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Ibrahim Sani Abacha

Eldest son of General Sani Abacha; died January 1996 in a plane crash.

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1996

Ibrahim Sani Abacha

Eldest son of General Sani Abacha; died January 1996 in a plane crash.

1000reasons.voteUS Department of Justice (2013) — Civil Forfeiture Complaint, Case No. 1:13-cv-01832-JDB

What happened

Eldest son of General Sani Abacha; died January 1996 in a plane crash. Named in US DOJ civil-forfeiture filings as a co-conspirator in the Abacha-era security-votes fraud and the offshore-company setup with Atiku Bagudu — alleged to have participated in the conspiracy to steal and launder hundreds of millions from the Nigerian government. Death occurred mid-conspiracy; the conspiracy continued under his younger brother Mohammed Abacha. (Status `alleged`: named in a credible-outlet allegation; no in-life prosecution because of his 1996 death.)

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