Wednesday, April 21, 2010

Photonews: Twenty Years After The Orkar Coup

                                               [Orkar: with others during trial]

                                                    [IBB: Nearly ousted by Orkar]
                                                   [IBB: Seeks power again]

Twenty years after late Major Gideon Gwarzo Orkar and his junta attempted unsuccessfully to oust General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida(IBB) from power, the General seeks power again, this time through the ballot box.

chidi opara reports have been hinted that IBB's opponents backed by the Presidency are poised to ressurect issues of hard drugs and homosexuality raised by the Orkar junta.