‘I’ve never stolen Nigeria’s money, not even N10,’ says Abacha’s loyalist, Al-Mustapha

Hamza Al-Mustapha, the Presidential flagbearer of the Action Alliance, said he has never stolen funds, even as small as N10 from the country’s treasury.

Al-Mustapha made this revelation during a television session on Tuesday.

He said, he (Al-Mustapha) has refused to compromise despite the fact that he has been pressured to do so by some persons.

He said that, “I don’t have money, I have never stolen N10. I challenged two governments; I challenged Abdulsalam Abubakar’s government, and I challenged (Olusegun) Obasanjo’s government. They searched.

“I was ransacked by bigger international investigative agencies (and the) police. My eyes and thumbprint were taken all around the whole world and they saw nothing. But rather than tell the whole world my clean record, they kept it aside,” he added.

Al-Mustapha revealed that those who wrongly accused him of an attempted coup, murder, money laundering and drug trafficking did a “disservice” but he has decided to forgive them.

He said, “I faced 14 judges in 15 years and that has been cleared and there is no iota of it.”

“Why did they want to kill me? It is simply because of what I know. I found myself in a situation where I refused to compromise Nigeria and that refusal has cost me,” he added.

While speaking on his 2023 presidential ambition, he revealed that, “I am not concerned; I’m a victim of perception or effect of propaganda overtime.

“I suffered from propaganda for a period of 15 years with torture trying to just give me a bad name, just for me not to survive.”

“In 2019, that was when we discovered that there were 18 attempts to kill me. As of 2013 when I came out, I was aware of 11 attempts,” he noted.

“In 15 years, a serving military officer being treated like an animal every day, in chains, hands, legs and neck. I was in solitary detention for five years, and two months. My parents were only allowed to see me only twice in 15 years,” he recounted.

While enumerating his plans for Nigerians in 2023, he said, “I have been part of the government for decades and I know these problems. We created numerous things for Nigeria and records speak,” he said.

“My background speaks for itself in terms of building this country,” he added.

The Informant247 learnt that Al-Mustapha was a Chief Security Officer, CSO to the late former Head Of State, General Sani Abacha.

Abacha was Nigerian Military Head of State between 1993 and 1998.