*Dennis Amachree Misrepresented; how He Died By Tony Eluemunor How did the former Head of State, Gen. I had focused on the answer since mid-1999 when I arrived Abuja as a Guardian newspaper correspondent intending to write a book on the presidency. Dennis Amachree, a former Assistant Director (Operations) in the Department of State Security (DSS) muddied the waters some more with his version of how the military head of State, General Sani Abacha, died.
The title of his book, “DSS @40: My Journey Behind the Shield”, does appear like an authorized institutional story as opposed to his own personal story when he related that Abacha was in bed with a female pharmacist when he suffered a heart attack. But he didn’t write the Nigerian version of “Every Spy A Prince: The Complete History of Israel’s Intelligence Community” published in 1990, containing authentic authorized stories of Israel’s under-cover ventures. Amachree told his own personal story, and he failed check what his superiors at Abuja discovered about Abacha’s death.
Here is what is wrong with Amachree’s story about Abacha: ”At approximately 2.40 am, shortly after Gen. Useni left, Abacha’s girlfriend, an Igbo lady (name withheld), arrived at the Aso Rock Guest House from the Nicon Nogs Hilton Hotel,” excerpts from the book read. “With her was her younger sister, a pharmacist who was in Abuja for a conference.
The Head of State had just bought his girlfriend a new SUV, and they decided to stop by to say hello to ‘Oga’. “Abacha was taken with the younger sister, and after a short while, the girlfriend returned to the hotel, leaving the pharmacist alone with the Head of State. “At about 4.05 am, as they were getting intimate, the pharmacist realized Abacha had stopped moving.
She called out to him, but he was unresponsive and stiff. She checked his pulse; there was none. “In a state of panic, she quickly dressed and left the guest house, telling the soldier in guard duty that ‘Oga’ had asked for a car to take her back to her hotel.
“The soldier, unaware of the gravity of the situation, promptly arranged for her transportation. She returned to the Hilton, and after telling her sister what had happened, was quickly driven to the Abuja Airport to catch the 7 a.m., Okada Airline flight to Lagos. Then Amachree interrogated the pharmacist in Lagos, as the DSS Direct…
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