Ishilove:
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Mustapha says, “If there’s anything that Abacha would be remembered for, it is that his regime was a regime when blood flowed freely. They imprisoned. They killed. Abacha had people killed either because they were opposition or because he needed them for human sacrifice as his witches wanted. You’ll just see a brand new car park, people would step out and shoot someone and drive away. That was the end. He was merciless.”

“By then, life was tortuous for the common Nigerian,” says Bose. “That time, things were not as costly as now. If you had N100, you could cook a potful of soup with a lot of meat and all that. But how would you get that N100? You couldn’t even get kerosene. It got to a time, because of the hardship, people invented a stove called Abacha stove (everyone remembers it till today). That stove, you get an empty tin and stuff it with saw dust. Then you add a little kerosene and light it. You’re ready to cook. Such was the poverty that we suffered.”

“I remember that it was around then I lost my bank job because the bank downsized,” Deborah says. “I was a single mother living with my two kids in Lagos. I became so poor that I had to relocate with my children to my home town. At least, my mother would take care of us there and we would live with her. We won’t have to pay rent.”

Nigerians endured all that for five years while Abacha continued his plot to remain in power for as long as he was alive. Then on June 8, 1998, he died.

Deborah says, “I remember my daughter was watching the news and I was sitting outside with neighbours. Then she came to tell us she heard in the news that Abacha was dead. You should see the joy! We danced. we sang. We wept. We had never been that joyful in a long time. Even the Hausas in the kiosk across the street were rejoicing.

“My girl was only nine and didn’t understand what was going on. So she asked me why everyone was so excited to hear that a man died. I told her, ‘Juliana, that man was a bad man who tormented us, and now that he’s dead, we have hope for the future again.”

Mettal:
The way he died shattered everything he was trying to build,.If i am a member of the family i would be very ashamed.

tinacrl01:
no commet steel on till i commet frist

Adyrin:

...because yur grammatical misappriopraition is unforgivable!

donmalcolm21:
Abacha stood up to the West and dammned their embargo on Nigeria, we need more of African soilders like him and GEJ who told the West to suck it with their gay rights thing.

GAZZUZZ:
As usual, ishilove makes front page.

lanxlot:
y short pple too de wicked sef?? I heard he Was near a dwarf. he must be dinning with the devil in hell as u read this.

iamord:


Yimu.. The son is lounging one corner and planning of contesting. In nigeria the vilans are celebrated. Cos they throw some of your money at you

iamord:


Yimu.. The son is lounging one corner and planning of contesting. In nigeria the vilans are celebrated. Cos they throw some of your money at you

“By then, life was tortuous for the common Nigerian,” says Bose. “That time, things were not as costly as now. If you had N100, you could cook a potful of soup with a lot of meat and all that. But how would you get that N100? You couldn’t even get kerosene. It got to a time, because of the hardship, people invented a stove called Abacha stove (everyone remembers it till today). That stove, you get an empty tin and stuff it with saw dust. Then you add a little kerosene and light it. You’re ready to cook. Such was the poverty that we suffered.”

iamord:


Yimu.. The son is lounging one corner and planning of contesting. In nigeria the vilans are celebrated. Cos they throw some of your money at you

goodgood2:

The most brutal dictator in Nigeria's history.

Anyway, Abokis have been brutalizing Nigeria since 01AD.

They've been power-hungry since 00AD.

Now, they're starved of power, that's why bombs are going off like crazy. Anyway, the idiots won't get what they want. God bless GEJ.

DollyParton1:

I remember this so well. I was about >7-9 years old then, my siblings and I would walk for 45min to and 45mins fro, just to get the saw dusts.
I dint realize life was that hard then. I thought it was fun.

Bridgetown:
The finest president ever, during his time him and his family were stealing alone and there was sanity in the country, while PDP era everybody is stealing those opportune are oppressing the poor masses, lawlessness in all the states, militants and boko boys everywhere.