Our mother killed on Al- Mustapha’s order, Kudirat Abiola’s children insist

CHILDREN of the late Kudirat Abiola, wife of Moshood Abiola, the presumed winner of the June 12, 1993 presidential election, have maintained that their mother was killed on the orders of the presidential candidate of Action Alliance, Major Hamza Al- Mustapha ( rtd).

Khafila Abiola reiterated this in a statement, on behalf of Kudirat’s children, yesterday.

Khafila was reacting to a statement attributed to AlMustapha, where he claimed Vice President Yemi Osinbajo coerced Sergeant Jabila Mshelia, aka Sergeant Rogers, to implicate him ( AlMustapha) during the 1998 Oputa panel.

At the panel, Rogers confessed to have taken part in the assassination under AlMustapha’s orders. Though Al- Mustapha was sentenced to death by hanging in 2012, he was later released by a court of appeal in Lagos.

Reacting to the interview, Kudirat Abiola’s children said: “Our attention has been drawn to a recent statement made by Major Hamza AlMustapha. In it, he accused the current Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, of instigating

Sergeant Rogers to falsely claim that he, Al- Mustapha, was behind the assassination of our mother, Alhaja Kudirat Abiola.

“First of all, we all watched the proceedings of the Oputa Panel, where Sergeant Rogers freely stated that he assassinated our mother and attempted to murder Senator Abraham Adesanya and Chief Alex Ibru, the late Publisher of The Guardian, based on instructions given to him by Major AlMustapha.

“The evidence of Rogers was not challenged by AlMustapha and his lawyers at the Oputa Panel. Second, the

Lagos High Court convicted and sentenced the armed agents of Al- Mustapha to imprisonment for the attempted murder of Senator Abraham Adesanya.

“Third, the Lagos State High Court also convicted and sentenced Al- Mustapha and his accomplices to death for the cold- blooded murder of our mother.

“Their subsequent acquittal by the Court of Appeal was, most likely, politically motivated. The appeal filed against the judgment is currently pending at the Supreme Court.

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