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<p>On Monday June 8 1998 Nigerians woke up to a rumour about the death of Nigeria&#8217;s Head of State late General Sani Abacha.</p><div class="sASInwRB" style="clear:both;float:left;width:100%;margin:0 0 20px 0;"><script async src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script>

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<p>His sudden death on June 8 1998 shock many Nigerians because Nigerian Government delayed the announcement of his death .</p>
<p>Foreign media stations like the BBC and CNN speculated about the death of Nigeria&#8217;s helmsman saying Nigeria&#8217;s Head of state may have died.</p>
<p>But Radio Nigeria officially announced the death of General Abacha around 6 PM before his burial in Kano on the night of June 8.</p>
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<p>By then Nigeria does not have a number of media stations unlike what is obtained today.</p>
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<p>But some attributed the delay due to security reasons so that some dissident troops may not seize the opportunity to forcefully take over the government.</p>
<p>His succession was trailed with controversies as the Provisional ruling council refuse to decide till after the burial of the General in Kano.</p>
<p>Those that were on the line of succession were Lieutenant General Balarabe Haladu,Major General Ishaya Rixi Bamaiyi.</p>
<p>Others are Lt General Jeremiah Timbut Hussein and General Abdul salami Abubakar.</p>
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<p>But the succession fell on General Abubakar who was the Chief of Defence Staff and third in the hierarchy of in the Provisional ruling council.</p>
<p>The second in command was the chief of General Staff ,Lt.Gen Oladpo Diya who was convicted after planning to overthrow General Abacha around late 1997.</p>
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