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Inthecataclysmicdecadethatisthefocusofthisbook,Nigeriawas subjecttoseveralnear-deathexperiences.Thesebeganwhenthe countrynearlytoreitselfapartafterthenorthern-ledmilitary governmentannulledtheresultsofa1993presidentialelectionwonby thesouthernerMoshoodAbiola,andendedwithformermilitaryruler GeneralOlusegunObasanjobeingtheunlikelyconduitofdemocracy. Thismini-historyofanation'slifealsoreflectsonthreemesmerizing protagonistswhopersonifiedthatera.FirstupisAbiola:themultibillionairebusinessmanwhohadhiselectionvictoryvoidedbythe generalswhomadehimrich,andwhowaslaterassassinated.General SaniAbachawasthemysterious,reclusiverulerunderwhosewatch
Abiolawasarrestedandpro-democracyactivists(includingAbiola's wife)weremurdered.HealsooversawaterrifyingOrwellianstate securityoperation.AlthoughAbachaistodayreviledasatyrant,the authoreschewsselectiveamnesia,remindingNigeriansthatthey goadedhimintoseizingpower.ThethirdprotagonistisObasanjo,who emergedfromprisontoreturntopowerasanelectedcivilianleader. ThepenumbraofmilitaryrulestillloomsoverNigerianearlytwenty yearsafterthesoldiersdeparted,andkeypersonalitiesfeaturedinthis bookremainingovernment,includingthecurrentpresident. Readmore