General Abulsalaami Abubakar became the head of state on June 9, 1998, the day General Sani Abacha, the late military head of state, was supposed to retire him from the army. However, Abacha passed away inexplicably, and fate took over. Prior to it, General Abdulsalaami suffered greatly under his superior. The extremely paranoid Abacha had him physically and technologically monitored around-the-clock. In order to move forward with his plans to transition from military to civilian leadership, General Abacha—who had withstood multiple coup attempts—decided to remove senior military officers, with Gen. Abdulsalami at the top of the list…. CLICK TO READ THE FULL NEWS HERE▶️▶️
