A Lagos High Court sitting at
Igbosere on Monday convicted Major Hamza Al-Mustapha, the former Chief Security
Officer to the late Head of State General Sani Abacha and Lateef Shofolahan
over the murder of of Kudirat Abiola, the wife of the acclaimed winner of the
June 12, 1993 Presidential election, Chief Moshood Abiola. The accused persons
have been sentenced to death by hanging.
