20 years after, Nigerians are presented with the excuses and reasons why
Military Head of State, General Ibrahim B. Babangida, annulled the
country's most acclaimed free and fair election. Read it below...
Why We Annulled June 12 Presidential Election — General Ibrahim Babangida
Fellow Nigerians, I address you today with a deep sense of world history
and particularly of the history of our great country. In the aftermath
of the recently annulled presidential election, I feel, as I believe
you yourself feel, a profound sense of disappointment at the outcome of
our last efforts at laying the foundation of a viable democratic system
of government in Nigeria.
I therefore wish, on behalf of myself and members of the National Defence and Security Council and indeed of my entire administration, to feel with my fellow countrymen and women for the cancellation of the election. It was a rather disappointing experience in the course of carrying through the last election of the transition to civil rule programme.
I therefore wish, on behalf of myself and members of the National Defence and Security Council and indeed of my entire administration, to feel with my fellow countrymen and women for the cancellation of the election. It was a rather disappointing experience in the course of carrying through the last election of the transition to civil rule programme.
