The average Nigerian person has come to reconcile himself with the fact that his or her social progress remain essentially in his or her hands in collaboration with other fellow Nigerians and not merely relying on what government alone could provide for him or her.

Commodore Ebitu Okoh Ukiwe the first Chief of General Staff in General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida's regime andBabangida's second-in command was 'dropped' by Babangida. Babangida then issued a decree banning the presidential candidates of both the NRC and the SDP from running in new presidential elections that he planned to have held. However Babangida repeatedly defied summons to appear before the panel to answer allegations of humans rights abuses and questioned both the legality of the commission and its power to summon him.

There is evidence of a severe lack of human rights under his regime. General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida GCFR PSC DSS mni (born August 17 1941) allegedly known as IBB was a Nigerian Army officer and military ruler of Nigeria.