Death Sentence – Al-Mustapha Files Appeal

Posted by admin Latest Politics Wednesday, February 1st, 2012

Lagos — Embattled former Chief Security Officer to late Sani Abacha, Major Hamza Al-Mustapha, has appealed the verdict of the Lagos High court which sentenced him to death by hanging.

Al-Mustapha, in the notice of appeal filed on Tuesday, said the death sentence hanged on him by the lower court was unwarranted,unreasonable and a manifest miscarriage of justice.

No date has been fixed for the hearing of the appeal

Al-Mustapha prays the Lagos division of the Court of Appeal to entertain the appeal, set aside the judgment and discharge him of the counts charge of conspiracy and murder.

In the notice of appeal filed by their Counsel, Barrister Olalekan Ojo, Al-Mustapha and Shofolahan are of the view that Justice Mojisola Dada erred in law by arriving at the conclusion that they conspired to kill Alhaja Kudirat on June 4, 1996.

Al-Mustapha’s appeal was premised on four grounds, while that of his co-convict (Shofolahan) was hinged on five grounds.

They faulted the judge in the treatment of the contradictory statements of Barnabas Jabila (aka Sgt. Rogers) and Mohmamed Abdul, the reliance on the testimony of Dr. Ore Falomo on the bullet extracted from Late Kudirat, and the rejection of portions of Jabila’s testimony which they felt favored them and applying only areas which did not favor them.

In addition, Sofolahan said he will be able to prove that he was never a protocol officer to the late Kudirat Abiola.

-Daily Trustwp_posts