Former military president Babangida has made public the murder of Dele Giwa.
Nigeria News Nalin The report said that former military president General Ibrahim Babangida (retired) denied being involved in the senior journalist and editor-in-chief of Dele Giwa news agency.
The Nigerian news platform learned that Giwa, a voice critic of the military government of Babajda, was vocalized by the bombs in his home in Ikeja, Lagos State, on October 19, 1986 Assassination.
Two days before the incident, a senior military intelligence agency accused Giva of illegally importing and storing weapons and ammunition for a socialist revolution in Nigeria.
Giwa, shocked by the charges, quickly briefed his attorney, Gani Fawehinmi.
The next day, the security chief Colonel Halilu Akilu called for guarantees of Giwa, alleging that it was caused by misunderstandings, and that the matter had been cleared and that Giwa should not Have any ideas on this.
A few hours later, the messenger arrived. Giwas’s son Billy collected the parcel and handed it to his father, who was visiting the UK, sitting at the dining table of the company Kayode Soyinka, a London correspondent in Newswatch. The envelope carries the president’s seal and is marked “Opened by the recipient only.”
However, he refuted the long-term allegation that he had been involved in Giwa’s death in his autobiography Journey in Abuja on Thursday, and pointed out that he hopes that the truth will be discovered one day.
He said: “The hysteria of the media has not helped the investigation into the murder of Giva. As typical of the Nigerian media, the sign of this direction is an adversarial attitude towards the government, which has been a sign of the colonial heyday of Nigerian media.
“Today, we have maintained an attitude of ‘we and government’. In this case, the government is convicted even in the evidence in the case.
“When the Obasanjo civilian government reopened the Giwa case in the OPUTA Human Rights and Civil Rights Group, I hope the police and lawyers provide new evidence for their discoveries about the Giwa murder over the years.
“Nothing happened. Like all mysterious murders, Giva has been unable to resolve after so many years. I have always hoped it would discover it in our lifetime or after. Usually, mysterious crimes are resolved long after commissioning Now.”
The public introduction of the autobiography also witnessed the launch of the Babajda Presidential Library.
President Bola Tinubu was present at the event, leading the former president, former military leader and industrial captain, including Alhaji Aliko Aliko Dangote.
Also present were former Vice Presidents Atiku Abubakar, Namadi Sambo and Yemi Osinbajo, who was the Labour presidential candidate for the 2023 poll, and former Governor of Anambra State, Mr. Peter Obi, Peter Obi and New Nigeria A candidate for the president of the BJP. Governor Rabiu Kwankwaso and former governor.
The keynote speaker is former Ghanaian President Nana Akufo-Addo, who is also provided by his peers, former President Ernest Koroma of Sierra Leone. Respect.
The Governor, federal secretary, Senator George Akume, industrialists, technologists and traditional rulers were also present.