Controversy as spokesman insists IBB authorised ‘Vote out Buhari’ statement
Kassim
Afegbua, the spokesman of General Ibrahim Babangida, has insisted that
the former military president approved the statement he issued, calling
on Nigerians to vote out president Muhammadu Buhari in 2019.
Afegbua
in a telephone conversation with our reporter, maintained that IBB has
not denied the statement. “The statement is in order. IBB did not hold
any press conference in Minna. It was overzealous people that issued
that statement of his denial. I wouldn’t issue any statement without his
approval. Go ahead with the statement. I have spoken with him and he
said he has not recanted the statement,” he said.
Babangida in a
press statement released on Sunday by Afegbua, urged Buhari to
sacrifice his personal ambition for national interest, while calling on
Nigerians to vote out Buhari in 2019.
However, hours later
another statement was circulated by press release distribution agency,
PRNigeria, claiming that IBB has disowned the earlier statement issued
by his media aide.
“Let me categorically state that as former
President and Statesman, I have unfettered channel of communication with
the highest authorities without sensational public correspondence,
therefore those views expressed over there are personal views of the
writer,” IBB was quoted in the statement.
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