The former First Lady questioned the basis of the allegations, asking, “Who is the witness of the monies that were being stashed? Did you see the signature or the evidence of any monies stashed abroad?”
Maryam Abacha, widow of former military Head of State, General Sani Abacha, has denied long-standing accusations that her late husband looted Nigeria’s wealth, insisting there is no credible evidence supporting such claims.
Speaking during an interview on TVC on Sunday, the former First Lady questioned the basis of the allegations, asking, “Who is the witness of the monies that were being stashed? Did you see the signature or the evidence of any monies stashed abroad?”
She further claimed that funds her husband kept for Nigeria mysteriously disappeared after his death. “And the monies that my husband kept for Nigeria, in a few months, the monies vanished. People are not talking about that,” she said.
Mrs. Abacha criticised the continuous focus on her husband’s regime nearly three decades after his death, adding, “Twenty-seven years ago, and you are still talking about Abacha. He must be very powerful and loved by Nigerians.”
She dismissed claims of looting and questioned national unity, saying, “Because Nigerians are fools, they listen to everything.”
Calling for tolerance and fairness, she concluded, “We are all human beings, for goodness sake. All these wahala should stop.”