Re: Re: The road to Aso Rock does not go through Minna

General Ibrahim Babangida was not a civil war hero; he was at the war, true; but was injured in the early months of the war and had to be evacuated.  He never returned to the front. The reason why nobody offered to grandstand when he “volunteer to wear his khaki to fight to keep Nigeria’s […]

General Ibrahim Babangida was not a civil war hero; he was at the war, true; but was injured in the early months of the war and had to be evacuated.  He never returned to the front. The reason why nobody offered to grandstand when he “volunteer to wear his khaki to fight to keep Nigeria’s unity”, as Idris put it, is because they know that no true “hero” wants another war in Nigeria. I should know; my father was a valiant veteran of the Nigerian civil war. He was commanding officer of 65 Battalion during the war. Idris should ask those who were truly there; not those trying to re write history that is still less than 50 years in the past.
It is IBB’s mother that hails from Wushishi; not his father (see NTA documentary of August 25, 1987 or thereabouts). Abdurra’uf Idris should do some research on him, because his rejoinder was a shameful exercise which I am sure would have embarrassed the “Great IBB”.

Abdullah Muhammad Esq. <[email protected]>;