Babangida is alive, hale and hearty - Official report on ex-president's health

- Speculations that former military president, Ibrahim Babangida, is dead may not be true as his aides have spoken up

- Kassim Afegbua says Babangida, popularly known as IBB, is hale and hearty and currently receiving visitors

- Afegbua noted that even though everyone will die someday, speculating death for others is bizarre

There was speculation in the morning of Sunday, December 15, that Nigeria may have lost its former military president, Ibrahim Babangida, but his spokesperson, Kassim Afegbua, has denied this.

The reports indicated that Babangida died after a long battle with an undisclosed ailment.

However, a statement by Afegbua said the former military president was still alive and kicking.

Read the full statement below:

IBB IS ALIVE AND BUBBLING

It has become consistent fake news for quite some time now wishing our own IBB, the one we easily refer to as 'the last don' of Nigeria politics, dead. The 'fake news bill' would be a suitable response to this category of fake news carrier. IBB is very much alive and bubbling. He just started attending to friends and associates who came to see him today, Sunday, 15th December, 2019 right here at his Minna Hilltop mansion. He is full of life and in his characteristic bubbling mood.

May Allah forgive those who wish IBB dead. God is the giver and taker of life, not humans. Death, as the irrevocable end of all creation, will surely come to everyone some day and at the appointed time and hour, but to deliberately spread fake news and wish someone dead, is to take humanity to another bizarre level. May Allah forgive them. IBB, by the special grace of Allah, the omniscient and omnipotent One, shall live to fulfill his journey and destiny in life, to the consternation of those who are always wishing him dead. This is about the third time this year.

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We wish to thank those who took time to reach out to us, home and abroad, to find out the truth. We thank you all for your love, care and concern. May Allah grant us all good health, sound mind and long life.

Legit.ng earlier reported how Babangida recently supported the mass rejection of the hate speech bill currently before the National Assembly.

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