Abacha jr. Dies In Air Crash!
har...@hulaw1.harvard.edu
Does anybody has further information about the others in the doomed
flight or aircraft?. Can anyone confirm to me whether the first child
bears another name like "Lado", or "Nalado", or something like that?.
On Thu, 18 Jan 1996, Rahmon Olufemi Momoh wrote:
> even though we might have deep resentment for the dad... i hope his (and
> other victims) soul rest in peace.
>
> tragic death is not good for anyone... hope this sad incident makes a
> possible impact in abacha's life.
>
> again, may their souls rest in perfect peace...
>
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> LAGOS, Jan 18 (Reuter) - Nigerian ruler General Sani Abacha's home was
> thronged by mourners on Thursday after his eldest son was killed in a plane
> crash, witnesses said.
>
> ``The family compound is filled with sympathisers,'' said Alhaji Musa, a
> lawyer in the northern Nigerian city of Kano where the presidential plane
> crashed on Wednesday night killing 14 people including Ibrahim Abacha.
>
> He added that people had been flocking since daybreak to the house on
> Ibrahim Taiwo Road in Fagge part of Kano.
>
> The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reported that the military administrator
> of Kano State, Colonel Mohammed Wase, had declared Thursday and Friday public
> holidays in the state to mourn the late Ibrahim Abacha.
>
> An official statement in Kano urged the people, especially civil servants
> to use the occasion to pray, NAN reported.
>
> Family sources said the body of the younger Abacha would be taken to the
> palace of the Emir (traditional chief) of Kano for Moslem prayers and burial
> later on Thursday.
>
> Other casualities of the crash included Bello Dangote, a member of a Kano
> family that dominates the sugar trade in Nigeria, Musa said.
>
> Officials at the Aso Rock presidential villa in the capital Abuja in
> central Nigeria said the incident shocked the country's leaders but had no
> immediate information on the Abacha family itself.
>
> The independent Lagos television station DBN reported that the crash
> happened on the outskirts of Kano and that all 14 people on board were
> members of the Abacha household.
>
> Airport sources said the plane was from the presidential fleet but
> declined to give details pending the outcome of an official investigation.
>
> They said it had been travelling from Lagos, the main business centre in
> southwest Nigeria, and it crashed a few minutes before it was to land at its
> destination.
>
> ``The cause of the accident is not yet determined and the bodies have
> been evacuated from the wreckage,'' said a source at Kano airport.
>
> The younger Abacha, the first of the military ruler's 10 children, was a
> 28-year-old businessman in Kano, the family's hometown.
>
> He was educated at the University of Maidugari in northeastern Nigeria
> and official sources said he was involved in several business activities,
> including aviation.
>
> There were four plane crashes in Nigeria last year that caused
> fatalities.
>
> Abacha took power in November 1993 in the aftermath of chaos that
> followed the annulment of a presidential election to restore democracy.
>
> He has faced a series of problems since then including strained relations
> with Western countries over the hanging last November of nine minority rights
> campaigners for murder in defiance of worldwide appeal for clemency.
>