Babangida: Everybody will die

Nigeria’s former military leader Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida said he was not bothered by the rumours last week that he had died.

“The rumour does not shock me; neither does it bother me because I know I must go and meet God, my creator. There is nothing really to worry about, my religion has told me.

“As a Muslim, I strongly believe everybody will die, everybody will die and everybody has to die. It could be now or in hundred years’ time or two days to come but it doesn’t matter. Everybody must die,” said Babangida in a chat with newsmen.

Gen. Babangida, 74, said nobody is above illness or death because it has been destined by God.

There were rumours last week that the General was critically ill or might have passed on.