Major Hamza Al-Mustapha, former Chief
Security Officer, CSO, to late Head of State, Gen. Sanni
Abacha, has revealed that he escaped several plots to
kill him while he was still in prison. He said but for the
intervention of Wantaregh Paul Unongo and retired
Controller of Prison, Iorbee Ihiagh, he would have
been eliminated after the death of his former boss
Gen. Sanni Abacha.
Maj. Al-Mustapha spoke last weekend in Jato Akaa,
when he led his wife, son of the former Head of State,
Mohammed Abacha, friends and loyalists to pay
homage to Second Republic Minister of Steel,
Wataregh Paul Unongo, in his country home.
Hamza al-Mustapha
He said: “On the 29th of March, 2004, some people
planned to kill me. I was to be forced out of the
prison and taken to an unknown destination where
they were to take my life.
“Thank God, a reliable and trusted son of Tivland and
my friend was officer in charge. He was directed to
release me without documents in the wee hours of
the night.
“As God would have it, he sought for guidance from
our father and leader, Wantaregh Paul Unongo, who in
turn directed him not to allow them take me away for
subsequent killing.
“God saved my life on that day. Let me say, from the
day the journey started, the day my father, the late
General Sanni Abacha, died to the 12th of of July this
year when I was released, we have had so many
attempts to take our lives but God Almighty preserved
us.
“Alhaji Mohammed Sanni Abacha and I initially were
framed through scripted stories released to the media
and we were arrested. Thank God that subsequently
justice was served having passed through series of
travails and torture.
“But today it is just normal that we should come home
to Tivland before my father Wantaregh Paul Unongo
and in the presence of CP Ihiagh, who was
prematurely retired because he refused to play games
with my life. God Almighty has decided that I will still
see today.”
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