Less than a month to the April general elections, Salome, widow of Professor Eme Awa, who was chairman of the defunct National Electoral Commission (NEC), during the General Ibrahim Babangida led-transition has revealed how former military dictator unsuccessfully induced the late Awa to truncate the transition programme before Awa was eventually sacked.
The Supreme Court has unanimously ruled that Vice President Atiku Abubakar is free to contest this Saturday's presidential election, thereby making the election very uncertain. The court said the electoral commission had no power to disqualify a candidate from the election, also raising questions about the validity of the governorship elections where many candidates had been disqualified by INEC.
Former military dictator, Gen. Ibrahim Babangida, may wield an unexpectedly strong influence in the administration of Mr. Umaru Yar'adua, with reports indicating the disputed winner of the April election is making overtues to appease the politically-lost former military ruler.
Right now, former dictator, General Ibrahim Babangida, could only hope for one thing: that the PDP presidential candidate, Mr. Umaru Yar'Adua, does not rise from the hospital bed. Reason: there is enormous pressure to present him (IBB) in place of the sickly Yar'Adua as PDP's presidential candidate.
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