• Alleges govt traded her mother
• Says family might take case to
S’Court
From FRED ITUA, Abuja
The last is yet to be heard about
the recent acquittal of Major
Hamza Al Mustapha, former
Chief Security Officer (CSO) to
the late Sani Abacha by the
Appeal Court in Lagos, over his
alleged role in the assassination
of Kudirat Abiola.
Daughter of the late Kudirat and
human rights advocate, Hafsat
Abiola has fingered the Nigerian
Government, alleging that the
release of Al Mustapha was in
exchange for something she
could not identify.
The founder of Kudirat
Initiative for Democracy
(KIND) said: “We don’t know
what justice for Kudirat was
traded for, but we know it was
traded for something. Things
are meant to be traded, people
are not meant to be traded.
Nigerian lives are not to be
traded. Our government should
be accountable to us, not
negotiating away our rights in
political negotiations.”
Hafsat, whose interview was
monitored on Sahara TV at the
weekend, by Daily Sun, hinted
that her family might take the
case to the Supreme Court. “We
have to see if there were any
political negotiations that
impacted the judgment. I think
it is important for us to take this
case to the Supreme Court. We
have to give maximum
opportunity for the Nigerian
government to do the right
thing, we should give the
institutions of Nigeria the
chance to do the right thing. It
doesn’t mean that they will,”
she stated.
Hasfat said the controversial
judgment handed down by the
Court of Appeal was the last
thing her family expected after
the High Court judgment of
2012. “We were shocked, we
were angry, it was the last thing
we were expecting after the
judgment in 2012. Over the
years, everybody became quite
lax. We were not as attentive as
we ought to have been. This
trial has been going on for 10
years. At every point, Al-
Mustapha and Shofolahan
would request a stay in the
proceedings.
“Because of the delays, the
ballistics expert in the case had
died, so many of the witnesses
had passed on. The defense
team was counting on things
like these. They knew we had a
really strong case. I wonder
what was really going on behind
the scenes in terms of the
judges.
“It’s safe to say that we feel
betrayed by the political system
in Nigeria. But we’re joining a
very long queue of people, who
would feel betrayed by the
Nigerian political system. The
system expects you to give up,
to just accept that this is the
way things are.
“There is no change in any
society that comes from sitting
down and accepting the way
things are. If my siblings and I
cannot challenge the
wrongdoing on behalf of my
mother, I really don’t know who
in Nigeria can. Justice is
difficult for the common man
and now it is difficult for the
uncommon man,” she said.
http://sunnewsonline.com/new/cover/appeal-court-judgment-kudirats-daughter-hafsat-opens-up/

This woman don go grind Garri, wrap am for paper, begin smoke am.

finally, first to comment..
Btw, is it the girls family that will determine if the case is to be taken to the supreme court.

Btw, is it the girls family that will determine if the case is to be taken to the supreme court.

Who prosecuted this case sef?
Federal or Lagos state government?
If she and her family is dissatisfied with the judgment,
They can always go to the supreme court.
I doubt if the supreme court judges r corrupt.