CDHR has demanded the prosecution of IBB over the June 12 election annulment.
NewsOnline Nigeria reports that the Committee for the Defence of Human Rights (CDHR), a human rights organisation, has called for the prosecution of former military ruler, General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida (IBB), for his role in the annulment of the June 12, 1993, presidential election.
The CDHR’s demand comes after Babangida’s recent public admission of his involvement in the annulment, which the CDHR described as an attempt to “hoodwink” Nigerians into believing he acted in good faith.
The CDHR in a statement issued on Saturday, views Babangida’s actions as a “brazen sociopolitical and moral assault” on Nigerians, undermining democracy and resulting in widespread human rights abuses.
The organisation in the statement signed by its President, Debo Adeniran, emphasised that the annulment was a “coup d’état” against the administration of MKO Abiola, who was denied his rightful victory.
The statement partly read: “The Committee for the Defence of Human Rights (CDHR) received with heavy heart the recent admission of the infamous June 12 notorious fact by former military ruler, General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida (Rtd). His belated public confessions regarding his role in the illegal annulment of the June 12, 1993, presidential election is an attempt to hoodwink the unwary Nigerians to believe that the mischievous dictator actually meant well by the brazen sociopolitical and moral assault he unleashed on them by the inglorious act.
