Former military dictator, Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida (IBB), has written off the national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Ahmed Tinubu, and former Vice President Atiku Abubakar ahead of the 2023 presidential election.
The former military dictator, who spoke on Arise TV on Friday, insisted a younger person should run the country.
He said, “I have started visualizing a good Nigerian leader. I have seen one, or two or three of such persons already in his sixties. I believe so if we can get him.”
IBB further listed qualities of the potential president, including being well-travelled, tolerant, and friendly to every part of the country.
He said, “That is a person who travels across the country and has a friend virtually everywhere he travels to.
“He knows at least one person that he can communicate with. That is a person who is very versed in economics and is also a good politician, who should be able to talk to Nigerians and so on.
“If you get a good leadership that links with the people and tries to talk with the people; not talking on top of the people, then we would be okay,”
Babangida call for a younger president came amidst criticisms that President Buhari’s administration is surrounded with nepotism, impunity, poverty, and insecurity as never seen before in the country.
Recall that a few days ago, the former Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Attahiru Jega, urged Nigerians not to vote for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) or the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the 2023 general elections, saying both major parties have bad antecedents.