Fifty-five years ago, a picture showed two youthful military leaders in their twenties during the 1960s: Abdulasalam Abubakar and Ibrahim Babangida. Babangida is currently 82 years old, and Abubakar is 81 years old. Both men are in their early 80s.
Sani Abacha, their third acquaintance, would be 81 years old if he were still living. Nigeria’s military head of state, Abubakar, presided over the country from 1998 to 1999; Babangida did so from 1985 until his retirement in 1993.