Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has insinuated that former military Head of State, General Ibrahim Babangida (retd) annulled the historic June 12, 1993 presidential election presumably won by MKO Abiola due to “bad belle”.
‘Bad belle’, is a Nigerian slang synonymous with envy. It is used to express the resentment of a person(s) towards a thing or individual(s).
Obasanjo, who was also a military ruler from 1975 to 1979, insinuated this on Sunday in Abeokuta, the Ogun capital, after his investiture as a trustee of the Abeokuta Club.
The elder statesman was honoured alongside the late business mogul and philanthropist, MKO Abiola.
Late Abiola, the Africa pillar of sports in his lifetime, was awarded a posthumous vice-patron of the club.
Obasanjo said IBB’s action denied Egbaland and Ogun the privilege of producing three occupants of the nation’s top seat, including Ernest Shonekan, ex-Head of Interim National Government (ING)
“I want to thank the club for this honour being bestowed on me and the honour being bestowed on my school mate MKO Abiola which he richly deserved”, The Nation newspaper quoted him as saying.
“When you win a cup three times, you keep that cup. Isn’t it? If not for bad belle, Abeokuta would have produced the President of Nigeria three times, in which case we should have kept it permanently.”
Obasanjo assured of his continuous commitment to the development of the state, Nigeria, and global peace.
Alake of Egbaland, Oba Adedotun Gbadebo described Obasanjo and Abiola as proud sons of Abeokuta.
The Egba monarch also backed Obasanjo’s assertion on the cancelled 1993 election, saying that “bad blood” didn’t allow Abiola to emerge Nigerian President after his landslide victory.
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