Lagos Court of Appeal Discharge & Acquit Al-Mustapha from the Murder Kudirat Abiola

 

The Court of Appeal in Lagos has discharged and acquitted Hamza Al-Mustapha from the murder of Kudirat Abiola.

The judgment overturns that of the Lagos High Court which sentenced him to death by hanging.

The presiding judge accused the lower court of being "stroked to secure a conviction by all means."

The Court of Appeal, in their ruling, said there was not enough evidence to incriminate Al-Mustapha in the murder of Late Mrs Abiola.

Mr. Al-Mustapha was a former Chief Security Officer to the late Head of State, General Sani Abacha.

He was sentenced to death on January 30, 2012 for conspiracy and murder of Mrs. Kudirat Abiola.
Mrs. Abiola, 45, was shot in Lagos on June 4, 1996, as the lower court ruled, on the orders of Mr. Al-Mustapha.