{"id":6445,"date":"2013-07-13T18:26:12","date_gmt":"2013-07-13T18:26:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/disnaija.com\/nigeria-news\/fasheun-lauds-al-mustaphas-release\/"},"modified":"2013-07-13T18:26:12","modified_gmt":"2013-07-13T18:26:12","slug":"fasheun-lauds-al-mustaphas-release","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/disnaija.com\/fasheun-lauds-al-mustaphas-release\/","title":{"rendered":"Fasheun lauds Al-Mustapha\u2019s release"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Founder of the Oodua Peoples Congress (OPC), Dr Frederick Fasheun, has hailed Nigeria’s Appeal Court’s judgment acquitting Major Hamza Al-Mustapha .<\/p>\n

He also urged Mustapha to forgive his long detention.<\/p>\n

The Court of Appeal sitting in Lagos on July 12, discharged and acquitted Major Hamza Al-Mustapha of the murder of Kudirat Abiola, the wife of the late Chief M.K.O Abiola.<\/p>\n

Al-Mustapha, a former Chief Security Officer (CSO) to the late tyrant, Gen. Sanni Abacha, was sentenced to death on January 30 for conspiracy and murder of Kudirat Abiola.<\/p>\n

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The late Kudirat was shot in Lagos on June 4, 1996.<\/p>\n

The Appeal Court judgment overruled the Lagos High Court’s judgment which sentenced him to death by hanging.<\/p>\n

In a statement in Lagos, Fasheun stated, “I am vindicated; I knew Al-Mustapha neither ordered, nor had a hand in the killing of Alhaja Kudirat Abiola; and that was why I stood by him.\u201d<\/p>\n

Fasheun expressed joy at the unanimous decision read by Justice Rita Pemu.<\/p>\n

“I commend the judgment by the Court of Appeal. I salute the courage which it displayed in the face of daunting politics and powerful interests who wanted Al-Mustapha hanged by all means.<\/p>\n

“People used to tell me they could not understand why I would be going to court in support of an officer who served in a regime that detained me for almost three years.<\/p>\n

“But, I told them that I had lived my entire life based on the principle of justice. And I would still protest injustice being done to even my worst enemy,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n

According to him, the judgment has given way for healing to begin throughout the country as it closes the chapter on an ugly era in the history of Nigeria.<\/p>\n

“Mustapha and his family must find it in their hearts to forgive collectively,\u201d Fasheun stated.<\/p>\n

Fasheun, however, recommended that based on the appeal judgment, the National Judicial Council (NJC) should review the judgment last year and impose sanction if necessary.<\/p>\n

“It beats the imagination that all the prosecution witnesses confessed in open court that they had been forced to lie against Al-Mustapha, and yet he was sentenced to death,” he added.<\/p>\n

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