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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.
General Sani Abacha died on 8 June 1998, following his death al-Mustapha assembled the military hierarchy in order to avoid a succession crisis. General Abdulsalam Abubakar emerged as head of state on 9 June 1998 and al-Mustapha was removed from office and subsequently arrested.
Umaru bin Ali: c. 1824 Sokoto – 1891 Kaura Namoda (aged ~67) 3 October 1881 25 March 1891 Son of Ali Babba bin Bello House of Bello 10 Abd al-Rahman bin Atiku: c. 1828 Unknown – 1902 Unknown (aged ~74) 25 March 1891 10 October 1902 Son of Abu Bakr I Atiku House of Atiku 11 Muhammadu Attahiru I: Unknown – 1903 Mbormi. 13 October 1902 15 ...
In December 2000, Haruna alleged that Lt-General Jeremiah Useni had planned the killing of Head of State General Sani Abacha, who had died of obscure causes on 8 June 1998. [ 5 ] References
Mohammed Chris Alli (25 December 1944 – 19 November 2023) was a Nigerian Army major general who served as Chief of Army Staff from 1993 to 1994 under General Sani Abacha's regime and was military governor of Plateau State Nigeria from August 1985 to 1986 during the military regime of General Ibrahim Babangida.
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 owner of the plane was Ali Safai of West Hills, according to FAA records. ... In 2002, five people died when an aircraft slammed into a hillside on the island. Low visibility, light rain and ...
Moshood Abiola died unexpectedly, shortly after the death of General Abacha, on the day that he was due to be released. [55] While meeting group of American diplomats including Thomas Pickering and Susan Rice at a government guesthouse in Abuja, Abiola fell ill and died. Rice had served tea to Abiola shortly before his collapse; despite ...