The grandson of late General Sani Abacha, Nigeria’s former military ruler, Raees Abacha, has knocked ex-dictator, General Ibrahim Babangida, describing him as a betrayer and a coward.

Raees, in a post on X (formerly Twitter), said if the lifespan of the two former military rulers were reversed, Abacha would never forgive Babangida’s “treacherous” behaviour.

Raees, in the post titled, ‘My grandfather saved the life of a coward’, said anyone who believed Babangida’s claims in his book was only “following the author towards damnation”.

He faulted Babangida for blaming the annulment of the June 12 elections on Abacha.

Raees said, “If the lifespans of these two consequential figures were reversed, this treachery would never be discharged (forgiven) by General Abacha.

“In one breath, General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida claims the June 12 elections were annulled by ‘Abacha-led forces’ without his knowledge, calling General Sani Abacha his “biggest headache” whom he felt paralysed by.

“Yet Babangida proceeds to announce the annulment and retains the same General Abacha who allegedly annulled the June 12 elections without his (Babangida’s) consent in Shonekan’s transitional government, describing General Abacha, as June 12 election annulment enforcer-in-chief.”

Dismissing Babangida’s claim of Abacha being his biggest headache, Raees said his grandfather protected the former junta leader’s reputation.

He stressed, “General Babangida’s biggest headache has never been General Abacha, whom numerously protected his life and reputation, but his mind and its creations which earned him the title, ‘Evil Genius.’”

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Abacha’s grandson knocks Babangida

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