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Abacha And The Stolen Billions.... by oyebols(m): 11:43pm On Dec 09, 2017 |
General Sanni Abacha came into the Nigerian political scene in 1993 after sacking the interim government of Earnest Shonekan established by General Ibrahim B. Babangida. Abacha's administration derided the country in international system as Nigeria was made to suffer many sanctions and Nigeria became a pariah state in the international political system. As if that was not enough, his administration proved to be the most corrupt and extremest of all the hiterto military leaders. His administration was full of human right violations like the killing of Ken Saro Wiwa and other 5 Ogoni members. General Sanni Abacha before his sudden death in 1998 made sure that he sucked the economy of Nigeria of its entire savor by stealing billions of dollars and starching it in foreign banks that till now, it is still difficult to trace most of the money. Billions of dollars was siphoned overseas and the country was left in shambles. The figures of the Abacha’s loots leaves one’s mouth abashed which includes but not limited to the $723 million which the Switzerland government claimed to have returned to Nigeria over the last 10 years excluding the $321 million which the Swiss government plans to repatriate to the Nigerian government and the World Bank stating that Abacha’s loot is too huge to handle. It is quite evident that this is daylight robbery on the Nigerian state by one man. It is quite evident that Nigeria has never recovered from...visit https://oyebols..com.ng/2017/05/abacha-and-stolen-billions.html?m=1 to read the full article 1 Like 1 Share |
Re: Abacha And The Stolen Billions.... by bolanto24(m): 12:01am On Dec 10, 2017 |
But Buhari said Abacha was not corrupt. |
Re: Abacha And The Stolen Billions.... by yarimo(m): 12:17am On Dec 10, 2017 |
bolanto24:that is buhari's opinion and both you and op have right to your own opinion ok. |
Re: Abacha And The Stolen Billions.... by oyebols(m): 12:29am On Dec 10, 2017 |
lets call a spade a spade...abacha was a corrupt leader so why should buhari cover him up with good deeds...that's why he keeps fooling Nigerians and making false promises |
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