General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida (IBB)

General supportThe arrival of former head of military intelligence General Aliyu Mohammed Gusau on the second day of the congress telling PDP officials that he and his fellow northern generals Ibrahim Babangida and Abdulsalami Abubakar would support Atiku's campaign if he got the nomination was the final boost...

The earliest big local upstream operator was Conoil Producing owned by Mike Adenuga one of Nigeria's wealthiest men and the owner of the Glo mobile-phone business who secured his first oil licence during the military regime of Ibrahim Babangida in 1991...

It was Calil's role as confidant to General Ibrahim Babangida Nigeria's military ruler from 1985-93 that saw his wealth and influence spiral (AC Vol 39 No 25 As bad as it gets)...

Another former head of state General Ibrahim Babangida diplomatically suggested that Buhari whom he ousted in a 1985 palace coup should not stand for re-election...

Days later on 4 February the office of General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida 76 another former military head of state released a statement also calling for a younger generation to take over politics and advising Buhari not to stand for a second term...

Ibrahim Babangida which overthrew Buhari...

Ibrahim Babangida the military leader in 1985-1993 who ran rings around the political and military elite...

Ibrahim Babangida – seen by the then UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher as Nigeria's most pro-Western leader – seized power in a palace coup in August 1985...

Ibrahim Babangida's endorsement of Major Gen...

Opposition supporters looking for symbolism note that key PDP patriarchs – including former President Obasanjo and the ailing former military ruler Ibrahim Babangida – were notable by their absence from Jonathan's Eagle Square declaration...