Kaduna—Former Chief Security Officer, CSO, to
late Head of State, General Sani Abacha, Major
Hamza Al-Mustapha (retd) yesterday accused
some Yoruba Leaders, of knowing those who
killed late Chief MKO Abiola but chose to keep
quiet after they were bribed.
Major Al-Mustapha who fielded questions from
newsmen in Kaduna, yesterday, shortly after a
gathering to broker peace between the North
and South-Eastern part of the country however
did not name those who gave the bribe.
He however said he has video evidence of how
the concerned Yoruba elders collected the dollar
bribe and has since submitted the recording to a
Lagos High Court presided over by Justice
Mojisola Dada.
Late MKO Abiola
According to him; “A day after Abiola died, a
particular Yoruba Chief (Ayo Opadokun) was
invited to the Presidency, and he came to the
villa alongside his friends. He came with anger
into the villa.
‘’Those who killed Abiola invited him to the villa.
At that material time, they came to fight the
government, they wanted to set the country
ablaze, considering their disposition. They went
into the meeting furious but came out laughing
and yelling as if there was no tension in the
country.
“A day after Abiola’s death if you remember, the
country was on the verge of collapse. But seeing
what was going on in the Villa made me to
suspect them.
‘’I had not handed over the villa to Abdulsalami
Abubakar government then, so I decided to video
tape what they were doing and I have tendered
the tape before a court of law, before Justice
Mojisola Dada of the Lagos High Court.
“In that tape, money exchanged hands and they
traded with Abiola and that is my anger. The
tape is in that court, anybody that wants to
watch it can get it and watch, it is now a public
document. I didn’t want to talk about it before,
but money was brought from the Central Bank in
my presence and it was shared.
“So, if I talk about Abiola’s well being and safety,
and that of his family, I am telling Nigerians
what really happened. Why should a person from
the same South West, who is supposed to
protect Abiola’s interest, now be seen to be
angry with me? He should be happy with me for
saying the fact, so that it will not happen again
in Nigeria.
“In Yoruba land where culture is the watch word,
late MKO Abiola was the last Aare Ona Kakanfo
and for a Yoruba man going against Aare Ona
Kakanfo, what is that thing,” he said.
He’s a pathological liar— Opadokun
Refuting Al-Mustapha’s claim, former General
Secretary of NADECO, Chief Ayo Opadokun
faulted the claim saying he makes statements he
cannot defend.
Opadokun, who is also Convener, Coalition of
Democrats for Electoral Reforms (CODER), said:
“He is a pathological liar. He makes statements
he cannot defend, he is seeking attention. He
should be ignored. When his boss died, as a
result of his attitude, he was transferred from
Abuja to Enugu, what does he know? He thrives
on lies because he wants attention. He should be
ignored. He once said that he is in possession of
Abiola’s last moments, let him produce the video.
He is a liar and should be ignored.”
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