In This Biography
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General Sani Abacha died on this day — June 8, 1998.
The day you left, the West — America, Britain, and their Nigerian agents — rejoiced.
They popped champagne and sold Nigerians a bold lie:
“Abacha is the problem. Remove him, and paradise will follow.”
But 28 years later, the truth is staring us in the face:
Abacha wasn’t the problem — Abacha was the shield.
Under your watch:
A mudu of rice was affordable.
A dorica of rice or beans was N45.
A loaf of bread was N20 — and it could fill you.
Even N5 had meaning and dignity.
Today? N5 is a joke, an insult, a symbol of failure.
The naira didn’t collapse — leadership did.
You cut taxes and protected the poor.
They taxed everything that breathes and gave the people nothing.
You said NO to the IMF.
They said YES, and sold Nigeria for cents on the dollar and collected commissions.
Today, insecurity is our daily bread.
Over 7 million Nigerians sleep in IDP camps.
Over 5,000 villages have fallen to terrorists.
Kidnappings are routine.
Even burials are not safe anymore.
But I remember…
I remember when I could drive from Jos to Zamfara at night without fear of abduction.
When herders and farmers were brothers.
When borders meant something, and our dignity wasn’t up for sale.
They say you were a dictator.
Yes — you were firm.
But you built, you protected, and you fed.
You built roads that still stand today.
You funded mega projects without borrowing.
You stood your ground against foreign puppeteers.
You didn’t beg for praise — you delivered results.
And now, the ones who shout “human rights”:
Pass laws to silence us on social media,
Shoot peaceful protesters in Lekki, Abuja, and beyond,
Jail youths for speaking up,
And hand our future to the very imperialists you resisted.
They call you a thief.
But under you, snakes and monkeys didn’t swallow money.
No regime since yours has escaped looting allegations — not one.
So tell me again:
Why shouldn’t I remember you fondly, General Abacha?
When we went to court with hope under you?
When courts weren’t tools of electoral oppression?
When our leaders weren’t suspected allies of terrorists?
General Sani Abacha,
History may not have been kind to you.
But reality is vindicating you.
Nigeria is worse — far worse — than you left it.
And those who mocked your death?
They now live in the ruins of their own lies.
May God forgive your sins and grant you peace.
You ruled with strength — and today, we miss that strength.
Rest well, General.
You left before the hyenas took over the zoo.
#theamazingabacha Sagesse Gumsu Sani Abacha Gumsu Sani Abacha.
Preacher of Peace
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