Ibrahim Babangida
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Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida is a Nigerian retired general and statesman who served as military president of Nigeria from 1985 until his resignation in 1993. He rose through the ranks to serve from 1984 to 1985 as Chief of Army Staff, going on to orchestrate his seizure of power in a coup d'état against Muhammadu Buhari.
Portrait, c. 1985–1993
Babangida (right) with Femi Fani-Kayode (left) in Lagos (2010)
Order of the Federal Republic
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The Order of the Federal Republic (OFR) is one of two orders of merit, established by the Federal Republic of Nigeria in 1963. It is senior to the Order of the Niger.
Order of the Federal Republic