Former Nigerian leader, General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida (IBB) has distanced himself from a statement credited to him on X. General Ibrahim Babangida, a former military head of state, has said claims that he endorsed a military takeover due to the current hardship in Nigeria are fake. As detailed by Vanguard daily paper, a spoof account on X (once Twitter), @General_Ibbro, posted as of late that Babangida supported the ethics of military run the show over law based administration. Denying the report on Sunday, August 4, Babangida through his media office signed by Mahmud Abdullahi asserted that “the solution to our problems as he had said previously, is ‘more’ democracy, not less.

The statement partly reads: “Our attention has been drawn to a post on a parody account on X, formerly known as Twitter, which carries the handle, @General_Ibbro, in which former President Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida, GCFR, was supposed to have endorsed the virtues of military rule over democratic governance. “This dubious account carries our principal’s picture and name and the coat of arms of the Federal Republic of Nigeria for added effect but it does not belong to him nor does the former President sanction any post appearing there.”
Babangida added: “As a nation, we are currently facing a number of challenges but the former president has always expressed the view that we will eventually overcome these challenges and come out a stronger, more progressive nation.