Maryam Abacha, the wife of the late Nigeria’s military Head of State, late General Sani Abacha, has said that she is used to the negative things Nigerians say about her late husband who died on June 8, 1998.
In a recent interview with BBC Hausa, the
former first lady says she has never missed the Presidential Villa after moving
out of there following her husband's demise.
In her words
“I am used to all the negative things
Nigerians have been saying about my husband, and that is a normal thing with
politicians. We are human beings, people will always say different things. Good
and bad. Look at what’s happening in Kano, and even at the national level. So
people will always talk. But when we were ruling, nobody was saying anything.
Nobody talked. So that’s governance. Every government comes with its own
pecks.''she said
Speaking further, Mrs Abacha said;
“I don’t miss anything about the Villa.
Because, you know, as a wife of a military man, we had been in different
places. My dad was a career civil servant. So even before marrying Abacha, I
had been used to staying in different parts of Nigeria. So even while with
Abacha, we were always relocating to different places. So for me being at the
Villa was just part of my usual life experience. Of course there was the prestige
that comes with being a wife of the head of state, but there were also
challenges.
You know, despite that the military aren’t
politicians in the real sense, being in the Villa was part of politics. So,
there were challenges we faced, just like every other government. But actually,
I’ve never missed the Villa.” she said.
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