The former Military President, General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida (retd) is bereaved. He lost his foster mother, Hajiya Sefiya Hassan Akere, on Thursday May 22, 2014. Hajiya Akere died at 101 at her family house, Kuta road Minna, Niger State, at about 3p.m after a brief illness. She is survived by her children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren.