Some of you might remember that former Head of State, Olusegun Obasanjo was among other top politicians who openly stood against the administration of the late military head of state -- General Sanni Abacha.
Abacha was quick to order the arrest, trials and sentences of all those who stood against him.
According to Leadership, Obasanjo in his new controversial book, ‘My Watch’, narrated how a group, National Unity Organisation was formed.
It came into existence to frustrate Abacha to leave power.
Obasanjo said Abacha “was so much below average as an officer that no serious attention was paid to him until he was made to announce the coup”.
“I was not in doubt that Abacha would attempt to silence me. This was clear from his apparent ambition for life presidency of Nigeria in insatiable appetite for corruption; his looting directly from the Central Bank; his need to silence everyone that could oppose him in any form; his actions towards my close friends and associates and his close surveillance of me by his security both within and outside Nigeria.”
“Rumours about Abacha taking action against me started to spread and ring louder and louder. ”I had no fear because I had done nothing to cause me fear or anxiety. I was about my life and my business unperturbed.”
Recall that business mogul and politician, Chief Moshood Kashimawo Abiola, popularly known as MKO, who was part of the opposition party died amidst the brouhaha. Just recently, MKO Abiola’s daughter, Hafsat Abiola-Costello, said that her father sacrificed all for the nation at the expense of the suffering of his family.
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