“After the election, I went to court, and my lawyer, late GOK Ajayi, successfully established that if the duplicated results were discounted, I won by 1.5 million votes. Late Ambassador Dende Fernandes also informed me that he had seen the election results with the Americans, and I won by a landslide.

“I’m convinced that Nigerians voted for me. Clearly, the military was apprehensive about a thoroughbred civilian taking over from them and instead preferred a hybrid.”—HRM Dr. Oluyemi Falae, CFR, GCON, Former Minister of Finance & Secretary to the Military Government of Ibrahim Babangida

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