Sani Abacha was a Nigerian Army Officer and he became the Head of State from 1993 till his death in 1998, General Sani Abacha was born in Kano in the year 1943 on the 8th of September. He married his wife Maryam 2 years after Nigeria became a Republic together they had six boys and three girls. He was known for many actions and few words.
Well here are Top Ten interesting facts I bet you never knew about him.
- General Sani Abacha was the first soldier in the Nigeria Army to attain the rank of a full star general without skipping a single rank.
- General Sani was a great coup plotter, he was involved in every successful coup carried out in the country, he also participated in the coup that successful removed General Buhari twice.
- In 1995, General Sani Abacha was named “Thug of the year” by Time Magazine after the execution of Ken Saro Wiwa.
- In 2004, General Sani became the world most corrupt leader, looting was at its peak.
- General Sani Abacha was an instrument of peace and democracy in Sierra Leone and Liberia years after civil war.
- As corrupt as he was “tag” , General Sani Abacha increased fuel price only once in all four years plus in power, he went on to setup the Petroleum Special Trust Fund which have performed greatly even till Today.
- It was under his regime that Nigeria became a Perpetual importer of petroleum products, as all the refineries ran away. Sadly 20 years later we still heavily depends on imported petroleum products.
- An unforgettable moment during his regime was the importation of foul fuel which had an offensive odour and damage cars.
- Abacha’s death still remains mystery, the most popular instance was that he was poisoned with an apple by Indian prostitutes flown from Dubai in the presidential villa, but officially he died of heart attack.
- Decades later millions of dollar looted by General Sani Abacha is still been recovered from all over the world.
His family is so rich that African richest man is poor when compared to them as the wife claimed last year.
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