Gen. Abacha didn’t stole govt money, wife.

In a recent TV interview marking 27 years since the death of Gen. Sani Abacha, former first lady Maryam Abacha denied long-standing allegations. that her late husband looted Nigeria’s treasury.

Abacha was Nigeria’s military ruler and commander-in-chief of the armed forces from 1993 until his death in 1998.

Maryam Abacha maintained that her husband never stole, but that his financial dealings were deliberately misrepresented.

Over the years, hundreds of millions of dollars have been recovered from foreign accounts — widely referred to as “Abacha loot” — in countries such as Switzerland, the United States, and the United Kingdom, and repatriated to Nigeria for public use.

She questioned the credibility of the claims and said the narrative around her husband has been unfair. “Why are you blaming somebody? Is that tribalism or a religious problem, or what is the problem with Nigerians?” she said during the interview.