First
child of the late Kudirat Abiola, Lekan Abiola, has expressed
disappointment over Friday’s Appeal Court judgment, which upturned
the death sentence earlier passed on Major Hamza Al-Mustapha and
Lateef Shofolahan, who were accused of masterminding the killing of
his mother.
The
Court of Appeal sitting in Lagos had earlier on Friday discharged and
acquitted the former Chief Security Officer to the late Gen. Sani
Abacha (Al-Mustapha) and Shofolahan, an ex-aide to the late Kudirat.
The
appellate court had dismissed the judgment of Justice Mojisola Dada
of the Lagos High Court, which sentenced both men to death by
hanging, after accusing the judge of being “stroked to secure a
conviction by all means.”
But
the younger Abiola told Saturday PUNCH on Friday
that he was “disappointed, but not particularly surprised by the
judgement.”
“I
pray that God will forgive my mother and I know that my mum and dad
will definitely get justice; maybe not in Nigeria, but I’m sure
that Allah will give them justice where they are.”
He
said, “The Appeal Court only completed the work of other courts
before it that have played roles in scuttling the family’s quest
for justice in this matter. They finished the job, but they weren’t
the ones who started it.
Culled
from the
PUNCH.
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