The Court of Appeal sitting in Lagos has discharged and acquitted Major Hamza Al-Mustapha for the murder of Kudirat Abiola, wife of late political icon, Chief M.K.O Abiola.
The judgment essentially overrules the judgement of the Lagos High Court which had sentenced Al-Mustapha to death by hanging.
The presiding judge accused the lower court of being “stroked to secure a conviction by all means.”
Al-Mustapha, a former Chief Security Officer to the late Head of State, General Sanni Abacha, was sentenced to death on January 30, this year for conspiracy and the murder of Kudirat Abiola, who was shot in Lagos on June 4, 1996.
Mustapha has been standing trial since 1999 for allegedly masterminding the assassination of Late Alhaja Kudirat Abiola,
More details to come later.
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