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In the case of Nigeria, the government of the military dictator General Abacha is a good example.
An African Voice 2000
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In the case of Nigeria, the government of the military dictator General Abacha is a good example.
An African Voice 2000
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In the Ivory Coast, President Henri Konan Bedie called Abacha one of Africa's "most ardent architects of economic integration."
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Soyinka called Abacha's death "an opportunity for Nigerian civic society, an opportunity for the Nigerian military, and an opportunity for the international community."
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According to data by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, and the World Bank, initiative called the Stolen Asset Recovery (Star) It was reported that Nigeria recovered $1.3 billion, money stolen and stashed away in Switzerland and domestic institutions in Nigeria by the brutal dictator General Sanni Abacha who looted $5 billion from the country's treasury.
Ademola Bello: Nigeria At 50: How Corruption and Religiously Brainwashed Followers Undermine Progress Ademola Bello 2010
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According to data by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, and the World Bank, initiative called the Stolen Asset Recovery (Star) It was reported that Nigeria recovered $1.3 billion, money stolen and stashed away in Switzerland and domestic institutions in Nigeria by the brutal dictator General Sanni Abacha who looted $5 billion from the country's treasury.
Ademola Bello: Nigeria At 50: How Corruption and Religiously Brainwashed Followers Undermine Progress Ademola Bello 2010
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Thanks to Saro-Wiwa, Shell and other foreign oil firms drew a lot of criticism for working in the region and with the Abacha regime.
Nigeria at 50 Roger Bate 2010
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Mr. Zellweger described legal tactics Swiss authorities used in past asset-recovery cases, particularly in the return of $700 million belonging to former Nigerian leader Sani Abacha.
Tracking Assets in the Arab Spring Deborah Ball 2011
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MEND and other oil-related crime groups rose out of the 1990s human-rights abuses perpetrated by the dictatorship of General Sani Abacha, which were largely ignored by the international community.
Nigeria at 50 Roger Bate 2010
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It has never been established whether Saro-Wiwa ordered that pipelines be punctured, but Abacha had him arrested on a variety of trumped-up charges and executed anyway, along with seven regional leaders.
Nigeria at 50 Roger Bate 2010
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