Tag: Al-Mustapha
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2023: Court affirms judgment sacking Al-Mustpha, others as AA candidates
A Federal High Court (FHC), Abuja, on Thursday, rejected an application to set aside its Nov. 4 judgment recognising the candidates produced by Dr Adekunle Rufai Omo-Aje-led leadership of the Action Alliance (AA) party. Justice Zainab Abubakar, in a ruling, held that the application filed by Kenneth Obidiche Udeze-led factional leadership lacked merit.
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Why I joined politics in 2019 – Al Mustapha
Maj. Hamza Al Mustapha, Chief Security Officer (CSO) to late military head of state, Gen. Sani Abacha, says he decided to join politics in 2019 to create opportunities for Nigerian youths to actualise their potential. Al Mustapha said this when he spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Abuja. “I created…
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For the records: Abacha was a thief, Buhari gave wrong evidence, Al-Mustapha is a liar (Pt. 1) – Godwin Etakibuebu
By Godwin Etakibuebu THIS THING IS GOOD My dutiful responsibility in this exercise is very simple. It is to keep the records straight so that we can be often reminded of what actually happened in Nigeria at a particular time and the role-play of individual personae dramatis associated with events of such times. Today, we…
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‘Repatriated cash looted by successors, not Abacha’
The $318,460,329 due to be repatriated from the United States (U.S.) and Jersey was not stolen by former Head of State, the late Gen. Sani Abacha, his ex-Chief Security Officer, Major Hamza Al-Mustapha, has said. According to him, the loot was taken from the public till and hidden abroad in the late Abacha’s name by…
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2019: Al-Mustapha cleared by INEC, to contest against Buhari, Atiku, others
The Independent National Electoral Commission has cleared Hamza Al-Mustapha, a former chief security adviser to the late dictator, Sani Abacha, to run for president on the platform of the Peoples Party of Nigeria (PPN). Al-Mustapha, who retired as a major from the Nigerian Army, is remembered for his unsavoury role in the dark days of…
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Why I may consider running for president in 2019 – Al-Mustapha
Hamza Al-Mustapha, former Chief Security Officer to late Head of State, General Sani Abacha, says he will join the presidential race if prevailed upon by Nigerians to do so. Al-Mustapha, a retired major, gave the indication Wednesday in Kaduna in an interview shortly after a meeting with United Christian Leaders Eagle Eye Forum which backed…
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Al-Mustapha speaks on controversial Abacha loot, blasts EFCC
Major Hamza Al-Mustapha, the ex-Chief Security Officer to late maximum ruler, Gen. Sani Abacha, said on Wednesday the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is not fighting corruption but chasing shadow. He also denied knowledge of the controversial “Abacha loot.” Al-Mustapha spoke during an interactive session with the Christian community, under the auspices of United…
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I did not kill Abiola’s wife, Kudirat – Al-Mustapha insists
The former Chief Security Officer to the late head of state, Gen. Sani Abacha, Major Hamza Al-Mustapha (retd.), on Saturday, insisted that he knows nothing about Abiola’s wife, Kudirat’s death. He noted that if he had been guilty of all allegations against him, his conscience would not allow him to speak about what happened in…
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Kudirat’s murder: S’Court grants LASG leave to appeal against Al-Mustapha’s acquittal
The Supreme Court on Thursday granted Lagos State leave to appeal against acquittal of Major Hamza Al-Mustapha of the murder of Alhaja Kudirat Abiola. The Court of Appeal, Lagos Division on July 12, 2013 acquitted Al-Mustapha of the murder charge. Kudirat was a wife of the presumed winner of the June 12, 1993 presidential election,…