Sani Abacha Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ==Early life== Abacha was born and brought up in [[Kano (city)|Kano]] to a [[Kanuri people|Kanuri]] family originally from present-day [[Borno State]].<ref>{{cite web|title=20 things to remember about Abacha|url=https://www.thecable.ng/20-things-to-remember-about-gen-sani-abacha|date=8 June 2016|website=TheCable|language=en-US|access-date=24 May 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Sani Abacha {{!}} Nigerian military leader |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Sani-Abacha |website=Encyclopedia Britannica}}</ref> He attended the [[Nigerian Military Training College]] in [[Kaduna]], and was [[Commissioned officer|commissioned]] in 1963 after he had attended the [[Mons Officer Cadet School]] in [[Aldershot]], [[England]].<ref>{{cite news|date=9 June 1998|title=NEW CHAPTER IN NIGERIA: THE OBITUARY; Sani Abacha, 54, a Beacon of Brutality In an Era When Brutality Was Standard|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/06/09/world/new-chapter-nigeria-obituary-sani-abacha-54-beacon-brutality-era-when-brutality.html|access-date=6 February 2019}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page