Witness History
Witness History
BBC World Service
The Death of General Sani Abacha
9 minutes Posted Jun 7, 2018 at 12:50 am.
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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