How Abacha Was Killed, By Uba Ahmed
Senator Uba Ahmed, Minister of Labour and Productivity under General Sani Abacha's regime, wielded enormous powers in Alhaji Shehu Shagari’s presidency in the Second Republic as National Secretary of the National Party of Nigeria (NPN), a position he held even as a sitting senator. He held the post in the giddy days leading up to the controversial 1983 election. He succeeded Alhaji Suleiman Takuma and, along with Alhaji Ibrahim Tahir, plotted the position of NPN on most issues. Since then, he has largely operated from political sidelines. Today, he lives a life on the fringe - financially and materially. But apparently the politician's current life of deprivation has not affected the brilliance and schorlarly bent of the man who in this revealing encounter with Nosike Ogbuenyi, shares gripping insights into why Shagari and Major General Muhammadu Buhari (rtd) were toppled, how Abacha died, the shadowy
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