Some broken hearts never mend Some memories never end Some tears will never dry Our pains over 12 June will never die! Adapted from Don Williams’ Some Broken Hearts Never Mend On the day former self-styled military President Ibrahim Babangida celebrated his 70th birthday, I was in Minna, the Niger State capital where the self-styled ‘evil genius’ has his palatial …

General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida has long been nicknamed Nigeria’s Maradona for his adept political manoeuvring, often sidestepping accountability for impactful decisions. Babangida, however, surpassed himself in Chapter 12 of A Journey in Service, not by confessing to the annulment of the 12 June 1993, election, but by rewriting history without shame. Instead of owning up to his actions in undermining Nigerians …