Praise by bankers and foreign investors for his bold economic reforms – ending fuel subsidies and floating the naira – rings hollow to many Nigerians struggling through the worst crisis since General Sani Abacha's junta three decades ago (AC Vol 66 No 5 Tinubu aims for Africa's top economy slot)...

Lebanese billionaire Gilbert Chagoury consigliere to General Sani Abacha and now business associate of Tinubu's secured a prime seat at the table much to the unease of some of the attendees (AC Vol 65 No 8 Abacha consigliere in storm over $11 billion superhighway linking Lagos and Calabar)...

The project is controversial because the contract was awarded without competitive bidding to Gilbert Chagoury the Lebanese billionaire and financial advisor to junta leader General Sani Abacha...

And rights and anti-corruption activists claim the political tactics used by President Bola Tinubu's government resemble the repressive rule of General Sani Abacha's junta in the 1990s...

A cheerleader for military leader Sani Abacha Shettima lacks a popular following in the region...

In its latest human rights report the United States government said: 'Tinubu appointed former Governor Abubakar Bagudu the Minister of Budget despite Bagudu's widely reported history of helping then-President Sani Abacha steal hundreds of millions of dollars from the government in the 1990s...

Two decades earlier Ibori had come to the attention of military ruler General Sani Abacha who had been determined to crack down hard on militant groups in the Niger Delta...

Once convicted in Geneva for laundering money stolen by military leader Sani Abacha and in the United States for illegal political contributions these days Chagoury is feted by France's President Emmanuel Macron and ex-US President Bill Clinton and most of all by Nigeria's Bola Ahmed Tinubu as a philanthropist (AC Vol 65 No 13 Tinubu summons the ghosts of Abacha's kleptocracy)...

' TINUBU'S FRENCH CONNECTION President Bola Ahmed Tinubu's relationship with Gilbert Chagoury started on a chilly note after the demise of General Sani Abacha in June 1998...

And it is clear that Tinubu has long dropped his concerns about working with associates of the country's last military ruler General Sani Abacha...

One of the most brazen was Nigerian former junta leader General Sani Abacha who ruled from 1993 to 1998 stealing an estimated $4bn from the country...