Babangida, the Chief of Army Staff at the time, backed the WAI initiative, which was implemented following the 1983 coup, during Buhari’s administration.
Ironically, he immediately started making plans to depose Buhari, and on August 27, 1985, Babangida staged a successful coup and assumed the presidency. Buhari called Babangida “unpredictable” after he was released from prison in 1988 after Babangida had imprisoned him in Benin City.
Babangida is pleasant and rarely refuses requests; he is a good listener. You could converse with him for hours without him interjecting, but he is dangerous because he is a political player and dribbler, according to Buhari. In the 1980s, Babangida was known as “Maradona” because of this.
Image Info: The War Against Indiscipline (WAI) emblem was pinned on his wife, Maryam, by Major-General Ibrahim Babangida just months before he would topple Muhammadu Buhari, the man who created the law.