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Speaker 1: Former Nigeria Held of State, General Yakobo go One says

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he sent his wife at the middle of the night

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with a letter to burn the then held of State

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General Sani Abacha not to kill Olushagun nor Bason Joe,

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who later became two terms civilian president after the death

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of Sanni Abacha. General Yakobo go One lde this nord

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while speaking a special guest of honor at the men

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in edition of the Interdenominational Unity Christmas Carol and Praise

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Festival organized by the Plattasted government. According to News Agency

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of Nigeria NAM, the former President Olushevun of Massenger was

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also a guest of honor at the event, which General

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Yakobu go Wan damped Platasted government for organizing the ceremony

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to bring unity in the state. The former held of

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State set pleaded would led General Sanni Abacha not to

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execute former President Olushevun Obassengoe for an alleged couplot in

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nineteen ninety five, which Obasengo denied any involvement. According to

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go On, I wrote a letter to Abacha. I pleaded

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with him that God meant him a leader to do

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good and not eble. I sent my wife with the

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letter in the middle of the knight to Abacha in Abuja.

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I pleaded with him that such a thing should not happen.

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I’m glad that soon after that things changed, and not

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only that of Bassengoe left prison. He became our president

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in nineteen ninety nine. This is something that only prayers

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and sincerity can do. I am happy that today myself

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and Obasengoe are here to celebrate the unity of Plato State,

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he said. A messenger was accused by the military dictator

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General Sanni Abacha of being part of a plant could

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to overthrow his government in nineteen ninety five. Or Messenger

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had denied any involvement then. But despite denying any involvement

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and in spite of pleading innocent to the coup, Orbassngoh

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was not speled as he he was sentenced to death.

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He went on to spend three years in prison before

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he was released in nineteen ninety eight. Following the death

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of Abacha on June eighth of same year. Lbassenger left

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prison to become Nigeria’s first civilian president. After return to

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democracy in nineteen ninety nine, he led Nigeria for eight years,

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that as two consecutive terms of four years. Age General

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Yakobo Gowan was Nigeria Military Held of State from nineteen

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sixty six to nineteen seventy five. He provided leadership during

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Nigeria Biafra Ward which started nineteen sixty seven and ended

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nineteen seventy during which olushevun Or Bassenger was one of

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his major commanders at the battlefield against the Bafra forces.

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It would be recalled that in September twenty twenty three,

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former President olushevun Orbasngo said that he would not want

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a military roole in Nigeria again because of his experience

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in the hands of the let military dictator Sanny Abacha.

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Or Bason just ctated this when the Africa for African

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Youth Initiative a for a pain him a contestive visit

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at Thevolution Good or Bason Joe Presidential Library or or

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p L or Good State People’s Gazet reported that or

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Bason just said, yes, I love democracy, haven’t suffered at

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the hands of Abacha. Nigerians lets military dictator. I will

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not want a military rule, but if it has to come,

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what can we do. I will just say okay oh.

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The former president regretted that could the town would not

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be happening if not because we created the condition for it.

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The point is this, do we have conditions that encourage

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the type of things that are happening. If we don’t

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have the conditions that encourage them, they may not happen.

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That does not mean it should be encouraged. What it

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means is that we should make sure that we do

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everything to prevent schools from happening. The former president stressed

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that youth are looking for liberators and we must bear

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that in mind. Why do we have to allow the

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youth to start looking for liberators beyond the government of

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the day. Why when you see things that happen in

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many countries, and I will not exclude Nigeria, He however,

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pointed out, then you wonder and don’t forget. Don’t forget

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particularly the youth. They support most of these schools, the

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one in Gabon, the cool leader was being carried on

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the held by the youths, not by old wretched men

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and women like me. One lady, bring day, you bring

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me in A mortgage is our way