Former Head of State Gen. IBB Explians why he has not remarried 5 years after Wife's Death

Former Head of State, Ibrahim Babangida lost his wife and mother of his four children, Maryam Babaginda after 40 years of marriage, to ovarian cancer on 27th December 2009 in an LA hospital. She was just 61.  We all know that late Mrs Babagida was from Delta Ibo. Despite the intermarriage relationship.,his love for her still holds on even after her death.  It's been five years and IBB, now 73, hasn't made an attempt to re-marry. He spoke to Vanguard about why he hasn't tried to re-marry
 What life has been like without her?

She was a real companion who got to understand and accept me for what I am and tried to make the best of me and that is what I am missing. She was the one who would look at me and say ‘you’re wrong’ and I had to accept and bury my pride and I will say ‘sorry, you’re right’. That is the sort of counseling I am missing now.

Why  haven't you remarried?

I will tell you an interesting story. There was a woman I was joking with and I said, ‘Okay, why don’t you marry me?’ and she said, ‘No I won’t’. And I asked her why? She said, ‘I am not sure I can spoil you the way your wife used to spoil you; so don’t put any idea into my head’.