How I was locked inside a room after Abacha's demise — Abdulsalami - Businessday NG

Abacha's death fishy, Abdulsalami raises fresh suspicions

Abdulsalami Abubakar reveals suspicious circumstances surrounding Sani Abacha's June 8, 1998 death: he and another general were locked in a waiting room for an hour before succession planning began. The account exposes governance vulnerabilities in military transitions when inner-circle maneuvering overrides institutional safeguards.