I hope Dele Giwa’s murder will be solved in our lifetime, Babangida react to alleged involvement in killing of journalist

Nigeria’s former Military President, General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida, has reacted to his alleged involvement in the death of the Editor-in-Chief of Newswatch magazine, Dele Giwa.

Babangida stated his position in his autobiography, “A Journey in Service,” which was presented on Thursday in Abuja.

Recall that Giwa died from the impact of an explosive packed in a parcel that was delivered to his Ikeja, Lagos State home on October 19, 1986.

Babangida said of the death of Gita in the autobiography: “The hysteria of the media did not help the investigation of the Giwa murder.

“As is typical of the Nigerian media, the direction was marked by an adversarial attitude towards the government, which had remained the hallmark of the Nigerian media from its colonial heyday.

“It was an attitude of ‘we versus the government’ that has remained today.

“It is a situation in which the government is adjudged guilty even before the evidence in a case is adduced.

“When the Obasanjo civilian administration reopened the Giwa case at the Oputa Panel on Human and Civil Rights, I expected that the police and lawyers would come forward with new evidence as to their findings on the Giwa murder over the years.

“Nothing of such happened.

“The Giwa, like all mysterious murders, has remained unsolved after so many years.

“I keep hoping it will be uncovered in our lifetime or after us.

“More often than not, mysterious crimes are solved long after their commission.”