The summary of this interview is that Abacha was right when he alleged there was a plan to overthrow him. It was not a phantom coup. Obasanjo is only lucky to still be alive today.
So after watching and listening to the interview, most of the comments here are alluding to the fact that there was a coup been planned. Obasanjo and Yar'adua were no more in service but were in an advocacy NGO group as civilians. Do you guys know what it takes to carry out a coup especially by some 'bloody' civilians? The only military man involved is him i.e Col. Bello Fadile, who had informed Abacha on what he was up to. On the other hand, the decree that created the ING wasn't annulled yet. IBB left Abacha there, it was obvious they weren't sincere about handing over to a civilian lead ING. One is called 'Maradona' and the other 'Evil genius'. The two of them had an agreement for IBB to hand over to Abacha but for the pressure mounted by the civil society which was what made IBB to step aside.
Kudos for the quality of your guest. However, you have to learn the art of interviewing. Your constant interruptions and assumptions of knowledge of the story are a distortion to the flow of the interview. It is needless to be saying 'okay' several times within the interview. It is clearly a noise. Trying to complete his statements and sometimes being wrong is appalling. You have to honestly learn how to conduct an interview.
D interviewer shouldn't have had any business in media presence if his position was rightly and competitively selected. It was so noisy by him. He is loathsome in his conduct of this interview.
Don't mind him. If he had resumed as Shonekans ADC, how could that have stopped Abacha from taking over? The interviewer should have asked him. He would probably have just been killed if he resisted.
@@ademolaadeleke2002 The ability of an ADC to truncate a coup is 50/50 not absolute and not impossible. The ADC is privy to a lot of intelligence and can easily give orders in the name of the CNC especially that this time around,the CNC is one local civilian with know knowledge of the military. If he was able to galvanize the guards brigade and some GOCs Abacha's coup could fall. However, Abacha is a master of the game, instead of his coup to fail,heads will role. Remember, colonel Bello Fadile said if he were the ADC,it probably wouldn't have happened, PROBABLY means it could and it could not. But Abacha's coup was the easiest coup in the history of Nigeria. It looked more like a drama,there wasn't tension like the one that removed Gowon or Buhari from office.
This should be continuous ,give platforms to retired military men ,it’s a lot you can learn historically,this could help up shape our today and tomorrow
General Diya played a role to pave way for Abacha and Chief Shonekan knew about what was in ahead. I am leaning on what Chief Shonekan told me. Let me keep it scanty. Unfortunately, both Abacha and Diya fell out.
Indeed, it is easy to make such a claim in hindsight. However, it is highly probable that you would have also encountered the same unfortunate circumstances and gone missing.
You guys in Nigeria should really go easy with eating these high carbohydrate foods and drinking beer, just look at this man''s stomach as if he is pregnant with tweens. This is coming from the food and not not exercising living a sedentary life lifestyle.
Abacha/IBB were the worst thing to happened to this country, we were on track on June 12th but they thwarted it and looted the country to stupor, we have not recovered since, we in Yoruba land will never support military rule again, the worst is we go our separate ways and those that want military to rule them can be allowed and those that want democracy can also have their choice.
So? Mr. man, the Abacha story is boring now. In fact as it turns out, Abacha was the fairest of those military and not-so military rulers of that failed state. He was a bit ahead of his time being relentlessly and unjustly pilloried and demonised by a tribalist press cabal. Abacha was a saint compared to what nigeria has become today.
You are wrong. They are all devils. You cannot use one to launder the image of another. Up till now Abacha loot is still being traced. He was an inordinate kleptomania! An insatiable rogue, like most of those who still later participated in civilian govt, some of whom were also his men and loyalists.
@@ademolaadeleke2002 Yeah right. You have again returned to your familiar territory- pointless sloganizing and meaningless name-calling, kleptomania bla bla bla. Was he any more of these than anyone else or are you just protecting your own while vandalising the credibility of the dead man? I repeat, Abacha was a very fair man. Under him, Nigeria was divided into six geo-political zones to ensure fair distribution of federal infrastructure, appointments and other resources and he followed the blue print even with state creation. Today government has become a tribal/family cabal even in a so-called democracy, federal character ignored, etc. Even foreign loans obtained in Nigeria's name are used to build modern railways in selected tribal enclaves and even Niger republic, a different country while the entire eastern flank is pointedly ignored. Can any of those ranting about "Abacha loot" account for the sources of their wealth today? And whatever happened to the "oil windfall" and other loot which are swept under the carpet? Besides, while others murdered their colleagues for alleged coup plotting, Abacha held them in custody including those who created and ruthlessly applied "decrees" that coup plotters should be executed. Had Abacha followed that "decree", many of those alive today would have been sent to the great beyond same day they were apprehended and nothing would have happened. Abacha was a Muslim by faith, but he welcomed the Pope to Nigeria and discharged himself creditably as a competent leader unlike today when ethnic exclusion based on religion reigns supreme with some people publicly proclaiming "Ibos will never rule nigeria". The only problem Abacha had was the absence of social media in his days which allowed his credibility to be vandalized by ethnic bigots without right of reply. But that does not mean that the man should be unfairly pilloried even in death by those who are no better than him in any shape or form.
It was crazily irrational of him to be going around setting and interim government while there's a sitting Head of State. Yaradua too misstepped the boundary by his involvement in setting up a dateline for the Head of State. Abacha was right. A coup is a coup whether by gun or by other means
Unfortunately, Nigerians that always judged based on sympathy and hatred wont learn anything. This proved how Abacha was, he set up investigation team to actually know the level of involvement before making arrest. No matter how this man tried to put it, going around mobilizing secretly on how to remove a military head of state was a coup, this man should just say there was a coup. If they had succeeded, they would have stayed in power even longer than Abacha. Obasanjo will never give this details, he will always lie, denied to play the victim. Abacha was too nice , but was always sold badly by the press by the Southern press. All those that said IBB put Abacha there to take over can now cover their heads in shame, because Abacha called the coup planners IBB boys according to Bello.
... untruthful. He should be grateful for his life. How dare anyone say the June 12 election was not concluded? Someone abridged the process, and we only needed to conclude the announcements. All of those efforts were not necessary; the illegality of annulment should have been undone.
We want civilian rules and we have gotten on,what difference has it made to the life's of an average Nigerians now?the comon man on the streets dont care who rule over them as long as they get looked after,i was a little boy when Abacha was in power,my family suffered just like what many families are suffering today even worse than during military rules.
Abacha was a very bad and ruthless leader who had no respect for the rule of law or constitutef authority. It was very wrong of him to have removed Chief Shonekan. Why did he not want to be removed?? The Nigerian highest office should not be viewed as exclusive to s certain zone or tribes within the Country. If we really want a united Country, we must respect each other's feelings. The Ibos must also be given a chance to the highest office in the Land, because they're being unnecessarily deprived and Marginalized.
@@oladelerobinson9908You are so misleading just because of tribal sentiments. This same story that was misleading then was why you thought Abacha was ruthless, and now that you have heard the truth , you still fixated. Abacha stabilized Nigeria banks created states left exchange rate at 92 dollars, and you are talking trash. Shonekun should have conduct zzzed election in 3 months if he had wanted civilians to continue
Agreed but it is not the role of the military to solve political problems. if Nigerian politicians have the courage to solve the political problems the military wouldn't have come in.
Not impressed with the questioning, constant undue interjection. Missed opportunity to get better insight. A critical question is why he believed why he thinks if he was ADC to Shonekan the resignation or take over would not have occurred.
Most of these Yoruba pretending democrats are hypocrites. They were just tribal champions. Abacha is a far better president than the Tinubu and Soyinka.
Check the functionality of your listening skills, you probably don't know how to listen well. The interviewer wasn't correcting him,he was only interjecting, which is normal in conversation. Colonel Bello Fadile was a regular combatant who spent the regular 4 years in NDA and later studied law in ABU Zaria,he did most of his military courses abroad,he is nothing close to what you have observed...i advise you check your listening skills.
See YUROBA man saving Nigeria military why he's families living UK. Have you Nigeria understood how long Nigeria and UK have planted there stolen root.
You GenZ, whenever you hear UK, you use today's situation to make judgment. In the 70s, 80s, and even early 90s, people with good job don't just japa without purpose. Most people travel for education because our Universities don't have some course of study. Can't you hear that one of his children was there when he was arrested. Maybe he has a few members of his family abroad for education reason.
@seuna.8438 Seuna brother i had him clear and claerly. ok check senson then till now we are still travelling to uk for that same mwybe project . no one has done well for that project an expertise on it and retured to nigeria an set the insutitional project in nigeria for other to learn. so that there will be reduce of westing out money just to go uk for that only project.
In his days, journey to England wasn't an achievement, anyone could travel to England...my dad's first journey to England was immediately after his school certificate exams and he was a son of a nobody.
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The summary of this interview is that Abacha was right when he alleged there was a plan to overthrow him. It was not a phantom coup. Obasanjo is only lucky to still be alive today.
Exactly
I quite agree with you
That's a fact of this interview!
THIS IS BEAUTIFUL PASTOR LAOLU, I CAN SEE YOU ARE BETTER RELAXED AND PROFESSIONAL IN THIS INTERVIEW, PLEASE KEEP IT UP AND GOD BLESS..
A very brave and intelligent soldier. I thank GOD for your life Sir. I will buy your book.
Col Fadile didn't know he was being lured into a trap by being offered Pounded yam, Bush meat and Salad 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Thank God for your life sir
So after watching and listening to the interview, most of the comments here are alluding to the fact that there was a coup been planned. Obasanjo and Yar'adua were no more in service but were in an advocacy NGO group as civilians. Do you guys know what it takes to carry out a coup especially by some 'bloody' civilians? The only military man involved is him i.e Col. Bello Fadile, who had informed Abacha on what he was up to. On the other hand, the decree that created the ING wasn't annulled yet. IBB left Abacha there, it was obvious they weren't sincere about handing over to a civilian lead ING. One is called 'Maradona' and the other 'Evil genius'. The two of them had an agreement for IBB to hand over to Abacha but for the pressure mounted by the civil society which was what made IBB to step aside.
In other words, there was a plan to unseat Sani Abacha. Simple and short! So Abacha was right after all!!
The interviewer has really done well by not interjecting at every second; he gave the guest opportunity to complete every thought
How can we go back to our formet. Nothing can bring it back.
They could have stopped him but it would have been bloody.
This interview should have continued. There are many more information, Col. Bello Rtd should dish out to the public about the coup and Abacha
Kudos for the quality of your guest. However, you have to learn the art of interviewing. Your constant interruptions and assumptions of knowledge of the story are a distortion to the flow of the interview. It is needless to be saying 'okay' several times within the interview. It is clearly a noise. Trying to complete his statements and sometimes being wrong is appalling. You have to honestly learn how to conduct an interview.
D interviewer shouldn't have had any business in media presence if his position was rightly and competitively selected. It was so noisy by him. He is loathsome in his conduct of this interview.
I agree with you
Nobody could have stopped Abacha. Period! Full Stop!
And eventually?
Don't mind him. If he had resumed as Shonekans ADC, how could that have stopped Abacha from taking over? The interviewer should have asked him. He would probably have just been killed if he resisted.
GOD stopped him
Untill an Apple came unto the scene..😏😏😏
@@ademolaadeleke2002 The ability of an ADC to truncate a coup is 50/50 not absolute and not impossible.
The ADC is privy to a lot of intelligence and can easily give orders in the name of the CNC especially that this time around,the CNC is one local civilian with know knowledge of the military.
If he was able to galvanize the guards brigade and some GOCs Abacha's coup could fall.
However, Abacha is a master of the game, instead of his coup to fail,heads will role.
Remember, colonel Bello Fadile said if he were the ADC,it probably wouldn't have happened, PROBABLY means it could and it could not.
But Abacha's coup was the easiest coup in the history of Nigeria. It looked more like a drama,there wasn't tension like the one that removed Gowon or Buhari from office.
Thank God the truth has finally come out at last.
So it wasn't a Phantom Coup after all.
Thank you for saying the truth.
There was no planning of couple by Fadile. Please listen again.
Everything thing that happen in this life has a reason
This should be continuous ,give platforms to retired military men ,it’s a lot you can learn historically,this could help up shape our today and tomorrow
Most of them are terrible people, they'd fill such forums with LIES!
Unfortunately most of them are gone now….
The mention of DMI reminds of one name that sends jittery down the spine of every Nigerian then Mr Frank Omenka
Thank you, bro!. Charles Omenka. Nigerian version of Malia Mugu of Amin's Uganda. He later fled to Brazil. Indeed, we have seen a lot in Nigeria.
He was exceptionally brilliant,even his seniors feared him,omenka was only carrying out instructions.
Colonel Frank Omenka.
Is the interviewer not listening. He is talking and you say the wrong things about what he has just said.
@@oguntuyi9286frank Omenka
General Diya played a role to pave way for Abacha and Chief Shonekan knew about what was in ahead. I am leaning on what Chief Shonekan told me. Let me keep it scanty. Unfortunately, both Abacha and Diya fell out.
How can an officer that is non combatant be ADC. Col Bello was corps of legal services
Indeed a revelation from Col. Bello Fadile
How can we get the book?
Nigerian our country is indeed in dare need of redemption.
Very interesting revelation
Being not there to stop Abatcha is the reason why you are still alive Sir 😂😂
indeed
Exactly my thoughts 😊
😂😂😂
I don't know how I survived it and u want to stop Abacha... Nonsense man
Please BELIEVE IN JESUS CHRIST AS THE SON OF THE LIVING GOD AND ACCEPT HIM AS your LORD AND PERSONAL SAVIOUR FOREVER AND EVER. ❤🎉
What has this gotten to do in this case, Mr. Fanatic?
@@abioyesulaiman9665 Everything
How can I buy a copy of the book, NINE LIVES?
Indeed, it is easy to make such a claim in hindsight. However, it is highly probable that you would have also encountered the same unfortunate circumstances and gone missing.
You guys in Nigeria should really go easy with eating these high carbohydrate foods and drinking beer, just look at this man''s stomach as if he is pregnant with tweens. This is coming from the food and not not exercising living a sedentary life lifestyle.
You're right! See the size of him? Jesssssss 😂
Abacha/IBB were the worst thing to happened to this country, we were on track on June 12th but they thwarted it and looted the country to stupor, we have not recovered since, we in Yoruba land will never support military rule again, the worst is we go our separate ways and those that want military to rule them can be allowed and those that want democracy can also have their choice.
What makes him think he would have been able to stop abacha's ambition 😂😂😂
How did col Diya get involved? His name wasn't mentioned neither was Karim Adisa mentioned.
That's a different coup attempt.
So? Mr. man, the Abacha story is boring now. In fact as it turns out, Abacha was the fairest of those military and not-so military rulers of that failed state. He was a bit ahead of his time being relentlessly and unjustly pilloried and demonised by a tribalist press cabal. Abacha was a saint compared to what nigeria has become today.
You are wrong. They are all devils. You cannot use one to launder the image of another. Up till now Abacha loot is still being traced. He was an inordinate kleptomania! An insatiable rogue, like most of those who still later participated in civilian govt, some of whom were also his men and loyalists.
@@ademolaadeleke2002
Yeah right. You have again returned to your familiar territory- pointless sloganizing and meaningless name-calling, kleptomania bla bla bla. Was he any more of these than anyone else or are you just protecting your own while vandalising the credibility of the dead man?
I repeat, Abacha was a very fair man. Under him, Nigeria was divided into six geo-political zones to ensure fair distribution of federal infrastructure, appointments and other resources and he followed the blue print even with state creation. Today government has become a tribal/family cabal even in a so-called democracy, federal character ignored, etc. Even foreign loans obtained in Nigeria's name are used to build modern railways in selected tribal enclaves and even Niger republic, a different country while the entire eastern flank is pointedly ignored. Can any of those ranting about "Abacha loot" account for the sources of their wealth today? And whatever happened to the "oil windfall" and other loot which are swept under the carpet?
Besides, while others murdered their colleagues for alleged coup plotting, Abacha held them in custody including those who created and ruthlessly applied "decrees" that coup plotters should be executed. Had Abacha followed that "decree", many of those alive today would have been sent to the great beyond same day they were apprehended and nothing would have happened.
Abacha was a Muslim by faith, but he welcomed the Pope to Nigeria and discharged himself creditably as a competent leader unlike today when ethnic exclusion based on religion reigns supreme with some people publicly proclaiming "Ibos will never rule nigeria". The only problem Abacha had was the absence of social media in his days which allowed his credibility to be vandalized by ethnic bigots without right of reply. But that does not mean that the man should be unfairly pilloried even in death by those who are no better than him in any shape or form.
True
You are very funny. So, who owns those money he saved in foreign accounts in his name. Saint indeed.
@@seuna.8438 from your comment, it shows you have no knowledge of how a government works.
Their was actually a coup
Where can I get a copy of the book?
Good job col
It was crazily irrational of him to be going around setting and interim government while there's a sitting Head of State. Yaradua too misstepped the boundary by his involvement in setting up a dateline for the Head of State. Abacha was right. A coup is a coup whether by gun or by other means
So that means there was a real coup. Interesting.
That is why Obasanjo is never to be believed. He likes covering up his sh*ts and projecting himself as innocent and blameless on every issue.
So we can finally put a face to the name………….Colonel Bello Fadile
Abacha regime was one of the best
You wouldn't have this opinion if your or any member of your family was touched by his regime.
People make statements out of ignorance. How can you say Abacha's regime is the best??
Say amen, may you and your generation experience what people that passed through the terror of abacha in Jesus' name
@@wale3739And the families of those touched by Buhari and Tinubu regime no suffer pass?
@@ricksakes1636
Abacha, Tinubu and Obasnjo na who better pass? Stop forcing everyone to buy your false tribalist narrative.
People aren't stupid.
Nice to see this guy. I have heard a lot about him. God bless him.
You would have been here for this interview
What will a common A.D.C do to stop top generals from executing a coup.
He would do a lot.
Remember as an ADC to the president.
IBB ADC stopped Dimka
ABACHA HAS TO REPORT TO ALMIGHTY GOD OMNIPOTENT HIMSELF THAT MAN TORMENT NIGERIA IN HIS TIME UNACCEPTABLE BEHAVIOUR
Even with this interview, you are still blind and deaf? How has Nigeria been without Abacha today?
U will say dat after abacha's death....honestly if he could have appeared b4 u , u would run pass bolt
Very true, you see he couldn't talk about ibb, also Nigerian government has not been able to collect anything from others except for the dead abasha
Unfortunately, Nigerians that always judged based on sympathy and hatred wont learn anything. This proved how Abacha was, he set up investigation team to actually know the level of involvement before making arrest. No matter how this man tried to put it, going around mobilizing secretly on how to remove a military head of state was a coup, this man should just say there was a coup. If they had succeeded, they would have stayed in power even longer than Abacha. Obasanjo will never give this details, he will always lie, denied to play the victim. Abacha was too nice , but was always sold badly by the press by the Southern press. All those that said IBB put Abacha there to take over can now cover their heads in shame, because Abacha called the coup planners IBB boys according to Bello.
... untruthful. He should be grateful for his life.
How dare anyone say the June 12 election was not concluded? Someone abridged the process, and we only needed to conclude the announcements.
All of those efforts were not necessary; the illegality of annulment should have been undone.
We want civilian rules and we have gotten on,what difference has it made to the life's of an average Nigerians now?the comon man on the streets dont care who rule over them as long as they get looked after,i was a little boy when Abacha was in power,my family suffered just like what many families are suffering today even worse than during military rules.
Abacha was a very bad and ruthless leader who had no respect for the rule of law or constitutef authority. It was very wrong of him to have removed Chief Shonekan. Why did he not want to be removed?? The Nigerian highest office should not be viewed as exclusive to s certain zone or tribes within the Country. If we really want a united Country, we must respect each other's feelings. The Ibos must also be given a chance to the highest office in the Land, because they're being unnecessarily deprived and Marginalized.
@@oladelerobinson9908You are so misleading just because of tribal sentiments. This same story that was misleading then was why you thought Abacha was ruthless, and now that you have heard the truth , you still fixated. Abacha stabilized Nigeria banks created states left exchange rate at 92 dollars, and you are talking trash. Shonekun should have conduct zzzed election in 3 months if he had wanted civilians to continue
I won't buy into what Col.Bello is saying. They're all bunch of birds with the same feathers
So the June 1993 election was not conclusive
😂
See the people wey spoil that country. 😮
For those who want more, go and read his memoir. Why do guys always want freebies?
😂
Laolu, always allow your guest to talk before intercepting into their message. By intervention you make your interview boring.
...was ahead..
Another Yoruba military officer sold him to Abacha for his arrest.. Na Yoruba dey do each other!!
That's a couple sirrrrr!
Nobody would have stopped abacha.. The man is just delusional
From what you are saying you trying to do a coup😂😂😂😂
Old criminals who acted less than animals in 1990s.
And they still came back to rule in 20**?
Agreed but it is not the role of the military to solve political problems. if Nigerian politicians have the courage to solve the political problems the military wouldn't have come in.
Interviewer na wa
Not impressed with the questioning, constant undue interjection. Missed opportunity to get better insight. A critical question is why he believed why he thinks if he was ADC to Shonekan the resignation or take over would not have occurred.
I love this man reality that become part of our history
Very dull journalism here, I hope Bello gets another opportunity for a proper interview.
You haven’t tell us what we need to hear pls to take this history to your grave Nigeria youth plead
STORY - STORY 😅😂😅😊😅😂
Was the period not better to this present democracy control and putting the country into economy doom.
What they cos then still generate till today. The bible says if the foundation be destroyed what can be righteous do. Thank
Dude,that was coup planning.
14:45 😅😅😅
Listen to the oral English of a journalist and a retired military officer ?
Chairman of INEC should be arrested and jailed without parole
This journalist is very interruptive and asking dull questions. Lack discerning understanding
Story
It's not interesting. Let's not talk about those illiterate that ruined Nigeria
Onye nkoyeri....mtcheww
Mtcheeeeeeeeww!!! Rubbish talk.
Joker.
See this coward😂
Most of these Yoruba pretending democrats are hypocrites. They were just tribal champions. Abacha is a far better president than the Tinubu and Soyinka.
Tell us more how gullible you are.
Take water, sorry oooo. It pained you. Sorry ooooooo
You are very correct, they planned coup and came out to say it was phantom
Is your mouth had everything at your wills to utter wants you needs to
youYyywound
Nonsense talk. Coward
😂😂😂❤
This man can’t speak ordinary English. He lacks vocabulary and eloquence and needs all the help he can get from the interviewer. So poor.
Check the functionality of your listening skills, you probably don't know how to listen well.
The interviewer wasn't correcting him,he was only interjecting, which is normal in conversation.
Colonel Bello Fadile was a regular combatant who spent the regular 4 years in NDA and later studied law in ABU Zaria,he did most of his military courses abroad,he is nothing close to what you have observed...i advise you check your listening skills.
See YUROBA man saving Nigeria military why he's families living UK.
Have you Nigeria understood how long Nigeria and UK have planted there stolen root.
You GenZ, whenever you hear UK, you use today's situation to make judgment. In the 70s, 80s, and even early 90s, people with good job don't just japa without purpose. Most people travel for education because our Universities don't have some course of study. Can't you hear that one of his children was there when he was arrested. Maybe he has a few members of his family abroad for education reason.
@seuna.8438 Seuna brother i had him clear and claerly.
ok check senson then till now we are still travelling to uk for that same mwybe project . no one has done well for that project an expertise on it and retured to nigeria an set the insutitional project in nigeria for other to learn. so that there will be reduce of westing out money just to go uk for that only project.
In his days, journey to England wasn't an achievement, anyone could travel to England...my dad's first journey to England was immediately after his school certificate exams and he was a son of a nobody.