On Wednesday, April 22, it will be 30 years since some middle-ranking army officers, led by the late Major Gideon Orkar, attempted to overthrow the regime of then-military President, General Ibrahim Babangida, fondly called IBB. In this exclusive interview, Babangida’s former Chief Press Secretary, CPS, Chief Duro Onabule, provides fresh insight into how the atmosphere was at Dodan Barracks on that day. Onabule, a former Editor of defunct Concord Newspapers, also shares some personal experiences with his ex-principal that provide a glimpse of the former military President’s heart. It is…
30 YEARS AFTER ORKAR COUP: I apologised to IBB because of one coup plotter — Onabule …Says 1990 overthrow bid vindicated trial of 1986 plotters …‘I begged Babangida to spare Buhari, Idiagbon’ BY CHARLES KUMOLU
