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Sani Abacha

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Nigerian military ruler (1943-1998)

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Sani Abacha was a Nigerian head of state who began his work period in 1963. He was born on September 20, 1943, and died on June 8, 1998. His recorded works include the 1997 head of state's post-budget dinner held at the banquet hall of Sheraton Hotel and Towers, Abuja, Abacha speaks, Budget of transition, Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1998 budget speech, on January 4, 1998, and The call to action.

Open Library lists eight works under his name, while Crossref records five. The subject is referenced by 694 other encyclopedia articles.

Synthesized by Vinony from 13 facts across 5 sources: Wikidata, Crossref, MusicBrainz, Open Library, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Person · Open Library

Works
8

Top works

  • 1997 head of state's post-budget dinner held at the banquet hall of Sheraton Hotel and Towers, Abuja
  • Abacha speaks
  • Budget of transition, Federal Republic of Nigeria
  • 1998 budget speech, on January 4, 1998
  • Address by the head of state, commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, General Sani Abacha, GCON

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Female
Origin
Finland
Active from
1971-06-08

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Encyclopedic overview

Sani Abacha GCFR (listen 20 September 1943 – 8 June 1998) was a Nigerian military dictator and statesman who ruled Nigeria as military head of state from 1993, following a palace coup d'état, until his death in 1998.

Abacha's seizure of power was the last successful coup d'état in Nigerian military history. He wielded power with an unyielding attitude and his rule heralded an unprecedented total disregard for human rights with several political assassinations and summary executions of dissidents and political opponents in Nigeria. His rule drew disrepute to the country with Nigeria becoming a pariah state in international relations particularly with regard to the execution of environmental activist Ken Saro-Wiwa.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Sani Abacha” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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