Hamza al-Mustapha

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Hamza al-Mustapha is a Nigerian officer with the rank of major . He was the security chief of the former dictator Sani Abacha . After his death in 1998, he was charged with murder and sentenced to death in February 2012 .

Life

youth

Al-Mustapha was trained in intelligence . He was involved in at least two observations of coup attempts, which earned him the interest of Sani Abacha.

Security chief

He was the aide-de-camp of Sani Abacha during his time as army chief from August 1985 to August 1990.

During the Abacha military dictatorship from November 17, 1993 to June 8, 1998, al-Mustapha was the Chief Security Officer to the Head of State (CSOHS). The units he heads were involved in the extrajudicial murder of opposition members. Al-Mustapha had exceptional powers in his functions.

In addition, Al-Mustapha was also the chief of the State Security Service (SSS), the Directorate of Military Intelligence and the National Intelligence Agency.

In these roles, he was charged with torture, killings and willful negligence. He is also believed to have detained and tortured several women who were believed to be her husband's affairs on instructions from Sani Abacha's wife, Maryam .

He was also accused of dealing in drugs as head of the SSS using diplomatic passports.

After Abacha's death on June 8, 1998, al-Mustapha was dismissed from his post.

accusation

In October 1998, al-Mustapha was arrested along with Mohammed Abacha , the dictator's son. Mohammed Abacha was acquitted in 2002.

Al-Mustapha was on 5 February 2012 by the High Court in Lagos to death by the strand convicted. He was charged with the murder of opposition leader Kudirat Abiola , wife of Moshood Abiola , on June 4, 1996. She and her driver were shot dead by strangers in the morning traffic in Lagos. Al-Mustapha had delivered the gun and ammunition. The judge did not consider the fact that al-Mustapha was tortured in detention to be mitigating.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Francis Nwonwu, Dirk Kotzé (ed.): African political elites: the search for democracy and good governance . African Books Collective, 2008, ISBN 0798301848 , pp. 124-125.
  2. ↑ IRBC: Nigeria: Update to NGA30594 of 27 November 1998 on the fate of those said to be involved in the alleged December 1997 coup plot . Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada. February 1, 1999. Retrieved June 24, 2011.
  3. ↑ Dapo Adelugba: Rethinking Security in Nigeria: conceptual issues in the quest for social order and national integration . African Books Collective, 2008, ISBN 286978211X , p. 138.
  4. ↑ Abejide Olusegun: Ibb - Smart But Foolish: Reasons He Can't Be the Next President . Trafford Publishing, 2010, ISBN 1426945086 , p. 79.
  5. ↑ Dominic Johnson : henchmen of the dictatorship should go to the gallows. In: the daily newspaper . February 6, 2012, accessed February 7, 2012 .
personal data
SURNAME Mustapha, Hamza al-
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Nigerian officer
DATE OF BIRTH 20th century