The National Secretary of the defunct Social Democratic Party and ex-Governor of Jigawa State, Sule Lamido, revealed that he directly asked former Head of State, General Ibrahim Babangida (retd), to step down during the June 12 crisis after the annulment of the 1993 presidential election won by MKO Abiola.
In an excerpt from his autobiography, Being True to Myself, launched on May 13, Lamido recalled Babangida’s response, saying no Nigerian would dare tell him to resign to his face.
In chapter 7, titled ‘June 12 Consumes IBB’, Lamido revealed, “I was at the Nicon Noga Hilton hotel suite (now Transcorp Hilton) when my phone rang one early morning. The voice identified itself as Col. Bamalli and said that the C-in-C wants to see you now. Being unfamiliar with the nomenclature, I asked, Who is C-in-C? to which he replied, Mr President.
“I said, but I am just waking up, I haven’t even had my bath. Unknown to me, Babangida was on the parallel line. I heard his voice, Kai Sule, ka zo yanzu (Hey Sule, come over right now”). I said, Yes Sir!”