ARMY RETIRES MAJOR AL-MUSTAPHA
The Nigerian Army has approved the
voluntary retirement of the Chief Security
Officer (CSO) to former Head of State,
General Sani Abacha, Major Hamza Al-
Mustapha, Blueprint reliably gathered.
The retirement has laid to rest the
controversy surrounding Al-Mustapha’s
return to service and purported promotion to
the rank of Brigadier General in 2013 after
he was freed from prison.
Blueprint gathered that the Army Council
gave the approval of Al-Mustapha’s
retirement based on the extant laws and
condition of service in the Nigerian Armed
Forces.
Sources told our correspondent that the
Army Council which approves promotion and
retirement of officers of the Nigerian Army
based on Harmonized Terms and Conditions
of Service (HTACOS) approved the retirement
last week.
“Al-Mustapha’s retirement was approved by
the Army Council and backdated to June
2013. This means, he served the Nigerian
Army for 33 years. It is a voluntary
retirement,” the source said.
“Even though, by law Al-Mustapha was still
in service when he was released from prison,
he knew that by condition of service he no
longer fitted in the army.”
Blueprint had reported exclusively (July 15,
2015) on why Al-Mustapha has to quit the
army based on HTACOS .
Even though the army confirmed this,
Blueprint’s investigation indicated that Al-
Mustapha cannot continue in the army.
The source said: “When an army officer has
a case in court, he is placed on half salary.
That is what has happened to Al-Mustapha.
Now that the case is in his favour, he will be
paid arrears of his salary and other benefits
for the years he spent in prison. And then,
he will be expected to write for voluntary
retirement. ”
The source disclosed to our reporter that
based on both old and new
HTACOS, Al-Mustapha “does not qualify to
continue in the army.”
Source: People’s Daily

The Canckerworms at work, Kano politics is gonna be very interesting

Well al-mustapha is kind of man i never knew much about but i got astonished when i saw him for the first time after his release from the prison, despite he had security he was still so humble that i was able to shake hands with him.
Indeed you can't tell vividly about some one untill ýou have seen or lived with them.

Naija politics na war zone

Kwankwoso over to you. With Al-Mustapha and Abacha Son in Kano Politics...hmmm