The Supreme Court, on Thursday, dismissed the trial of Major Hamza Al-Mustapha (rtd), over the murder of Alhaja Kudirat Abiola, wife of the acclaimed winner of the 1993 presidential election.
Mrs. Abiola was murdered in Lagos state during a nationwide protest that trailed the annulment of her husband’s presidential poll victory.
Major Al-Mustapha (rtd), who was the Chief Security Officer (CSO) to the late Military Head of State, General Sani Abacha, was fingered in her death.
He was subsequently charged to court by the Lagos state government alongside the son of the late military dictator, Mohammed Abacha, and one Lateef Shofolahan.
The defendants were arraigned on two-count charge that bordered on conspiracy to commit murder, and the murder of the late Mrs. Abiola on June 4, 1996.
A High Court of Lagos State, in a judgement that was delivered on January 30, 2012, by Justice Moji Dada, found the defendants guilty and sentenced them to death by hanging.
However, a three-member panel of the Court of Appeal, in a unanimous decision on July 12, 2013, voided the high court judgement.
The appellate court equally discharged and acquitted the defendants on the premise that the prosecution failed to adduce sufficient evidence to warrant the conviction and death penalty.
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