Sani Abacha;was a Nigerian military dictator and statesman who ruled Nigeria as the military head of state from 1993 following a palace coup d'état until his sudden death in 1998.
The president of Nigeria,officially the president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria,is the head of state and head of government of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. The president directs the executive branch of the Federal Government and is the commander-in-chief of the Nigerian Armed Forces.
The military dictatorship in Nigeria was a period when members of the Nigerian Armed Forces held power in Nigeria from 1966 to 1999 with an interregnum from 1979 to 1983. The military was able to rise to power often with the tacit support of the elite through coups d'état. Since the country became a republic in 1963,there had been a series of military coups.
Donaldson Oladipo Oyeyinka Diya,;3 April 1944 –26 March 2023) was a Nigerian general and lawyer who served as Chief of General Staff under military head of state General Sani Abacha from 1994 until his arrest for treason in 1997. He also served as Chief of Defence Staff and as military governor of Ogun State from January 1984 to August 1985.
This article is about the particular significance of the year 1993 to Nigeria and its people.
Jonathan Tunde Ogbeha is a Nigerian politician and retired brigadier general who served as the administrator of Akwa Ibom State and then of Bendel State during the military rule of General Ibrahim Babangida (1985–1993). After the return to democracy in 1999,he was elected senator for the Kogi West constituency of Kogi State from May 1999 to May 2007. A biography on Ogbeha titled "Jonathan Tunde Ogbeha:A Noble Path" was written by Innocent Nzeke Waniko,a journalist,and presented publicly on 1 September 2017. The book chronicles the early life and comprehensively captures the life and career of Ogbeha.
Ibrahim Taiwo was a Military Governor of Kwara State from July 1975 to February 1976 during the military regime of General Murtala Mohammed. He assisted in establishment of the University of Ilorin,which was founded by decree August,1975.
Abdulkareem Adisa was a Nigerian major general who was military governor of Oyo State during the military regime of General Ibrahim Babangida. He was convicted for involvement in an attempted coup against military head of state General Sani Abacha in 1997,and was on death row when Abacha died in June 1998. He was subsequently pardoned.
Chief Donald Dick Etiebet was a Nigerian politician who was a senator during the Nigerian Second Republic . He was then elected governor of Cross River State with the support of the then Senate president Joseph Wayas and senator Joseph Oqua Ansa who all went against seating governor Clement Isong,Fidelis Ikogo Nnang was his deputy,holding this office from October to December 1983,when the military coup brought General Muhammadu Buhari to power.
Group Captain Sam Ewang was Military Administrator of Ogun State,Nigeria from August 1996 to August 1998 during the military regime of General Sani Abacha,and then Administrator of Rivers State until May 1999 handing over power to the elected governor Peter Odili at the start of the Nigerian Fourth Republic.
Lawan Gwadabe is a Nigerian military officer. He served as Military Administrator of Niger State in Nigeria from December 1987 to January 1992 during the military regime of General Ibrahim Babangida. He was accused of planning a coup against General Sani Abacha in 1995,for which he was jailed,tortured and convicted of treason. After Abacha's death he was granted a state pardon.
Mohammed Chris Alli was a Nigerian Army major general who served as Chief of Army Staff from 1993 to 1994 under General Sani Abacha's regime and was military governor of Plateau State Nigeria from August 1985 to 1986 during the military regime of General Ibrahim Babangida. Many years later,he was appointed interim administrator of the state during a 2004 crisis in the state following ethno-religious killings in Shendam,Yelwa Local Government.
ObongAkpan Isemin was elected governor of Akwa Ibom State in Nigeria from January 1992 to November 1993 during the Nigerian Third Republic.
Hamza Al-Mustapha is a retired Nigerian Army major,intelligence officer and politician who served as Chief Security Officer to Head of State General Sani Abacha from 1993 until his death on 8 June 1998.
Since Nigeria became independent in 1960,there have been five military coups. Between 1966 and 1999,Nigeria was ruled by a military government without interruption,apart from a short-lived return to democracy under the Second Republic of 1979 to 1983. However,the most recent coup occurred in 1993,and there have been no significant further attempts under the Fourth Republic,which restored multi-party democracy in 1999.
The Nigerian military coup of 1983 took place on 31 December that year. It was coordinated by key officers of the Nigerian military and led to the ousting of the democratically elected government of President Shehu Shagari and the installation of Major General Muhammadu Buhari as head of state.
Victor Malu MilitaryTribunal is a seven-man special military tribunal (SMT) commissioned by the administration of general Sani Abacha in the year 1997,headed by general Victor Malu,to investigate roles played by soldiers and civilians in the coup plot to overthrow general Abacha’s regime. The SMT was located in Jos Plateau,Plateau state Nigeria.
Akinloye Akinyemi,(1954–2012),also known as Sergeant Carter,was a Nigerian retired Major who was arrested,tried and sentenced in 1987 and 1995 for alleged coup plotting. During his military career,he served in the Nigerian Army Signal Corps. He is the younger brother of Bolaji Akinyemi.
Lieutenant general,is the second-highest rank of the Nigerian Army and generally it is the highest active rank as the Nigerian army do not have any appointment in the rank of full general but in the case of the appointment of Chief of Defence Staff,the rank of full general is given. It is the equivalent of a multinational three-star rank.
Nigerian Army 