Nigeria 2015 Polls: 'Generals will support Buhari' says IBB

Buhari(Left) dressed in white attire and IBB(Right) holding a mic

THE presidential ambition of All Progressives Congress (APC) standard-bearer, Major-General Muhammadu Buhari, received a boost, on Monday, as former military president, General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida (IBB) said they (Generals) will support him.

IBB gave the assurance when he played host to Buhari at his Hilltop Mansion in Minna, Niger State.

The former military leader said he was proud of the persistence and perseverance of General Buhari in seeking to offer himself for service at the highest level in the country’s young democracy.

“You have beaten some of us in proving General Douglas McArthur’s theory that ‘old soliders never die but fade away gradually,’ but you have refused to fade away,” he told Buhari.

He also commended APC for honouring the military by nominating Buhari, saying “I wish to congratulate members of the party for the honour of nominating my colleague, General Muhammadu Buhari, as presidential candidate in 2015 election.”

The former military president chided the media, saying so far, they had misrepresented their relationship by creating the impression that the two leaders were at loggerheads.

“You media men have created this impression that we are fighting each other. Look at us here today, he knows what I mean and I know what he means. We both fought to keep Nigeria one when we were young majors then. We were well travelled. 

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