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At a time when the local government elections are still raising dust, a cleric has said that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) should be dissolved. Services Front Page Back Page Advert Rates Subscription News Home National International Business News Abuja Reports Sports Politics Sun Girl Editorial Editorial Issues Letters Opinion Columnists Community Standard Guestbook View Guestbook Sun Chatroom   Features Apettit Arts BlockBuster CEO Magazine Celebrity Fashion City Sun Crime Watch Covert Choice CyberSun Enterprise Everyday Heroes Exquisite Property Fashion & Celebrity Fashion & Beauty Favourite File Health Magazine How I write Life Style Living Mafia Series Man in the street Man in the pulpit Managing a Law Firm Me & My God Media People Money Motoring Power Game Romance Romantic Faction Senior Citizen Showtime Smoking Guns Sun Splash Sunlight of Islam Travels Window of the world Window on widows Woman of the Sun Women in Business Women & Me Videoscope Weekend Sun Saturday Sun Sunday Sun Weekend Sports Weekend Cartoons Company Profile About Us Management Contact Us   June 12: Watch out for IBB’s bombshell, says Tanko Ayuba-‘Babangida merely reacted to pressure from the people of the Southwest by annulling the election. He will name them soon.’ By AKIN ALOFETEKUN, Minna Monday, June 21, 2004 • Tanko Ayubaani Photo: Sun News Publishing Politics Index One time governor of Kaduna State and Minister of Communications, Major-General Abubakar Tanko Ayuba has said that the annulment of the June 12, 1993 presidential election was at the instance of the Yorubas and not the making of former military president, General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida. "Very soon, and I mean very soon, IBB will come out to name the Southerners, especially the Yorubas who insisted the election should be annulled," Ayuba said in an interview with Daily Sun in Dirin Daji, Kebbi State. "IBB merely reacted to pressure from the people of the South-West by annulling the election," Ayuba added. "At the appropriate time he (IBB) will definitely name those who pressurised him to annul the June 12 election," the former minister stated. He said those who were asking IBB what he forgot at Aso Villa that he wanted to go back and pick were not being fair to him. According to the former governor, "IBB, like any other Nigerian, military or civilian, has the right to aspire to the highest office in the country. The question of what he forgot does not arise." Similarly he disagreed with the insinuation that Obasanjo handing over to Babangida would amount to military rule by extension and a hijack of the polity. "One thing we should not forget is the fact that these retired Generals are also Nigerians and are no longer in the army. "It is not fair to say the Generals are hijacking the leadership of the country. There is nothing absolutely wrong in any former military man contesting an election, it’s no hijack. However, what I will not like to see is for us (former generals) to pack ourselves in one party for the purpose of supporting IBB’s presidential ambition. Babangida is one Nigerian who is courageous, intelligent, capable, highly experienced and committed." The former Communications Minister was in his Dirin Daji country home to receive the conferment of the position of Special Adviser on him by the National Solidarity Coalition based in Minna, Niger State. National Chairman of the Coalition, Alhaji Mahmud Ndatsu had earlier referred to Ayuba as commander-in-chief of the IBB Solidarity Movement and urged him to mobilise support for Babangida’s presidential aspiration.       HOME | ABOUT THE SUN | SPORTS | POLITICS | NEWS | COLUMNISTS | CONTACT US I ADVERT RATE © 2004 THE SUN PUBLISHING LTD. This service is provided on The Sun Newspapers' standard terms and conditions in accordance with our Privacy Policy. To inquire about a licence to reproduce material and other inquiries, Contact Us.

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