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Sani Abacha GCFR ((listen ⓘ); (20 September 1943 – 8 June 1998) was a Nigerian military dictator and statesman who ruled Nigeria with an iron-fist as military head of state from 1993 following a palace coup d'état until his death in 1998. [1] [2] Abacha's seizure of power was the last successful coup d'état in Nigerian military history.
Sani Abacha, 54, Nigerian Army officer and dictator, poisoned. [40] Harry Lookofsky, 84, American jazz violinist. [41] Jackie McGlew, 69, South African cricket player. Michael John O'Brian, 70, Pakistan Air Force officer. Maria Reich, 95, German-Peruvian mathematician and archaeologist, ovarian cancer. [42]
Backlash from the international community resulted in lesser penalties - Yar'dua's death penalty and Obasanjo's life sentence were reduced. In October 1995, Abacha set a timeframe of three years to hand over power to a civilian government. [14] Sani Abacha died on 8 June 1998; Abiola died a month later while in detention on 7 July 1998. [4]
Abacha ruled Africa's most populous nation and top oil exporter from 1993 until his death in 1998, during which time Transparency International estimated that he took up to $5 billion of public money.
The major causes of death was due to overcrowding, stampede, exhaustion, and impatience of the applicants. [1] ... Sani Abacha Stadium, Kano (0 fatalities, 7 injured)
The executions provoked international condemnation and led to the increasing treatment of Nigeria as a pariah state until General Abacha's mysterious death in 1998. At least two witnesses who testified that Saro-Wiwa was involved in the murders of the Ogoni elders later recanted, stating that they had been bribed with money and offers of jobs ...
A former Playboy model killed herself and her 7-year-old son after jumping from a hotel in Midtown New York City on Friday morning. The New York Post reports that 47-year-old Stephanie Adams ...
(birth–death) Took office Left office Time in office 10 General Sani Abacha (1943–1998) 17 November 1993 8 June 1998 (died in office.) 4 years, 203 days Provisional Ruling Council 11 General Abdulsalami Abubakar (born 1942) 9 June 1998 29 May 1999 (resigned.) 354 days