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62 unusual facts about Ibrahim Babangida


Abdulmumini Aminu

Colonel (retired) Abdulmumini Aminu (born 1949) was military governor of Borno State, Nigeria between August 1985 and December 1987 during the military regime of General Ibrahim Babangida.

Aminu was one of the officers who arrested General Muhammadu Buhari in the August 1985 coup in which General Ibrahim Babangida came to power.

Abel Guobadia

In 1987, President Ibrahim Babangida appointed Abel Guobadia Nigeria's first resident Ambassador to the Republic of Korea.

Abeokuta North/Obafemi Owode/Odeda constituency

Abiola was the acclaimed winner of the 1993 Presidential election which was later annulled by president Ibrahim Babangida.

Abubakar Saleh Michika

However, in July 1993, after the Ibrahim Babangida administration had annulled Abiola's presidential election, he said "Much as I personally admired Moshood Abiola as an individual, the idea of a southern president was unrealistic".

Alabo Graham-Douglas

In 1989 the military government of Ibrahim Babangida appointed him Federal Minister for Social Development, Youths and Sports.

Chief Alabo Tonye Graham-Douglas (born 8 May 1939) was appointed Nigerian Minister of Youth, Sports and Culture in 1989, then Minister of Aviation in General Ibrahim Babangida's cabinet.

Allison Madueke

After a military coup d'état overthrew civilian President Shehu Shagari on December 31, 1983, as Navy Captain he was appointed governor of Anambra State from January 1984 to August 1985, and then of Imo State until 1986 during the military regimes of Generals Muhammadu Buhari and Ibrahim Babangida.

Alwali Kazir

Major General (retired) Alwali Kazir was a Military Governor of Kwara State, Nigeria from December 1989 to January 1992 during the military regime of Major General Ibrahim Babangida, handing over to the elected civilian governor Shaaba Lafiaji at the start of the Nigerian Third Republic.

Aminu Sule Garo

Garo was elected as a Member of the House of Representatives from 1992 to 1993 and from 1995 to 1996, representing the Kabo/Gwarzo constituency during the presidencies of Generals Ibrahim Babangida and Sani Abacha.

Anthony E. Oguguo

Navy Commodore Anthony E. Oguguo was appointed military governor of Imo State in Nigeria from 1990 to 1992 during the military regime of General Ibrahim Babangida.

Anthony Ukpo

Stephen Anthony Ukpo (born 16 July 1947) was Minister of Information and Culture, and then Governor of Rivers State, Nigeria from August 1986 until July 1988 during the military administration of General Ibrahim Babangida.

He was a member of the inner circle of army officers who arranged the bloodless coup on 27 August 1985 when General Muhammadu Buhari was replaced by General Ibrahim Babangida.

Babatunde Elegbede

He was appointed director of the Defence Intelligence Agency, and was later head of administration in Defence Headquarters under General Ibrahim Babangida.

Bashir Tofa

A Hausa Muslim who hails from Kano State, Tofa was the National Republican Convention (NRC) candidate in the annulled Nigeria's June 12, 1993 presidential election, which was organised by the military government of General Ibrahim Babangida.

Bolaji Akinyemi

Akinyemi was appointed Minister of External Affairs by military leader Ibrahim Babangida in 1985.

Chris Alli

Major General Mohammed Chris Alli was military governor of Plateau State Nigeria from August 1985 to 1986 during the military regime of General Ibrahim Babangida.

During the attempted coup against General Ibrahim Babangida by Major Gideon Orkar on 22 April 1990, Colonel Alli was commander of the 3rd Infantry Brigade in Kano.

Clement Ebri

He was a strong supporter of General Ibrahim Babangida, who had initiated the short-lived third republic.

Colonel Abu Ali

Lt. Colonel Abu Ali was Governor of Bauchi State, Nigeria from August 1990 to July 1992 during the military regime of Major General Ibrahim Babangida.

Confraternities in Nigeria

The coup of Ibrahim Babangida in 1983 caused a large degree of political tension.

Deji Afolabi Ayanleke

Deji Afolabi Ayanleke was the acting Military Governor of Kwara State from 1988 to 1990, during the military regime of Major General Ibrahim Babangida in the Nigeria government.

Dele Olojede

Olojede publicly accused Nigeria's military leader Ibrahim Babangida of being responsible for the murder.

Eme Awa

Professor Eme Awa (born 15 December 1921 - March 2000) was chairman of the National Electoral Commission of Nigeria (NECON), appointed by President Ibrahim Babangida.

Ernest Olawunmi Adelaye

Group Captain Ernest Olawunmi Adelaye was appointed military governor of Rivers State, Nigeria from July 1988 to August 1990 during the military regime of General Ibrahim Babangida.

Fidelis Oyakhilome

Fidelis Oyakhilome (born 13 April 1939) was Governor of Rivers State, Nigeria from January 1984 until August 1986 during the military administrations of Generals Muhammadu Buhari and Ibrahim Babangida.

Garba Ali Mohammed

Garba Ali Mohammed was Military Administrator of Niger State in Nigeria from 1986 to December 1987 during the military regime of General Ibrahim Babangida.

Lt. Col. G.A. Mohammed was Military Administrator of Niger State in Nigeria from 1986 to December 1987 during the military regime of General Ibrahim Babangida.

Gideon Orkar

Major Gideon Gwaza Orkar was a Nigerian military officer and revolutionary who staged a coup against General Ibrahim Babangida on April 22, 1990.

Ibrahim Alkali

Air Commodore Ibrahim Alkali was a Military Governor of Kwara State from July 1988 to December 1989 during the military regime of Major General Ibrahim Babangida.

Ibrahim Babangida

January 4, 1993 saw the announcement by Babangida of a National Defense and Security Council, of which Babangida himself was to be President, while in April 1993 the SDP nominated Moshood Kashimawo Olawale Abiola (MKO) as its presidential candidate, with the National Republican Convention (NRC) choosing Bashir Tofa to run for the same position.

He married Maryam (1948–2009), who later became First Lady of Nigeria.

On April 22, 1990, Babangida's government was almost toppled by a coup attempt led by Major Gideon Orkar.

In a letter excerpted in the media, IBB is quoted as citing the "moral dilemma" of running against Umaru Yar'Adua, the younger brother of the late Shehu Yar'Adua (himself a former nominee to run for the Presidency during IBB's military dictatorship), as well as against General Aliyu Mohammed Gusau, given IBB's close relationship with the latter two.

Ibrahim Coomassie

In 1996, Coomassie launched an investigation into police actions during the military rule of General Ibrahim Babangida (1985–1993).

Idongesit Nkanga

Air Commodore (retired) Idongesit Nkanga was governor of Akwa Ibom State in Nigeria from September 1990 to January 1992 during the military regime of General Ibrahim Babangida, handing over to en elected civilian Governor at the start of the Nigerian Third Republic.

Ipoola Alani Akinrinade

In General Ibrahim Babangida's government he was appointed Minister of Agriculture, Water Resources and Rural Development (1985–1986), Minister of Industries (1988 - February 1989) and Minister of Transport (1989).

Ita David Ikpeme

In December 1985 he was named as a suspect in a coup plot against the military regime of General Ibrahim Babangida.

Jerry Gana

He was appointed chairman of Mass Mobilisation for Social and Economic Recovery under General Ibrahim Babangida's government.

Mamman Jiya Vatsa

He was executed by the Nigerian Government of Major General Ibrahim Babangida on 5 March 1986 following accusations of his involvement in an abortive coup.

Mohammed Arzika

Arzika was the Chairman of the People's Solidarity Party (PSP), one of the political parties that applied for registration when General Ibrahim Babangida started preparing for a transition to democracy in 1991, later merging into the Social Democratic Party (SDP).

Mohammed Buba Marwa

Mohammed Buba Marwa (b. Sept 9, 1953) is a retired Nigerian army officer who served as governor of Borno State, and then Lagos State during the military administrations of Generals Ibrahim Babangida and Sani Abacha.

Mohammed Ndatsu Umaru

Wing Commander Mohammed Ndatsu Umaru was a Military Governor of Kwara State, Nigeria from August 1985 to December 1987, and then of Kano State from December 1987 to July 1988 during the military regime of General Ibrahim Babangida.

Mohammed Sani Sami

He joined the army on 10 December 1962, and attended training courses with Ibrahim Babangida.

Nigerian American

This migration was driven by political and economic problems exacerbated by the military regimes of self-styled generals Ibrahim Babangida and Sani Abacha.

Nigerian Civil Service

The 1988 Civil Service Reorganization Decree promulgated by General Ibrahim Babangida had a major impact on the structure and efficiency of the Civil Service.

Nigerian Observer

On 22 July 1993 the administration of General Ibrahim Babangida banned the Nigerian Observer, as well as the National Concord, The Punch and the Daily Sketch.

Nigerian Presidential Complex

The palatial residence was completed in 1991, the same year the military junta of Ibrahim Babangida relocated the national capital from Lagos to Abuja.

Nigerian Tribune

General Ibrahim Babangida once said that of all the Nigerian newspapers he would only read and take seriously the Nigerian Tribune's editorial column.

Olagunsoye Oyinlola

During the administration of General Ibrahim Babangida (1985–1993), he was either a staff officer or a commander of an armoured unit.

P.M. News

After harassment by the Ibrahim Babangida regime, there was a brief period of press freedom under General Sani Abacha during which P.M. News was launched in August 1994 as a breezy afternoon paper strongly oriented towards news but also covering fashions, sports and entertainment.

The News was founded in 1993 by Bayo Onanuga, Babafemi Ojudu and other former staff from the African Concord who had resigned in protest over a request by M.K.O. Abiola, the publisher, to apologise to President Ibrahim Babangida over a critical story about the military regime.

Paul Omu

Omu joined the army on December 10, 1962, and was a course mate to Ibrahim Babangida, Sani Bello and Garba Duba at the Nigeria Military Training College.

Peter Odili

In September 2010 it was reported that former military head of state Ibrahim Babangida, who planned to be a candidate for president in the 2011 election, was in discussions with Odili over being his running mate as vice-presidential candidate.

Robert Akonobi

Colonel (retired) Robert (Bob) Nnaemeka Akonobi was appointed military governor of Anambra State, Nigeria from December 1987 to August 1990 during the military regime of General Ibrahim Babangida.

Rufus Ada-George

Ada-George was elected on the National Republican Convention (NRC) platform as Governor of Rivers State in the preliminary elections sponsored by General Ibrahim Babangida as a step towards full democracy with the Third Republic.

Sa'adu Abubakar

He headed a presidential security unit of the Armoured Corps that guarded then military ruler General Ibrahim Babangida in the late 1980s.

Saidu Barda

Barda was favored by the military president at the time, General Ibrahim Babangida.

Sambo Dasuki

Dasuki was former Aide-de-camp (ADC) to Nigeria's former military head of state, General Ibrahim Babangida.

Sule Ahman

During the military coup of 27 August 1985, when General Ibrahim Babangida became head of state, Major Sule Ahman lent support in his position in Supply and Transport in the Ikeja Cantonment.

Tam David-West

David-West served in Nigerian government as commissioner for education and a member of the Executive Council of Rivers State (1975–1979), as a member of the fifty-person Constitution Drafting Committee for the Federal Military Government of General Murtala Muhammed (1979), as federal minister of petroleum and energy under General Muhammadu Buhari (1984–1985), and as minister of mines, power, and steel under General Ibrahim Babangida (1986), eventually being purged and arrested.

Yahaya Abdulkarim

Malam Yahaya Abdulkarim was elected governor of Sokoto State, Nigeria between January 1992 and November 1993, during General Ibrahim Babangida's attempted transition to democracy.


Ebitu Ukiwe

Okoh Ebitu Ukiwe (born 26 October 1940) is a retired Commodore in the Nigerian Navy who served as the de facto Vice President of Nigeria during the Ibrahim Babangida military government from 1985 to 1986.

Okon Uya

Professor Okon Edet Uya was briefly chairman of the National Electoral Commission of Nigeria (NECON), appointed by President Ibrahim Babangida after the presidential elections of 12 June 1993 had been annulled and his predecessor Humphrey Nwosu dismissed.

Sunday Ifere

As a lieutenant, in the unsuccessful Nigerian Counter-Coup of 1966 he was involved in fighting in Kaduna, serving in the same squadron as Ibrahim Babangida, who later became military head of state from August 1985 until August 1993.