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{{Villain_Infobox | |||
|Image = Ibrahim Babangida.jpg | |||
|fullname = Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida | |||
|alias = Maradona<br>The Evil Genius | |||
|origin = Minna, Northern Region, British Nigeria | |||
|occupation = President of Nigeria (1985 - 1993) | |||
|type of villain = Corrupt Official | |||
|goals = Maintain military rule in Nigeria (successful until 1993) | |||
|crimes = Human rights violations<br>Mass repression | |||
|hobby = }} | |||
'''Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida ''' (born August 17, 1941) is a Nigerian former military officer who ruled Nigeria from his coup against Major General [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammadu_Buhari Muhammadu Buhari] on August 27, 1985 until his departure from office on August 27, 1993 after his annulment of elections held on June 12 that year. | |||
==Presidency== | ==Presidency== | ||
===Coup=== | ===Coup=== | ||
Babangida was the Chief of Army Staff and a member of the Supreme Military Council (SMC) under the administration of Major General [ | Babangida was the Chief of Army Staff and a member of the Supreme Military Council (SMC) under the administration of Major General [[Muhammad Buhari]]. Babangida would later overthrow Buhari's regime on 27 August 1985 in a bloodless military coup that relied on mid-level officers that Babangida strategically positioned over the years. | ||
He came into power in a military coup promising to bring to an end the human rights abuses perpetuated by Buhari's government, and to hand over power to a civilian government by 1990.Eventually,he perpetuated one of the worst human right abuses and lots of unresolved political assassinations. | He came into power in a military coup promising to bring to an end the human rights abuses perpetuated by Buhari's government, and to hand over power to a civilian government by 1990.Eventually,he perpetuated one of the worst human right abuses and lots of unresolved political assassinations. | ||
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Babangida (unilaterally, without consultation with other bodies) upgraded Nigeria's role in the Organisation of the Islamic Conference (OIC, now the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organisation_of_Islamic_Cooperation Organisation of Islamic Cooperation]), from an observer status to full-fledged membership. After public outcry and denial by Babangida, the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Nanzip_Shagaya John Shagaya] panel was instituted to determine Nigeria's status in the OIC, subsequently confirming membership and making a recommendation for withdrawal from the body. Commodore Ebitu Okoh Ukiwe, the first Chief of General Staff in General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida's regime andBabangida's second-in command, was 'dropped' by Babangida. Ukiwe had been opposed to the registration of Nigeria, a secular country, in the OIC. | Babangida (unilaterally, without consultation with other bodies) upgraded Nigeria's role in the Organisation of the Islamic Conference (OIC, now the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organisation_of_Islamic_Cooperation Organisation of Islamic Cooperation]), from an observer status to full-fledged membership. After public outcry and denial by Babangida, the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Nanzip_Shagaya John Shagaya] panel was instituted to determine Nigeria's status in the OIC, subsequently confirming membership and making a recommendation for withdrawal from the body. Commodore Ebitu Okoh Ukiwe, the first Chief of General Staff in General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida's regime andBabangida's second-in command, was 'dropped' by Babangida. Ukiwe had been opposed to the registration of Nigeria, a secular country, in the OIC. | ||
Nigeria has never been withdrawn from the OIC and remains a member. Sani Abacha, who overthrew the Interim National Government set up when Babangida was forced out of office again unilaterally registered Nigeria as a member of the D-8 (Developing-8), an organisation for development cooperation among Bangladesh, Egypt, Indonesia, Iran, Malaysia, Nigeria, Pakistan and Turkey. The D-8, an idea proposed by then Prime Minister of Turkey Necmettin Erbakan in October 1996, is a "cooperation among major Muslim developing countries". | Nigeria has never been withdrawn from the OIC and remains a member. [[Sani Abacha]], who overthrew the Interim National Government set up when Babangida was forced out of office again unilaterally registered Nigeria as a member of the D-8 (Developing-8), an organisation for development cooperation among Bangladesh, Egypt, Indonesia, Iran, Malaysia, Nigeria, Pakistan and Turkey. The D-8, an idea proposed by then Prime Minister of Turkey Necmettin Erbakan in October 1996, is a "cooperation among major Muslim developing countries". | ||
===1990 coup attempt=== | ===1990 coup attempt=== | ||
On April 22, 1990, Babangida's government was almost toppled by a coup attempt led by Major [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gideon_Orkar Gideon Orkar]. Babangida was at the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dodan_Barracks Dodan Barracks], the military headquarters and presidential residence, when they were attacked and occupied by the rebel troops, but managed to escape by a back route. During the brief interlude during which Orkar and his collaborators controlled radio transmitters in Lagos, they broadcast a vehement critique of Babangida's government, accusing it of widespread corruption and autocratic tendencies, and they also expelled the five northernmost and predominantly Hausa-Fulani Nigerian states from the union, accusing them of seeking to perpetuate their rule at the expense of the predominantly Christian peoples of Nigeria's middle-belt citing, in particular, the political neutralization of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Langtang_Mafia Langtang Mafia]. | On April 22, 1990, Babangida's government was almost toppled by a coup attempt led by Major [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gideon_Orkar Gideon Orkar]. Babangida was at the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dodan_Barracks Dodan Barracks], the military headquarters and presidential residence, when they were attacked and occupied by the rebel troops, but managed to escape by a back route. During the brief interlude during which Orkar and his collaborators controlled radio transmitters in Lagos, they broadcast a vehement critique of Babangida's government, accusing it of widespread corruption and autocratic tendencies, and they also expelled the five northernmost and predominantly Hausa-Fulani Nigerian states from the union, accusing them of seeking to perpetuate their rule at the expense of the predominantly Christian peoples of Nigeria's middle-belt citing, in particular, the political neutralization of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Langtang_Mafia Langtang Mafia]. | ||
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