Following
the release of Hamza Al-Mustapha and Lateef Shofolahan, accused of
masterminding the killing of Kudirat Abiola, her son, Lekan Abiola, has
expressed disappointment over Friday’s Appeal Court judgment, which upturned
the death sentence
According
to reports, 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.
“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,” Lekan 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.”
“We had
seven or so defendants before now with confessions of the roles they played in
the death of my mother; there was Mohammed Abacha, Banabas Jabila aka Sgt.
Rogers, James Danbaba, Lateef Shofolahan, Rabo Lawal and others. Everybody said
the role they played; the one who did the shooting; the one who drove; the one
who arranged for the car that was used when they got to Lagos from Abuja; the
people in the room when the order to kill my mother was given. All the seven
started the case, but the Supreme Court started the whole thing when it said
that Mohammed Abacha had no case to answer.”
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