One delicious moment is an interview with the once-charming Ibrahim Babangida, who ruled from 1985 until 1994.

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The Yoruba man who was admired all over the country, but whose election was cancelled by General Babangida?

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Ibrahim Babangida, an ageing former military ruler, and Atiku Abubakar, a former civilian vice-president, have both declared that they will seek the PDP ticket.

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The brilliant but not charismatic Mr Falae was a civil servant, though he served in General Ibrahim Babangida's military government as finance minister in the mid-1980s.

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In 1993 Nigerian President Ibrahim Babangida awarded her company, Famfa Oil, an oil prospecting license which went on to become OML 127, one of Nigeria's most prolific oil blocks.

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Under the benefaction of former military President Ibrahim Babangida, he was awarded an oil production license and went on to become the first Nigerian to strike oil in commercial quantities.

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Adenuga made his first fortune at age 26 in the 1970s by distributing lace and other materials, but he hit it big when the military regime of former President Ibrahim Babangida gave him a contract to build Army barracks.

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Former supporters from all over the country, including the head of the army, Ishiaya Bamaiyi, and two former military rulers, Muhammadu Buhari and Ibrahim Babangida (who is close to General Abubakar), are saying that it is time for the army to leave politics.

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