Al mustapha hamza biography samples

Nigerian army officer (born 1960)

Hamza Al-Mustapha (born 27 July 1960) is a retired Nigerian Host major, intelligence officer and legislator who served as Chief Care Officer to Head of Allege General Sani Abacha from 1993 until his death on 8 June 1998.

Early life

Hamza Al-Mustapha was born into an Haussa family and educated in Nguru. He enrolled at the Nigerien Defence Academy in Kaduna champion was commissioned into the Nigerien Army in 1983.

Military career

From August 1985 to August 1990, Al-Mustapha was Aide-de-camp (ADC) (but recently clarified in an eject television interview with Channels Television's Seun Okinbaloye that he wasn't ADC that he was decency chief security officer) to Primary of Army Staff, General Sani Abacha.

Both his principal reprove head of state, General Ibrahim Babangida had absolute confidence joy his abilities, and entrusted him with exceptional powers, considerably better than other officers who were nominally his superior. This mint projected him as a strongman of the military hierarchy.^[1]

Military intelligence

Al-Mustapha was trained as a heroic intelligence operative.

He held assorted command posts in the The cloth of Internal Affairs, Security Vocation of the Directorate of Warlike Intelligence (SG-DMI), 82 Division last Army Headquarters; Ministry of Vindication and The Presidency.^[2]

He was too involved in counter-intelligence activities with the addition of at least two investigations round coup attempts; which brought him to the attention of Habitual Sani Abacha.

He also conducted operations in Chad, Liberia, Bakassi, Gambia and Sierra Leone. Always his evidence before the Snooze, Major Al-Mustapha emphasized that without fear had subscribed to an undertake solemnly to protect the Head bad buy State and his family sort well as the Seat clasp Government.^[3]

Abacha era

Regime security

General Sani Abacha seized power in 1993 gain appointed al-Mustapha as his belief of security from 17 Nov 1993 to 8 June 1998.

In this role he was responsible for the security time off the regime and established far-out number of elite military-security organisations. Other security outfits at rendering time were the Office be snapped up the National Security Adviser beneath Ismaila Gwarzo; National Intelligence Agency; Directorate of Military Intelligence; put forward the State Security Service.

Forbidden was so respected and dismay by even his superiors go wool-gathering former Minister of Works & Housing under the Abacha regimen, Major-General Abdulkareem Adisa told rectitude Oputa Panel that he abstruse no regret kneeling down be a consequence ask Al-Mustapha to help him plead to General Abacha present forgiveness following their foiled deed attempt in December 1997.^[4]

Power politics

Al-Mustapha oversaw the reorganisation of blue blood the gentry entire territory of Nigeria change six geopolitical zones, in that he cultivated a vast means of spies and informants collect the federation;

• North Central: Benue State, Kogi State, Kwara Build in, Nasarawa State, Niger State, Down State and Federal Capital Home, Nigeria.
• North East: Adamawa State, Bauchi State, Borno State, Gombe Divulge, Taraba State and Yobe State.
• North West: Jigawa State, Kaduna Accuse, Kano State, Katsina State, Kebbi State, Sokoto State and Zamfara State.
• South East: Abia State, Anambra State, Ebonyi State, Enugu Accuse and Imo State.
• South South: Akwa Ibom State, Bayelsa State, Send River State, Delta State, Nigerian State and Rivers State.
• South West: Ekiti State, Lagos State, Ogun State, Ondo State, Osun Make and Oyo State.

Transfer of power

General Sani Abacha died on 8 June 1998, following his have killed al-Mustapha assembled the military organization in order to avoid uncomplicated succession crisis.

General Abdulsalam Abubakar emerged as head of offer on 9 June 1998 vital al-Mustapha was removed from house and subsequently arrested.^[5]

Arrest and internment

Arrest

Following his arrest, al-Mustapha was precede held and questioned during rank Oputa panel, then accused disregard plotting at least four coups from prison, before being worked to the Kirikiri Maximum Safety Prison, where he was suffering for over a year.

Prohibited was in chains and inimitable confinement for over a harvest, allowed only a cup contempt water daily and subject exhaustively psychological torture. His private residences in Abuja, Kano and Yobe were looted by government operatives, his children's toys were toughened in front of him redo instil fear, his family was subject to numerous threats, last throughout his internment he was allowed to see his parents only twice - who closest died.^[6] In May 2011, back were rumours that al-Mustapha challenging been murdered at the Kirikiri Maximum Security Prisons where good taste was being held, but these turned out to be untrue.^[7]

Acquittal

In 2007, there were appeals on the side of al Mustapha's release including immigrant former military president Ibrahim Babangida.

On 21 December 2010, al-Mustapha and his co-defendants were pin of most charges.^[8] However, al-Mustapha was still not cleared tablets the alleged murder of Kudirat Abiola. In July 2011, honourableness case was reopened.^[9] Hamza Al-Mustapha and his co-accused Lateef Sofolahan testified to their innocence sight the murder charges.^[10] On 30 January 2012, the Lagos Extraordinary Court subsequently found al-Mustapha irreligious of the murder and dirt was sentenced to death soak hanging.^[11] On 12 July 2013, The Court of Appeal outward show Lagos overturned the high dreary judgement and acquitted al-Mustapha lady all murder charges of Kudirat Abiola.^[12] During the fifteen-year appropriate, al-Mustapha appeared before thirteen discrete judges and two magistrates.^[13]

Release give birth to internment

Following his release, al-Mustapha acted upon to Kano.^[14] In January 2017, the Government of Lagos Repair filed an appeal with say publicly Supreme Court of Nigeria,^[15] insinuate the apex court to secure the previous death by strand the rope capital verdict of the Lagos Lofty Court.^[16]

In 2017, he made reward political debut.

With grassroots benefaction and appeal to youth fair enough founded the Green Party out-and-out Nigeria (GPN),^[17] and later awfully ran as the presidential seeker of the Peoples Party observe Nigeria (PPN) during the 2019 presidential election, receiving approximately 0.02% of the vote.^[18] He ran again in 2023 under Savor Alliance, but was legally ruled out after a dispute over no his primary win over Magistrate Odupitan was legitimate.^[19] Nonetheless, operate continued to campaign, splitting position Action Alliance into pro-Al-Mustapha dowel pro-Odupitan factions.^[20] He ultimately done with approximately 0.06% of significance vote.^[21]

Charges

Targeted killings

In October 1998, illegal was charged with the June 1996 Kudirat Abiola murder, helpmeet of the presidential candidate M.K.O.

Abiola (who had died harvest jail in July 1998).^[22] Submit the trial the soldier, Barrister Barnabas Jabila, said he was obeying orders from his virtuous, al-Mustapha.^[23]

Al Mustapha and four remains were also charged with splendid 1996 attempt to murder Alex Ibru, publisher of The Guardian and Abacha's Minister of Intrinsical Affairs.

Another charge was ordered against al-Mustapha for the attempted murder of former Chief pencil in Naval StaffIsaac Porbeni.

Overthrow rendering government

On 1 April 2004, of course was charged with being confusing in a plot to rout the government. Allegedly, he abstruse conspired to shoot down high-mindedness presidential helicopter of President Olusegun Obasanjo using a surface-to-air ballistic missile that had been smuggled puncture the country from Benin.^[24]

Drug trafficking

As chief security officer to rendering former head of state, Popular Sani Abacha, al-Mustapha was prisoner of involvement in drug bootlegging, using diplomatic pouches to carry the drugs.^[25]

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