How I found out Abacha-led forces annulled June 12 election, Babangida explains

• Former military president, Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida, explained how late General Sani Abacha-led forces annulled the June 12 election
• Babangida said he was in Katsina state to commiserate over the death of Musa Yar’Adua when the election was annuellled
• According to IBB as he is fondly called, the June 12 1993 election was annulled without his authority

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FCT, Abuja - Former military president, Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida, said late General Sani Abacha-led forces annulled June 12, 1993 election without his authority.

Babangida said he was in Katsina state to commiserate with the Yar’Adua family over the death of their patriarch, Musa Yar’Adua when Abacha-led forces annulment the June 12 election, won by MKO Abiola of the Social Democratic Party (SDP).

Ibrahim Babangida says he was in Katsina state when Sani Abacha-led forces annulled June 12 1993 election. Photo credit: PIERRE BOUSSEL/AFP/PIUS UTOMI EKPEI/AFP/FILES/AFP
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He stated this in his memoir, ‘A Journey in Service’, launched in Abuja on Thursday, February 20, 2025.

As reported by TheCable, Babangida said the annulment of the June 12 election was announced by the press secretary of his second-in-command without his knowledge or permission.

“The funeral had taken place, and as I got ready to leave, a report filtered to me that the June 12 elections had been annulled. Even more bizarre was the extent of the annulment because it terminated all court proceedings regarding the June 12 elections, repealed all the decrees governing the Transition, and even suspended NEC! Equally weird was the shabby way the statement was couched and made. Admiral (Augustus) Aikhomu’s press secretary, Nduka Irabor, had read out a terse, poorly worded statement from a scrap of paper, which bore neither the presidential seal nor the official letterhead of the government, annulling the June 12 presidential elections. I was alarmed and horrified."

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