support Igbo to take over power in 2019.
He made the disclosure to The Interview, a magazine
published by Azu Ishiekwene, focusing on leading
professionals and politicians.
IBB, also said there was no need for Biafra agitation.
"I will vote for an Igbo president in 2019, if I find one.
"We do not need this distraction now," he was quoted as
saying.
On the death of Moshood Kashimawo Olawale (MKO) Abiola,
acclaimed winner of the June 12 1993 election, IBB said he
received the news with shock but without regret.
Asked whether he believed that Abiola died of natural
causes, Babangida responded: "I should know? I didn't serve
the tea…!"
IBB further spoke on his relationship with President
MuhammaduBuhari, Vasta Mamman, his childhood friend
executed on his orders as well as Sani Abacha, former
military ruler.
Ishiekwene disclosed that in the latest edition of the
magazine, Babangida revealed how former Abia State
Governor, Orji Uzor Kalu, arranged a meeting between him
and Buhari in 2006.
"One thing you guys in the media want is for us to be
exchanging words with each other each time we see," IBB
was quoted.
Babangida spoke on the two 'most traumatic' coups during
his eight-year regime – the Mamman Vatsa and Gideon
Orkar coups – revealing, for the first time, a meeting he had
with Vatsa before his trial began.
The Interview also covered Dele Giwa and the C130 Hercules
plane crash in Ejigbo, that killed 150 military officers dead.
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