Former military administrator, General Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida (retired) has come out to deny reports of an endorsement of Peter Obi, the Labour Party’s presidential candidate, ahead of 2023.
In a parody account allegedly used by Babangida, but actually belonging to a Twitter subscriber, @General_Ibbro, the former Nigerian leader was claimed to have said:
“Gen. Olusegun Obasanjo will forever be a true elder statesman and a boss in the military. No serving General in the Nigerian Army today joined the military earlier than 1982.
“By then, Obasanjo had already finished his military career. I respect him a lot, with his endorsement.”
IBB’s spokesman, Prince Kassin Afegbua, maintained that only an official and signed statement from the ex-president will be taken as confirmation for such an endorsement.
He further warned Nigerians to disregard any other report which had not been publicly endorsed by Mr Babangida himself.
“It is not true, please. Ignore the report of the endorsement. IBB doesn’t have a Twitter handle.↳
“If he is going to speak, it will be through a signed statement, not Twitter. Those behind the Twitter statement are liars.”
Article updated 2 months ago. Content is written and modified by multiple authors.
