Date Published: 12/27/09

Former First Lady, Maryam Babangida is dead

Maryam Babangida

Maryam Babangida,  wife of Nigeria’s former Military ruler, General Ibrahim Babangida is dead.

Mrs Babangida died on her hospital bed at the University of California (UCLA) Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center in Los Angeles over complications arising from ovarian cancer at the early hours of Sunday.

Maryam Babangida was born on November 1, 1948 in Asaba, Delta State.

She obtained her secondary school education at Queen Amina College, Kaduna, and graduated as a secretary from the Federal Training Centre, Kaduna, before she obtained a diploma in secretaryship from Laselle University, Chicago, USA.

She and the then Major Ibrahim B. Babangida got married on September 6, 1969. The marriage is blessed with four children - Mohammed, Aminu, Aisha, and Halima.