We are forced to accept the conclusion that on account of his age, his senses have since departed him ~ IBB to Edwin Clark.

Aliyu M. Hamagam & Andrew Agbese
Former military president Ibrahim Babangida has responded to the statement credited to Ijaw leader, Chief Edwin Clark that he (Babangida) is partly responsible for the Boko Haram menace in the country, saying the statement is not only in bad taste but also misguided.
Babangida, in a statement by his media spokesman Prince Kassim Afegbua, said he takes exception to the implied conclusions contained in the statement as it exhibits crass ignorance about leadership in a multi-ethnic configuration like Nigeria and warned that further implied statements and misplaced accusations from Chief Clark would be greeted with litigation.
The former president said instead of buck-passing and playing the blame game, Clark should advise the government of the day to do more of consultation with former presidents, opinion moulders and leaders of thoughts across the country with the aim of getting lasting and integrated solutions to Nigeria’s problems.
General Babangida said he has no hand in the present challenges facing President Goodluck Jonathan, and the insecurity in the country, as it is his belief that some of the problems were inherited by the present administration.
General Babangida, according to the statement, does not have a hand in anything untoward against the unity and stability of the Nigerian State having seen it all in life, and after paying his dues by serving his fatherland.
“Having invested so much in the unity and stability of the country, to the extent of fighting in the civil war to keep the country together, it is out of place for anyone, least of all an old man of Edwin Clark’s nomenclature, to inpute directly or indirectly that the great IBB should prove his innocence on the Boko Haram menace.
“We want to believe that Chief Edwin Clark was quoted out of context, but if indeed he did say what was credited to him, we are forced to accept the conclusion that on account of his age, his senses have since departed him. He needs our empathies and not sympathies. We have since known Chief Edwin Clark to be a loose cannon in public discourse. He deserves our pity”, it said.
General Babangida said unlike Clark who has offered no solution to the crisis facing the country, he has offered several approaches and methodologies to addressing the precarious situation both in public and private, and had stated without equivocation that dialogue would serve as a better tool than the militant approach which is not yielding appropriate result.