WAR OF THE GENERALS, BABANGIDA BACKS DOWN!

Icheoku says thank God for Obasanjo, the only man from the entire Southern Nigeria who the Hausa/Fulani feudalistic North is really afraid of. Suddenly Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida realizes that Baba Iyabo is and forever remains his boss as he makes a u-turn from his provoked fight with OBJ. 


It would appear that IBB forgot that Baba is an area-father well versed in street brawls and never afraid of taking on anyone including the toothy fairy prince of Minna. Babagida now blames slip of the tongue, blames his press Secretary Kazim Afegbua, blames journalists for doing a hatchet job on him by taking his statement out of context; but failed to blame himself or take responsibility for striking the match which started the fire. Icheoku is not surprised that Babangida is blaming everyone else but himself for the altercation as is usually his stock in trade; but he forgot that there was a tape recorder of what he said. Babangida has now made a weasel u-turn, saying that Baba Iyabo is and forever remains his boss and claiming "the report was not what he meant”. 

Icheoku says to IBB if that report was not what you meant, can you please now tell Nigerians what exactly you meant and didn't you remember that Baba was your boss when you first ran your foul mouth? If according to IBB, the report had cost him a lot, Icheoku says Babangida should be grateful that Baba did not avenge the death of MKO Abiola or the annulment of June 12 directly on him while in power as that would have been what "a lot" really looks like. Despite the report, IBB still has his live intact unlike Abiola, Dele Giwa and Mamman Vasta who paid the ultimate price. But no one should be mistaken that because Babangida turned tail and made a shriveling mea culpa that the matter is now dead and buried; no, as any student of OBJ behaviorial tendencies knows that Baba Iyabo's unforgiven heart is legendary. So until death do them apart, Babangida is a marked man in the cross-hairs of Baba and so does the war of the generals continue!