IBB Is Following Me! By Dafe Ivwurie
I was stepping out of my house, heading to the pub to see the final match of the just concluded FIFA World Cup, when my Blackberry beeped. The message simply said “Ibrahim Babangida is now following you…” The first thing that came out of my mouth was “Oh my God!” as I looked downstairs to be sure that there was nobody lurking around in the compound. Then I looked at my phone again to be sure that I had not been in a trance. I read the message again, this time around to the end and it read “Ibrahim Babangida is now following you on Twitter.” I heaved a heavy sigh of relief and became intrigued about the guy’s seriousness to contest the 2011 presidential election and engaging Nigerians, especially the youth on the World Wide Web. I was particularly taken in by the fact that his ego is actually not larger than the World Wide Web and he can condescend to the realms of mere mortals and the platform of the talakawa; quite impressive, indeed.
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My Case Against Babangida, by Ikenna Anokute
 "...Fellow Nigerians , this country has had since independendence a history mixed with turbulence and fortune . We have witnessed our rise to greatness , followed with a decline to the state of bewildered nation . Our human potentials have been neglected , our natural resources put to waste . A phenomenon of constant insecurity and overberaing uncertainty has become characteristic of our national existence . My colleagues and I are determined to unite this country . We shall not allow anything to obstruct us . We recognize that a government , be it civilian or military , needs the consent of the people to govern if it to reach it's objective . We do not intend to rule by force . At the same time , we should not be expected to submit to unreasonable demands . Fundamental rights and civil liberyies will be respected , but their exercise must not degenerate into irrational expression , nor border on subversion.......' Ibrahim B. Babangida , August 27 1985 .
IBB: We Won’t Get Fooled Again! By Kanmi Ademiluyi
IBB must be loving it. All that attention! In view of the fact that the presidential aspiration of the former military dictator has hardly set the country on fire, the attention that he is getting from parts of the human rights community must be giving him a fillip. Loud calls have recently been made for the wily old fox to be stopped from participating in next year’s presidential sweepstake. For example last week in the United States, the Nigeria’s people’s parliament in Diaspora unanimously passed a resolution asking the Federal Government to prosecute Babaginda and ban him from holding public office, for annulling the June 12, 1993 election
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IBB: Voters Beware! by Kola Odepeju
General Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida (rtd) a.k.a Maradona, Evil Genius, finally announced his intention, last week, to run for the highest political office in the country in 2011. That declaration has ended years of speculation about his plan to lead the country once again since he ‘stepped aside’ in 1993 after annulling the June 12, 1993 presidential election - the freest and fairest in the history of this country - won by the late philanthropist, Chief Moshood Kashimawo Abiola.
IBB, June 12 and a History of Denials, by Segun Adediran
Since General Ibrahim Babangida began his campaign to run for the presidency in 2011, the self-styled evil genius and his handlers have been weaving some conspiracy theories around the annulment of June 12, 1993 presidential election won by Chief M.K.O. Abiola. Now, a new twist has been added to the drama. Seventeen years after committing the infamy, the man who wants to be president again at all costs, said it was a good thing that somebody was trying to acknowledge the efforts of Chief Abiola, the presumed winner of the election.
As reported, IBB was reacting to President Goodluck Jonathan‘s acknowledgement of Abiola‘s contributions to the enthronement of civil rule in the country. Though IBB, in his usual blabbering, spoke on a number of issues, his new crusade to get Abiola ”immortalised as a person who fought for democracy”, sounds suspicious and should be taken with a pinch of salt.
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