By Timileyin Omilana




A Nigerian senator Thursday said the country’s late despot Sani Abacha was a good man.

Abacha ruled Nigeria with an iron fist from 1993 until his death in 1998.

Apart from stifling dissenting voices, the late maximum ruler is suspected to have embezzled $2.2 billion from Nigeria’s central bank in what the United States has called “brazen acts of kleptocracy”.

About N82 billion traced to him was only recently recovered from a bank account in Jersey.

But Obinna Ogba, representing Ebonyi Central district insisted that the Abacha was better than some present Nigerian leaders.

“Abacha is a very good man, no matter what they are saying about him,” Ogba said during the valedictory of the Nigerian Senate.

“People are condemning him today are worse. Things that he did not do but time shall tell. During Abacha, we don’t have security problem like this and so many things the man did.”

To accentuate his lofty belief in the former head of state, Ogba likened him to outgoing Nigerian Senate president Bukola Saraki, who he described as a good leader.

“You may like it, you may not like it but I will liken Saraki leadership to that of Abacha,” Ogba said.

Ogba’s praise of Abacha may have been largely hinged on the creation of Ebonyi State during Abacha’s junta.

“Wherever the man is, God will continue to bless him,” the senator said.

“He is the one that gave us Ebonyi state. God will continue to bless him,” he said.

Osagyefo98:
He is not igbo, because we don't reason from our anus.

You can check from the north central state he is from.

He is a pure Fulani

NaMeAboki:
Yes he was: he was able to achieve more with the least amount of revenue (oil @ about $9/barrel) than most other leaders before or after him; his main problem was that many of those he stepped on their toes (OBJ & Abdulsalami Abubakar and also NADECO members) came to power immediately after him and made sure they used their offices or access to the media to malign him more than he was actually guilty of - e.g. some members of the SMC (Bamaiyi & Jeremai Useni) had tried to debunk the so called Abacha loot, explaining the rational behind the joint SMC's decision to stash the money in secret accounts, in the light of threats of more international economic sanctions against the country but to no avail.

naptu2:
Supreme Military Council (SMC) = 1966-1979.

Supreme Military Council (SMC) = 1983-1985.

Armed Forces Ruling Council (AFRC) = 1985-1992.

National Defence and Security Council (NDSC) = 1992-1993.


Provisional Ruling Council (PRC) = 1993-1999.

naptu2:


@ bold. PRC (Provisional Ruling Council).

supportnija:
Abacha stole he worked, Jonathan and his wife stole no work, Obasanjo stole no work.

dre11:





https://m.guardian.ng/news/nigerian-senator-says-abacha-was-a-good-man/

About N82 billion traced to him was only recently recovered from a bank account in Jersey.