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Former military leader, General Ibrahim Babangida, has refuted any involvement in the passing of esteemed journalist and Editor-in-Chief of Newswatch, Dele Giwa....TAP HERE TO READ THE FULL STORY..>>
In his autobiography, “A Journey in Service,” Babangida addresses and refutes the longstanding accusations regarding his involvement in Giwa’s death.
He wrote, “The hysteria of the media did not help the investigation of the Giwa murder. As is typical of the Nigerian media, the direction was marked by an adversarial attitude towards the government, which had remained the hallmark of the Nigerian media from its colonial heyday.
“It was an attitude of ‘we versus the government’ that has remained today. It is a situation in which the government is adjudged guilty even before the evidence in a case is adduced.
“When the Obasanjo civilian administration reopened the Giwa case at the Oputa Panel on Human and Civil Rights, I expected that the police and lawyers would come forward with new evidence as to their findings on the Giwa murder over the years.
“Nothing of such happened. The Giwa, like all mysterious murders, has remained unsolved after so many years. I keep hoping it will be uncovered in our lifetime or after us. More often than not, mysterious crimes are solved long after their commission.”
