NIGERIA’S WHITEWASHED HEADS OF STATE — THE KANO EMPERORS (2)

By: Akinyemi, Muhammed Adedeji

When Abacha died in the early hours of Monday, June 8, 1998, many Nigerians did not know that their Head of State (HOS) had been partying all night till about 3:30 am when his friend of 30 years Lt-General Useni left him alone to sleep. Abacha died before dawn from a heart attack. Nigerians’ limited knowledge of Abacha was not restricted to his constant partying; Nigerians just did not know Abacha.

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