Former head of state, Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida (IBB) has said there could have been a violent coup if the June 12 presidential election which M.K.O Abiola is adjudged to have won was not annulled.
“Both. The military can do it because they have the weapons to do it, and others (civil society groups) can use agitation.”
Commenting on how he got nicknames of “evil genius” and “Maradona”, the former head of state said the sobriquets were manufactured by the media because of his “deft political moves”.
He added;
“That’s the very good thing about the Nigerian media and Nigerian people, you have to anticipate them. If you anticipate them then you live well with them. They call me ‘evil genius’, I marvel at that. The contradiction — you can’t be evil and then a genius.
“The definition of Maradona I got from the media is because of deft political moves. That’s the way the media described it.”
