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Abdulazeez Abubakar
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NOBODY REMAINS IN POWER FOREVER
In the 90's under Gen. Sanni Abacha, there were the very famous and feared Bamaiyi brothers, Musa the senior, and Ishaya junior, from Kebbi state, and were referred to as the Zuru Generals. They were the first Generals from same parents at the same time in the @HQNigerianArmy. While Musa was a Muslim, Ishaya was a Christian.
Musa rose to National prominence when he was appointed Chairman of the @ndlea_nigeria by Gen Sanni Abacha in 1995. He was a no nonsense General who revolutionalised that agency. It was under his tenure as NDLEA Chairman that the late afro beat King, Fela Anikulapo-Kuti was arrested on the allegations of illegal drugs, alongside about 100 others, when the NDLEA raided his shrine on January 14, 1997. Unfortunately, Gen. Musa died on the 17 of April, 2007 at just 58. Ishaya on the other hand, was Commander, Lagos Garrison Command, until Abacha appointed him Chief of Army Staff (COAS) in 1996. He was reputed to be one of the Abacha bad boys. He was accused of the attempted murder of @GuardianNigeria newspaper publisher, late Alex Ibru, on Feb 2, 1996. and was later charged by the Obasanjo Government on recommendation of Oputa panel, after his retirement in 1999, alongside Abacha's former CSO, Maj. Hamza Al-Mustapha and others. They were in detention for 9 years until they were discharged and acquitted on April 2, 2008.
During the era these 2 brothers were in power, they were hardly a time you tune in your radio and don't hear either of their names. The Bamaiyi Brothers, Zuru General's.
