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Tinubu suspended a sitting governor to strong-arm him to defect. He is a dictator

This Chief Alex Ibru In 1996, Abacha sent Al Mustapha and Sergeant Rogers to kill him. Sergeant Rogers shot him in the eye on top of the Falomo Bridge in Lagos. It happened on Friday, February 2, 1996, while on his way from the Federal Palace Hotel where he went for a board meeting, he was attacked. Sergeant Rogers walked up to Alex Ibru’s side of the Car, shot at him and Alex turned sideways. The bullet hit him in his left eye and his head shifted, that was how he lost his left eye. Luckily, the right eye was saved because of that shift. Alex was rushed to St. Nicholas Hospital. “Lo and behold, Rogers found his way to St. Nicholas hospital with his team but before then, we had already placed police people to provide security on all the stairs leading to Alex’s wardroom. They were not able to do anything," He was later rushed abroad in an air ambulance. He survived but lost an eye and two fingers. Why? Because Femi Falana facilitated the release of Turner Ogboru (the brother of the financier of the 1990 Gideon Okar coup) from prison and the AG & Alex Ibru as minister in charge of Prisons approved it. 16 years later He died. This is the Abacha Peter Obi is saying is democratic? Alright. 👍🏽

Power does reveal character, but history isn’t optional. Abacha’s regime brought military dictatorship, Ogoni executions, Kudirat’s assassination, billions looted, and a gagged press with many living in fear of being locked in dungeons. Some families never recovered from the trauma and those old wounds have not healed fully. NADECO activists weren’t perfect including a few relatives of mine, but equating them as “worse” than that era romanticizes real atrocities many Nigerians suffered. Let’s critique today’s failures on rule of law and accountability across all sides, but let’s not rewrite the past to score points. I would equally frown tomorrow if someone says endsars protesters, are worse than murderous/criminal police officers. A New Nigeria needs facts, not selective memory. Let’s build Nigeria forward with truth. 🇳🇬