Former Nigerian military president, General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida on Tuesday endorsed the programmes of Barrister Kabiru Tanimu Turaki (SAN), a Peoples Democratic Party  presidential aspirant.

Babangida threw his weight behind Turaki’s agenda for the nation when the presidential hopeful paid him a private visit to at his Hilltop Mansion in Minna, the Niger State capital.


Unfolding his agenda for the nation, Turaki revealed that it included tackling insecurity in the country, decline in the national economy as well as the increasing unemployment among the youth.

Alhaji Turaki therfore solicited the support of the former military president for the realization of his 2019 presidential ambition, saying he had all that was needed to improve the situation of the country.

“From your agenda, I believe you mean well for this country and I think if you are given the chance to rule, Nigeria will witness tremendous development under your leadership because your roadmap can lead Nigeria to prosperity,” Babangida responded.

The former military president also supported the call by Turaki for the continued unity of Nigeria  above all other considrations as according to him, Nigeria had never been so divided in her entire history as it currently is.