Abdulsalami Abubakar
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Abdulsalami Abubakar is a retired Nigerian army general who served as the military head of state of Nigeria from 1998 to 1999. He was also Chief of Defence Staff from 1997 to 1998. He succeeded Genera
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Abubakar as a military officer
Sani Abacha
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Sani Abacha 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.
Abdulsalami Abubakar
…general who served as the military head of state of Nigeria from 1998 to 1999. He was also Chief of Defence Staff from 1997 to 1998. He succeeded General Sani Abacha upon the latter's death. During his leadership, Nigeria adopted a modified version of the 1979 constitution, which provided for multiparty elections…
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Mausoleum of Sani Abacha in Kano, Nigeria.