Monday, 30 January 2012

Al-Mustapha Sentenced To Death By Hanging


A Lagos State High Court sitting in Igbosere has sentenced Hamza Al-Mustapha, former Chief Security Officer to late dictator, Sani Abacha, to death by hanging. Al-Mustapha and one Lateef Shofolahan have been standing trial for over twelve years, for the murder of Kudirat Abiola, wife of the winner of the June 12, 1993 presidential election, Moshood Abiola.

Al-Mustapha was accused of ordering Sgt Rogers to kill Kudirat, who was shot dead on June 4, 1996 along the Lagos/Ibadan Expressway, Lagos toll gate, opposite Cargo Vision, Ikeja in Lagos.The prosecution also accused Shofolahan, who was said to have been Kudirat’s protocol officer, of revealing the deceased’s itinerary to her assailants

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