Exclusive: See what Ibrahim Babangida was doing with an ex-footballer (photos)

– Tijani Babangida spotted at the home of the ex-president

– An ex-footballer met with the former head of state in Minna

– The athlete was humbled with the praises he received

A former Nigerian head of state, Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida, has showered Tijani Babangida, an ex-footballer and the outgoing personal assistant to Sunday Oliseh, with praises and commendations.

The former president, popularly called IBB, thanked Tijani for all his efforts towards football in the nation building adding that he was very happy with him.

A former head of state, Abdulsalami Abubakar, was also spotted sitting with them in his house.

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In return, Tijani said he appreciated the ex-president: “I was truly humbled with what the two former Presidents said of me when I met them. They said they are very proud of me and so are other Nigerians.”

All these happened on Friday at the Minna home of the Ibrahim Babangida. However, IBB’s school, El-Amin International school will be having their annual inter-house sports on Saturday, February 20, and Tijani has been chosen as a special guest of honour at the event.

Tijani Babangida featured for Niger Tornadoes, Ajax. He is also a former chairman of Taraba Football Club.

Meanwhile, the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has ordered coach Sunday Oliseh to always submit his list of invited players at any given time before making it public.

The NFF has also started the process to sack Oliseh’s assistant, former Super Eagles winger Tijani Babangida.

The order and sack were contained in a press release following the meeting of the executive committee of the federation, which was held at the NFF secretariat, Abuja on Tuesday, February 16, 2016.

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