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Sunday 18 August 2013

IBB opts for low key 72nd birthday celebration

Nigeria's former military president Ibrahim Babangida turned 72 yesterday Saturday August 17th and opted for a low key birthday celebration. He marked the day with special prayers and celebrated with  close family members and a few business associates at his Minna, Niger State residence

Babangida received Aliko Dangote, Niger State deputy governor, some members of the state executive council and other prominent businessmen and politicians before rushing out to a wedding.

A day before his 72nd birthday, Babangida told newsmen that he wants to be remembered as someone who played his part and contributed his quota in Nigeria’s development.

Asked to write his epitaph, IBB said:
“Here lies General IBB born in Minna, joined military profession in 1962, stayed there for 32 years, serving this great nation and, by the grace of God, he became a military president and served this country eight years. May his soul rest in peace.”

124 comments:

★★PRINCE CHARMING™★★ said...

That cake doesn't look low key though, Lol... Happy birthday boss!

Anonymous said...

IBB, my chairman!

TeeJoe Da'Great said...

First to comment.. Lindiway i love u

Unknown said...

Corrupt man

Anonymous said...

congratss

Anonymous said...

low key sha with those 5 mighty cakes lol..

Unknown said...

indeed rest in peace whn he is not dead???? abi he has his reason for saying that?????

Anonymous said...

What of Dele Giwa?

HOZZY_TUALE said...

Alhaji Babangida tuale, thank God 4 adding anoda year to you. But u shuld call us to your house to chop some suya and rice and chicken. Even if na onions I go chop no wam. I dey down. HBD BABA MI

@EDDYSYFAR said...

HBD LLNP

Evo D'blunt said...

The General is gradually retiring. Nigeria will greatly miss great leaders like IBB nd Obasanjo even with all their wrongs in office. These were real men when it comes to taking actions. Anyway I bliv he deserves a greater epitaph.

Unknown said...

Thieves and murderers come together to celebrate their victory..

Unknown said...

happy BD to Babangida.

Goldmynetv said...

Happy birthday to him.i hope a day will come when he publicly apologies for june 12

Unknown said...

The Bad people live long

Anonymous said...

Gud 4 him. ETTA

Yemmie Oscar said...

Why the rush now?

Anonymous said...

Is dah his latest wife or daughter? Why is she d only lady there.

Anonymous said...

Great news next PLEASE

Anonymous said...

Pretty Halima,cant afford you yet you are stuck in my brains.

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Anonymous said...

Pretty Halima,cant afford you yet you are stuck in my brains.

mukena bali spesial azzahra said...

i am happy too when i see so many people celebrate this day happy birthday from me..

Anonymous said...

M not sure he was an angel buh don't know why I have always loved dis man.see his Pwetty daughter.

mukena bali spesial azzahra said...

i am happy too when i see so many people celebrate this day happy birthday from me..

adaora nwa nma said...

Ibb d evil genius.lol!wonder who gave him dat name.and see as d name just stuck!

adaora nwa nma said...

Ibb d evil genius.lol!wonder who gave him dat name.and see as d name just stuck!

Anonymous said...

okay, you're right. it's true. a bad man in a movie too will say he played his part. thank you for all you ever did. abi ko ju be na lor. odabor!

Anonymous said...

okay, you're right. it's true. a bad man in a movie too will say he played his part. thank you for all you ever did. abi ko ju be na lor. odabor!

prince d preacher said...

hahahha-writing ur epitaph while alive. But wen wil dese evil men die and leave dis country in peace?

Anonymous said...

Rest in peace indeed!

kunle said...

Happy birthday.

Anonymous said...

Which kain low key birthday!ow many cakes dey dia!and some lines r missin in dat hs so called epiptah.

Anonymous said...

Is he dead?
Psycho bratt

Anonymous said...

It's my birthday today! So happy God is been faithful all the way! Yippee

Anonymous said...

Happy Birthday.
You didn't 'serve' this country for 8 years.
Tee~why.

׺°”˜`”°Âº×lanre׺°”˜`”°Âº× said...

Congratulation.

Queen Bee said...

The Evil Genius!
Happy 72nd bday!
He's drawing so close to his grave,..well so are we all.

LBF said...

HBD SWEET MAN!! Should I say WULLNP or is better I say I wish u joy n happiness until dat main day u wil be celebrated! Luv u scarar man!! Happy Sunday lindy baby

Dental news said...

Babangida in Nigeria development my foot!a dream that can never come true as he lost the chance to do that many years ago;and did he say may his soul rest in piece?ok then however it doesn't really matter whether he dies or lives.No one wishes him dead as it doesn't benefit us in any form rather I wish him what he deserves.

Anonymous said...

A with a fucking amen

Anonymous said...

Nigeria's development or he meant Nigeria's decadence and demise.he widened the channel of corruption which has now refused to shut and like an earthquake will soon implode the nation.he had the chance,a great one,to have used the oil and agro-resources to set the country in the way the UAE is now.he was president when nigerians still saw themselves as one and get rich quick was not the order of the day.in developed climes,people lik him will not be celebrated .Rot in hell IBB.u left inflation and corruption behind after 8 years,not a useful legacy.pray nigerians will wake up one day and see that no leader since independence has done anything remarkable enough to worth being celebrated.the present is a mirror of yesterday.If they had laid good precepts yesterday,the present will tell.I shudder to think of the future but religion is the opium of the masses,so as usual,I say e go better,God dey (however e take happen)

Anonymous said...

Amen o

Anonymous said...

Amen

Anonymous said...

A with a fucking amen

Anonymous said...

Shame on u IBB! U have nothing 2celebrate about. What did u give 2d great nation nigeria? What sacrifice? Are u a mentor in any way! Excuse me! U are 72 now and as u can see,u can't live 4eva,few old more yrs 2spend n all d stealing,corruption,arrogance is gone! It is called vanity! If I were u,I wuld choose 2have lived like Nelson Mandela,his love passion 4his pple has spoken 4him. Continue ur few miserable heartless,passionless,loveless yrs while nig youths roam abt jobless,assu on strike! IBB,who cares how old u are! Men who has lost their concience in pursuit of material things! Deep hiss 4u.

Anonymous said...

Hmm... Ok
~D great anonymous!

Anonymous said...

I luv dis man! Wish I had a looter for a father like him. He is so smart, articulate n bold. Upcoming looters take a queue n learn frm d pro! Happy birthday sir #nijaipity

Anonymous said...

Nice
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Anonymous said...

Mr. Babangida,

All you contributed to Nigeria is corruption.

Anonymous said...

IBB...is a servant who has contributed immensely to dev. Of our nation...yes! Buh he's among d bad eggs in this nation...be that as it may...hapi buff day thou

jennies said...

Nawa oooo dis epitaph. Many years ahead.

Anonymous said...

Hmmmmm,d thing go make sense oooooo.till then

Mich said...

What about these on his epitaph;
"Here lies the man
Who contributed to the down plunge
Of Nigeria's economy...
Became a military president for 8years
And until his death still wished he could serve for his own gain.
May he rest in the bossom of his deeds"

Unknown said...

May his soul rest in pieces and rot in hell

Anonymous said...

RIP Sir.
IBB predicting his own death.

bitchplis said...

He forgot to add 'he annulled d freest and fairest election in nigeria' to his epitaph wish

Anonymous said...

With age comes wisdom, regret and atonement!! Why not right the wrongs you committed?

BABATUNDE said...

Really hope the said "epitaph" comes to reality soon. He meant he "SERVED" the nation or "SEVERED" the nation's future? God isn't partial; that, I know of!

BABATUNDE said...

Really hope the said "epitaph" comes to reality soon. He meant he "SERVED" the nation or "SEVERED" the nation's future? God isn't partial; that, I know of!

Anonymous said...

Most of the problem we have in Nigeria today are as a result of lack of foresight of our past leaders. I doubt if ibb when he decides to stay off politics and die peacefully will be missed by Nigerians, his family? Yeah! After all they will inherit the billions(he looted) he'll leave behind. Good riddance to.............

Anonymous said...

Mtsheeeeew,yeye general wey follow destroy Nigeria economy.Posterity go judge him wella.First to comment,abeg lily post my comment oh.

Anonymous said...

HBD sir. Linda which one be "may his soul rest in peace"???

Anonymous said...

Low key !!!!,I wonder who will eat all these cakes, sure most of d people there don't even like cakes.hope it won't all end up in d bin. Hbd anyway and Thank u sir 4 all u did and didn't do for Nig when u had d opportunity.

miz Kay said...

Low key with like 5cakes??? If its high key nko?smh

Anonymous said...

Happy birthday to IBB!but he should realize that he did not contribute a meaningful quota to his fatherland and posterity would continue to judge.

is He dead? why is he wishing for his own soul to rest in peace?

Anonymous said...

Read before u rush to comment. He was asked wot he wanted written on his epitaph. Except u don't understand what an epitaph is.
Tee~why

Anonymous said...

I love u man u are a leader Nigeria need

Anonymous said...

literally....AMEN!!!

Jbankz said...

72 old unto political age or real?na dem kw coz I dont care

Anonymous said...

Oma ga gan o!ow many cake dem wan chop?i'm very sure its not only cakes dat will flood dat house.well sha hapi buyday

xty said...

Lol. Nice 1.
U said my mind

Unknown said...

My tots exactly, they say its low key yet I can Æ ̴̴̴̴͡.̮Æ ̴̴̴͡ bout 6 cakes. He should have done a carnival then. â„“☺â„“
Anyway hapi Birthda to IBB

Anonymous said...

I love this man, during his reign it was chop make I chop.Happy Birthday to the General.

Anonymous said...

Abi oh.too funny

Anonymous said...

Any man who deprives his fellow man of peace when he is/was in a position to affect this peace and has not repented, should NOT expect to 'rest in peace'.
Simple enough life principle.

Unknown said...

IBB come and marry me

Anonymous said...

Who cares about your age. It is on record that you set dis nation on unprecedented path of corruption and brazen fraud which is unparalleled to any other person record in the annal of the nation history. Posterity wii forever judge you .

Anonymous said...

Pls pray for Egypt ooo

Anonymous said...

For those of you celebrating this fools birthday. When will you learn ??? The man is an idiot who facilitated the destruction of a great nation.

It is sad that this idiot is even getting publicity at all. Karma is a bitch !! His children witll soon suffer for there fathers sins.

I hope he dies soon before the new president comes into power and kills all these old looters in front of a firing squad.

Nigeria thats what you need. You need to cut out out all these old looters like a cancer that needs to be got rid of.

Unknown said...

Low key indeed

Anonymous said...

Trust me those cakes were brought in by his numerous famzers

dudette said...

If this is his definition of a low key birthday,pls come and throw 1 for me..

Ginger said...

AMEN

Ginger said...

And he forgot to confess

ANYA IKENGA said...

Boko people

femicavan said...

Everybody in that party will die in road accident for bringing Nigeria backward.foolish man.

Anonymous said...

Even the epitaph is a bit of a stretch. He was a military DICTATOR and not a "president". As to whether he served the nation (depending on how he chooses to define 'service') or the nation serves him, that one is between him and his God.

Anonymous said...

He gave himself d name

Anonymous said...

Spoken so well.I doff my hat 4 u bro

Dental news said...

Ok,what he wanted written on his epitaph,no problem we will write about who he was ,what he did to Nigeria /Nigerians and what became of Nigera after he forced himself on us not serve us.
If he knew the answers to this then he has his epitaph content already.
Again i say;We wish you what you deserve IBB

Anonymous said...

Oponu ayeraye,arindin

Anonymous said...

He should donate part of our money to the needy and ophanage homes too.

Anonymous said...

He should donate part of our money to the needy and ophanage homes too.

Aminu Ibrahim said...

@ibb da iska

Unknown said...

contributed what?

Anonymous said...

Hausa people sha...no matter how much money they have..,wether thru hard work or stealing...they always look drab!

Anonymous said...

Well m sure the cakes were brought in by friends n families...Chard!

TBLAZE said...

You want a glowing epitaph after contributing to the destruction of the country,you are not serious,history will never ever be kind to the "likes" of you.

Anonymous said...

iBB for all our sakes, please drop dead

Dee said...

When he said low key, he meant there won't be party so having 6 cakes doesn't mean it wasn't a low key birthday bcos even the view visitors he received could have as well brought him cakes. Cheers

Bloomandgrownaija said...

IBB thinks he is a good man! What a joker

Princee Dee said...

HBd IBB...
He served his pocket n not this great nation.he was one of the corrupt presidents that ruined Nigeria.If the history of how the country became bad is written,his name will be mentioned several times.
May God have mercy n still heal our fatherland....God bless Nigeria!

Anonymous said...

Loool

Dee said...

*few

Anonymous said...

Rest in peace ke?

Anonymous said...

Whose soul shuld rest in peace?

Lekan said...

May his soul rest in perfect peace wen he is doing birthday cos it is not clear o.

Mr Obot said...

smh

Anonymous said...

U served ur nation by annuling june 12 elections or by embezelling excess crude oil moni or is it d murders?God dey sha!enjoy ur loot!

Anonymous said...

This man has forgotten that he will be too dead to write on his own epitaph; and even if he remembers to write it before he dies, folks will be too honest to even think of using an untrue epitaph. I think it will sound more like (paraphrased): "Here lies the helpless body of IBB who wrecked and destroyed this great Nation; May his demise finally bring sanity and Peace to thus great Nation".

Anonymous said...

True talk,soo true

Anonymous said...

Thanks for writting a better epitaph for the useless man IBB,the man will die someday and we can't wait and whenever it happens he will answer to God what he did with this country Nigeria

Anonymous said...

Read the message well

Anonymous said...

True talk,soo true

Anonymous said...

Why making it a low key celebration? What do you want to do with trillions of naira in foreign banks. Do you want the money to be buried with you? Vanity upon vanity.

Anonymous said...

Why making it a low key celebration? What do you want to do with trillions of naira in foreign banks. Do you want the money to be buried with you? Vanity upon vanity.

Anonymous said...

Thank you, you are the only person that have said the true. Some Nigerian are celebrating this man. This is why I believe Nigeria have a long way to go.
This man is the reason why Nigeria is the way it is today and people are talking of him like he has done something great.

Anonymous said...

Will dis prince charming change dis pictures

Chikaka said...

Isn't that one of the Bamaiyi brothers on the left?

Anonymous said...

Rather:

Here lies a man that institutionalized corruption in Nigeria. May corruption also die with him, amen!

Anonymous said...

Yeah,d girl's his daughter halima n d boy on his left's his son aminu while d others are...who gives a fuck really??

Anonymous said...

Why are the lips of those guys at the edge like that? They're huge!

Anonymous said...

Latest wife ke,he like man nyansh

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