On Friday, August 30, 1985, Major General Ibrahim Babangida addressed foreign diplomats and High Commissioners shortly after taking power in a coup that deposed the previous Head of State, General Muhammadu Buhari. Reporters Text: Nigeria’s new military leader, Major General Ibrahim Babangida, has sworn in a 28-member ruling council to replace the disbanded Military Council of the deposed Major General Muhammadu Buhari. Many former members of the defunct council which had been the highest policy