I’m searching for new wife – Ibrahim Babangida announces

Former Military President, General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida, rtd, has
announced that he is in search of a new wife.

Describing the kind of woman that will suit him at this stage of his life, IBB
said he will not take a wife much younger than him because that will be a
problem for the woman and for himself (IBB)

Speaking with The Sun, the former Head of State, however, expressed the fear
that the new wife may not be able to live the way he lived with his late wife
and former First Lady, Maryam.

Asaba Delta-born Maryam died on Sunday, December 27, 2009, succumbing to
ovarian cancer at the University of California’s Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer
Center, Los Angeles. She died at the age of 61.

IBB said, “Yes, I am quite sure. I’m searching and I’m hoping. But the longer I
wait, maybe, the more problematic it becomes.

“If it drags, I would be too old and the whole idea of having a partner would
seem to diminish. But I will make sure [I have a partner] before reaching that
stage.

“If somebody is in the corner, you could organize that in three or six months.
“And because it must be somebody you have known for a long time, or
somebody you have been in contact with for a long time, you don’t just tell
them look this is for marriage.
“But as time passes, and relationship building continues, it could end up in
marriage.

“However, I have to be fair in my search. I really want to be fair. For instance,
you don’t expect me to take a wife much younger than I am because that will
be a problem for her and for me.
“I have to be fair. Secondly, I do wonder if she (the chosen one) would be able
to live the way Maryam and I did, which is not easy these days. So, I keep on
praying; and I think it will happen.”