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.
Portrait, c. 1993–1998
Mausoleum of Sani Abacha in Kano, Nigeria.
Ibrahim Babangida
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Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida is a Nigerian general and politician who ruled as military president of Nigeria from 1985 when he orchestrated a coup d'état against Muhammadu Buhari, until he stepped aside
Sani Abacha
…General Muhammadu Buhari to power; and the 1985 Nigerian coup d'état which removed Buhari and brought General Ibrahim Babangida to power. When General Ibrahim Babangida was named President and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria in 1985, Abacha was named Chief of Army Staff. He was…
Babangida in uniform
Babangida (right) with Femi Fani-Kayode (left) in Lagos (2010)