The Director of the Abuja School of Social and Political Thoughts, Sam Amadi, has raised concerns over the absence of official autopsy reports on the deaths of former military Head of State, General Sani Abacha, and former Attorney General of the Federation, Chief Bola Ige.
Speaking on Tuesday in an interview with Arise Television, Amadi said the lack of official closure has fueled conflicting narratives about the circumstances surrounding their deaths. His comments followed claims by former DSS Director, Dennis Amachree, that Abacha died during intercourse with a female pharmacist, an account later refuted by Abacha’s former Chief Security Officer, Major Hamzat Al-Mustapha (rtd), who insisted he had CCTV footage of the incident.
Amadi stressed that the absence of verified medical reports has left room for speculation. “The real question is why don’t we have official autopsy till today? Now Abacha is dead and we have different persons providing different narratives. This is a national tragedy,” he said.
He added that Nigeria’s failure to investigate and document the deaths of prominent figures undermines historical accountability. “Look at Bola Ige, he died and we don’t have proper narratives of how he died. People are writing all kinds of things because there is no official autopsy,” Amadi noted.
According to him, the culture of secrecy around such deaths perpetuates myths and taboos, preventing the country from building a factual historical record.
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