Former Military President, General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida (IBB), has left the country for Germany to undergo regular medical check-ups and is scheduled to be back after the general elections.
According to reports, he left the country via a private jet on Saturday to Germany for a health check.
The jet was said to have taken him from the Minna International Airport to the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja, where he was accompanied by his son — Aminu, and security personnel(s).
Mahmud Abdullahi, the retired General’s spokesperson confirmed the development, saying “The journey is the normal medical routine check-up. There is no cause for alarm. The medical checkup had been long overdue and he has to go now. What Nigerians need to do is to pray for him and wish him well.”
Asked whether it was a deliberate attempt to avoid participating in the forthcoming general elections and avoid any controversies, Mahmood simply said, “I am not aware of that. There had been pressure on him in the past months and it is time for him to go and rest and go for his checkup.”
