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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.
The coup deposed the democratically elected government of President Shehu Shagari, which, in the first military broadcast after the coup, Brigadier Sani Abacha called "inept and corrupt". [16] Abacha, who was himself appointed head of state a decade later, was said to have played "a key role" in the coup. [17]
The 1993 Nigerian coup d'état was a bloodless military coup which took place in Nigeria on 17 November 1993 [1] when the Armed Forces, headed by Defence Minister General Sani Abacha, forced Interim President Chief Ernest Shonekan to resign. [2]
The court ruled that the government should disclose the "exact amount of money stolen by General Sani Abacha from Nigeria and the total amount of Abacha loot recovered and all agreements signed on ...
Government of General Sani Abacha The Interim National Government was the short-lived civilian administration that governed Nigeria, following the crisis of the Third Republic . The largely powerless and illegitimate government [ 1 ] was dissolved when General Sani Abacha seized power on 17 November 1993.
Babangida promised a return of democracy when he seized power, but he ruled Nigeria for eight years, when he temporarily handed power to an interim head of state, Ernest Shonekan, in August 1993. [8] In 1993, General Sani Abacha overthrew the Interim National Government and appointed himself Chairman of the Provisional Ruling Council of Nigeria.
[citation needed] Among them, five attained this rank while they were head of state, one officer Sani Abacha attained this rank before becoming head of state. Eight of them served as Chief of Defence Staff, two heads of state (Sani Abacha and Abdulsalami Abubakar) also served as Chiefs of Defence Staff. [citation needed]
Hamza Al-Mustapha (born 27 July 1960) is a retired Nigerian Army major, intelligence officer and politician who served as Chief Security Officer to Head of State General Sani Abacha from 1993 until his death on 8 June 1998.