Aftermath Of Kudirat Abiola's Murder: Al-Mustapha Discharged and Acquitted

Penultimately on January 30, Hamza Al-Mustapha was sentenced to death by hanging over the murder of Kudirat Abiola , the wife of late MKO Abiola.

However, an appeal court in Lagos has discharged the accused. Al mustapha's death sentence was overturned few hours ago.
The presiding judge accused the lower court of being"stroked to secure a conviction by all means."

On June 4, 1996, 44-year-old Kudirat was killed in Lagos from bullets from a P 90 rifle, allegedly on the orders of the state.

Mr. Al-Mustapha was a former chief security officer to the late dictator, Sani Abacha.

Her death on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway opened a new phase in Nigeria's chequered political history, as the deceased became one of the prominent matyrs in the struggle for a truly democratic nation.