Ibrahim Babangida

In the annals of Nigerian history, few events have left as indelible a mark as the annulment of the June 12, 1993, presidential election. This decision, made by Nigeria’s then military Head of State, Ibrahim Babangida (IBB), continues to reverberate through the nation’s political and social fabric. While IBB has, in his memoir A Journey in Service, attempted to clarify the ethnic dimensions of the 1966 coup and assert that the coup was not exclusively an Igbo-driven plot, his actions surrounding the annulment of June 12 have only deepened the wounds of a nation still struggling to reconcile with …