Dennis Amachree, a former assistant director of the Department of State Services (DSS), has shared his account of the final moments of Sani Abacha, ex-head of state.
Abacha was Nigeria’s military ruler from November 1993 to June 1998.
His passing on the throne has been shrouded in controversy and conspiracy theories.
Accounts of human rights abuses and an iron-clad rule continue to trail the Abacha era.
AMACHREE’S ACCOUNT
According to The Nation, Amachree gave his version of Abacha’s final moments in his new book titled: ‘DSS @40: My journey behind the shield’.
Amachree, who was assistant director of operations and intelligence at the Lagos DSS command at the time of Abacha’s demise, said the late military leader passed on in the presence of a lady during an intimate affair, around 4:05am, at the presidential villa in Abuja.
He added that the lady fled
