Senator Shehu Sani has recalled the life sentence imposed upon him by Nigeria deadly dictator and former Head of State, General Sani Abacha, while he was fighting for billionaire businessman, Moshood Kashimawo Abiola’s, June 12, 1993, presidential mandate, News Band reports.
Senator Sani made the recollections on Monday, the June 12 anniversary of the long lost mandate.
The Senator, who represented Kaduna Central in the eighth Senate, made the remarks on his Twitter handle, @ShehuSani, while displaying photos of him while serving jail terms in Aba Prison, Abia State, and Kiri Kiri Prison in Lagos State.
“June 12 anniversary; While I was serving a life sentence for the charges of ‘managing an unlawful society” (The Campaign for Democracy) and treason; On the left was in J-ward, Aba Prison, Abia State. On the right was in block 2 Cell, Kiri Kiri Prison Lagos.
See the photos below:
In a subsequent tweet, he listed a host of northerners who fought for June 12, including Col Dangiwa Umar, Balarabe Musa, Dr Bala Usman, Alh Ahmed Joda, Sani MFJ, Dr Jibrin Ibrahim, Col Yohanna Madaki, Gambo Sawaba, Salisu Lukman, Suleiman Ahmed, Nasir Abbas, J Danfulani, Ahmed Joda, Lawan Danbazau, Bagauda kaltho, Timothy Bonnet, James Bawa Magaji, Nasiru Kura, Abubakar Rimi (election), Sule Lamido (election), Arzika Tambuwal, Barister Aliyu Umar, Dan Suleiman, Senator Bukar Abba Ibrahim, Awesu Kuta, Senator Abba Moro, Comrade Issa Aremu, Comrade Hauwa Mustapha, Dr. Usman Bugaje and Abdulkareem Dayyabu.
See recent photos of Senator Shehu Sani with some northerners who fought for June 12 below:
Shehu Sani is a Nigerian senator, an author, playwright and a human rights activist. He is the President of the Civil Rights Congress of Nigeria -. and the Chairman of Hand-in-Hand, Africa.
