Former Military Head of State, Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida has revealed how he was nicknamed “evil genius” and “Maradona” when he was in government.
The 79-year-old retired general explained the nicknames were manufactured by the media because of his “deft political moves”.
Babangida, popularly known as IBB disclosed this while speaking during an interview on Arise TV on Friday, August 6.
WITHIN NIGERIA had earlier reported that in the same ARISE TV interview, Babangida stated that he annulled the June 12, 193 election because of possibility of a deadly coup and pressure from both the military and civilians.
IBB said: “That’s the very good thing about the Nigerian media and Nigerian people, you have to anticipate them.
“If you anticipate them then you live well with them. They call me ‘evil genius’, I marvel at that. The contradiction — you can’t be evil and then a genius”
“The definition of Maradona I got from the media is because of deft political moves. That’s the way the media described it.”