Donald Duke, former Governor of Cross-River State, recently recounted how Ibrahim Babangida, ex-military head of state, cautioned former President Olusegun Obasanjo about Atiku Abubakar, his then Deputy. Duke served as Governor of Cross-River from 1999 to 2007. His account is contained in a new book by Seun Oloketuyi titled ‘How To Win Elections in Nigeria’, which details the intrigues that characterised the early years of Nigeria’s fourth republic. Duke narrated how an informal meeting of some past leaders at the Presidential Villa in Abuja, involving Babangida, Abdulsalam Abubakar, former Head of…
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