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former Nigeria h of state general yakobo
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Goan says he sent his wife at the middle
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of the night with a letter to build the
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then head of state general s abacha not
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to kill uun obas Joo who later became
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two Town civilian president after the
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death of s abacha General yakobo Goan
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met this known while speaking as special
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guest of honor at the meting edition of
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the interdenominational unity Christmas
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Caroll and praise Festival organized by
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the pl state government
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according to news agency of Nigeria
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Nan the former president uon obas was
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also a guest of honor at the event which
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general yakubu Goan thanked plate state
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government for organizing the ceremony
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to bring unity in the state the former
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head of state said pleaded with late
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General s abacha not to execute former
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president uun obasanjo for an alleged
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cou plot in 1995 which obasanjo denied
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according to Goan I wrote a letter to
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abacha I pleaded with him that God made
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him a leader to do good and not evil I
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sent my wife with the letter in the
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middle of the night to abacha in Abuja I
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pleaded with him that such a thing
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should not happen I'm glad that soon
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after that things changed and not only
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that obas Joel left prison he became our
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1999 this is something that only pray
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prayers and sincerity can do I'm happy
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that today myself and obasan are here to
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celebrate the unity of plate State he
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said aass was accused by the military
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dictator General s abacha of being part
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of a planned could to overthrow his
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1995 a basser had denied any involvement
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then but despite denying any involvement
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and in spite of pleading innocent to the
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coup aaser was not spelled as he was
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sentenced to death he went on to spend 3
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years in prison before he was released
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in 1998 following the death of aacha on
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June 8th of same year aaser left prison
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to become Nigeria's first civilian
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president after returned to democracy in
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1999 he L Nigeria for 8 years that is
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two consecutive terms of 4 years age
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General yakobo Goan was Nigerian
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military head of state from 196 66 to
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1975 he provided leadership during
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Nigerian beare War which started 1967
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and ended 1970 during which uun obasanjo
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was one of his major commanders at the
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battlefield against the Bea forces it
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would be recalled that in September
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2023 former president uun obas Jo said
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that he would not want a military rule
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in Nigeria again because of his
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experience in the hands of of the L
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military dictator s abacha aason just
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stated this when the Africa for Africa
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youth initiative a4a paid him a cesty
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visit at theun obas Presidential Library
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o oun State people's Gazette reported
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that obasan Jo said yes I love
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democracy having suffered at the hands
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of aacha Nigeria's L military dictator I
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will not want a military rule
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but if it has to come what can we do I
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will just say okay oh the former
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president regretted that K would not be
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happening if not because we created the
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condition for it the point is this do we
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have conditions that encourage the type
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of things that are happening if we don't
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have the conditions that encourage them
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they may not happen that does not mean
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it should be encouraged what it means is
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that we should make sure that we do
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everything to prevent CS from happening
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the former president stressed that youth
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are looking for liberators and we must
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bear that in mind why do we have to
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allow the youth to start looking for
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liberators beyond the government of the
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day why when you see things that happen
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in many countries and I will not exclude
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Nigeria he however pointed out then you
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wonder and don't forget don't forget
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particularly the youth the support most
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of these cools the one in Gabon the cool
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leader was being carried on the H by the
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youths not by old wred men and women
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me bringing you the needs in a more
