A former Assistant Director of the Department of State Services, Dennis Amachree, has described the regime of late military Head of State, late Gen. Sani Abacha, as one of “extreme authoritarianism and brutal repression.”
The retired intelligence officer added that Abacha’s regime was marked by widespread human rights violations and political persecution.
Amachree made the remarks in his new memoir, DSS @40: My Journey Behind the Shield, excerpts of which were published by The Nation on Tuesday.
According to the retired intelligence officer, Abacha’s five-and-a-half-year rule was characterised by arbitrary arrests, torture and extrajudicial killings.
“Abacha’s five-and-a-half-year rule was a period of extreme authoritarianism and brutal repression. His regime was widely condemned for widespread human rights abuses, including arbitrary arrests, torture, and extrajudicial killings,” he said.
He further claimed that the number of political detainees during Abacha’s administration exceeded those recorded throughout the entire British colonial era.
“The number of
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