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Mistress of late Head of State Gen. Sani Abacha: “I did not kill him, he died on top of me”

A retired security operative, Dennis Amachree, has revealed the confession of the woman who was with former military Head of State, Gen. Sani Abacha, when he suddenly died, saying she insisted she did not kill him and that he “died on top” of her during intercourse.naijanews+5 Amachree, a former assistant director of the Department of State Services (DSS), said the woman, an Igbo pharmacist, was tracked from Lagos and brought in for questioning after Abacha’s death at the Aso Villa in Abuja on June 8, 1998.naijanews+4 He recalled that during interrogation, her first words were: “I did not kill him, he died on top of me,” before she went on to give a detailed account of what happened in the early hours of that morning.naijanews+4 According to Amachree, Abacha suffered what appeared to be a coitus-induced cardiac arrest around 4:05 […]

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Abacha’s death suspicious, says Abdulsalami Abubakar

Former Head of State, General Abdulsalami Abubakar (retd.), has described the circumstances surrounding the death of the late military ruler, General Sani Abacha, as suspicious, saying the events of that day left him feeling that “something was fishy.” Abacha died suddenly on June 8, 1998, while still serving as Nigeria’s Head of State, with the official explanation pointing to a heart attack. In a new account contained in his book, Call of Duty, and recent media interviews, Abdulsalami recalls that he and the then Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Ishaya Bamaiyi, were mysteriously locked inside a waiting room at the Presidential Villa for nearly an hour before being told Abacha had died. According to Abdulsalami, he was urgently summoned to the Villa that morning but, on arrival, was led into a room and the door was shut with no explanation. […]

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Abubakar tried to secure M.K.O. Abiola’s release before his death

Former Nigerian President Abdulsalami Abubakar has revealed that he actively tried to secure the release of pro-democracy leader M.K.O. Abiola before Abiola's sudden death in detention on July 7, 1998. Abiola was the apparent winner of Nigeria's June 12, 1993 presidential election, which was later annulled by the military regime of General Ibrahim Babangida. He was arrested and held in detention for more than four years by the military government of General Sani Abacha. According to a new book by Abdulsalami Abubakar, American officials who were with Abiola when he died were initially denied access to him before being allowed to meet with him. On July 7, 1998, just days before Abiola's scheduled release from prison, he collapsed during a meeting with a U.S. delegation and died in a medical center. Various theories emerged after Abiola's death, including claims that […]

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Supreme Court ends Kudirat Abiola murder case against Al Mustapha

The Supreme Court has dismissed the case seeking to revive the murder trial of Major Hamza Al Mustapha over the killing of Kudirat Abiola, wife of the acclaimed winner of the 1993 presidential election. The apex court held that Lagos State had abandoned the matter after failing to take any steps since 2014.​ Kudirat Abiola was assassinated in Lagos on June 4, 1996, during nationwide protests against the annulment of her husband MKO Abiola’s election victory. Al Mustapha, then Chief Security Officer to the late Head of State, General Sani Abacha, was charged alongside Mohammed Abacha and Lateef Shofolahan on counts of conspiracy and murder.​ In January 2012, a Lagos High Court convicted the defendants and sentenced them to death by hanging. However, the Court of Appeal in July 2013 overturned the judgment, discharged and acquitted them, ruling that the […]

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