By Kolawole Ojebisi
Mrs Maryam Abacha, Wife of late Military Head of State, Gen Sani Abacha, has said people just keep portraying her late husband in a bad light for no reason.
She said this in defence of her late husband against the background of recovered loots linked to him, adding that the truth about Abacha’s contribution to the nation would become known in no time.
The former first lady bared her mind in an interview she granted Kano Focus , a Kano based publication to mark the 22nd anniversary of her husband’s death. She also took a swipe at the Kano elite who he dubbed ‘betrayers’ for not speaking in defence of the late head of state despite what she described as her late husband’s contributions to the development of the state and country.
The former first lady asked a couple of rhetorical questions before concluding that only God will vindicate her husband since he is now late. “How come this man was not a thief until he died? “What is this amount of money after 22 years you say oh we have found this amount of money and we’re bringing it back?
“It is a shame to tell lies on a dead man! It is a shame to tell lies on your leader.” “If he had done wrong, God knows. If other people are putting the wrong on him, it is a matter of time.
“They will kneel down like America is kneeling down now. Anybody that is evil will kneel down just like this corona has come to shut this world.”
She described her late husband as a generous person who helped a lot of people. “He worked in Kano and he planted Kano people, but there are people he helped a lot but they are not even greeting me now for no reason,” she continued.
“They just hate us. But why? It is Haram and Allah is watching us.” It would be recalled that General Sanni Abacha died on June 8, 1998. Since then several sums of recovered funds have been linked to the former head of state.
Recall also that Major Hamza Al-Mustapha, who served as Gen Abacha’s chief security officer, recently said the late general kept money overseas so that Nigerians will not suffer while describing the death of his former boss as ‘a loss to Nigeria’.
