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Truequest (m)
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Former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Professor Tam David-West, says that there was no ground for comparison between the late maximum ruler, General Sani Abacha, and immediate past President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo. David-West, who was reacting to recent upsurge in posthumous tributes being showered on the late military ruler, told Daily Sun in a telephone chat that Abacha was better than Obasanjo, who professed to be a moral preacher. The renowned Professor of Virology, however, observed that Abacha, as he knew him, was a complex man who meant different things to different kinds of people in every stage of his life. He said: “I take note of the avalanche of tributes, posthumously paid to General Sani Abacha on the 10th anniversary of his passing on. I am not condoning any proved sin of Abacha, but one thing I owe his memory is that Nigerians have addressed themselves to Abacha, the person. “I have known him for over 25 years before he became the Head of State. That was in 1975 when I was commissioner for education in Rivers State, under General Zamani Lekwot as military governor of the state. Abacha was then the brigade commander in Port Harcourt. “Those who were saying Abacha did not steal may not be wrong. They should know better. But comparing him (Abacha) with Obasanjo is not fair. Obasanjo, who posed as a moral preacher, is worst than Abacha. Abacha is better; he is an angel compared with Obasanjo. Whether he stole money or not, I don’t know. I am not in position to know. But, we have heard and seen what Obasanjo and his daughter did to Nigeria.” According to David-West, Abacha was a misunderstood man because he was like a pack of cards with different characters and meaning to different people. “He was a very strict man. For 24 years, I never saw Abacha take more than tea. But there are some people who saw him drinking Gulder at parties. So, what I am saying is that Abacha was a very misunderstood man. There were several Abachas like there are pack of cards. Every card has a character on it. Abacha is like a pack of cards. So, what you react to at a particular time depends on a particular card you see at the time,” David-West added. He stated that while Abacha denied him ticket to go abroad in 1989 to treat his wounds, due to Abacha’s miserly posture, the same Abacha doled out $10 million to his former Minister of Finance, Chief Anthony Ani, when the latter complained to him that he was broke. http://www.sunnewsonline.com/webpages/news/national/2008/jun/13/national-13-06-2008-007.htm
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abdurrazaq (m)
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Another old fool in action  . How come Abacha now turn out to be the hero we never celebrated during his life time. I don't like judging people but, I believe that Abacha can never be a saint and the whole nation would celebrate his death as we did. If these people don't know that they are supposed to be in corners begging for forgiveness from God for what they've put us through, may be it's time for them to join their SAINT (Abacha) wherever saints like him end up.
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olud64
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Yeah, indeed!, i sincerely believe now that these old fogies like Tam David West are almost certainly sufferring from some kind of senile disease that affects their ability to reason. Lets agree , for the sake of argument abacha was not a thief, In the same statement, this old fool says the same Abacha doled out $10 million to his former Minister of Finance, Chief Anthony Ani, when the latter complained to him that he was broke.
where did the money come from, his wages as head of state?  
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beystwin
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Lets agree , for the sake of argument abacha was not a thief, In the same statement, this old fool says
Quote the same Abacha doled out $10 million to his former Minister of Finance, Chief Anthony Ani, when the latter complained to him that he was broke.
where did the money come from, his wages as head of state? I wonder o! 
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vigasimple (m)
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IBB, Bhuari , ABdusalam, Tam David- west and people like them are why Nigeria and Nigerians are laughing stock of the world.
Swiss banks return billions of Abacha loot and all over western Europe Abacha is legendary with looting.
IBB is evil genius, God has not yet said that his time is up. He is propbaly the worse Nigeria has ever produced. Everyday for the thief, one day for the owner, Nigeria day will come and justice will be done.
OBJ is not saint either but in the History of Nigeria he is the only man apart from(abdusalam) that has voluntary relinquish power and he did it twice, one as a military man(and at that time he didn't get there by his own coup) and lately as a civilian President. Nothwithstanding that one cannot excuse obj failures.
1. His lack of vision to mentor patrotic young leaders to take the reign of leadership in our country.
2. failure to fix power/electricity with about $10-16 Billion dollars unaccounted for up on till this time.
3. His inability to rally the country round for the upliftment of our country to a better position. Therefore as a 'leader' he failed woefully.
I prayed and I hoped that I am wrong for the sake of ordinary Nigerians who need a better future for basic things to be working. As for yar A'dull the best description that I can offer is that he is A JOKE
Yar A'dull has already shown that he has no leadership qualities. If he wants to argue due process and rule of law and appoint dodgy people like Aoodaoka and IGP and Baba kinigbe, I am afraid he is a yesterday man and not a man of the future. Between them they replace RIBADU unconstitutionally and they are preaching rule of law. what is the diffrence between our so called first graduate President and an illiterate who cannot read what the constititution says.
You have to remove RIBADU of EFCC under one of the grounds of the constitution and not send him to some phoney college in KURU and appoint someone else full time before you confirm his removal under one of the grounds as provided by the constitution.
Time will tell. But one thing I am near certain is that at this rate OBJ will be a saint compared to Yar a'dull by the time he finish his term(s).
God bless and be with Nigeria
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akpanbaba
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WHAT IS THE PROBLEM WITH DAVID WEST?.WHY IS HE THINKING LIKE PRIMARY SCHOOL PUPIL?ABI NO BE HIM DRANK TEA AND GOT WATCH THAT LANDED HIM IN PRISON DURING THE REIGN OF BIG THIEF IBB?NO SENSIBLE MAN WOULD COMPARE ABACHA WITH OBJ
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ty4real (m)
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WHICH WAY NIGERIA,WHICH WAY TO GO I LOVE MY FATHERLAND I WANT TO KNOW 
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Arnold1 (m)
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David West is probably upset at OBJ because he did not give him any appointment throughout his presidency.
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Method-Man (m)
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OBJ IS A FUCKING MORON!
ABACHA IS FUCKING OXYMORONIC!
BOTH OF THEM ARE FUCKING TYRANTS AND BLOOMING PIGS!
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presido1 (m)
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OBJ IS A FUCKING MORON!
ABACHA IS FUCKING OXYMORONIC!
BOTH OF THEM ARE FUCKING TYRANTS AND BLOOMING PIGS!
At gun point(14MM steel no bluffing) which of the two will u choose?
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Method-Man (m)
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At gun point(14MM steel no bluffing) which of the two will u choose?
OBJ!  pointblank close range shattering of his medula oblongata!
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maxsiollun
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Denying that Abacha looted the treasury is pure heresy. Akin to claiming that the Earth is flat.
Abacha's time was the lowest point for Nigeria. Abacha's regime featured officers who murdered and framed up their colleagues on fake charges, murdered the wives of their opponents in broad daylight, admitted carrying out ritual killings and Abacha himself employed several marabouts and murdered his opponents (including Shehu Musa Yar'Adua) based on his marabouts' advice.
Did OBJ carry out any ritualistic killings for body parts? For all his shortcomings, OBJ was no recluse who killed his opponents and their wives for criticising him. To put OBJ on a par with Abacha, OBJ would have to have had Atiku and his wife killed when they were at loggerheads, placed Buhari in jail, and tried to murder his own Chief of Army Staff.
People forget just how bad the Abacha days were. Under Abacha: -Nigeria got suspended from the Commonwealth -Abacha's own son Mohammed was personally involved in torturing opponents of his dad. -His killing squads murdered opposition figures like Kudirat Abiola, Alfred Rewane and Shehu Yar'Adua and they had failed attempts to kill Lt-Gen Akinrinade, Gani Fawehinmi and Abacha's own army chief Maj-Gen Alwali Kazir. -Deliberately set up, tortured and sentenced to death scores of innocent people in bogus "coup plots" for no reason other than their opposition to the regime.
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Method-Man (m)
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Denying that Abacha looted the treasury is pure heresy. Akin to claiming that the Earth is flat.
Abacha's time was the lowest point for Nigeria. Abacha's regime featured officers who murdered and framed up their colleagues on fake charges, murdered the wives of their opponents in broad daylight, admitted carrying out ritual killings and Abacha himself employed several marabouts and murdered his opponents (including Shehu Musa Yar'Adua) based on his marabouts' advice.
Did OBJ carry out any ritualistic killings for body parts? For all his shortcomings, OBJ was no recluse who killed his opponents and their wives for criticising him. To put OBJ on a par with Abacha, OBJ would have to have had Atiku and his wife killed when they were at loggerheads, placed Buhari in jail, and tried to murder his own Chief of Army Staff.
People forget just how bad the Abacha days were. Under Abacha: -Nigeria got suspended from the Commonwealth -Abacha's own son The Great Prophet was personally involved in torturing opponents of his dad. -His killing squads murdered opposition figures like Kudirat Abiola, Alfred Rewane and Shehu Yar'Adua and they had failed attempts to kill Lt-Gen Akinrinade, Gani Fawehinmi and Abacha's own army chief Maj-Gen Alwali Kazir. -Deliberately set up, tortured and sentenced to death scores of innocent people in bogus "coup plots" for no reason other than their opposition to the regime.
All that one na story
OBJ and Abacha are birds of the same feather who-
plunged Nigeria into darkness and backwardness during their time
the bottom line is they are both butt fuckers, worthless piece of flesh who deserve to both be
at the base of hell fire that is where the fire is the most ferocious!
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adekitan
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OBJ is even trillion more worst than abacha but in terms of communication he tried
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otokx (m)
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Why does this man keep embarrassing himself?
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wale02
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We have a set of old fools in this country, how can a right thinking person say Abacha is better than Obasanjo, any way which one is good ABACHA is evil OBASANJO is devil incannate may GOD SAVE US THEM (their likes who are still alive). When their generations is wipe out, Nigeria will be great that is my believe.
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maxsiollun
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It is frightening to hear people say abacha is better than OBJ. OBJ is flawed no doubt, but Abacha , this is a guy who murdered people for having differences of opinion with him.
Have we completely taken leave of our senses/lost our minds?
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Truequest (m)
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It is frightening to hear people say abacha is better than OBJ. OBJ is flawed no doubt, but Abacha , this is a guy who murdered people for having differences of opinion with him.
Have we completely taken leave of our senses/lost our minds?
I think what Professor Tam did was a comparative analysis of the two and in his opinion Abacha is better. I don't think he justified Abacha's flaws like his fellow generals did. On killings I think they are one and the same
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