Information
available indicates that Major Hamza Al-Mustapha may have been Promoted
to Brigadiers General. The Nigerian Army on Monday indicated that it
would likely reinstate Maj. Al-Mustapha into the service following the
dismissal of a murder suit against him. Al-Mustapha, the former Chief
security Officer to former head of state, late Gen. Sani Abacha,
regained his freedom on Friday after 14 years in detention.
A Court of Appeal, sitting in Lagos, discharged and acquitted him over an alleged conspiracy and the murder of Alhaja Kudirat Abiola, on June 4, 1996. The court had upturned a death sentence handed down on him on Jan. 30, 2013, by Justice Mojisola Dada, of a Lagos High Court.
A Court of Appeal, sitting in Lagos, discharged and acquitted him over an alleged conspiracy and the murder of Alhaja Kudirat Abiola, on June 4, 1996. The court had upturned a death sentence handed down on him on Jan. 30, 2013, by Justice Mojisola Dada, of a Lagos High Court.
