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Al-Mustapha's marriage with Boko Haram - The inside details Written by By Lasisi Olagunju, General Editor Friday, February 3, 2012 A foreign journalist who witnessed one of the trial sessions of Major Hamza Al-Mustapha, ex- Chief Security Officer (CSO) to late General Sani Abacha, was exasperated at the deep divisions in the Nigerian polity. He wondered how a man accused of committing murder of a prominent woman would be treated as a folk hero by a part of the country represented by a section of the crowd in the court premises. Members of Al-Mustapha's special hit squad at the end of their training in Pyongyang, North Korea. Seated 5th from left is Sergeant Barnabas Mshelia (aka Sergeant Rogers), who shot and killed Alhaja Kudirat Abiola on 4 June, 1996. His description of the scene was gripping: "As a convoy of security trucks roared away, the crowd rushed forward, pressing their hands and faces against the barred windows of the van holding Major Al-...

Al-Mustapha's marriage with Boko Haram - The inside details Written by By Lasisi Olagunju, General Editor Friday, February 3, 2012 A foreign journalist who witnessed one of the trial sessions of Major Hamza Al-Mustapha, ex- Chief Security Officer (CSO) to late General Sani Abacha, was exasperated at the deep divisions in the Nigerian polity. He wondered how a man accused of committing murder of a prominent woman would be treated as a folk hero by a part of the country represented by a section of the crowd in the court premises. Members of Al-Mustapha's special hit squad at the end of their training in Pyongyang, North Korea. Seated 5th from left is Sergeant Barnabas Mshelia (aka Sergeant Rogers), who shot and killed Alhaja Kudirat Abiola on 4 June, 1996. His description of the scene was gripping: "As a convoy of security trucks roared away, the crowd rushed forward, pressing their hands and faces against the barred windows of the van holding Major Al-...