18 Nov 2006

CRUELTY OF LEADERS IN AFRICA

Africa as a cotinent have seen many leader that come into politic power and cause canage and mayhem to its indigeous society.the share cruelty of many of the leaders have been documemnted for all to see , but it seem to not affected the injustice that takes place on a daily bases. leader such Samuel Doe of Liberia, Gen. Sani Abacha of Nigeria, Foday Sankoh of Sierra Leone have all played their roles in causing havoc. Tryants

Gen. Sani Abacha of Nigeria

General Sani Abacha, military officer and Nigerian head of state, was born on 20th September 1943 in Kano, Kano State in Nigeria. Abacha attended school in his home state before joining the army and enrolling at the Nigerian Military Training College in Kaduna (1962-63). Abacha's regime enforced its rule through the arrest, imprisonment and execution of dissenters, press censorship and the development of a police state. Amongst the more notable individuals detained by the regime were Chief Abiola, the would-be head of state who died in prison in July 1998; former head of state Olusegun Obasanjo; and environmentalist and journalist Ken Saro-Wiwa who was executed in 1995 despite intense international demand for his release. Saro-Wiwa was killed with eight other Ogoni colleagues from Nigeria's oil rich region who objected to the government's oil policies. Abacha's control of the army was maintained by purging army officers. A former vice president and army officer, Shehu Musa Yar'Adua, was also to die, in prison, in 1997.Sani Abacha amassed alot of wealthy for exploiting the countrys oil money ane purging in the national treasury for personal use.click here Tyrant

Foday Sankoh of Sierra leone

But what started as a high-minded idealistic movement to rid Sierra Leone of its military-backed corrupt politics quickly degenerated into a movement dominated by young and impoverished men seeking opportunities to loot the countryside and enrich themselves. They adopted methods of political banditry of stunning cruelty, specialising in terrorising communities by hacking off limbs of civilians, and abducting, raping and killing much of the rural younger generation.

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I think that the African societies have wake from the slobber of accepting leader has the come and stop the transition in power before it's to late

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