In an apparent response to Ibrahim Babangida's crocodile tears over the passing of human rights lawyer, Gani Fawehinmi's wife, Ganiyat, has revealed that her husband contracted cancer during one of his many incacerations in the hands of the military dictator. "He knew he was going to die of the disease because it all started when he was locked up in prison during the Babangida military era till he eventually died."
Going further, Mrs. Fawehinmi said her late husband told her Babangida's agents kept injecting him with dangerous substances in detention with the aim of silencing him.
As far back as 1996, Gani had alleged that attempts were made on his life through the pumping of substances into his blood whenever he was detained by Babangida. He had revealed to Tell Magazine that such attempts on his life was affecting his eyes.
President of Campaign for Democracy, Dr. Joe Okei-Odumakin, beleived such a step was not beyond the realm of what the former military dictator might have done. She said it is hard to exonerate Babangida from any medical problem Gani may have had because of the activist's record of fighting one of the most wicked dictators in Nigeria's history.
Ganiyat, who spoke of Gani’s resolve to fight on even in grave, said the deceased believed he would have showcased the essence of his struggles and dogged opposition against maladministration that has pervaded the system over the years if only he was given the opportunity to serve.
According to Ganiyat, he insisted that lawyers should continue to fight the battle to free the masses from oppressive tendencies.
Gani Fawehinmi succumbed to a long fought battle with cancer of the lung. He was 71. A statement from the family announcing the passage of the legal icon reads: “Chief Gani Fawehinmi, LLD, D.Litt, SAM, SAN is dead. He died at the early hours of today, Saturday, September 5, 2009, at the Lister Medical Center, Ikeja as a result of the cancer of the lung… We thank all Nigerians for their strong support during the period of his illness.” The statement was signed by his eldest son, Barrister Mohammed Fawehinmi.
Meanwhile, Ibrahim Babangida, whose government regularly detained Gani Fawehinmi, told reporters today he sympathised with his family and loved ones. "We had our differences. We went to the Supreme Court several times, and I was always winning. His death is not a relief for me at all."
It must, indeed, be a relief to Babangida that the lawyer who he feared the most and who never gave up on tying the dicator to Dele Giwa's murder, is gone.
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Gani must have contacted Asbestosis from the rotten cells he put him in several times for speaking the truth.Gani never smoked cigarrette, the commonest cause of lung cancer after cigarrette smoking is asbestos.All the prisons in nigeria are ceiled with asbestos.
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Many eminent Nigerian women of class headed the NCWS.The ones that easily come to mind are Mrs Hilda Adefarasin,Mrs Emily Imokhuede.This can be checked out at their office on Ahmed Onibudo Street,off Afribank Street,Victoria Island.
Mrs Laila Dogonyaro became its first Northern president when they got discontented with their own Jamiya Matan Arewa which Mrs Dogonyaro had pioneered and decided to politicise and Northenise the NCWS.They moved it to Abuja as they move every thing to Abuja whether it is necessary and economical there or not.
Mrs Babangida has passed on,BUT it can be said that she did not promote the cause of women because no woman became minister in her husband's eight year rule, rather, the only woman who had attained the post of permanent secretary in her own right even before they grabbed power,was sacked by the regime so that no woman might "compete" with or against the FIRST LADY".
May God in HIS mercy teach us to number our days and remember that there is a day of Judgement after this vain life.Amen.
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Let's face it - we have all always suspected Ibrahim Babangida of being a drug dealer. The story of Gloria Okon, Dele Giwa's death, the burning of the Ministry of Defence and other stories are all allegedly tied to an official drug ring during IBB's regime. We researched the rumors, and this is what we found.
Nigeria's military dictatorship, led by General Ibrahim Babangida, annulled the Jun 12 presidential election and canceled plans to return the nation to civilian rule. 
Most Nigerian leaders have been corrupt, but Ibrahim Babangida added new, historic elements to corruption. One prime example is what he did with the defunct BCCI Bank. BCCI's activities in Nigeria were so profoundly, overwhelmingly corrupt as to suggest a very significant level of corruption in Nigerian officialdom generally. 
