Nigeria’s former military president,
General Ibrahim Babangida (ret), yesterday,
endorsed the presidential aspiration of General
Muhammadu Buhari, saying the All Progressives
Congress, APC, presidential candidate was
suitably positioned to salvage the country.
Babangida who received Buhari in his Minna,
Niger State residence also said the country’s
retired generals would back Buhari being one of
their own. He dismissed as fable, media
insinuations of a feud between him and Buhari.
Buhari’s visit to Babangida was on the fringes of
his campaign to Minna which was climaxed with
the defection of the incumbent Deputy Governor
of the state, Ahmed Ibeto to the APC.
Expressing his appreciation of Buhari’s
unwavering commitment to service of the
fatherland, during the visit to his Hill Top
residence in Minna, General Babangida said: “You
have beaten some of us in proving Gen. Douglas
McArthur’s theory that “old soldiers never die but
fade away gradually,” but you have refused to
fade away.
“I wish to congratulate members of the party for
the honour of nominating my colleague, General
Muhammadu Buhari as your presidential
candidate in 2015 election”.
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