Yes, even when you call him Maradona. At least, Nigerians know that he dribbles. It is for them to put a Keshi, Amokachi to tackle him. He’s acceptable to Nigerians and that’s why we want him back.
But his regime was characterized with massive corruption and tyranny. How do you score his eight years?

Well, IBB scored 85 percent in his eight-year rule as a military head of state. That’s our view. If you look at what we‘re struggling for today, those were IBB’s ideas. And that was about 15 years ago. IBB is a man who lived ahead of his time. He proffered original ideas. We want him to come and push them forward.But does it surprise you that his regime is largely viewed as a colossal failure. To borrow a proverb from MKO Abiola, his transition was like an elephant giving birth to a mouse. His efforts to hand over to a democratically elected civilian government came to a jarring end.

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