My Life in Prison - by Major HamzaAl-Mustapha! Chief Security Officer to the late General Sanni Abacha, Major Hamza Al-Mustapha who was released last Friday by the Court of Appeal relates his 15-year prison experiences saying he moved from prison to prison andsometimes was placed in solitary confinement. Al-Mustapha was along with Lateef Shofolahan, former aide to the late Chief MKO Abiola was tried and convicted of murder of Chief KudiratAbiola by a Lagos High Court in January 2012. The apparently jubilant Al-Mustaphawho spoke with BBCHausa Service yesterday revealed that his 15 years in prison were atest of his life. Last year, a Lagos High Court had sentenced Major Hamza Al-Mustapha to death by hanging in connection with the death of Kudrat Abiola, wife of the acclaimed winnerof the June 12, 1993 presidential election. But on Friday, the Court of Appeal discharged and acquitted him, making him a free man once again, after 15 years. Mustapha spoke withthe British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), Hausa Servic
Posted on: Tue, 16 Jul 2013 12:42:51 +0000
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