Former Nigerian dictator Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida is reportedly jittery about the prospect of being sued in a US court following revelations by Saharareporters that he and his family are in California to be with his dying wife, Maryam. Maryam Babangida is terminally ill of cancer at the University of California (UCLA) Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center in Los Angeles. The rumor mill in Nigeria is that Mrs. Babangida has died, but one of our sources said the former First Lady remained under intensive chemotherapy and pain therapy in the intensive care unit of the UCLA cancer treatment center. Sources close to Babangida told Saharareporters that the former dictator joined his wife a few weeks ago. Last week, Mr. Babangida, a retired general, and his children were summoned to Maryam’s bedside as her condition deteriorated. “She has turned blacker than charcoal,” said a family source who saw Maryam last week.
