How Sani Abacha’s Son, Abdullahi, Died

By Adesina Soyooye

Abdullahi, a son of late Head of State, General Sani Abacha, has died.

Abdullahi died in his sleep on Saturday morning.

Cause of death is not yet public, but his elder sister, Gumsu, who broke the news said Abdullahi died in the early hours of Saturday. He died in Abuja at the Abacha’s Nelson Mandela Street.

Said Gumsu in a tweet: “Innalillahi wa inna ilaihi raji’un. I lost my younger brother Abdullahi Sani Abacha.

“May Allah forgive his shortcomings and grant him jannatul firdous, Ameen. Please, include him in your prayers.”

He was aged 36 years, and was second to the late Head of State’s children with wife Maryam.

This is the second Abacha son to die. The first died in a plane crash when his father was Nigeria’s Head of State.