Browsing: Sani Abacha

Head Coach Salisu Yusuf has promptly replaced injured Joseph Osadiaye with Nura Mohammed, while the place of former Akwa United FC defender Afeez Aremu, who a few days ago signed a contract with IK Start FC of Norway, will go to veteran wing back Chima Akas.

The Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly died at its infancy, precisely on November 17, 1993, along other democratic institutions in Nigeria, following the seizure of power by Sani Abacha; it was ironic in that Abacha, as Secretary of Defence then, was the man whom former military President Ibrahim Babangida, ostensibly retained to defend Ernest Shonekan-led interim government from invasion of soldiers, Nigeria’s age-long antagonists of democracy,  after Babangida was forced by galvanized forces in the Nigerian civil society to step aside after annulling June 12 1993 presidential election won by his civilian ally and business mogul, Moshood Abiola.

Till this son of hate, a purveyor of evil and tragedy, called. He identified himself as Jude (I decide to withhold his other name for now). He said: “Mr Adesina, you claim to have spoken with President Buhari. When are you going to stop this political deceit? How can you speak with a man who is long dead, and you are deceiving the public that he’s still alive?”