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The Death of General Sani Abacha

07/06/2018 GMT

BBC World Service - Witness History, The Death of General Sani Abacha

Nigeria's military ruler died suddenly in June 1998.

Nigeria's military ruler, General Sani Abacha, died suddenly of an apparent heart attack on 8 June 1998. In 2015 Alex Last spoke to the general's personal doctor, Professor Sadiq Suleiman Wali.  

Photo: General Abacha in 1997. Credit: AFP/Getty Images

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