Sani Ibrahim

Sani Ibrahim is listed as a Nigerian politician born on 1 January 1964, identified as male, with qualifications recorded as FSLC, WAEC, B. Eng Electrical, and MSC 49. He is associated with Kano, and his running mate in the 2023 Kano governorship election was Dantsho Aminu Garba.

The source text linked to this profile includes biographical material on Sani Abacha (20 September 1943 to 8 June 1998), describing him as a former Nigerian military head of state who ruled from 1993 after a palace coup until his death in 1998. It states his takeover was the last successful military coup in Nigeria and alleges widespread human rights abuses, political assassinations, summary executions, and large-scale corruption, including alleged embezzlement of US$2-5 billion and movement of funds through Switzerland, Liechtenstein, the United Kingdom, and the United States.

The same text says Abacha was born in Kano to a Kanuri family from present-day Borno State, attended the Nigerian Military Training College in Kaduna and Mons Officer Cadet School in Aldershot, was commissioned in 1963, took part in the July 1966 counter-coup, fought in the Nigerian Civil War in 1969, later commanded the 2nd Infantry Division in 1975, and became general officer commanding of the 2nd Mechanised Division and a member of the Supreme Military Council in 1983. It also says his death preceded Nigeria's Fourth Republic and that he was succeeded by General Abdulsalami Abubakar.