between Major Hamza Al-Mustapha, former Chief Security Officer to late
Nigerian dictator, General Sani Abacha, and Abacha's successor,
General Abdulsalam Abubakar.
One of the sources said that the former Head of State is jittery of
possible revelations that may come from Al-Mustapha, who enjoys the
sympathy of Abacha's family and of several other prominent
Northernerswho blame both Abdulsalam and General Ibrahim Babangida for
the North's present political misfortune and for the 1998 decision to
support the candidature of the then imprisoned General Olusegun
Obasanjo.
Al-Mustapha, one of the sources said, is also accusing Abdulsalam of
betraying and setting him up in his 15 years of travails behind bars.
"The case of the former CSO was orchestrated by Gen. Abdulsalami
Abubakar, and there are several sensitive properties and documents of
Major Al-Mustapha that he confiscated and seized. All these factors
are gradually brewing to a major showdown," he declared.
He added that Al-Mustapha will make his position clear on his
estrangedrelationship with Gen. Abdulsalam as soon as he is through
with all the formalities that will decide his case concerning his
formal discharge from the Nigerian Army. Other concerns include the
petition by the family of Chief Kudirat Abiola against the judgment
that set him free.
It has also been gathered that there are pressures on Al-Mustapha by
other interests not to make a formal reply to his allegations against
Abdulsalam. Among them, SaharaReporters as learnt that the emirs and
religious leaders to whom Al-Mustapha has paid homage since his
release have pleaded with him to forgive, and not fight back.
It will be recalled that during the Justice Oputa Commission,
Al-Mustapha serially accused Abdulsalam of culpability in the death of
Chief MKO Abiola, as well as a romantic affair with the youngest wife
of late Gen. I.D. Gumel whom he said had supported the quick release
of Chief Abiola.
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