A former governor of Jigawa State, Sule Lamido, has revealed that he told ex-Nigerian military President, Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida (IBB), to “resign and leave office”;; following his annulment of the June 12 presidential election won by Moshood Kashimawo Abiola in 1993 and the subsequent formation of an interim government.
He disclosed this in an excerpt of his 487-page book, ‘Being True to Myself,’ unveiled in Abuja on Tuesday.
According to him, he was satisfied with the formation of the interim government, provided it was going to lead to IBB’s exit.
He noted that the choice of former President Olusegun Obasanjo as presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in 1999 was to heal the wounds of the June 12 election annulment.
“In my discussion with Babangida, being the first time we met, he found me genuine, with no pretensions, and even maybe naive.
“Then he asked me, “Sule, what do I do?”;; In my naive and innocent way, I told him frankly, “Sir, you must resign and leave office.”;;
“Immediately I said that his countenance changed. I saw fire in his eyes; for some minutes he was speechless.
“The choice of Obasanjo as PDP candidate for the presidential election was to heal the June 12 wound,”;; excerpts of the book read.
DAILY POST reports that President Bola Tinubu, represented by Minister of Information and National Orientation, Idris Mohammed, Obasanjo, former head of state General Abdulsalami Abubakar (rtd), and former Independent National Electoral Commission Chairman (INEC) Prof. Attahiru Jega, spoke at the event.
The reviewer was former Senate President Iyorchia Ayu, while former Vice President Atiku Abubakar launched the book.
The presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 general election, Peter Obi, also launched the book.
