Babangida authorised the statement I issued, says spokesman

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Kassim Afegbua, spokesman of Ibrahim Babaginda, says the former military president authorised the statement he issued earlier on Sunday.

Afegbua said this when he appeared on Sunday Politics, a programme on Channels Television.

TheCable had earlier reported that Afegbua would be a guest on the television station.

“I have been doing this job for about 14 years now. And I have never issued a statement on behalf of the former head of state and he gave a rebuttal. I got authorisation and commitment from him before I issued the statement. It has been in process,” he said.

There was a controversy when another statement was released from IBB’s camp.

The statement personally signed by the former military ruler said the views in the previous one were those of Afegbua.

But Afegbua said Babangida called him after the second statement went out.

“He has called me to say that the statement still stands,” he said.

“Of course, you know IBB is for everyone. People want to love him more than he loves himself. People want to appreciate him more than he appreciates himself. People want to play the role of IBB.

“So when the statement was released, some of his friends saw it and they felt we were trying to put the former president on a collision course with the president. So, they went and did a statement to deny that.

“But I have since spoken to him; he called me and said, that statement stands. The kernel of that statement should inform public discourse and not necessarily people personalising it as if it were to be against the sitting president.

“So, the statement stands and I have since communicated to all the media houses that they should respect that statement as coming from IBB. It did not emanate from my head. We sat down, we discussed and articulated them.

“General Babangida wants a new side of leadership, from the younger generation of Nigerians who in his own views have the resourcefulness, the energy and capacity to manage governmental affairs.

“He is not personalizing his statement against the incumbent president. But he is saying, as a stakeholder and a concerned Nigerian, that he shares in the aspirations of the people.”

Babaginda had told Buhari to give room for a younger leader to emerge in 2019. He also said the time for restructuring had come and argued in favour of state police.

The elder statesman condemned violence by herdsmen and suggested solutions to the crisis.

You can read the full statement here

Source: TheCable

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