I'm a Cameroonian and I've never been to Nigeria, but this documentary is so well put together that it had me glued to my phone's screen for as long as it played! This is so fascinating!
Your channel should be played for all students so they know the rot that has begat this nation. This is a wonderful piece and I am glad I found your page
I was an Army Officer in Ghana and retired as a Captain in 2000, this story as narrated was one of our promotion exams current affairs, thanks for sharing this story. I pray for healing and true reconciliation in Nigeria.
Nigeria is a common mistake by our forefathers, I'll never regret saying this. Africa is grace-land, but we use self-interest to kill our own lives and the future of our generations, this is pathetic I always think more than twice before I tell people that I came from Nigeria, a country that God blesses, but look at what our madness leaders turn us to...
This made me really emotional. I have to give it to you Bisi. I was born shortly after Abacha passed, always heard stories but this puts everything in a clearer light. We have so much to heal in Nigeria, a lot. I hope this video goes round enough for us all to see the real truth
I wonder why History is no longer thought in Our schools. I had goose bumps knowing such tragic events happened in my beloved country and i never got to learn about it in over 28 years of my life
Because they don’t want us to know how our problem started and we can’t solve the problem without knowing how it started ☹️ this people want to be in power forever that way same people keep contesting for power every time most especially the northerners they don’t even want their people to be educated so they can over power and use them
So despite western sanctions on Abacha and his associates, he still was able to hide embezzled monies in countries like France, Switzerland, Jersey, and the UK? VERY Interesting.
I am short of words! I was glued to our green colored TV at the time with my dad, when abacha annulled the 1993 election ! I was 14 years old at the time! It was a sorrowful day
I was still a 5 year old boy when abacha was president and yes I stayed till the end of the video Thanks for taking me down memory lane, it’s time to enlighten Gen Z about our history, our future is in Their hands & Nigeria will be blessed again 🔥🙏🏾
I loved this! Another banger. Impeccably researched, beautifully presented, and engaging throughout. So wonderful to see back-to-back uploads of such quality. Amazing work, Kema!
I love history….I didn’t have the chance to attend the university, so it’s either I read online or get a video like this with good narration and insight. I’m glad I found this channel
God bless you bro bisi. You're a rare gem to this generation. These historical videos will live and help generations coming know more as it is helping ours now. You'll definitely have your flowers soon cuz u know your onions. Thanks again, God bless
As thankful as I am that this informative video was made (thank you Bisi), I felt immense sorrow to the point of deep tears. I was a child while these events unfolded, those were really dark days. Seeing how far we've come and where we are still, I can't help but ask "when will my people be free?" Sigh.
I remember the oil workers strike that had to make us trek for miles to get firewood and sawdust to cook. There was this morbid fear of Abacha as anyone who was critical of this government risked imprisonment and death. People dared not talk against him in public. I still remember the wide spread jubilation on the streets after he the announcement of his death. How bad can one be for one's death to cause joy in others Very dark times it was for Nigeria. This channel should be made compulsory for youths for them to know what happened in their country Because as I see it, we are still going round in circles. The same issues then are still very present now Best channel so far. God bless
Kudos to you for this well researched documentary. It really brought me to tears knowing what Nigeria could have become if not for the succession of terrible leaders that we've had. Babangida was really selfish and brought this whole mess upon the country. I will never understand why these current presidential candidates still seek his endorsement.
You won't really appreciate how great his work is until you watch his documentary on the Nigeria civil war,it is a 1:10mins documentary with exceptional details on all that needs to be known about the civil war,so perfectly documented and presented that you won't even realise u have been glued to your screen for over 1hr,great job bro u re goin places
God bless you. I heard the first few sentences and subscribed straight. We cannot over emphasise how hopeless these men were and the damage they caused our dear country and it's people. The narrative that IBB and Abacha and OBJ are heroes should be met with stern disapproval. I was in primary 5 when Buhari was first president. I am almost 50 and he is still the freaking president.
This is a very well done documentary. As a young kid in those times, this video took me way back and made me quite emotional. I also found it very insightful. Thanks for the wonderful work on this. Kudos!
Bisi chanel deserves 1millon subscribers, and lots of views. The videos are so entertaining and passing quality messages, not even taught in modern schools, thanks for taking your time to do something of value your sister cares 😍🤗🌚🥰
This is channel is straight to the point and makes one understand history in an interesting way..being Zambian i always wondered why the 90s was so turbulent for Nigeria
the main reason form the turbulence is GREED the northern people always hunger for power, they are very corrupt, which was later revealed by the discovery of huge loot by abacha many of the looted fund are still been recovered till today
Wow, wow, wow!!!! Yours is certainly one for the archives. You did know your onions through and through. Kudos man. I truly enjoyed it. Its a crash but highly factual account of some of Nigeria's most tumultuous period. Every Nigerian especially those still growing up should watch this. Thanks so very much.
Nigeria is worst today than when general sani was the ruler of Nigeria. Nigeria need an iron fist dictator like late General Sani Abacha, he was corrupt and very brutal dictator like all Africans military dictator. I met general sani in 1988, he gave me a gift I was a child.
Mahn, the soundtrack around the 19:30 mark had me in my feels; it really delivers the tragedy of the situation. Same goes for all the images and clips. Great job Bisi 👏🏽👏🏽
Great job! 👍 However, I beg to submit that the effects of PTF is still being felt in Hospitals and Higher Institutions. The PTF (Not PTDF) bought vehicles for higher institutions and some of the hospital equipment are still carrying the PTF logos. In the end, I hope you'll also do another video on what was done on what happened to the so-called Abacha loots.
Same celebration will happen times ten when Buhari finally leaves this earthly realm straight to hell to dine with the devil and his minions...Adolf Hitler, Josef Mengele, king Leopold, Margaret Thatcher, Elizabeth, George Bush, Mobutu Sese Seko, Blaise Campaore etc
For me it was the killing of ken Serawiwa and Kudrat Abiola that was most troubling. Abacha's reign in Nigeria were dark days. Not to talk about the insane amount of corruption.
Those three events marked the darkest era of the Sani Abacha Regime.Well analysed and on point indeed. Also get me some biscuits for me to enjoy this evening August 28 2022.
With the current optimism surrounding Peter Obi's proposed rule (just like it did during M.K.O. Abiola's time), I'm afraid... I hope history doesn't repeat itself, I just hope 🙏🏾😥
Omo, late Gen. Abacha really looted Nigeria's treasury that even today, most of the money recovered and returned is helping Nigeria to offset some of their debt. Also to mention that Abacha's rule produced the longest ASUU strike of close to 2 years, the worst ever. In my own opinion, even if Babangida did not annul the June 12 elections, i think Abacha would still had overthrown the civilian rule, because he was then the highest ranking commander of the army and this phenomenon had happened in the past when Buhari overthrew the then Shagari rule. But in conclusion, Abacha's rule was very scary as i can remember as very little as i was then, on hearing his death, great jubilation broke out across my neighborhood of Ebute meta and beyond. Continue to rest in peace MKO Abiola and Ken Saro Wiwa as the struggle for a new and better Nigeria continues.
Look if Abacha intended to take over he would have done so easily but he stood by the interim government until the situation in the country got worse. Prominent people from the south came out begging him to remove the interim government even at its inception. He never went abroad for medical treatment, he increased the price of fuel and used the money for infrastructural development building schools, roads, access to water, hospitals etc across the country evenly. He stabilized the naira, reduced inflation and reduced Nigerias debt all under sanctions and you have the temerity to label him evil and corrupt? He never left the country except to one or 2 African countries.
@@mamudamin501 God bless you. This video is the first I've watched that at least highlighted the goods done by Abacha but nobody ever wanted anybody to know anything good in Abacha's regime that was why OBJ's first move was to dissolve the PTF chaired by Buhari at that time. Unfortunately, Nigerians only like publicising the bad about everything instead of the good.
What I see here is general babangida knew what will happened before he took the decided to null the election but everything clear in front of Almighty God ,between Mko - Abacha & Babangida and this country.
truly when you get time to revisit our past, some of the occurrence are mesmerizing while others are shocking and disturbing...Anyway, thanks for enlightening us. I'm Kenyan.
Great Job on this video! We need more of these videos. This will help a lot of us understand where we are coming from and the evil that has been done in the time past. Great job! 💪🏿💪🏿💪🏿
Weldone Bisi... I will suggest you do a series on the impact of the cabal ruling Nigeria since 1966... You can also throw in some insights as to why history was erased from our secondary schools
I will never forget that afternoon when the news broke out that Ken Saro Wiwa had been executed. What a very sad day for nigeria. The skies turned grey, and the sadness , was intense. 😢😢😢
Amazing video. Abacha is definitely in that top-tier of awful leaders on this tragic continent. Not top of the table like Charles Taylor, Idi Amin or Mobutu, but in that same Prem division. Sadly, even the Championship & League One level of brutal African leaders is pretty grim!😔
Observation: 1) Nigeria NEVER had Dictatorship. Perhaps, military 'aristocracy.' 2) Babangida's regime favored Abiola by banning other veritable politicians minus Abiola. Hence Abiola defeated a relatively unknown Tofa (newly imported from London but of Nigerian heritage). 😉 . Realistically, that election process was free but unfair. They annulled under 'pressure'/ inevitable impending coup. MKO himself assumed he was well connected to the military regime to be banned or disqualified like previous politicians 🤔. 3) By a stroke of luck Shonekan's administration ironically represented a true 'made in Nigeria' fair and balance government. However Nigerian political elites then preferred a 'mirage' but ideal (though not quite suitable) American style 'Democracy'. That has proven elusive. I welcome a rejoinder!
You are a rare Nigerian. Nigerians don't look at issues like you do, they just analyse either based on the white man's understanding or on their own ethnicitical sentiments. I salute your independent reasoning
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