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Nigeria’s former military president, Ibrahim Babangida, has opened up that the annulment of the June 12, 1993, presidential election was due to “national interest”.

IBB made this known in Abuja on Thursday during the launch of his autobiography, “A Journey in Service”.

Thirty-two years after the annulment of the June 12 election, believed to have been won by late Moshood Abiola, Babangida said he acted to protect the country’s interest.

“As the leader of the military administration, I accept full responsibility for all decisions taken by me. And June 12 happened under my watch.

“Mistakes, oversights, and missteps happen in quick succession, but I say in my book, in all matters, we acted in extreme national interest so that Nigeria could survive,” the former military president told the gathering.

Babangida also admitted on Thursday that the June 12 election was free, fair, and won by Abiola.