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    BBC News Africa‏Verified account @BBCAfrica Jun 8

    Twenty years ago, Nigeria’s military ruler General Sani Abacha died of a heart attack. We look back at his five-year rule.pic.twitter.com/SnoTBpf2Nw

    10:48 AM - 8 Jun 2018
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      1. rich_‏ @motivexray Jun 8
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        This short video is a sordid reminder of our horrid past as a nation. Sadly, nothing seems to have changed 20 years on. The men who plunged this nation into chaos and anarchy while in uniform now do the same today wearing mufti. They straddle the corridors of power shamelessly

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      1.  🎤 VOICE CRYINGOUT‏ @ogechime1 Jun 8
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        We are in another episode of dictatorship under Buhari. Human Rights violations testified by Amnesty International, killings, poverty, hunger etc.

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      1. Emma.O Akpasubi‏ @AkpasubiO Jun 8
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        There is a golden opportunity for every leader to make history.The choice of what type of mark made is left to the individual.Some left leaving society better than they met it.Many left a mark of ruthless failure.Abacha is remembered for the latter.

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      1. Holy Hills‏ @hills_holy Jun 9
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Hia hmmmmmm which one is heart attack again abeg don't alter our history again o it's apple that killed him

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      1. Dárópàlè‏ @Tzar_Edu Jun 9
        Replying to @BBCAfrica @DoDeRightThing

        Wait, you people better not spoil my childhood, was it not apple that killed him? We even make a song from it😭😭😭

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      1. John Grace‏ @JohnGra71017834 Jun 9
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        This information is wrong from propaganda apc govt, buhari is a monster himself! Abacha is a monster himself,Criminal... His enemies killed abacha with apple(forbid fruit) abacha did not die by heart attack NO! Fake news totally!

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      1. KOMOLAFE OLUWABUSUYI‏ @busuyikomo Jun 8
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        The evil man was poisoned by people very close to him through the help of (Eve) who gave him apple laced with .......

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      2. 9JABOY‏ @9jaboyyy Jun 8
        Replying to @BBCAfrica @SweetShantel

        The guy chop apple 🍎 not heart attack

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      1. victor daniel‏ @vodan02 Jun 8
        Replying to @BBCAfrica @SERAPNigeria

        I am very glad the monster is no more

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      2. Anguzu norman‏ @normzo Jun 9
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        We heard that viagra and Indian ladies of “negotiable affection” knocked out that 51 year old heart.

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      1. Oriaku‏ @Bumbabilii Jun 9
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        SARS are killing us. Please do a story on that. Maybe other media outlets will then carry it too. Please help us

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      1. AYANLOLA ABDULJELIL‏ @owolabitaiwo Jun 9
        Replying to @BBCAfrica @TheAishaJibril

        When are you guys gonna do an investigative journalism on FSARs activities in Nigeria. Their menace, torture, robbery & assassination of young Nigerians is worst than the effect of codeine drugs on Nigerian youth. It's high time you did this for many to know. #ENDSARS #ENDSARS

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      1. VIÇ.. MiçhaeLs..‏ @Official_VicM Jun 8
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Abacha didn't die 'O Heart attack.. Skirt killed him! Call it skirt attack if y'like!

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      1. Sirius BLACK 🌑 #MUFC‏ @MeanMiidaey Jun 8
        Replying to @BBCAfrica @AYINNU

        Na Apple kill am ooo..... Oniranu oshi!!!!😏

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      1. Ajayi Olaoluwa oluwaseun oluwabunmi  🌨‏ @TripleOss Jun 8
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Well ... going back memory lane and our dear president is praising him.. well he learnt his trade from Abacha in becoming a tyrant ...

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      1. MizVuitton‏ @CakesbyMizV Jun 8
        Replying to @BBCAfrica @walegates

        Who diagnosed the heart attack though? That's not d story we know

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      1. Harry Thompson‏ @Tompotter007 Jun 14
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        He was a monster, one with no conscience but he had every one on his finger tip. Looks like we need that kind of monster now

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      2. Dan Katsina 👳🏻‏ @Dan_kasa1 Jun 9
        Replying to @BBCAfrica @Fatima_Haliluuu

        Hopeless person

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      3. Dan Katsina 👳🏻‏ @Dan_kasa1 Jun 9
        Replying to @Dan_kasa1 @BBCAfrica @Fatima_Haliluuu

        pic.twitter.com/pVJHePQUrs

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