Maj. Mustapha ordered Brutal Torture of A Petitioner -

Major Mustapha's cross examination at the Human Right Violation Investigation Commission (HRVIC) continues, He was alleged to have ordered the torturing of a petitioner but he denied that he never did.

Hamza al-Mustapha was the Chief Security Officer of General Sani Abacha, military head of state of Nigeria from November 1993 to June 1998. After Abacha's death he was arrested and tried for murder and attempted murder. On 30 January 2012, a Lagos High Court sitting at Igbosere convicted Major Hamza Al-Mustapha over the murder of Kudirat Abiola, the wife of the acclaimed winner of the June 12, 1993 Presidential election, Chief Moshood Abiola. He was also sentenced to death by hanging.

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