Major Hamza Al-Mustapha, rtd, the former Chief Security Officer of former Head of State General Sani Abacha, has said that the U.S. $318,460,329 due to be repatriated to Nigeria from the United States was not stolen by his former boss, but by his successors.

On Thursday February 6th, 2020, Hamza, in an interview with the Voice of America (VOA) Hausa, alleged that the money in question was stolen from the public and laundered abroad by Abacha’s successors in his name.

He went further to allege that the late general stepped on many toes, which was the main reason why so many “disgruntled elements are angry and sponsoring such kinds of lies against him.”

Hamza said:

But before Abacha died, our foreign reserve rose to over $900 billion. All the money being repatriated were those stolen by some leaders who served after Abacha’s death.

The late Abacha’s successors in the Presidential Villa were the thieves who stole the billions and hid the money elsewhere.

I was forced to implicate the leadership of the defunct PTF under President Buhari then, during the military era.

If there will be a genuine fight against corruption in Nigeria, many people will be arrested.

Justin Nwosu

Justin Nwosu is the founder and publisher of Flavision. His core interest is in writing unbiased news about Nigeria in particular and Africa in general. He’s a strong adherent of investigative journalism, with a bent on exposing corruption, abuse of power and societal ills.