Sani Abacha Mistress Confession: He Died on Top of Me

The woman who was present with late Nigerian military ruler General Sani Abacha on the night he died has given a firsthand account that is both startling and historic. 

The Sani Abacha mistress confession, now documented through a retired security operative, reveals that the former Head of State died during a sexual encounter in the early hours of June 8, 1998, at the Aso Villa in Abuja — not through poisoning or political foul play as many had long suspected.

Retired Department of State Services (DSS) operative Dennis Amachree disclosed the account in his newly released 348-page memoir titled DSS @40: My Journey Behind the Shield. 

Amachree, who served as Assistant Director of Operations and Intelligence at the Lagos State SSS Command at the time of Abacha’s passing, said his team tracked down the woman — an Igbo pharmacist — after she boarded the first available flight from Abuja to Lagos following the incident. He personally interrogated her. 

The moment she sat before him, he recalls, her opening words were: “I did not kill him, he died on top of me.”

Amachree places the time of death at approximately 4:05 am and confirms that medical evidence pointed to a coitus-induced cardiac arrest, meaning Abacha’s heart failed him during the intimate encounter. 

“The lady pharmacist’s account remains the true position, and puts an end to the conspiracy theories and half-truths that have gone viral,” he wrote in the memoir, further stating that any contrary narrative is an act of deceit and a disservice to Nigerians.

Abacha ruled Nigeria from November 1993 until his sudden death in June 1998 at the age of 54. 

His exit from power under unexplained circumstances had fueled decades of speculation, with theories ranging from deliberate poisoning to political assassination. 

The Sani Abacha mistress confession, preserved in Amachree’s memoir nearly three decades later, now offers what the retired operative describes as the definitive account of that night — one that came directly from the only other person in the room. 

After her debriefing, the pharmacist was immediately flown back to Abuja, and the matter remained sealed within intelligence circles until the book’s release.