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.”
Also recalling how during his visit to Kenya for
the funeral of the father of the opposition leader,
Raila Odinga, the Nigerian Embassy officials
wrote a report indicting him, stating that “since
Odinga was in opposition to the government of
Kenya when he died, I had gone to Kenya to
create problems for the Kenyan government by
supporting the opposition, and the Nigerian
government should restrain me from causing
great problems between Nigeria and Kenya.”
“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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