{"id":234573,"date":"2025-08-17T21:42:11","date_gmt":"2025-08-17T21:42:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abianewscentral.com.ng\/jonathan-reveals-why-ibbs-house-is-mecca-for-nigerians\/"},"modified":"2025-08-17T21:42:11","modified_gmt":"2025-08-17T21:42:11","slug":"jonathan-reveals-why-ibbs-house-is-mecca-for-nigerians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/jonathan-reveals-why-ibbs-house-is-mecca-for-nigerians\/","title":{"rendered":"Jonathan reveals why IBB\u2019s house is Mecca for Nigerians"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jonathan reveals why IBB\u2019s house is Mecca for Nigerians<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"mvp-content-main\">\n<p>Former President Goodluck Jonathan has said that the hilltop residence of former Military President, Gen. Ibrahim Babangida, is a \u201cMecca of sort\u201d to Nigerians because of his leadership qualities.<\/p>\n<p>Jonathan stated this on Sunday in Minna when he led other well-wishers on a visit to Babangida to mark his 84th birthday.<\/p>\n<p>He described the former military president as a committed leader who consistently stood for the unity of the country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNigeria has produced leaders since independence, but Gen. Babangida stands out clearly as one of those who want the best for the country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat is why today, his house is like a Mecca of sort. People come to him regularly, and that tells you a lot about the character of IBB,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, Babangida never saw himself as a sectional leader, but as one who believed in the unity of Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>Jonathan said the former military president would continue to be celebrated because of his contributions to national unity.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur prayer for him is for God to grant him a long life so that he can continue to mentor the younger ones to follow his exemplary footsteps,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n<p>Highlights of the low-key birthday celebration included prayers and symbolic gifts from well-wishers.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async defer crossorigin=\"anonymous\" src=\"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&amp;version=v9.0&amp;appId=420332301344305\" nonce=\"sm97MhBO\" type=\"pmdelayedscript\" data-cfasync=\"false\" data-no-optimize=\"1\" data-no-defer=\"1\" data-no-minify=\"1\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>IBB, jonathan, mecca,<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/dailypost.ng\/2025\/08\/17\/jonathan-reveals-why-ibbs-house-is-mecca-for-nigerians\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jonathan reveals why IBB\u2019s house is Mecca for Nigerians Former President Goodluck Jonathan has said that the hilltop residence of former Military President, Gen. Ibrahim Babangida, is a \u201cMecca of sort\u201d to Nigerians because of his leadership qualities. Jonathan stated this on Sunday in Minna when he led other well-wishers on a visit to Babangida [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":234574,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[173],"tags":[1627,1052,1628],"class_list":["post-234573","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-ibb","tag-jonathan","tag-mecca"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234573","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=234573"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234573\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=234573"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=234573"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=234573"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}