have called for the prosecution of former President Ibrahim Babangida and immortalisation of Abiola.
Even the Babangida Camp does not want David Mark as the Senate President. Foremost Babangida loyalist, Shuaibu Badeggi, condemned the PDP’s nomination of David Mark as the new Senate president, saying the retired General single-handedly intimidated Babangida into annulling the June 12, 1993 election. Badeggi described the PDP’s choice of David Mark as the highest level of insensitivity.
This is a historic day for our nation, for it marks an important milestone in our march towards a maturing democracy. For the first time since we cast off the shackles of colonialism almost a half-century ago, we have at last managed an orderly transition from one elected government to another.
