Marking her father’s anniversary 15 years after he died in office,
the daughter of the late military dictator, Gen. Sani Abacha, Gumsu,
took to twitter recently to pay tribute.
She said she was still mourning and missed him dearly.
Gumsu sani Abacha
@G_sparking
Nigerian Twitter space was soon turned into a podium for debate with
some arguing that Abacha was a hero, while others vehemently disagreed
on the social network.
A tweeter user called Abiodun, tweeting via @biodunonline, reportedly confronted Gumsu, saying,
K_Abiodun “Walahi,your papa Abacha no fit afford heaven. His PA Al Mustapha has been in detention since. So is an evidence where he is now”
A Nigerian with the name, Ikhide, who
tweets via @ikhide argued, “Nigeria’s democracy has seen more
extrajudicial murders, state-sponsored looting, incompetence and
insecurity than two reigns of Gen. Abacha. If I had to choose among
Goodluck Jonathan, Olusegun Obasanjo and Abacha, I would choose Oga
Jonathan, followed by Abacha, before OBJ. My father Papalolo was
happier, safer and more prosperous under Abacha.’’
‘Mr. & Mrs. Death’ you have been unfair to Nigeria. You took Abacha
and Abiola 15 years ago and left us with more wicked charlatans.’’
death of her father on Twitter, a prolific user of the social service,
Tolu Ogunlesi, said, “That’s the lesson: That even the cruellest of
dictators have families. And are often loving and caring daddies.’’
praising Abacha as a hero on social media are youths who need to take
some history lessons. “It’s really sad to see young Nigerians praise
Abacha. It makes me fear for this country. Should the youths not be our
hope for a better tomorrow,” Edema noted.
laments, “June 4, you celebrated Kudirat Abiola as a fighter for
democracy. June 8, you now wake up to hail Abacha? Seriously? See the
disconnect?”
lamented, “If you tell me Nigeria was better under Abacha than it is
now, that’ll be because you don’t know about the time value of
corruption.
problem. How Abacha became a hero overnight beats me! I remember
vividly, by this time 15 years ago, our street in Ijeshatedo (Lagos)
erupted in jubilation, with people shouting Abacha ti ku o (Abacha has
died o!”
@biodunonline, confronted Gumsu, saying, “You and your family, return
stolen wealth of the nation,” she replied, “That’s your opinion. Allah kareem.”
