{"id":356804,"date":"2025-02-23T10:36:31","date_gmt":"2025-02-23T09:36:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=356804"},"modified":"2025-02-23T10:36:31","modified_gmt":"2025-02-23T09:36:31","slug":"military-officers-thought-i-was-yoruba-ibb-reveals-why-he-added-babangida-to-his-names","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2025\/02\/23\/military-officers-thought-i-was-yoruba-ibb-reveals-why-he-added-babangida-to-his-names\/","title":{"rendered":"Military officers thought I was Yoruba \u2013 IBB reveals why he added Babangida to his names"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><strong>Babangida, who made the disclosure in his new memoir, A Journey in Service, said most military officers confused his name, \u201cBadamasi,\u201d for the Yoruba name \u201cGbadamosi.\u201d<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Former Military Head of State, Ibrahim Badamasi <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2025\/02\/22\/ibb-is-a-traitor-anyone-who-believes-his-book-will-follow-him-to-damnation-abachas-grandson\/\">Babangida (IBB)<\/a>, says military officers thought he was a Nigerian of Yoruba extraction.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, in his early days as an officer, he had to contend with the incessant inquisitions of his ethnic group as he got asked if he was a Yoruba by his colleagues in the military a lot.<\/p>\n<p>Babangida, who made the disclosure in his new memoir, A Journey in Service, said most military officers confused his name, \u201cBadamasi,\u201d for the Yoruba name \u201cGbadamosi.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The former military Head of State, who hails from Minna in Niger State, said the constant mix-up and questioning, led him to adopt his father\u2019s name, Babangida, to clarify his identity.<\/p>\n<p>He narrated: \u201cI RETURNED TO Nigeria from India in January 1964 as 2nd Lt. 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