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| Al-mustapha Urged To Forgive And Forget by Ping411: 2:39pm On Jul 13, 2013 |
Founder of the Oodua Peoples Congress (OPC), Frederick Fasheun, has urged Hamza Al-Mustapha to forgive his long detention.
The Court of Appeal, sitting in Lagos, on July 12, discharged and acquitted Al-Mustapha of the murder of Kudirat Abiola. Kudirat was the wife of them claimed winner of the annulled 1993 presidential elections, Moshood Abiola.
Al-Mustapha, a former Chief Security Officer to late military dictator, Sani Abacha, was sentenced to death on January 30 for conspiracy and murder of Kudirat Abiola, who was shot in Lagos on June 4, 1996.
The Appeal Court judgment overruled the Lagos High Court’s judgment which sentenced him to death by hanging.
“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,” said Fasehun. “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.
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. 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.”
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.
“Al-Mustapha and his family must find it in their hearts to forgive collectively,” he said.
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.
“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. http://telegraphng.com/2013/07/al-mustapha-urged-to-forgive-and-forget/Who should be doing the forgiving here?  |
