everyone who had signed on to a military career understood clearly what it meant to plan a coup and fail. The penalty was clear and unmistakable
Ultimately, A Journey in Service is less an honest reckoning with history and more an exercise in self-justification. It offers some insight into Babangida’s thinking but fails to confront the full weight of his administration’s failures, making it a disappointing, incomplete and highly selective account of his legacy.
Today I formally announce the publication of my book, titled: Soyinka’s Metamorphosis: Echoes from The People’s Mandate, a copy of...
