By Fola James
Maryam Abacha, wife of late despot and Nigeria’s head of state, General Sanni Abacha has denied allegation that her husband stole from the country.
She said Abacha’s detractors were only bent on damaging his image after he died.
Her assertion came barely a week after Major Hamza Al-mustapha said the late head of state was innocent of the allegation of stealing.
At least, $5 billion dollars was believed to have been lodged in various accounts abroad, belonging to Abacha and other cronies while he was the nation’s leader for five years.
But his was has now described the claim as shameful, insisting that her husband was a good man that had the interest of Nigerians in his heart.
The former first lady made this revelation in an interview she granted to mark 22 years that her husband had died.
She accused Abacha’s friend of abandoning her after he died, adding that her family have been betrayed by close relations and former allies.
They have been claiming that Abacha stole money but “How come this man was not a thief until he died.What is this amount of money after 22 years you say oh we have found this amount of money and we’re bringing it back?
It is a shame to tell lies on a dead man! It is a shame to tell lies on your leader,” she said.
She stated that nemesis will visit those that fraternize with her husband while alive but later abandoned his family because “If he had done wrong, God knows. If other people are putting the wrong on him, it is a matter of time.
They will kneel down like America is kneeling down now. Anybody that is evil will kneel down just like this corona has come to shut this world.”
Mayam said her husband was a man with good heart and doesn’t deserve the outburst against him, that Allah will reward anyone destroying the image of the late dictator.
This is because Abacha “worked in Kano and he planted Kano people, but there are people he helped a lot but they are not even greeting me now for no reason.They just hate us. But why? It is Haram and Allah is watching us.”
Buba Gladima, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC has recently claimed that Abacha deliberately kept the funds abroad to help the nation’s survive against sanctions imposed by Western allies led by the United States of America, USA.
