Before the oil wealth, the dark glasses, and the iron grip on power, there was a boy born in colonial Nigeria, into a nation on the brink of change. In this premiere episode, host Kiki takes us back to 1943 to unpack the political climate of pre-independence Nigeria and trace the early life and rapid military rise of General Sani Abacha.

From humble beginnings in Kano to the bloody Biafran War, and from warnings that he was "not stable enough for higher command" to becoming a key player in three separate coups, this is the story of how one man embedded himself in the very heart of Nigeria’s military and political machinery.