Kannywood actress, Ummi Ibrahim, has confirmed that she used to date former Military Head of State, Ibrahim Babangida (IBB).

News made rounds recently claiming that Ummi, popularly known as Ummi Zee Zee, had been in an intimate relationship with IBB.

According to Daily Trust, the actress confirmed that she dated Babangida but added that they had broken up.

“Former Head of State General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida was my boyfriend then but not anymore.

However, we are presently friends and we respect each other. Currently, I have a boyfriend who is not in the entertainment industry and we are planning to get married, God willing”, she said.

Maryam Babangida, wife of the former military President, died in 2009 and he has not remarried since then.