Major Hamza Al-Mustapha, former Chief Security Officer to late Head of State General Sani Abacha, has rejected claims made by a former Department of State Services (DSS) operative about the military ruler’s final moments, describing the account as fabricated.
Speaking with journalists in Kaduna, Al-Mustapha said the allegations contained in the former DSS official’s book were untrue, claiming the author had been influenced to publish the story.
“The boy was asked to write the lies by others. I have all the CCTV footages of what happened in my custody, so what he said are not true,” he said.
Al-Mustapha insisted that the version of events contained in the publication did not reflect what actually happened, maintaining that he possessed evidence to challenge the claims surrounding Abacha’s death.
He urged the public to disregard the account, arguing that it was unfair to make allegations against someone who was no longer alive to defend himself.
“Just ignore his lies. It’s bad to say such things on someone that is dead,” he added.
The claims Al-Mustapha was responding to were made by former DSS operative Amachree in his book, where he alleged that at about 2:40 a.m., after General Jeremiah Useni had left the Aso Rock Guest House, Abacha’s girlfriend arrived from the Nicon Noga Hilton Hotel accompanied by her younger sister, a pharmacist who was in Abuja for a conference.
According to Amachree, Abacha became interested in the younger sister, while the girlfriend later returned to her hotel, leaving the pharmacist alone with the Head of State.
He further alleged that around 4:05 a.m., while the two were being intimate, the pharmacist noticed Abacha had become unresponsive. She reportedly checked his pulse, found none, dressed quickly and left the guest house after informing a soldier on duty that “Oga” had requested a vehicle to take her back to the hotel.
Amachree claimed the soldier, unaware of the situation, arranged transportation for her. He alleged that after returning to the Hilton Hotel and informing her sister of what had happened, the two left for the Abuja airport, where she boarded an early morning Okada Air flight to Lagos.
The former DSS officer also wrote that he was later directed by the agency’s Director of Operations in Abuja to interrogate the pharmacist in Lagos.
According to Amachree, the woman told him during questioning: “I did not kill him, he died on top of me.”
He said he subsequently informed the Director of National Operations in Abuja and arranged for the woman to be flown back to the Federal Capital Territory immediately.
