IBB set to release memoir, A Journey In Service

By Guardian Nigeria

01 February 2025 | 6:00 am

Former military President, Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida (IBB) is set to launch his long-awaited autobiography. Titled, A Journey In Service, it will be released on February 20, 2025, at the event billed for the Congress Hall of Transcorp Hilton Hotel in Abuja.

According to a statement from the board of trustees of the IBB Presidential Library Foundation, the book launch will hold alongside a fundraising for a presidential library.

The organisers said the event would be chaired by a former president; Olusegun Obasanjo, with President Bola Tinubu as the special guest of honour.

The keynote address would be delivered by the former president of Ghana, Nana Akufo-Addo, while former vice-president, Yemi Osinbajo, is expected to review the autobiography.

Other guests billed to attend include ex-presidents Muhammadu Buhari, Yakubu Gowon, Abdulsalami Abubakar, and Goodluck Jonathan.

A former Minister of Defence; Theophilus Danjuma and Chairman of BUA Group; Abdul Samad Rabiu, were named as Chief Launchers.

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