Former military dictator and the man who annulled Nigeria’s best presidential election, Ibrahim Babangida, has said that there would have been a violent coup if he did not annul the June 12, 1993 election.
According to him, there was pressure against with forces within and outside the military poised to stage the coup.
Speaking on ‘Arise TV’ on Friday, he said: “If it materialised, there would’ve been a coup d’etat — which could have been violent. That’s all I can confirm.
“It didn’t happen thanks to the engineering and the ‘maradonic’ way we handled you guys in the society. But that could’ve given room for more instability in the country.
“Both. The military can do it because they have the weapons to do it, and others (civil society groups) can use agitation,” he added.
