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General Sani Abacha surrounded himself with mostly Christian service chiefs. When a powerful Northern Muslim Emir told him to change them, Abacha boldly refused. His words: “I work with efficient people, not based on tribe or religion.”

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VIDEO: Abacha saved money for Nigeria, didn't loot funds - Wife Maryam Abacha, widow of former military Head of State, General Sani Abacha, has defended her late husband’s legacy, insisting that he saved money for Nigeria. In an interview with TVC, Abacha challenged the long-standing narrative that her husband looted billions of dollars during his time in power. She demanded evidence to support the claims that he hid stolen funds in foreign accounts. According to the former First Lady, her husband saved money for Nigeria, but was later misappropriated after his death. Addressing the issue, Abacha said: "Who is the witness of the monies that were being stashed?” Maryam asked. “Did you see the signature or the evidence of any monies stashed abroad? And the monies that my husband kept for Nigeria, in a few months, the monies vanished. People are not talking about that. “Why are you blaming somebody? Is that tribalism or a religious problem or what is the problem with Nigerians? “I pray for Nigerians. I pray for all of us. I pray that we should have goodness in our hearts. We should stop telling lies and blaming people. “Why are we so bad towards each other? Because somebody is a northerner or a southerner, somebody is a Muslim or a Christian, or somebody is nice or… It’s not fair. “I think the press should try, the press, you, the press, should try to educate the people. “You are here to educate the people, to inform the people and to entertain. You are here to help the country. You are not here to bastardise people. People are not that bad. 27 years ago and you are still talking about Abacha. He must be very powerful and loved by Nigerians. We thank God for that." Reacting to a comment that Nigeria’s economy was more stable during her husband's rule, marked by rising foreign reserves and lower external debt, Maryam Abacha pushed back against accusations of corruption. She questioned the credibility of those who insist that the late General Sani Abacha looted public funds, urging them to provide concrete evidence to support their claims. She further stated: "So, where did he steal the money from? So where would he have stolen the money from? “And because Nigerians are fools, they listen to everything,” she said. “Babangida doesn’t make Nigeria alone. Abacha does not make Nigeria alone. Abiola and everybody, nobody is big enough for Nigeria. We are all very important. “Even the single man on the street is very important. We are all human beings, for goodness sake. All these wahala should stop. Babangida cannot make things or unmake things.” Source: TVC News ---- Follow us for more breaking news and video content For more stories:

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Late Gen Sani Abacha vs the dude from NADECO Mr NADECO would have ended Gaddafi 10 times over had he been the President at the time urged by U.S. State Department to detain Gaddafi’s aircraft when he visited Nigeria in 1997 whilst he was facing international sanctions. If not for the resistance from the North, President Tinubu could had clamped the coup in Nigér republic just like he did on Benin republic. Today, Niger republic Government ranks top 3 in the list of African countries whom its citizens are most satisfied with and highly in support of. Now back to Gaddafi and Abacha: In 1997, against the U.S directives, Gaddafi visited Sani Abacha, and Abacha hosted muammar Gaddafi in what defied UN sanctions on Libya. His visit violated a 1992 air embargo on Libya. It was a bold move against U.S. and Western directives. The U.S. State Department urged Abacha to detain Gaddafi’s aircraft, but the Gen claimed the visit was religious, an allowed exception. Gaddafi was accompanied by Niger's President Ibrahim Bare Mainassara. The two men were welcomed by Nigerian military ruler, General Sani Abacha, the Sultan of Sokoto Alhaji Mohammed Maccido, Nigeria's most important Islamic leader, and numerous ministers and military officiers. The visit strained Nigeria’s ties with the West, aligning with Abacha’s defiance of external pressure. Interesting fact: all the major actors died suddenly/violently Niger President Ba'are was shot by his own bodyguards. Abacha poisoned (?) Sultan Maccido perished in an air crash And Gaddafi killed by rebels. You never find Pres “BAT thing” in the company of Pan African leaders like Ibrahim Traore, Paul kagame, Abdourahamane Tchiani, Cyril Ramaphosa, Bassirou Faye, Assisi Goita. He’s only found in France, UAE, Turkey, United kingdom. Abacha was a ruthless MF to only oppositions who we are now finding out to never had been better than he was. Late Gen Abacha never moved, think, or operated like a puppet. Abacha was never insensitive and Cold. Credit: Ozor Ndi Ozor

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How Abacha Challenged the West This is the part most narratives bury under the corruption story: 1. He rebuilt Nigeria’s foreign reserves under sanctions. Under Abacha, Nigeria’s foreign reserves grew from $494 million in 1993 to $9.6 billion by 1998, and external debt was reduced from $36 billion to $27 billion — all while under Western sanctions and with oil averaging around $15 per barrel. That’s a significant economic feat that contradicted the IMF’s structural adjustment playbook entirely. 2. He rejected IMF conditionalities. He brought the privatization programs of the Babangida administration — IMF-aligned programs — to a halt, and reduced inflation from 54% to 8.5% without following Western prescriptions. This was a direct rebuke of the Bretton Woods institutions. The West wanted SAPs; Abacha refused them. 3. He defied UN sanctions on Libya. In 1997, Muammar Gaddafi’s West African tour to Abacha directly infringed UN sanctions on Libya, and Abacha received him publicly with thousands of supporters in Kano. This was a deliberate signal — Abacha was building an alternative bloc with leaders the West was trying to isolate. 4. He was the backbone of ECOMOG. Under Abacha, Nigeria contributed the largest troops and resources to West African peacekeeping in Liberia and Sierra Leone, often funding operations alone when other regional powers hesitated. Former Ghanaian President Jerry Rawlings is quoted saying: “It was Nigeria under Abacha that gave ECOWAS its backbone. Without that courage, West Africa would have descended into chaos.” This regional military muscle made Nigeria structurally dominant in a way that threatened Western-mediated stability frameworks 5. He was consolidating permanent power. By April 1998, Abacha had coerced all five political parties to endorse him as the sole presidential candidate. A Nigeria locked permanently under an anti-IMF, pro-Gaddafi, ECOMOG-funding strongman with $9.6 billion in reserves and no appetite for Western financial institutions was a fundamentally different geopolitical problem than a temporarily compliant dictator they could manage.

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