Sacarstic:

It`s over 11yrs why did it take him so long to reveal this truth ? They are all birds of the same feather,i don`t care to know who killed who because the damage has been done, His predicament is only a lesson for those who sit and wine with evil doers. It is my earnest prayer that our current bunch of brain tumor striking politicians and sycophants within the corridors of power whose penchant for embezzlement of public fund has become uncontrollable,who will do anything to appease their boss in high places suffer the same fate like Al-mustapha. While his boss reigned he sent many to prison without the privilege of fair hearing,he should be grateful and continue to enjoy his stay in prison while the trial last,at least unlike those he sent to prison and murdered without given them the privilege of fair hearing, he has the privilege to appear in court,to be heard,for justice to be administered.  I remember the smile on his face when his  boss arranged a kangaroo court to try and kill our illustrious and intellectual son Ken Saro Wiwa. I will advice him to bury his head in shame.  As the Chief security officer to Abacha he imprisoned,killed and drove thousands of those who wanted to make the system better to exile and today he wants to be heard. He is only reaping from what he has sowed.If it is true that he has such a privilege information as he claimed,then i will be so happy because they will never let him out of prison which is my earnest prayer.God Bless Nigeria.

bashdecash:

many people in here were either young then or were busy watching channel 'O' when Almustapha revealed everything in OPUTA PANEL. he said it several times on how Abiola died after taking tea brought in by Susan rice all the way from the states.

Abdussalam ordered for the ransacking of his house and Y ghana-must-go were carted away from his house and were full of evidence to indict the powerful generals.

God save dis country, cos many of us are sentimental and dont wanna see the truth or dont wanna go with it.

1025:

i have said this many times even here on nairaland that this man knows a lot. i watched and listened to him during the oputa panel and i saw intelligence and information inside this man. ppl will always clap for him because he make his statements and back them up with vivid evidence. these top criminals are afraid of what nigerians will hear from this man.
he is used to video evidences. i saw him made a mess of diya in one of the sittings. with this new development now, they will release him and pay some good money into his account.

anointed_f:

This guy may soon be silenced by the power brokers who are speaking behind the scene.

george31:


GEJ should be prepared for a huge TASK,but should be careful in interfaring.

DAY11.:

See what am talking about? see the way aboki's full for court yesterday nor be small.
Ohhh I'm loving dis countrey!

okstol:

So Yoruba's love money reach like dis? Hmmm, person sell im bro because of dough? "Okoro man and their love for money" I dey laugh in Afenifere

okstol:

So Yoruba's love money reach like dis? Hmmm, person sell im bro because of dough? "Okoro man and their love for money" I dey laugh in Afenifere

Gayigaskia:

How come everybody disregarded BEAF first comment on this topic? Is it because he is a looser?

'I have both audio and video evidence on how Gen. Abacha and Chief Abiola were murdered. The sum of $200 million, £75 million and N500 million were withdrawn from the Central Bank to appease South-West leaders to douse the tension that arose after the death of Abiola.

Abiola would have been killed the very day Abacha died but I relocated him within the barracks and used the Strike Force to protect him from those who wanted to balance the equation'

TWELVE years after he was first arraigned before a Lagos High Court over his alleged role in the murder of Alhaja Kudirat Abiola, former Chief Security Officer (CSO) to the late General Sani Abacha, Major Hamza al-Mustapha, yesterday finally got the opportunity to open his defence and, in the process, making some damming revelations.
Al-Mustapha, who broke down in tears while being led in evidence by his lawyer, Olalekan Ojo, gave the court, presided over by Justice Mojisola Dada, a vivid account of how the late Basorun Moshood Kashimawo Olawale (M.K.O.) Abiola, who he described as a father to him, was killed in detention by some interests he refused to name “to balance the equation after the death of Abacha”.
Abacha died on June 8, 1998 and Abiola died on July 7, 1998 after taking a cup of tea in Aso Rock, Abuja during the regime of General Abdulsalami Abubakar (rtd).
al-Mustapha, in his evidence, accused Abubakar of doing everything possible to keep him in prison indefinitely.

“I have both audio and video evidence on how the late Head of State, Gen. Abacha and the late Chief Abiola were murdered. The sum of $200 million, £75 million and N500 million were withdrawn from the Central Bank to appease South-West leaders to douse tension that arose after the death of Abiola. Abiola would have been killed the very day Abacha died but I relocated him within the barracks and used the Strike Force to protect him from those who wanted to balance the equation”.

“In the course of this testimony, I wish to say that I will omit any issue that will affect the national security of the country as a serving officer of the Nigerian Army. My incarceration was as a result of a script written and acted out by former Head of State, General Abdulsalami Abubakar, to further keep me in prison. First were the events that happened after the murder of General Sani Abacha and the late Chief M.K.O. Abiola. For fear that I may divulge information that led to their death; they have to keep me in prison till date”

“I am an officer who is being persecuted. After the death of Abacha, so much happened within three days and the country was without a President or Vice President. The then Vice President, Lt-Gen Oladipo Diya, was imprisoned for staging a coup. Many senior officers wanted to become Head of State, but God gave me the wisdom and I assisted General Abdulsalami Abubakar to become President. But, this is the price I am paying for my loyalty and for assisting him”.

al-Mustapha told the court that he knew Abiola as far back as 1985 and that he was like a father to him, adding that even after the annulment of the June 12, 1993 presidential elections, he assisted him (Abiola) on several occasions to gain access to senior military officers, including Abacha.

He said on one occasion, Abiola slept and eat Amala in his house when it was late for him to go home after consultations with some senior military officers on how he could regain his mandate.
He told the court that all visitations to the late Abiola were on tape, disclosing that some people, after visiting Abiola, would come back at night to the Presidential Villa to speak against him.
The former CSO said he was at a point responsible for Abiola’s safety while he was in detention.

He said he was the one that took Rev. Jesse Jackson and former American Ambassador to Nigeria, Walter Carrington, to visit Abiola.
He claimed that he recorded the visits of several persons who were going to detention to visit Abiola with the intent to deceive him and those who went to him to have cheques signed.
According to him, it was because of this he was separated from Abiola and was consequently persecuted.
According to him, he did not order Sergeant Barnabas Jabila Msheila (Sgt Rogers) to kill Alhaja Kudirat Abiola, saying: “On several occasions, I assisted Alhaja Kudirat Abiola, Mr. Kola Abiola, Dr. Ore Falomo and his lawyers to visit him (Abiola) in prison”.
al-Mustapha claimed he had on tape the incident that happened before and after the death of Abacha and Abiola and that Abubakar and others were only after him “just to cage me”.
The accused person informed the court that he faced severe interrogation under serious torture just to break his spirit, stating that he was arrested on October 24, 1998.
Charges preferred against him were allegation of gun running from Libya, appropriating Abacha’s properties, staging a coup against Abubakar, appropriating property of 1997 coup plotters and others.
The former CSO also listed as allegation against him, extra-judicial killings perpetrated during the Abacha regime.
He claimed his accusers used several methods to deal with him, including propaganda in the media.
“I was kept in a cell with bars to the entrance, broken floors and smelly water. There was no light. I was fed once in a day. Sometimes, there was no food at all.”
al- Mustapha said he was kept in chains and, at another time, left hanging upside down.
“They used office pins to prick my head,” he said.
The former CSO said his wife, children and father were also ill treated just to get him to talk.
He further claimed that Sergeant Rogers, who initially testified against him, was very close to Abubakar who recommended him to join the Strike Force in Aso Rock.
According to al-Mustapha, Abubakar, who posted him to Enugu, also told the former Chief of Army Staff, General Ishaya Bamaiyi (rtd), to declare him AWOL (Absent Without Leave).
“That was the first time in my entire career that I was being punished,” said al- Mustapha.
He declared that at a point, Sergeant Rogers made a statement during investigation that there was no order by him to have Kudirat Abiola killed.
The statement was admitted as evidence by the judge, despite objection by the lead prosecution counsel, Lawal Pedro (SAN).
The trial continues tomorrow.
Justice Dada had last month ordered al-Mustapha and Alhaji Lateef Sofolahan, the other accused person, to open their defence in their trial for Kudirat’s murder on June 4, 1996.
In a ruling on a no-case submission filed on their behalf by their counsel, Justice Dada had ruled that the men needed to explain what they knew about the allegations levelled against them.
The trial judge, however, acquitted and discharged former Head of Aso Rock Mobile Unit, Mohammed Rabo-Lawal, who was the second defendant in the matter.


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