Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida delivered the following speech while officially announcing the annulment of the June 12, 1993 presidential election won by MKO Abiola . He said “God bless you” at the speech. Twenty-three years after that “God bless you” speech, God has so blessed Nigeria Babangida couldn’t find a local hospital he could trust with his health… he just returned from a three-week medical trip in Germany. Enjoy… Fellow Nigerians, I address you today with a deep sense of world history and particularly of the history of our great country. In the aftermath of the recently annulled presidential election, I feel, as I believe you yourself feel, a profound sense of disappointment at the outcome of our last efforts at laying the foundation of a viable democratic system of government in Nigeria. I therefore wish, on behalf of myself and members of the National Defence and Security Council and indeed of my entire administration, to feel with my fellow countryme
