The former Military Military in Nigeria reveals all

The former Military in Nigeria Ibrahim Badamasi Badamasi, known as IBB, released a new autobiography including many times while he was in charge of the country from 1983.

A service journey has spoken and pondering what can be done if things are different – especially the controversial decision to advertise a friend in childhood.

The woman has an equal record. While some praised him for the development of infrastructure Nigeria he watched, some say that there is a lot of corruption in his time.

Here are four takeaways from the book:

This is the largest point of saying because it is touched by a topic that many believe that Nigerian history has changed. Some say that the country has not been obtained from the annulment of the 1993 presidency election.

In the book, journalism, now 83, for the first time expresses deep regret to cancellation of elections.

The poll should end in military rule after 10 years and the cancellation of the result throws the country of chaos.

The date of the vote – 12 June – now remembered in Nigeria as Democracy Day.

Gen has been forced to resign.

Moshood Abiola, widely believed to have won the election, later imprisoned and killed by his wife.

The current President of Nigeria, Ball Balled, said to launch the book that Gen Baabangida shows courage by recognizing what happened.

“That history accident is the most blame. The country has the right to expect my expression of regret,” Babangida wrote.

Gen Baabangida, known as IBB, recognized that Abiola, who died in 1998, won the election.

However, in 1993 because the results were collected, the military government suddenly stopped the process – an action that caused widespread political crisis.

At that time, he quoted the issue of buying the vote, as well as the need to protect the nation’s judiciary as causes of annulment.

The son of Abiola, Jamiu said that Gen recognizes that his father won the election as a good surprise to him and some of his family members.

“Probably General Breaking is looking for peace,” he told the BBC focus on Africa Podcast.

Civil rule was later restored in 1999, 11 months after the death of another military ruler Sani Abacha.

General Mamman Vatsa and Baabangida grew up together, in the same school class and stood each other in the military. His execution in 1986 after he was convicted of a plot of a further basic point of scourge.

“We are very close friends,” Babawanga remembered.

“We grew up in Minna and we joined the star. We made a lot of things like peers. We remembered any shirt available, any shirt to use, and to wear it, and just wear it and go out! We’re close. “

However, he now said Vatha was jealous from the teens.

“With the welfare of hindsight today, I remember that the constant part of our relationship while teenagers and young men are a continuous and recurring jealousy to my achievements. I especially think that I’m doing better than him, even at school or our military career. “

Vats and nine were killed in March 1986. They said planned a coup, according to Baabangida develop in the dark.

“I have to choose between the life of a friend and the future,” he wrote.

Another controversial issue is 1966 coupes that weaken the Nigerian government following independence from the UK. Prime Minister Abubakar Tafawa Balewa was killed, with other high ranked national and regional leaders.

The fact that most of the plotters are from south-eastern Nigeria means the coup is known as a “Igbo Coup” – a label prefixed.

He emphasized the role of Shapha John Olienu, an ethnic officer Igbo, with a key role in the coupe prompts to be killed in Mutiny.

The book also shines in participating in members of other ethnic groups, especially Yorubas, most of what he said participated in military acquisition.

The former leader confirmed that the original purpose of the coup designs was to release the politician Obafemi Anofemi Awofemi from preventing and installing him as president.

Baabangida wrote: “It was a terrible time for the nigeria’s military. As I said elsewhere, as a young officer who saw the original purpose of cow plotters.

“For example, the head of the planners, Major Kaduna Nzeogwu, is the name of ‘UGO’. Born in the Okppomatic, NZOOGWU, NZAGWU said the swift Hausa and As ‘Hausa’ as anything! He and his original team probably thinks, even if they can do things around for better in the country.

The Association of Igbos with the coup leads to attacks to community members across the country that some million people tried to what was known to biafran war.

Many Nigerians saw Babanganida’s wife Maryam more iconic and influential first country. From 1985 to their office leave in 1993, their love story captures many people. He died in 2009 and the ex-head of State has never been married.

“She was stunning. Her ebony beauty set off enchanting eyes, and her dazzling smile showed off a lovely set of teeth; when she smiled – and she often smiled – her face lit up, and her eyes danced,” he writes.

“We saw our marriage as our freedom and agreed to arrange things for ourselves if we were fighting. We really remembered two times we were fighting, and we were not afraid to apologize other. In all our years of marriage, it is not necessary for anyone to intervene among us in a misunderstanding because of the original meeting of thoughts. “

“I never imagined Maryam’s disappearance before I did, but the gift of life was in the hands of Allah, not in our unity. Capture before he is easy, but it is possible. The more less demanded in the memories of our lives together and the length of his shadow, “said Baabangida.

He describes Maryam as a devout wife, mother, homeowners, and enthusiastic women’s women’s contestants. Above all, he sees him as a real companion.