The Nigerian Army on Monday indicated that it would likely reinstate Maj. Hamza Al-Mustapha back 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 in 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.
Col. John Agim, Chief of Staff in the Directorate of the Army Public Relations told reporters: “With regards to Mustapha’s release, well, I want to confirm that he is still in the army.
“The case is going to be handled by the army administratively in line with the harmonised terms and conditions of service.’’
Meanwhile, the Founder and leader of the Odua People’s Congress (OPC), Dr Frederick Fasheun, on Monday in Kano responded to criticisms against his public support of Major Hamza Al-Mustapha, saying it was based on his personal conviction that the Yoruba race is detribalized and always in the forefront for fight against injustice.
The OPC leader, who explained his reasons to the Yoruba community in Kano, said he threw his weight behind the freedom, granted the former CSO because he was exonerated on the issue by a competent court of the land.
The OPC founder, who accompanied Al-Mustapha to Kano shortly after his release from the Kirikiri Maximum Prisons last Friday, also said that all patriotic Yoruba men and womens should be grateful to God that nothing happened to Al-Mustapha throughout his 14 years in Kirikiri Prison, pointing out that all he was doing was to demonstrate to the world that “the Yorubas are detribalised and always stand by the truth and for justice to prevail.”
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 in 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.
Col. John Agim, Chief of Staff in the Directorate of the Army Public Relations told reporters: “With regards to Mustapha’s release, well, I want to confirm that he is still in the army.
“The case is going to be handled by the army administratively in line with the harmonised terms and conditions of service.’’
Meanwhile, the Founder and leader of the Odua People’s Congress (OPC), Dr Frederick Fasheun, on Monday in Kano responded to criticisms against his public support of Major Hamza Al-Mustapha, saying it was based on his personal conviction that the Yoruba race is detribalized and always in the forefront for fight against injustice.
The OPC leader, who explained his reasons to the Yoruba community in Kano, said he threw his weight behind the freedom, granted the former CSO because he was exonerated on the issue by a competent court of the land.
The OPC founder, who accompanied Al-Mustapha to Kano shortly after his release from the Kirikiri Maximum Prisons last Friday, also said that all patriotic Yoruba men and womens should be grateful to God that nothing happened to Al-Mustapha throughout his 14 years in Kirikiri Prison, pointing out that all he was doing was to demonstrate to the world that “the Yorubas are detribalised and always stand by the truth and for justice to prevail.”
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