All’s right in the world of Umma Mohammed- Babangida; the first love and second wife of heir of the Gen. Ibrahim Babangida dynasty, Mohammed Babangida, basks in the throes of rapturous pleasure as you read.
Umma, the second wife of polo-loving Mohammed just gave birth to a baby boy. Mother and child are said to be in tip-top shape. In view of recent happenings around his marital life, Mohammed and his close circle are keeping the news hush-hush but his joy can hardly be contained. The new baby is not his first though. He has a healthy brood.
However, the new baby has proved true the saying that babies are like little suns that in a magical way bring warmth, happiness and light into their parents’ lives. Mohammed is gay again and his gait has added more bounce.
Less than a year ago, he was enmeshed in a sordid, acrimonious separation from his first wife, Rahama, whose father is the Maiduguri-based billionaire, Mohammed Indimi. Growing up, Mohammed’s first love was actually Umma, the daughter of Ambassador Aminu Wali.
Like it is in aristocratic families, where matchmaking their children is the norm, Rahama was married off to Mohammed with a view to cementing the relationship between the two influential families. But Umma was the woman who made his heart to flutter. Thus, his heart and thoughts remained with her.
After a few years, he made a firm decision to get a second wife which Rahama wasn’t totally comfortable with. His wish was granted. Consequently, in 2008, Rahama, the CEO of Deva Petals and Fashion Cafe, a luxury fashion platform in Abuja, moved out of her matrimonial home but reasons prevailed after some months of initial grandstanding. Last year, however, the marriage broke down irretrievably, leaving Mohammed to concentrate all his energy on his childhood love, the result of which just became manifest.
