Hafsat Abiola-Costello: Judgment Long Overdue

Hafsat Abiola-Costello Says on Channels TV that Al-Mustapha’s Death Sentence Ruling Is “Long Overdue”- Hafsat Abiola-Costello is the daughter of the murdered Pro-Democracy activist, Alhaja Kudirat Abiola.

While responding to the decision of the court of the death sentence handed down to Major Hamza Al-Mustapha who was accused of ordering the death of her mother, she overwhelmingly described the sentence as a judgment and victory for Nigerians, stating that it was long overdue.
Al-Mustapha and his accomplice, Lateef Sofolahan were sentenced to death by hanging  until they are confirmed dead, after been convicted of the murder of Mrs. Kudirat Abiola along the Lagos Ibadan express way.
Mrs Abiola who had believed in her husband’s victory in the June 12^th Presidential election became a strong voice for the voiceless during the late General Sani Abacha’s regime, and as such became a threat to the government.
In a move to stop her from getting the international attention she was getting as at the time, the Chief Security Officer to the late Dictator ordered for her killing through Sgt. Rogers. She was assassinated along the Lagos/Ibadan express way on 4 June 1996.

Al-Mustapha, the former Chief Security Officer to the late Head of State, General Sani Abacha, as well as Lateef Sofolahan, the protocol officer of the late Kudirat have both  been kept in jail for a 12-year-long trial which culminated into a death sentence yesterday.
Hafsat Abiola affirmed that the judgment has further confirmed the judiciary as the last hope of the Nigerian masses.

The deceased daughter, who spoke to Channels Television in Abeokuta, believed there had been “no doubt” of Al-Mustapha’s involvement in her mother’s untimely death, reiterating that it brings  the end their continuous grieve.