News2023: Al Mustapha Says No Regret Working For Abacha; Unveils Presidential Bid

2023: Al Mustapha Says No Regret Working For Abacha; Unveils Presidential Bid

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By Akinwale Kasali

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Major Hamza Al-Mustapha, the Chief Security Officer, CSO to late dictator Gen Sani Abacha, says his loyalty to Nigeria is the reason he’s contesting the 2023 presidential election under the Action Alliance, AA.

The retired Army major said he’s contesting for the highest office in the country following clarion calls from well meaning Nigerians. Al Mustapha is contesting the second time having failed in 2019.

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He made the assertion while speaking on Channels Television Programmes, Politics Today.

He stressed that his passion to develop the country made him to join the presidential race.

“It is that sense of awareness, that commitment driven by the energy of patriotism that brought us to the fore to face politics”, Al-Mustapha asserted.

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Denying the notion that he was in the Presidential Race for Financial gains, Al-Mustapha said that numerous data show that Nigeria is a very bad place at the moment and as such, committed Nigerians like him are needed to reposition the nation.

“For the last seven years since I came out of prison, we have been undertaking researches in and out of Nigeria, and our findings are extremely disturbing.

“What every committed Nigerian should do right now is to understand the enormity of the problems facing Nigeria.

“The new world order is changing and we are not changing, the world is running with the moon and we are not, people are flying with the wind and we are not; time has changed and we remain stagnant”, he stated.

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Speaking on the tyrannical regime of Abacha and his relationship with him, Al-Mustapha said he has no regret working with the late military dictator.

“I have no regret, once you join the military, you should be open-minded to work anywhere,” he said, adding that he was destined to work for the former military leader.

Al Mustapha became notorious following his use of brute force against perceived enemies of the regime. He was alleged to be behind series of political assassinations that took place at the time. He has denied the allegation.

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