By Ogechi Okorie
Minna (Precise Post) – Former Military President, Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida has said that he is set to take a new Wife.
Precise Post recalls that IBB has been living as a widower since the passing away of his wife, Mariam due to ovarian cancer in 2009.
The septuagenarian said during a facetime with The Sun that he wishes to woo another woman soon, stating further that he hopes the person would be able to relate with him the way his deceased wife did.
Recall that Mrs Babangida died at the University of California’s Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, Los Angeles on Sunday, December 27, 2009.
“Yes, I am quite sure. I’m searching and I’m hoping. But the longer I wait, maybe, the more problematic it becomes,” the former strongman leader said.
“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.”
