Why Ibrahim Babangida annulled the June 12, 1993, Presidential Election

The June 12, 1993, presidential election should have ended with Nigerians celebrating the end of another military dictatorship.
Instead, the citizens were faced with a new and more dangerous phase of military rule as Nigerian Head of State, General Ibrahim Babangida and his cronies, in a flimsy attempt to disguise the continuation of their regime, annulled the elections, implemented a so-called interim national government, and postponed the military's exit from politics.
Babangida’s manoeuvrings did not only betray the Nigerian voters, who in the June 12 elections had overcome ethnic, religious, and regional rivalries in an effort to rid themselves of military rule but, tragically, brought such rivalries back to the political foreground.
The intention of General Babangida and his allies to disallow civilians a significant voice in government was proven by the brutal reaction of his military and security forces to the outcry which followed the annulment of the June 12, 1993, presidential election.
One month after the annulment in July 1993, over a hundred demonstrators were believed to have died in pro-democracy demonstrations.
Hundreds of human rights and pro-democracy activists, labour leaders, journalists, students, and workers were arrested in months to follow, without access to their families, defence counsel, or doctors, despite court orders granting their release on bail.
Media houses were proscribed, a number of journalists were detained while some were declared wanted by security agents.
New restrictive press regulations were decreed, thereby reneging on the promise Babangida had made in August 1985 after sacking the Muhammadu Buhari regime.
In this video, we shall take a look at...why General Ibrahim Babangida annulled the June 12, 1993, presidential election. The aftermath of the annulment, and the intrigues, causes and effects of the June 12 crisis. #HistoryVille #June12 #IbrahimBabangida
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Video Credits: Nigerian History Channel, Adeyinka Makinde
TIMESTAMPS
00:00 Intro
02:34 What led to the June 12, 1993, Presidential Election?
07:39 The Pre-Transition Coup
11:07 Effects of the annulment of the June 12, 1993, Presidential Election
18:18 Opposition to the Interim National Government
22:34 Attacks on Nigerian Pro-Democracy Activists
24:02 Attacks on the Nigerian Press
27:30 Lessons of the annulled June 12, 1993, Presidential Election
29:47 Next Video

[@HistoryVille]

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[@user-dq3zg6or2n]

we want mko. mko was sincerely wanted. mko man of the people, man that can relate, man that will strike a conversation after spending on philanthropic endeavour, philanthropic is his ways and profession.

[@taiwoolaniyi6343]

History ll never forget or forgive Babangida

[@ademolaibalogun4438]

I pray God Punish him and his entire generation for what he did to that country!

[@Psalmshymnandspiritualsongs]

Thank you History Ville

[@mosesogundipe1629]

This is so insightful 👏

[@wilsoniloh4161]

May God deliver Nigerians from the grip of the military opression.

[@youssefcamara3916]

Honestly! I am Guinean by birth but the arrest and murdered of MKO and his late wife Kuderatu was a terrible tragedy for Nigeria and west Africa. Very sad.

[@michaelajayi8546]

How 🤔

[@shollyjeck5613]

@@michaelajayi8546 which one is how…. Read history and understand

[@rockyjralfa9074]

Awesome 🤩. I love historyville

[@sayyid8901]

Great and informative video!👍🏾

[@akinyemiayomide2837]

Lovely one historyville. Kudos

[@HistoryVille]

Thanks.

[@DejiTalker]

May IBB continue to suffer for what he did to this country, amen. I'd love to see Abacha when he grasped for breath. What a great sight to behold!

[@kolawoleyakubu3072]

Very insightful.... Although I was quite young then but vividly remember the post june 12 election in Abuja because of the proximity of my house then to berger junction in wuse Abuja

[@bankoleogundero9446]

Hmm... Great research. It's good to know your history. Unfortunately, history is always repeating itself because a lot of this still sounds familiar today. :(

[@kelvinhardy6711]

This young brotha ,( put together some of the best damn African documentaries)! I'm hook on this channel!

[@HistoryVille]

😊 Thanks.

[@niyiogunro]

MKO even with all his shortcomings would have made Nigeria a real giant Today it really hursts my soul. As a business man with multiple industries he woulda diversified our economy and would greatly reduced our oil dependency. Only God know why but it hurts my soul anytime I ponder it 😔

[@nobs997]

Are you a mind reader to know what he would have done? He did not have a track record of being selfless

[@adikwuocholi9284]

He was a business man who acquired wealth through shady dealings with the military. I'm not trying to Vilify MKO but we'll never know if he would've made a good president

[@tahirsuleiman7368]

This has always been the dream for any one who attempted to rule the country but never had the opportunity...bro they r all the same ..he might be good but once he grab the power mantle,he wl also b corrupted

[@el-sig2249]

@niyi ogunro So with all the allegations of ITT (International Thief Thief as Fela called it) you still think he'd have been so excellent?! Well, you're free to have your own opinion.

[@niyiogunro]

@@el-sig2249 exactly allegations. Maybe we shouldn’t take the word of an entertainer as facts

[@theroof6491]

Thank you!! I’ve always wandered why the election was annulled

[@el-sig2249]

The video gives alot of facts but doesn't actually say why the polls where annulled.

[@anneijeomaevans2675]

Exactly. The video's title should be 'How the elections were annulled."

[@UncleCle]

Good info

[@ruthokubanjof6406]

Babangida shall not go unpunished. But His judgment is in the hands of God. He is the most righteous judge.

[@Kanoemirate]

The Name Hausa Fulani was coined by the Lagos Ibadan media axis and it’s a problem. Hausas are culturally distinct from Fulanis. Just like Yoruba Igbo isn’t a thing.

[@classiczexp7584]

Majority of southerners don’t know anything about the north, even a so called history channel is saying hausa-fulani

[@Kanoemirate]

@@classiczexp7584 that’s why it’s always good to report honest news. There are intermarriages between Hausas & so many tribes in the. Fulanis overthrown Hausa Monarch during Danfodio’s Jihad. Since then they assimilated Hausa culture, but Nomadic Fulanis(the majority) still have their culture distinct from Hausas. I’m happy that News report & some Nnamdi Kanu’s messages are unmasking who is who in the North. The banditry, herdsmen & even Bokoharam terror are led by people that are entirely Not Hausas. I hope Hausa will rise up and reclaim what’s theirs.

[@kunle009]

But only few of you condemn them openly and in clear terms. For example, PMB is a Fulani man but how many Hausa people openly criticize him constructively on trivial issues. You can't keep being friends with a "Supposed" enemy and expect people to believe you're distinct. It's as simple as that.

[@florencenwafor8595]

@@kunle009 lovely response!!!

[@classiczexp7584]

@@kunle009 We are just distinct and please fulanis are not our enemies. I don’t know why most of you people generalize crime to a particular tribe, if all millions of fulanis are into banditry and kidnappings Nigeria would be in turmoil.

[@abiolausman9971]

Interesting

[@solasoul33]

I remember heading to school in the riots with our green leaves

[@solasoul33]

We forgot to one the first day and they broke the window

[@BIGTIME-BIGBOYS]

Nigeria’s problems would have been solved if one able minded soldier rose up and finished all those so called generals like Rawlings did in Ghana.Babagida by far is the man who destroyed Nigeria.

[@amehagbo1412]

Feeling you kwesi

[@gulamdabi663]

let's start with the Obasanjo, and the others will follow.

[@prankoverlord3520]

They can still do it now

[@aarikawe]

That was tried in the past (Nzeogwu)

[@mmentertainment3149]

Holy mmmmmmmmoly

[@bertramnnamdi5499]

June 11 - june 12 and the conquer of leave am mka i do am for u as me na u may dey do am and the feelings say eh no b any gum

[@edirindafe1210]

IBB is a criminal he should be in jail for his crime he will live to regret that decision till now the country is still paying heavily for the annulment of june 12

[@FredericFreedom]

30 years later a d we are still in the same mess. A disgrace

[@2jand]

Ibb never granted an open apology, but the media still making him important. Shame...

[@abimbolafisher3421]

17:40-17:59 Hmmm...Na wa o

[@ikeisaac4323]

Did I hear we want "M.K.HOO" ha..ha.. I thought his initial was M.K.O.

[@madubukomadubuko1719]

Ridiculous!!!

[@classiczexp7584]

Hem kay ho

[@babangidanzegwu1476]

Who's MKO?

[@osarobomike]

June 12. Elections the victory of late MKO the annulled of the election was a set back to Nigeria Democratic system of ñigeria may God almighty containue to bless ñigeria amen

[@dabankamanu2333]

Babangida is a vampire. His killing of his bossom friend Maman Vastan, under the guise of the latter staging a coup, was barbaric. Babangida is a living disappointment.

[@lyndan3946]

Wait at a point… i tot he was late 😮

[@NwobaOgbonnayaAmos]

This the did that brought Nigeria domocrecy mess.

[@femiidowubrazil3262]

He Babangida is already paying the price of his evil work he did in Nigeria which was now called the Zoo. He has to hear and see by what he has done before he died

[@tanimudandama6443]

Foolish

[@philipfrancis3357]

Zoo zoo. Didn't you listen to theb report, that it was an Igbo person that applied to the court for an order to annul the elections?

[@cityuka3293]

Please I like to hear your news, How are the Igbo and Biafras different. All the people there are Igbos and that means that all the people people there are terms try.

[@leoifediba3355]

MKO was a coup financier, he benefitted immensely financially from the khaki boys. He thought his closeness to the army boys especially IBB would guarantee him an accent to the Nigerian presidency. The northerners who controlled the army, and even the northern emirs did not want a power shift to the south. To add to that, some key figures in the south sold out Abiola, most notable the late Ooni of Ife who was also a business partner of the late emir of kano Ado Bayero. Conduct your own research. Even Fela the abami eda was no fan of MKO, hence the song I.T.T (International Thief Thief) which was a multinational that MKO headed in Nigeria. Had the same election been won by a northern candidate, power would have been transitioned to civilian rule from the military because power would have remained with the Northerns.

[@yinkoos]

No doubt Abiola won the election but if Babangida Should hand the country over to a Yoruba man? In the end they were made to concede to Obasanjo in order to foster reconciliation.

[@Lenner34]

Side question: Are Yorubas largely Christian or split between the two faiths ? Im SS and have never gotten a clear answer on this issue. Anyone with the answers ?

[@abdurrahmanabubakar98]

The yorubas are split into two with a lot of religious intermarriage occurring amongst them.

[@jamesogundare6307]

Yoruba's are more traditionalist - Traditions and culture comes first before any religion. Christianity and Islam are secondary to Yoruba traditions and we are split among Christianity; Islam and Traditional worshipers.

[@Lenner34]

@@abdurrahmanabubakar98 thank you Rahman.

[@Lenner34]

@@jamesogundare6307 oh ok. traditionalist in the social and identity sense yea ? Not so much on the actual rites ?

[@frankrex923]

He annulled it because he had an agreement with abacha to hand over to him,

[@johnsonadekunle7675]

I remember this pretty much because my dad was one of the electoral officers that conducted the June 12 election. It caused him great pain to see the election annulled. As for Babangida, as long as God lives, his lineage shall live by bloodshed. The curse will remain with them for multiple generations and they shall be slaves to slaves.

[@FirstLast-es2to]

Your voice of recording is just low, pls speak louder, soro soke .

[@FaFa-fl1kh]

I guess you have a faulty device

[@babagodnoni9656]

Them no dey use shout talk Nigeria matter, u go get headache

[@babagodnoni9656]

@@FaFa-fl1kh not that fam, Nigeria matter no deserve loud voice

[@MexyLogistics]

What’s there to speak louder😂😂..he is narrating in a sad tone 😢

[@timiolufemi1315]

He ruined Nigeria with that action

[@godwinayoola5808]

The evil man, all those useless people ruling Nigeria was unable to govern their family. Just ask them one by one if any of their family had any good history in Nigeria before and after them. Did you ever know anybody bearing all this name before. Babangida, Abacha, Buhari, El Rufai etc no good family name.

[@kellyoku]

Evil man Babangida 🎉

[@ayodelefashe2484]

IBB how market????? God has already judged you and your household😁

[@babangidanzegwu1476]

Who's MKO?

[@LadyDiuto]

Moshood Abiola

[@mugabezion5763]

Who is your father?

[@michaelajayi8546]

I found it funny that the reporter traveled far to not know who mko was

[@babangidanzegwu1476]

@@michaelajayi8546 lmao. I found the question funny as well. Perhaps the reporter knew the name "Moshood, but not the initials MKO"

[@KIRSTYVALENTYN]

there are reasons why the elections were annulled, June 12 is gone... let Nigerians let it rest .. the future is where to go.. LET THE SLEEPING DOG LYE"

[@michaelajayi8546]

Have you ever been to Nigeria or you are just talking out of the side of your mouth ? 🤔.

[@anneijeomaevans2675]

'Let it rest' is the attitude that has ruined Nigeria. Why on earth should the freest and fairest election in Nigeria's history be annulled? Just like that. 2023 is proving to be a repeat and would play out. When does this disaster end?

[@freddairo1]

IBB should be sh*t