2023 Presidency: Political Calculation as IBB Leaves for Germany, Atiku Travels to UK
- Weeks before the February 25 presidential election, General Ibrahim Babangida (retd), a former Nigeria head of state, left the country
- Sources close to the former military leader said he is off to Germany for his routine medical checkups
- It was also gathered that IBB is trying to avoid being involved in any sort of drama and controversy that might emanate from the elections
- A section of the polity believes that the absence of IBB and Atiku Abubakar in the country is so that they can both have a secret meeting abroad, but this is just a suspicion
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One of Nigeria's former military heads of state, General Ibrahim Babangida, has travelled to Germany.
Leadership reports that Babangida was accompanied to Germany on Sunday, January 8, by his second son, Aminu, and a security aide and is expected to return after the general elections.
Source: Facebook
It gathered that at the Nnamdi Azikiwe Airport in Abuja, IBB's other children bid him farewell.
Although Babangida's decision to leave Nigeria has triggered suspicions that he is planning to unite with Atiku Abubakar for a secret meeting, a close family source revealed that IBB is trying to evade any controversy ahead of the general elections.
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The source also disclosed that the former leader is billed to undertake his usual medical checks.
Pleading anonymity, the source said:
“His Excellency is no doubt averse to being mentioned in and associated with any of the controversies the election may generate and decided to go away.
“Already, some of the presidential candidates have requested to visit him publicly but he refused and decided to go out of the country instead.”
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An emerging report has revealed that Atiku Abubakar, the Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is seriously ill and has been flown to the United Kingdom for medical attention.
The Adamawa-born politician was flown to the United Kingdom from Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
Legit.ng gathered that the details about his ill health were disclosed by a top source in his presidential campaign council.
The source said:
“Atiku is not feeling fine; he is in the hospital receiving treatment.
“That’s why he is not back in Nigeria for the presidential campaign. He was in Dubai but has now left Dubai for London for treatment. He has been flown to the UK for treatment. That is why he is still abroad.”
2023 presidency: After Obasanjo and Clark, IBB speaks on endorsing Peter Obi
Babangida had reacted to a viral claim that he has endorsed Peter Obi, the Labour Party's presidential candidate, ahead of 2023.
In a parody account allegedly used by Babangida, but actually belonging to a Twitter subscriber, @General_Ibbro, the former Nigerian leader was claimed to have said:
"Gen. Olusegun Obasanjo will forever be a true elder statesman and a boss in the military. No serving General in the Nigerian Army today joined the military earlier than 1982..."
Source: Legit.ng
