By Ibrahim Shuaibu
June 9, 2008

Kano — The late military Head of State, Gen. Sani Abacha, did not loot the national treasury contrary to the general impression, two military former heads of state have said.

Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, who ruled Nigeria between 1983 and 1985, and his successor, Gen. Ibrahim Babangida, gave Abacha the clean bill in Kano yesterday after the rememberance prayers marking 10 years of the death of Abacha, who ruled between 1993 and 1998.

tizbooze:
http://allafrica.com/stories/200806090008.html
By Ibrahim Shuaibu

Kano — The late military Head of State, Gen. Sani Abacha, did not loot the national treasury contrary to the general impression, two military former heads of state have said.

Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, who ruled Nigeria between 1983 and 1985, and his successor, Gen. Ibrahim Babangida, gave Abacha the clean bill in Kano yesterday after the rememberance prayers marking 10 years of the death of Abacha, who ruled between 1993 and 1998.

fkaz:
Even president goodluck ebele gave general sani Abacha national award for his selfless contribution to the development of Nigeria recently, where people like seun where left out.

So let Buhari be

fkaz:
Even president goodluck ebele gave general sani Abacha national award for his selfless contribution to the development of Nigeria recently, where people like seun where left out.

So let Buhari be

fkaz:
Even president goodluck ebele gave general sani Abacha national award for his selfless contribution to the development of Nigeria recently, where people like seun where left out.

So let Buhari be

anonimi:


Please tell us which former Head of State was left out of the Centenary awards.
Thanks!

Was Buhari not also included and he showed up to collect







but knows how to DODGE responsibility of attending Council of State meetings for discussing security matters among other things, in his capacity as former Head of State.


Such a morally BANKRUPT man pretending to be a man of integrity.
No wonder they gave him a pastor I-Go-Chop-Your-Naira as his running mate

anonimi:


Please tell us which former Head of State was left out of the Centenary awards.
Thanks!

Was Buhari not also included and he showed up to collect





but knows how to DODGE responsibility of attending Council of State meetings for discussing security matters among other things, in his capacity as former Head of State.


Such a morally BANKRUPT man pretending to be a man of integrity.
No wonder they gave him a pastor I-Go-Chop-Your-Naira as his running mate

fkaz:
BUHARI showed-up and collect his national honour because he believe he deserved it. No single nigeria condemn or criticise jonathan for nominating buhari name. But the name of Abacha was criticise by many nigeria like Gani fawehnmi, fela family, soyinka etc, but Jonathan went ahead to give him

Obinoscopy:
So because Jonathan is romancing with the devil then Buhari should be allowed to romance with the devil as well?

fkaz:


I don't understand you, but Can you share any link or the news article where Buhari defend sani Abacha first?

anonimi:


Gani Fawehinmi criticiseD which award in which year?
From his grave or from where exactly
Abi na you be the medium wey im transmit the criticism through.

Oya go back to sleep..........that kiriyo christmas hangover never clear for your eyes!!!

Obinoscopy:
You said "let Buhari be." And you tried justifying Buhari's action by stating that Jonathan honoured Sani Abacha's son with an award. Two wrongs doesn't make a right. If Buhari says something that's wrong, he should be criticised. Same goes for Jonathan.

Check the link provided by the OP, you will see where it was said that Buhari and IBB claimed Abacha never stole.

fkaz:


My brother we are still on same page, here is Buhari comment

Buhari, in his own comments yesterday, described the allegations of looting against Abacha as "baseless", because according to him, "ten years after Abacha, those allegations remain unproven because of lack of facts".

Do you have anything against it?

jahbiz:
World's Ten Most Corrupt Leaders1
NamePositionFunds embezzled2
1. Mohamed SuhartoPresident of Indonesia (1967–1998)$15–35 billion
2. Ferdinand MarcosPresident of the Philippines (1972–1986)5–10 billion
3. Mobutu Sese SekoPresident of Zaire (1965–1997)5 billion
4. Sani Abacha President of Nigeria (1993–1998)2–5 billion
5. Slobodan MilosevicPresident of Serbia/Yugoslavia (1989–2000)1 billion
6. Jean-Claude DuvalierPresident of Haiti (1971–1986)300–800 million
7. Alberto FujimoriPresident of Peru (1990–2000)600 million
8. Pavlo Lazarenko Prime Minister of Ukraine (1996–1997)114–200 million
9. Arnoldo Alemán President of Nicaragua (1997–2002)100 million
10. Joseph EstradaPresident of the Philippines (1998–2001)78–80 million

1. Defined as former political leaders who have been accused of embezzling the most funds from their countries over the past two decades.
2. All sums are estimates of alleged embezzlement and appear in U.S. dollars.
Source:Transparency International Global Corruption http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0921295.html

Obinoscopy:
But a huge sum of money was recovered from him. I remembered there was a time when trillions of naira was recovered from him during Obasanjo's civilian rule. I remembered it so vividly despite my not being politically conscious then because I never knew we could have naira notes up to trillions. So when I heard it, I said wow. So are you and Buhari saying that all the money that have been recovered thus far from Abacha were legitimately acquired by the late Abacha?

And if the allegations of looting are baseless, then what do you have to say about this Jahbiz's post:

fkaz:


Buhari said Abacha is not corrupt until a competent court said so, and president jonathan confirm it, that Abacha is not corrupt to the extend he return some founds recovered from the family account abroad back to the family.

So let Buhari be

The trial judge handed down the order after the Federal Government yesterday dropped criminal charges filed against him over monies allegedly looted from the federal treasury during the Abacha regime.
At the resumed hearing yesterday, Abacha was represented by Abdulahi Haruna and Rueben Atabo while Daniel Enwelum appeared for the prosecution.
The prosecutor informed the court that the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Mr. Mohammed Bello Adoke (SAN) had on June 17 filed a notice to discontinue all charges against Abacha which Abaca’s lawyers said they were not opposing.
In the notice, the AGF who is the chief law officer of the federation asked the FCT High Court to strike out all the charges “because there are fresh facts and documents available to the Federal Goverment”.

Obinoscopy: