Mohammed Abacha shi ne babban dan tsohon shugaban mulkin soja na Najeriya, marigayi Janar Sani Abacha da Maryam Abacha. A lokacin mulkin mahaifinsa na soja, Mohammed Abacha yana da hannu dumu-dumu wajen wawure gwamnati. Wani rahoto na farko wanda riƙon ƙwarya ta Abdulsalam Abubakar ta buga a watan Nuwamba shekarar 1998 ya bayyana aikin. Sani Abacha ya faɗawa mai ba shi shawara kan harkokin tsaro Ismaila Gwarzo ya ba shi takardun neman kudi na bogi, wanda Abacha ya amince da shi. Kudin galibi ana tura su ne da tsabar kudi ko cak na matafiya daga Babban Bankin Najeriya zuwa Gwarzo Kuncnoni, wanda ya kai su gidan Abacha. Daga nan Mohammed Abacha ya tsara yadda za a karkatar da kudin zuwa asusun kasashen waje. An fitar da tsabar kuɗi dala biliyan 1.4 ta wannan hanyar. Kamar mahaifinsa da mahaifiyarsa, an ambaci Mohammed Abacha a cikin zamba 419 . "The Perfect Mark," The New Yorker An gurfanar da Abacha gaban kotu