You Know The Struggle, Yet Sit With The Tormentor! Morayo Brown Challenges Tinubu On IBB

Nigerian media personality, Morayo Brown, has called for the prosecution of former military ruler, General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida (IBB), following his admission that the late Chief Moshood Abiola was the rightful winner of the annulled June 12, 1993, presidential election.....KINDLY READ THE FULL STORY HERE▶

IBB made this revelation in his autobiography, A Journey in Service, launched in Abuja on Thursday, February 20, 2025.

Taking to Instagram on Saturday, Morayo recounted how her father had repeatedly warned Nigerians about Babangida, describing him as a relentless force who crushed everything in his path. She insisted that IBB must be held accountable for his actions, which led to the loss of many lives during his regime.

She recalled how her father, a vocal critic of Babangida, was imprisoned multiple times and eventually forced into exile in the United States. According to Morayo, the trauma of Abiola’s death deeply affected her father, who suffered a stroke upon hearing the news and never recovered.

Expressing disappointment in President Bola Tinubu, she criticized his presence at IBB’s book launch, questioning how he could laugh alongside the man responsible for the nation’s greatest electoral betrayal.

She wrote:

“The past 48 hours have been eye-opening. Babangida has serious questions to answer, and I can’t wait to read his book. My father fought tirelessly to hold him accountable, yet nothing happened. Many courageous men challenged his rule with their voices, their pens, and their influence, but Babangida bulldozed everything in his way like a fearless storm.

Many lives were lost. My father was jailed multiple times by the military under Babangida for speaking out. He eventually fled to the U.S. through Cotonou. And now, Babangida simply says he takes ‘responsibility,’ and we should all just move on?

Mr. President, I hold you in high regard, but don’t you think Babangida should be prosecuted for annulling the freest and fairest election in Nigeria’s history—an act that led to the deaths of countless innocent people? I saw you all laughing at his book launch. I’m sorry, but I found nothing comical about it.

As a child, I grew up around MKO Abiola, his wife Kudirat, and their children. I witnessed firsthand how their family—and mine—were torn apart by Babangida’s actions. I knew Kudirat personally. I spent weekends at her home. I was there, stunned, when her children—Mumuni, Hadi, and Mariam—were whisked away to the U.S. after her tragic assassination. A house once filled with laughter became a place of sorrow.

My father suffered a stroke immediately after hearing of Kudirat’s death. He never recovered. Mr. President, you stood by my father until his last days. You know the pain and the struggle. So how can you now sit and laugh with our tormentor?”