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tete7000:
They all exploited Nigeria and Nigerians for personal gain. For me personally, what they say doesn't interest me. It doesn't heal the wounds already inflicted but only further balkanise and set Nigerians against themselves.

You got it now, we are being played by those evil leaders, I hate Nigeria politic, I never witness violent during election where I base, I feel sad when i read some news here, like the situation in River State and Osun, it’s a shame

Procashtips:
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.

Abacha was better in all round.
Since IBB knew that Abiola won the election, why hading over to interim government instead of Abiola.
He left a vacuum and Abacha too advantage of that, he didn't kill anyone. He only arrested Abiola when Abiola declared himself president.

Abacha was Nigeria best president ever

Oloriibukuku sambarry will be here to cry as usual

The irony of Obidients jumping up and down talking about a mandate thief and then supporting Abacha who actually stole someone's mandate.

Just incredible really.

Odin13:
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

Yoruba man must have Bleep.ed your wife. The way you keep mentioning your master and tormentor is baffling.

jaxxy:
IBB did not lie.

I believe now that Abacha was either fully or partly behind the annulment of June 12. Fir 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.

I agree with everything you said. I also believe IBB feared Abacha.

abobote:
Abacha was better in all round.
Since IBB knew that Abiola won the election, why hading over to interim government instead of Abiola.
He left a vacuum and Abacha too advantage of that, he didn't kill anyone. He only arrested Abiola when Abiola declared himself president.

Abacha was Nigeria best president ever

Who killed Kudirat and Abiola ? he actually wanted to eliminate all Yoruba high ranking officers before he was stopped by CIA, you must be a kid

BafanaBafana:
We never knew IBB would suddenly become the hero of you people.
He just pressed a button and voila....

What exactly did IBB ever did to Igbos?

You are the ones beefing him and Abacha since time immemorial, for their slight on you people..

We are here to enjoy the gbas gbos and gymnastics between old enemies and new friends.

Nomercie:
Oloriibukuku sambarry will be here to cry as usual

wasunkun kikoro.

I go soon bring bucket for you to cry.ori relo burudanu

Ashe orona dun werey

aswani:
The irony of Obidients jumping up and down talking about a mandate thief and then supporting Abacha who actually stole someone's mandate.

Just incredible really.

Agbadorian are you different from them?

I heard that abiola himself was a corrupt man. The government gave him monopoly over every other person in business. Just like dangote!

No better person dey dis Nigeria. Even peter obi is not trusted!

Svoboda:
It depends. Ev n when you put history thru scrutiny, abiola may not be regarded as a patriot as well.

Wahabfuture:
Agbadorian are you different from them?

Nwanne, why are you labelling me what I am not?

I am neither APC nor a fan of President Tinubu. Never voted either.

I also am, unlike you, not a where-belle-face attache to any Tom, Dick and Harry person that I think hates certain people (Ndi Yoruba in your case).

IBB is your hero now, when he and his fellow Ndi North army officers were murdering Ndigbo soldiers that they believed knew about (not even participated in) the January coup, you have conviniently forgotten glossed over that?

Odin13:
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

Your tribalism, I no sure whether e get cure. You need help.

jaxxy:
IBB did not lie.

I believe now that Abacha was either fully or partly behind the annulment of June 12. Fir 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.

Some of you were too young probably on Pampers back then to understand some of the intricacies that was playing out back then.
Several sources have insisted that MKO Abiola told a lot of ministers back then to work with Abacha because Abacha promised him that he was going to "restore" his mandate. That never came to be as Abacha dissolved all the democratic structures in a less than 5 minutes broadcast.

See gullibility o

Odin13:
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

spiSeyi:
Abacha family still get mouth to talk nah Abacha/Salami kpai MKO

Abacha died before MKO nah!

You also missed when those "several sources" were said to be part of the overall gameplan. They fed you whatever they needed to feed you including fake info that got Igbos unnecessarily fleeing Lagos, Ibadan etc mostly in 911 trucks.

Sundaymessi:
Some of you were too young probably on Pampers back then to understand some of the intricacies that was playing out back then.
Several sources have insisted that MKO Abiola told a lot of ministers back then to work with Abacha because Abacha promised him that he was going to "restore" his mandate. That never came to be as Abacha dissolved all the democratic structures in a less than 5 minutes broadcast.

Odin13:
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

Yorubas living rent free in your fore fathers empty skulls. Pathetic sad life.

Nigeria politics is really confusing oo

Sundaymessi:
Some of you were too young probably on Pampers back then to understand some of the intricacies that was playing out back then.
Several sources have insisted that MKO Abiola told a lot of ministers back then to work with Abacha because Abacha promised him that he was going to "restore" his mandate. That never came to be as Abacha dissolved all the democratic structures in a less than 5 minutes broadcast.

ur statements supports my point that Abacha was the main villain. I remember those events u mentioned also. Mko was instructing Abacha like his boy and he was already president till Abacha changed it.

Obviouslyblunt:
Never knew a day would come when some part of the country would praise Abacha.

lolzz..I swear down .. unbelievable

jaxxy:
IBB did not lie.

I believe now that Abacha was either fully or partly behind the annulment of June 12. Fir 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.

Look it was not Abacha that introduced Structural Adjustment Program (SAP)

oyeb15:
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.

Why.
How.
As in.
Explain?

Christlike01:
Abacha died before MKO nah!

Dey play... Nah Abacha put am for prison MKO don dey die small small

Obviouslyblunt:
Never knew a day would come when some part of the country would praise Abacha.

I never kew that anyone in their right senses would ever praise Babangida...

Putindbutt:
Which stupid truth?, old age has caught up with him that he forgot he had admitted to annulling the election by himself. But in his book, he was lying against Abacha. Internet never forgets.

There was an interview he did in 2007 about nullifying the June 12 election based on intelligence report.

The only neutral person that can shed more light is Hamza Al-Mustapha, unfortunately he also has become victim of social engineering

God gooo punish all abacha and babangida families, una go sorfaaa well b4 paiii aminnn

richiemcgold:
Nobody should take any of IBB and Abacha serious. These two men were the biggest calamity to have befallen Nigeria as a nation.

Add Buhari and shagari

OldNORSE:
As of today 22-2-2025, IBB is the greatest enemy of Spirogyra Soup people 😂😂😂😂

Believe

Elharun12:
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

Points made but unfortunately Majority will not read this to the end..

aswani:
Nwanne, why are you labelling me what I am not?

I am neither APC nor a fan of President Tinubu. Never voted either.

I also am, unlike you, not a where-belle-face attache to any Tom, Dick and Harry person that I think hates certain people (Ndi Yoruba in your case).

IBB is your hero now, when he and his fellow Ndi North army officers were murdering Ndigbo soldiers that they believed knew about (not even participated in) the January coup, you have conviniently forgotten glossed over that?

Omo iya, you are always here to defend your people, why shouldn’t I do the same or do you have double head? this is how you claimed this morning that Peter Obi losing presidential election was the cause of Yoruba and Igbo constant fighting here and i replied it was the Lagos governorship election and someone deleted it, we need to start respecting each other and quit propaganda, nobody is going to take Lagos from Yoruba, I do not belong to any political party in Nigeria and have never vote before in Nigeria because I’m not interested in do or die Nigeria politic




If IBB had said it’s Igbo coup I’m sure you would have believed him but it’s contrary to your narrative 😃🤣


You guys are too predictable

Svoboda:
Abacha was a better patriot than Ibb. He was as well more brave. If not for him, that orkar coup would have succeeded.

what did orkar did can you explain to me thanks