Major Hamza Al-Mustapha, a former Chief Security Officer to
the late Head of State, Gen Sani Abacha has recounted how the former boss died.
Al-Mustapha said Abacha did not die after eating an apple
from his concubines, as widely speculated.
Speaking on how his late boss died, the former CSO said
Abacha died after a brief illness.
According to ThisDay, Al-Mustapha said the late military
ruler’s health suddenly collapsed on June 7, 1998, from the Abuja International
Airport, after one of the security personnel, who accompanied President Yasser
Arafat of Palestine shook hands with him.
Al-Mustapha said: “Shortly after the handshake, I noticed
the change in the countenance of the late Commander-in-Chief, and I immediately
informed the Aide-de-Camp, Lt. Col. Abdallah, who advised that we keep a close
watch on him.
“Later in the evening of June 8, 1998, around 6 p.m., his
doctor came around and administered an injection to stabilise him. He was
advised to have a short rest.
“At about 5 a.m., the security guards ran to my quarters to
inform me that Abacha was very unstable.”
Al-Mustapha disclosed that he thought the officers who came
to his house was an attempted coup plot, so he had to divert their attention on
his movement to Abacha’s residence.
He added: “When I got to the bedside of the Head of State,
he was already gasping. Ordinarily, I could not just touch him. It was not
allowed in our job. But under the situation, I knelt close to him and shouted:
‘General Sani Abacha, Sir, please grant me permission to touch and carry you.
“I again knocked at the stool beside the bed and shouted in
the same manner, yet he did not respond. I then realised that there was a danger.
I immediately called the Head of State’s personal physician, Dr. Wali, who
arrived in the place in eight minutes from his house. He immediately gave
Abacha two doses of injection, one at the heart and another close to his neck.
This did not work apparently, as the Head of State had turned very cold.
“He then told me that the Head of State was dead and that
nothing could be done after all.”
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