{"id":71970,"date":"2022-02-18T17:47:15","date_gmt":"2022-02-18T16:47:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buzznigeria.com\/?p=71970"},"modified":"2023-11-17T13:18:39","modified_gmt":"2023-11-17T12:18:39","slug":"ibrahim-babangida-has-four-children-meet-them-all","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buzznigeria.com\/ibrahim-babangida-has-four-children-meet-them-all\/","title":{"rendered":"Ibrahim Babangida Has Four Children – Meet Them All"},"content":{"rendered":"
Ibrahim Babangida has four children with his wife Maryam Babangida. His children are Aisha Babangida, Mohammed Babangida, Aminu Babangida and Halima Babangida.<\/strong><\/p>\n Ibrahim Babangida is not just one of the most important and popular names in the history of Nigeria but also a very controversial one at that. Although it has been more than two decades since he left the country’s seat of power, he has continued to find his way into the headlines. Interestingly, only a few of these times has Ibrahim Babangida’s children or family drawn the public’s attention.<\/span><\/p>\n The background of Ibrahim Babangida as a political leader and a former military Head of State is well recognized. We could go back and forth about his influence as a political leader, but then, this article isn’t entirely focused on the former Head of State instead on his offspring. <\/span><\/p>\n It is almost uncommon to have men, mostly of Muslim background, stick to one wife, especially as the religion and culture permit them to marry as many wives as they could take care of. However, there are a few cases where some may choose to remain married to one wife. IBB (as he is fondly called) is interestingly one of such people.<\/span> His decision to stick to one woman amazed many people, and they could have only gotten more amazed when after the death of Maryam Babangida, IBB vowed never to remarry.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Ibrahim Babangida got married to his late wife Maryam (nee Okogwu) in 1969. Maryam, who was born in 1948 in Asaba of the present-day Delta State, was the daughter of Leonard Nwanonye Okogwu from Asaba, an Igbo man. Still, her mother, Hajiya Asabe Halima Mohammed, was Hausa from the present Niger State.\u00a0Maryam’s state of origin is one of the many reasons many expected the elder statesman to get another wife later.<\/p>\n Shortly after he lost his beloved wife to the cold hands of death, many saw no reason why he would not. But the shock came when the former head of State made a public vow<\/a> that he would never get married again just because he wanted to honor his late wife.\u00a0<\/span>While bolstering his reasons for not wanting to settle for a new wife, Babangida noted his children are doing well enough to take care of all his needs.<\/p>\n Many must have thought IBB took the vow of never getting married again as a sign of grief when the memory of losing Maryam was still fresh, but 13 years down the line, the 82-year-old former leader is still sticking to his vow and has shown no signs of breaking it.<\/span><\/p>\nFull List of Ibrahim Babangida’s Children<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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\n Name<\/strong><\/th>\n Date of Birth<\/strong><\/th>\n Age\u00a0<\/strong><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n\n \n Muhammadu Babangida<\/td>\n February 2, 1973<\/td>\n 51 years old<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Aishatu Babangida<\/td>\n May 25, 1970<\/td>\n 54 years old<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Halimatu Babangida<\/td>\n 1989<\/td>\n 35 years old<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Aminu Babangida<\/td>\n July 7, 1979<\/td>\n 44 years old<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n Ibrahim Babangida Has only Been Married Once<\/strong><\/h3>\n
How Long Was IBB’s Marriage to Maryam Babangida?<\/b><\/h3>\n