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| You’re Always Envied,’ Abacha’s Son Defends Late Father Amid Renewed Criticism by madridguy(op): 2:09pm On Feb 22, 2025 |
Son of General Sani Abacha, Nigeria’s former military ruler, Sadiq Abacha, has expressed admiration for his late father, stating that his leadership remains significant despite persistent scrutiny.https://punchng.com/youre-always-envied-abachas-son-defends-late-father-amid-renewed-criticism/ 11 Likes 1 Share
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| Re: You’re Always Envied,’ Abacha’s Son Defends Late Father Amid Renewed Criticism by Odin13: 2:13pm On Feb 22, 2025 |
General Babangida remains The Godfather to all.. Abacha is late and rotten General still soldered on.. Yoruba man trying hard to discredit The Godfather .. You failed Never knew a day will come that Yoruba will sing the song of Abacha What a wonderful world 40 Likes 6 Shares |
| Re: You’re Always Envied,’ Abacha’s Son Defends Late Father Amid Renewed Criticism by yarimo(m): 5:29pm On Feb 22, 2025 |
Very unfortunate abacha is Dead he can't say his side of the story, IBB put it in mind if you are dead Alot of books will come up blaming you for where Nigeria is today. They are just waiting for you to die 84 Likes 8 Shares |
| Re: You’re Always Envied,’ Abacha’s Son Defends Late Father Amid Renewed Criticism by OldNORSE(m): 5:46pm On Feb 22, 2025 |
As of today 22-2-2025, IBB is the greatest enemy of Spirogyra Soup people 😂😂😂😂 59 Likes 8 Shares
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| Re: You’re Always Envied,’ Abacha’s Son Defends Late Father Amid Renewed Criticism by SouthSouth1914: 5:46pm On Feb 22, 2025 |
yarimo:You know all these old Nigerian politicians don’t think! |
| Re: You’re Always Envied,’ Abacha’s Son Defends Late Father Amid Renewed Criticism by Judolisco(m): 5:46pm On Feb 22, 2025 |
Exactly.... Someone that hurriedly murdered his best friend 16 Likes 1 Share |
| Re: You’re Always Envied,’ Abacha’s Son Defends Late Father Amid Renewed Criticism by spiSeyi: 5:47pm On Feb 22, 2025 |
Abacha family still get mouth to talk  nah Abacha/Salami kpai MKO 38 Likes 1 Share |
| Re: You’re Always Envied,’ Abacha’s Son Defends Late Father Amid Renewed Criticism by oyeb15: 5:47pm On Feb 22, 2025 |
Abacha was d best. Those that gather at dat event are bunch of uupatriot looters. If u investigation wat OBJ and his master's abroad tagged Abacha Loot, you will love d man forever. 8 Likes |
| Re: You’re Always Envied,’ Abacha’s Son Defends Late Father Amid Renewed Criticism by FreeStuffsNG: 5:47pm On Feb 22, 2025 |
Now IBB has made Late Gen. Abacha seem like an angel 74 Likes 2 Shares
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| Re: You’re Always Envied,’ Abacha’s Son Defends Late Father Amid Renewed Criticism by Svoboda(m): 5:47pm On Feb 22, 2025 |
Abacha was a better patriot than Ibb. He was as well more brave. If not for him, that orkar coup would have succeeded. 28 Likes |
| Re: You’re Always Envied,’ Abacha’s Son Defends Late Father Amid Renewed Criticism by Obviouslyblunt: 5:48pm On Feb 22, 2025 |
Never knew a day would come when some part of the country would praise Abacha. 31 Likes 4 Shares |
| Re: You’re Always Envied,’ Abacha’s Son Defends Late Father Amid Renewed Criticism by Obiedun(m): 5:49pm On Feb 22, 2025 |
All of them are anti people. 74 Likes 2 Shares |
| Re: You’re Always Envied,’ Abacha’s Son Defends Late Father Amid Renewed Criticism by LegendHero(m): 5:49pm On Feb 22, 2025 |
Svoboda:Both of them are nonentities. None of them is a patriot. 57 Likes 1 Share |
| Re: You’re Always Envied,’ Abacha’s Son Defends Late Father Amid Renewed Criticism by Wisewriter: 5:50pm On Feb 22, 2025 |
Son of a tieffffffffg 11 Likes 1 Share |
| Re: You’re Always Envied,’ Abacha’s Son Defends Late Father Amid Renewed Criticism by jaxxy(m): 5:51pm On Feb 22, 2025*. Modified: 10:02pm On Feb 22, 2025 |
IBB did not lie. I believe now that Abacha was either fully or partly behind the annulment of June 12. For various reasons I will list now. 1, When IBB handed over power to an interim government. Abiola was still fighting for his mandate, He never accepted the annulment.. Ibb did nothing to abiola cos they were actually friends. 2. It was Abacha who after forcing Sonekan who was interim president to step aside in a peaceful coup that now ordered arrest of Abiola, IBB was no longer in power nor interested in power. Abacha could have fixed the problem since he was in power since he knew everything about it but choose to show he was either the mastermind or partly involved and went further to finish the job cos he was power hungry. 3. Abacha wanted power and would definitely not let abiola have it. IBB was indifferent but went along with the strongest influence (just like buhari did in 2023 elections) and let Abacha have his way or go with his idea... Both IBB and Buhari are like Pontius pilate. They don't commit the crime but they allow the crime to be committed and do nothing to stop it. 4. IBB despite being president at the time cannot act alone on a decision of such magnitude. He consulted with people. Who were they? Abacha was one of them surely. 5. If IBB was evil, which he was, Abacha was evil pro max. 62 Likes 14 Shares |
| Re: You’re Always Envied,’ Abacha’s Son Defends Late Father Amid Renewed Criticism by Procashtips(m): 5:51pm On Feb 22, 2025 |
By now, real journalists would have come out with real statistics comparing IBB's 8 years' rule vs Abacha's 5 years' rule. From economy to Politics From foreign policies to Human rights From Religious tolerance to Education From infrastructural development to debt profile. But here we are jumping up and down because of what a known Maradona wrote in his book. 17 Likes 1 Share |
| Re: You’re Always Envied,’ Abacha’s Son Defends Late Father Amid Renewed Criticism by Aldebaran(m): 5:52pm On Feb 22, 2025 |
There is a reason why Ibrahim Babangida was nicknamed the “Evil Genius” and “Maradona” Even 99 percent of the attendees at his Book launch knows this  23 Likes 2 Shares |
| Re: You’re Always Envied,’ Abacha’s Son Defends Late Father Amid Renewed Criticism by richiemcgold: 5:52pm On Feb 22, 2025 |
Nobody should take any of IBB and Abacha serious. These two men were the biggest calamity to have befallen Nigeria as a nation. 39 Likes 6 Shares |
| Re: You’re Always Envied,’ Abacha’s Son Defends Late Father Amid Renewed Criticism by 24kmagik: 5:52pm On Feb 22, 2025 |
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| Re: You’re Always Envied,’ Abacha’s Son Defends Late Father Amid Renewed Criticism by franchasng: 5:52pm On Feb 22, 2025 |
Northern Emirs, Rulers Forced Me To Annul June 12, IBB Opens Up, Implicates David Mark, Abacha, Emirs.Here is the truth. IBB was right, Abacha annulled 1993 Presidential election because Abacha was Northern political elites/Mafias' endorsed butcher, reason Buhari adored him so much more than anything on earth because Buhari too was an unforgiven sadist. Northern Nigeria Mafias replaced Abacha with Buhari, they love Moslem extremists, and Buhari was a perfect Moslem extremist, reason Buhari enjoyed cult-like followership in the North, not because of his good character or good leadership qualities but because he was a radical Moslem ready to kill for Islam and to defend the Northerm Moslem interest at all cost. Northerners don't like IBB just as they don't like Atiku because both IBB and Atiku are not radical Moslems, and they leaned towards Southern lifestyle of libelism. IBB was right, Abacha annulled the 1993 election with Northern political elites/mafias backing and IBB was handicapped to act against Abacha's decision because Northerners backed Abacha's decision and were ready to even assassinate IBB if he dared challenge the decision to annul the 1993 Presidential election that MKO Abiola won. 25 Likes 4 Shares |
| Re: You’re Always Envied,’ Abacha’s Son Defends Late Father Amid Renewed Criticism by BafanaBafana: 5:54pm On Feb 22, 2025 |
Odin13:We never knew IBB would suddenly become the hero of you people. He just pressed a button and voila.... 19 Likes 4 Shares |
| Re: You’re Always Envied,’ Abacha’s Son Defends Late Father Amid Renewed Criticism by Melonsmasher: 5:54pm On Feb 22, 2025 |
Svoboda:Orkar coup would have done better for Nigeria than what we had to this moment 4 Likes |
| Re: You’re Always Envied,’ Abacha’s Son Defends Late Father Amid Renewed Criticism by Forkthiefnubu: 5:55pm On Feb 22, 2025 |
Safesim:And what have buhari and Tinubu done to Nigeria ? The two shud commit sucide and it won’t still be enough 2 Likes 2 Shares |
| Re: You’re Always Envied,’ Abacha’s Son Defends Late Father Amid Renewed Criticism by free2ryhme: 5:57pm On Feb 22, 2025*. Modified: 6:32pm On Feb 22, 2025 |
madridguy:coming from someone who was raised with proceeds of corruption 2 Likes |
| Re: You’re Always Envied,’ Abacha’s Son Defends Late Father Amid Renewed Criticism by treatise: 5:57pm On Feb 22, 2025 |
madridguy:Lootherian's son. 2 Likes |
| Re: You’re Always Envied,’ Abacha’s Son Defends Late Father Amid Renewed Criticism by Raxxye(m): 5:57pm On Feb 22, 2025 |
I do not like it that these top military dictators who plunged Nigeria into the deep mess that it is now into, are garnering undeserved attention to themselves! Imagine that rogue, IBB spewing all the lies and trying to portray himself in a good light before Nigerians! 10 Likes 2 Shares |
| Re: You’re Always Envied,’ Abacha’s Son Defends Late Father Amid Renewed Criticism by Elharun12(m): 5:57pm On Feb 22, 2025 |
An Open Letter to General Ibrahim Babangida: Abacha’s Legacy Shines Where Yours Faltered February 21, 2025 Dear General Babangida, Your memoir, *A Journey in Service*, launched yesterday, February 20, 2025, in Abuja, has stirred the pot once more. Through your book reviewer, former Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, you admitted that Chief MKO Abiola won the June 12, 1993, election, a truth long known to Nigerians. Yet, you’ve shifted the blame to General Sani Abacha, claiming he was your “biggest headache” and the mastermind behind the annulment. You wrote, “Without question, one of my biggest headaches at this time was Sani Abacha. I knew that Abacha was ambivalent about a return to civil rule,” and alleged he led forces that annulled the election without your authority while you were in Katsina. This narrative, casting Abacha as the villain and yourself as a sidelined bystander, is a convenient rewrite of history. The facts tell a different story: your eight years in power gutted Nigeria, while Abacha, for all his complexities, rebuilt it into a stronger, prouder nation. Let’s set the record straight. In your book, you claim ignorance of the annulment, stating that the press secretary to your second-in-command, Admiral Augustus Aikhomu, announced it without your permission. You wrote, “To suddenly have an announcement made without my authority was, to put it mildly, alarming. I remember saying: ‘These nefarious “inside” forces opposed to the elections have outflanked me!’ I would later find out that the ‘forces’ led by General Sani Abacha annulled the elections.” This is a flimsy dodge. You were the Commander-in-Chief, sir, not a bystander. The June 12 election, which you now concede was “credible, free, and fair,” was annulled under your watch on June 24, 1993, via a national broadcast you authorized. If Abacha outmaneuvered you, why appoint him Chief of Defence Staff? Why leave him as the Interim National Government’s (ING) military linchpin when you “stepped aside”? Your claim that he became a “dominant force in a factionalised military” only underscores your failure to command loyalty or control your own regime. You paint Abacha as a schemer, alleging he “attempted to violently remove me from power through a coup” by spreading a narrative that I was “the problem.” Yet, history shows he saved you during the 1990 Orkar coup, rallying loyal troops when your life hung in the balance. You’ve admitted this before, praising him on your 74th birthday in 2015 for coming to your aid. Where’s the loyalty Abacha showed you? We might never hear his side of the story, but history never lies; it records his actions, not your recastings. Now, you label him a headache to absolve yourself. The contradiction is glaring: if Abacha was so untrustworthy, why entrust him with Nigeria’s defense? Your memoir’s finger-pointing reeks of hindsight crafted to dodge accountability. Let’s talk about your legacy. June 12 wasn’t Abacha’s doing; it was yours. You annulled Nigeria’s fairest election, sparking unrest and shattering democratic hopes. Your Interim Government under Ernest Shonekan was a puppet show, collapsing in three months because you designed it to fail. Economically, your IMF-backed Structural Adjustment Program tanked the naira from 0.89 to 17 per dollar by 1993, unleashed inflation, and impoverished millions, while you siphoned off $12 billion, dwarfing any “Abacha loot.” Politically, you banned real parties, executed rivals like Mamman Vatsa on shaky grounds, and stoked religious strife with the OIC move. Nigeria bled under your watch; Abacha merely inherited the wreckage. Abacha took power in 1993 not to ruin Nigeria, but to steady it. Economically, he grew reserves from $494 million to $9.6 billion and cut debt from $36 billion to $27 billion, all with oil at $15 a barrel. Inflation fell from 54% to 8.5%. He built roads in Lagos, Kano, and beyond, delivering what you only promised. You call him “ambivalent” about civilian rule, yet he began a transition framework in 1995, cut short by his death in 1998, paving the way for 1999’s democracy. Your memoir begrudges his resolve; I see a leader who acted where you wavered. You scorn his defiance, but Abacha’s stand against globalists was Nigeria’s gain. After the 1995 Saro-Wiwa execution, a domestic call you’d have ducked, sanctions hit. He didn’t bend. He allied with Libya’s Gaddafi, hosting him in Kano in 1997 to cheers of thousands, and led ECOWAS to stabilize West Africa. You courted the West; Abacha defied them, preserving our sovereignty. Your book admits regret, saying, “June 12 happened under my watch; mistakes, oversights, and missteps happened in quick succession,” and “If I have to do it all over again, I’d do it differently.” Too late, sir. You claim Abacha “wanted that job at all cost,” a line from a 2018 interview you now amplify. Yet, if he was your headache, you empowered him. History favors Abacha not for flawlessness; his rule was tough, but for results: stability, growth, and pride. You left Nigeria broken; he left it standing tall. Your memoir can’t rewrite that. Sincerely, HALIMS GIZA 10 Likes |
| Re: You’re Always Envied,’ Abacha’s Son Defends Late Father Amid Renewed Criticism by Vinnie2000(m): 5:58pm On Feb 22, 2025 |
LegendHero:Ur Tinibu who knowingly Foisted the CALAMITY Buhari on us, is a Patriot, Abi?😏 Pple like you who supported the Daura Dullar.d, are you Patriots or nonentities? 😕 4 Likes |
| Re: You’re Always Envied,’ Abacha’s Son Defends Late Father Amid Renewed Criticism by epainos: 5:58pm On Feb 22, 2025*. Modified: 6:26pm On Feb 22, 2025 |
The real victims of Nigeria are the Igbos, but they always think they can do "gra gra" to handle everything. I am just smiling here. And the Yoruba people will keep outsmarting them. Ojukwu was the first person to say that the 1966 coup was meant to install Awolowo as the leader. Lol. And stylishly IBB talked about that area in his book. The unfortunate thing is that Igbos picked that part, and boom! People have been debating that there is or no Igbo coup. Well, I am not here to argue that, but what I know is that IBB is the main person that weakened the Igbo nation finally, yet, they think he is doing them a favor now. Lol. The issue now is that Atiku and El-Rufai will pick this up against Tinubu, and hopefully, they will try to romance Obi to join them. The fact is that no matter what they tell Igbo, they will still ask them to be the vice president..lol. Another view of this issue is that Abacha has been made the scapegoat of all the attrocities committed during IBB's time. That June 12 is the real bone of contention that everyone is talking about, but because it involved a Yoruba man, Igbos are not ready even go down the main issue. Do I blame them? Nope. Hmmmm. Nigeria is finished. If you have been following my posts, you should by now know that I have been predicting the fall of Nigeria. It is so clear that Igbo and Yoruba cannot coexist in unity in the same nation. For sure, both will not go to war, but they cannot unite. Even Biafra war was more of Igbo Vs the north. Of course, the Yoruba people will always find a way to avoid debating Igbos, but they will act at the right time. This is the reason Igbos keep saying Yorubas are betrayals. Lol. No be to dey beat chests everytime. Therefore, I can beat my chest to say that Yoruba and Igbo cannot get violent with each other. It is not possible. I foresee IBB creating both an opportunity and a disaster for the north before 2027. And the Tinubu I know will explore the opportunities. Let's see what will happen. Likewise Atiku and ElRufai will explore the opportunities too. One area everyone agrees is that Abacha is an evil man who has a bad legacy. His son is living in delusion saying history will vindicate his father. History is already messing up the Abacha family. That family is cursed. And to add salt to the injury, IBB has decided to put the whole blame on him even while he is trying to rest in his grave. Can Abacha ever find rest? I doubt it. 11 Likes |
| Re: You’re Always Envied,’ Abacha’s Son Defends Late Father Amid Renewed Criticism by LegendHero(m): 5:59pm On Feb 22, 2025 |
Vinnie2000:Peter that voted Obi Pandora the third class dullard are nonentities. 4 Likes |
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