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Nigeria's former military president, Ibrahim Babangida has showered praises on Late dictator, Sani Abacha for saving his life.
Gen Babangida, who spoke in an interview with correspondents yesterday in Minna, Niger State, to mark his 74th birthday, said that Abacha and some loyal officers actually saved his life during the Orkar coup of 1990; THE CABLE reports.
He said, ''May God bless Sani Abacha. Sani Abacha was the chief of army staff (during the time of the coup attempt), he got in touch with me and we sat down and spoke on what we were going to do. Abacha and I rallied round the loyal troops and then I left my state house and joined Abacha in his house.
''Some officers and men loyal to me insisted and took me out of Dodan Barracks to a safe house where we met other officers and men.”
During the coup which took place on April 22, 1990, Orkar and his men seized the Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria (FRCN) and various military posts around Lagos. They also took control of Dodan Barracks, then the presidential residence. Babangida was present when the barracks was attacked but he managed to escape through a back route.
Gen Babangida, who spoke in an interview with correspondents yesterday in Minna, Niger State, to mark his 74th birthday, said that Abacha and some loyal officers actually saved his life during the Orkar coup of 1990; THE CABLE reports.
He said, ''May God bless Sani Abacha. Sani Abacha was the chief of army staff (during the time of the coup attempt), he got in touch with me and we sat down and spoke on what we were going to do. Abacha and I rallied round the loyal troops and then I left my state house and joined Abacha in his house.
''Some officers and men loyal to me insisted and took me out of Dodan Barracks to a safe house where we met other officers and men.”
During the coup which took place on April 22, 1990, Orkar and his men seized the Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria (FRCN) and various military posts around Lagos. They also took control of Dodan Barracks, then the presidential residence. Babangida was present when the barracks was attacked but he managed to escape through a back route.
