- Former military president Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida has opened up about how his late wife, Maryam, converted to Islam
- TheTalk.NG reports that Babangida married Maryam, initially named Maria, on September 6, 1969, and they have two boys and girls each
- In his autobiography, ‘A Journey in Service’, the 83-year-old commented on how the former first lady adapted with ease as a Muslim
Former first lady of Nigeria, Mrs. Maryam Babangida, was born a Christian.
Photo credits: Johnny Eggitt, Georges GobetSource: Getty ImagesI shared with her the fact that my faith was an integral and essential part of my life and that I would require her to convert to Islam.Praise be to Allah; this was not a difficult decision for Maria. Being part-Christian and part-Muslim at birth and already living in a Muslim household, it was never going to be wholly uncharted territory for her.She adapted with relative ease to married life as a Muslim.”Snapshot of Maryam BabangidaMaryam Babangida at the State House in 1990.
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