Former president, General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida has dissociated himself from a parody account on X, with the user name @General-Ibbro which recently made a post portraying Babangida as endorsing the virtues of military rule over democratic governance.
A statement by the media office of the former President ,signed by Alhaji Mahmud Abdullahi mnipr described the account which carries the picture of the former president and the coat of arms of the federal republic of Nigeria as dubious and not belonging to General Babangida.
The former president called on the general public to disregard the numerous blatant lies posted on the said account,while clarifying that the account and the contents has nothing to do with general IBB.
Disclaiming the recent post on that account where the former president was supposedly saying that, Nigeria has the best years under military,the former president stated unequivocally that Nigeria’s Democracy is resilient and has come to stay.
Babangida reechoed his believe that,the era of military intervention in Nigeria’s politics is long gone.
The former leader added that,he is proud that the Nigerian Military has stood firmly behind multiple democratic governments since 1999, thus giving the country the longest run of civilian administration since independence.
He further adviced media
practitioners and social media users to be more discerning and make necessary confirmations before sharing messages attributed to former President Babangida on X or any social media platform.
