How Abacha pressured me to become army chief in 1993 — Abdulsalami

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.