Adebayo celebrates Babangida at 85, lauds service to Nigeria

The presidential candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), Prince Adewole Adebayo, has congratulated former Military President General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida on his 85th birthday, describing him as a significant figure in Nigeria’s modern political history.
In a congratulatory message issued on Monday, Adebayo said Babangida’s decades of service as a soldier, military leader and elder statesman had left an enduring imprint on the country’s political and institutional development.
He said Babangida’s 85th birthday provided an opportunity for Nigerians to reflect on the former military leader’s place in some of the defining chapters of the nation’s history.
“General Babangid...