died on May 5 at the age of 83, tributes appeared in many newspapers recalling momentous events in the colourful life of the politician.
Mr Davis also narrated how he advised the winner of the election, Moshood Abiola, on how to stop the court injunction of June 10, 1993, and how Mr Abiola waved aside his advice, because of his trust in his friendship with Mr Babangida.The election was to be the final step in the long transition programme that had already produced state governors and legislators at the federal and state levels.
Mr Davis, at the time a young military apologist who had graduated from Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria a few years before becoming the head of the ABN, said the regime indeed had such an agenda. According to Mr Davis: “Now, after they were released, Nzeribe went back to Oguta. While he was in Oguta, a helicopter landed right inside his Heaven of Peace compound and he was told they were from Abuja. He thought he was being arrested again, so he left with them.
“Now, he said he later got to know that why he asked that was because he was a member of the Peoples Front and they saw Yar’adua as the godfather that had had unparalleled access to the president, the power that they needed. He said any time he was with Yar’adua, the president would call, Yar’adua would talk to the president and when he ended the call, he would say ‘The president said I should greet you.’ So he believed that there was nothing they couldn’t do.
“How would Arthur, a politician, have wanted a military president in perpetuity? No. He realised at a stage that the best thing would be to have a National Assembly in place, and with the selfish interest of the president, if I may put it that way, to have the president’s term elongated.” “Remember, we used to have a Committee of Patriots that Gani Fawehinmi and all of them started using in fighting the government, which Alhaji Shehu Musa of blessed memory headed then. We later had the Committee of Compatriots, which I headed. I think the late Chief Anthony Enahoro and the former president, General Obasanjo, had another one which they were using to attack the president then , practically calling him a failure, that he had not done anything.
waliualao this is for your attention. Read and you will know that Babangida has no book to write on June 12 Election than the fact that he sabotaged people's will and annulled the most free and fair election in our national history
Why wait till now to say it out
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