{"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

Full List of Ibrahim Babangida’s Children<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Name<\/strong><\/th>\nDate of Birth<\/strong><\/th>\nAge\u00a0<\/strong><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Muhammadu Babangida<\/td>\nFebruary 2, 1973<\/td>\n51 years old<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Aishatu Babangida<\/td>\nMay 25, 1970<\/td>\n54 years old<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Halimatu Babangida<\/td>\n1989<\/td>\n35 years old<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Aminu Babangida<\/td>\nJuly 7, 1979<\/td>\n44 years old<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Ibrahim Babangida Has only Been Married Once<\/strong><\/h3>\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>\n

How Long Was IBB’s Marriage to Maryam Babangida?<\/b><\/h3>\n

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Maryam King accepted the proposal to marry Ibrahim Babangida in 1969, and the couple tied the knot in September of the said year. She was two months away from becoming 21 when she became Maryam Babangida, the wife of the commander of the 44 Infantry Battalion of the Nigerian Army during the civil war. <\/span>The couple was married from September 6, 1969, to December 27, 2009, the day she died. <\/span><\/p>\n

That was whopping 40 years! Maryam died three months after the couple had celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary, just over a month since she clocked 61.\u00a0<\/span>Her death was a result of ovarian cancer. While on her hospital bed in a hospital in Los Angeles, California, Ibrahim Babangida was by her side when she gave up the ghost. <\/span><\/p>\n

Before the death of the woman who popularized the office of the First Lady of Nigeria, there were earlier rumors that she had been dead earlier than her death certificate stated. Rumors had it that Maryam Babangida died on November 15, 2009.<\/span><\/p>\n

Who Are Ibrahim Babangida’s Children?<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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Ibrahim Babangida’s Children<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Maryam, before her death, was blessed with four children who are currently the only Ibrahim Babangida children. The couple had two sons- Mohammed and Aminu, and two daughters, Aisha and Halima.<\/p>\n

Aisha Babangida<\/b><\/h3>\n