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NOBODY REMAINS IN POWER FOREVER

In the 90's under Gen. Sanni Abacha, there were the very famous and feared Bamaiyi brothers, Musa the senior, and Ishaya junior, from Kebbi state, and were referred to as the Zuru Generals. They were the first Generals from same parents at the same time in the @HQNigerianArmy. While Musa was a Muslim, Ishaya was a Christian.

Musa rose to National prominence when he was appointed Chairman of the @ndlea_nigeria by Gen Sanni Abacha in 1995. He was a no nonsense General who revolutionalized that agency.

It was under his tenure as NDLEA Chairman that the late afro beat King, Fela Anikulapo-Kuti was arrested on the allegations of illegal drugs, alongside about 100 others, when the NDLEA raided his shrine on January 14, 1997. Unfortunately, he died on the 17 of April, 2007 at just 58.

Ishaya on the other hand, was Commander, Lagos Garrison Command, until Abacha appointed him Chief of Army Staff (COAS) in 1996. He was reputed to be one of the Abacha bad boys.

He was accused of the attempted murder of @GuardianNigeria newspaper publisher, late Alex Ibru, on Feb 2, 1996 and was later charged by the @followlasg after his retirement in 1999, alongside Abacha's former CSO, Maj. Hamza Al-Mustapha and others. They were in detention for 9 years until they were discharged and acquitted on April 2, 2008.

During the era these 2 brothers were in power, there was hardly a time you turn on the TV or radio sets that you don't hear about either both of them, or one of them. They were about the most talked about and most feared family in Nigeria at that time outside the Abacha's family.

Not even Gen. Oladipo Diya, who was Chief of
General Staff and de facto VP to Abacha at the time came close.

Today, though Musa is dead, Lt. Gen. Ishaya Bamaiyi is still alive but a lot of Nigerians don't even know about his existence, while majority of those who remember him, do so only for the negative reasons.

The story of the Bamaiyi brothers and many others should teach any sane human being that power is transient, and don't last forever. Only what you did with the power, POSITIVE or NEGATIVE last forever.

@Twitter l

Adolph Hitler, Sanni Abacha, Hamzat Al-Mustapha, Frank Omenka, Tunde Togun, Mobutu Seseko, and many other tyrannical leaders of yesteryears have all had their time in history and providence have sent them out of reckoning.

The current intoxicated power drunk fellas should take a leaf from the past. So, be careful whatever you do today with any privilege you have

Only very few people know this life is entirely vanity. Where are the wealths of Massamoussa of Mali, Idi Amin. We will all become history.

Racoon:
Adolph Hitler, Sanni Abacha, Hamzat Al-Mustapha, Frank Omenka, Tunde Kogun, Mobutu Seseko, Yammal Jammal, and many other tyrannical leaders of yesteryears have all have their time in history and providence have sent them out of reckoning.

The current intoxicated power drunk fellas should take a leaf from the past. So becareful whatever you do today with any privilege you have

They have gone to where the likes of Mary Slessor, Pope John Paul, Gandhi, and my father went.

6 feet below.

Proudlyngwa:
They have gone to where the likes of Mary Slessor, Pope John Paul, Gandhi, and my father went.

6 feet below.

While those aforementioned are assumed to be having peace of mind wherever they are,such can not be said about those evil leaders that passed away.Even if you do not believe in the religious view,nature has a way of rewarding bad or good.
While their offspring here on earth may equally bear some of the consequences of their evil parents, Idi Amin,Mobutu Seseseko or even Osama Bin Laden's son will almost always need to hide their identities,as many people still bear grudges with their parents and often see these kid's as coming from evil offspring.
Mahatma Gandhi's children will be revered and people tend to treat them with utmost kindness.

Likewise hunger

Like tinubu his lust for power will be his undoing.

Dude is a daemon.

Musa was a good and nice man, but for ishaya, he is a perpetual snake

Crooks

Racoon:
"The story of the Bamaiyi brothers and many others should teach any sane human being that power is transient, and don't last forever. Only what you did with the power, POSITIVE or NEGATIVE last forever...."

Leave Tinubu out of this please

Man is here today and tomorrow is gone. All the glory of man is like grass. 1 Peter 2 v 24-25

The name Bamaiyi rings a bell in my head..

If you like shout from now till the end of time, Most (Low In Spirit) people will not hear. That is the True Nature of Human Beings

Humans think too much of themselves to be very significant in the grand scheme of things

One of the sons was an Exboy

He's enjoying his loot

Racoon:
@Twitter l

They hated themselves. That was the beginning of their downfall

I knew their kids back then in ikoyi. They were always moving about in heavily guarded security convoys . They were the envy of the neighbourhood back and though friendly.

Enjoy wealth, power and life while it lasts.
Nobody can tell me otherwise.
Ali Modu Sheriff - the purported boko haram initiator says that money is meant for 3 three things: power, enjoyment and to cause a little trouble. No more no less.

H. Mmmm.... Good history!

I like the title of this thread. Some people hold on to ephemeral things like they'll last forever.

People can never learn from history, most especially people in power today, the same people that claimed they were persecuted and freedom fighter, suddenly become terror the people and endanger to the same democracy they claimed, they were championing yesteryears.

Vanity upon vanity all is vanity

Power is transient.
But Nigeria have a Tinubu that is making a provision to stay longer and remain relevant. And some people are risking it all to allow it

Racoon:
Adolph Hitler, Sanni Abacha, Hamzat Al-Mustapha, Frank Omenka, Tunde Kogun, Mobutu Seseko, and many other tyrannical leaders of yesteryears have all have their time in history and providence have sent them out of reckoning.

The current intoxicated power drunk fellas should take a leaf from the past. So becareful whatever you do today with any privilege you have

The simple truth.

Power is transient!

Even death go die one day!

Racoon:
@Twitter l

Fela died in 2007?
His house was raided in 1997.
All these genz mods pushing nonsense posts from genz’s to front page.

That is why I always trend softly cuz nobody knows tomorrow Today will reign tomorrow will become history.

They were infamous. Those days, army generals were in the spotlight.
Diya
Maman vista
Duncan Bali
Ebutu ukaiwe
Ibb
Abacha
Augustus iykomu
Danjuma

As an ikeja cantonment barrack boy it was always drama .we really saw hell if you are above 18 years old in d barrack😢😢😢😢