Release Al-Mustapha in the interest of national security.
The Founder of Oodua Peoples Congress, Frederick Fasehun, on Friday called for the immediate release of Maj. Hamza Al-Mustapha to safeguard national security and the integrity of the judiciary.
Addressing newsmen in Lagos, Fasehun said Al-Mustapha’s position as a former security chief gave him access to sensitive information which, if mishandled, could jeopadise national security.
The former chief security officer to the late Head of State, Gen. Sani Abacha, gave controversial evidence during his ongoing trial over the murder of Alhaja Kudirat Abiola, wife of the acclaimed winner of the June 12, 1993 presidential election, the late Chief MKO Abiola.
“For one, Maj. Al-Mustapha has been denied justice. The 13 years he has spent in custody amounts to 20 prison years.
His keeping quiet, despite suffering 13 years of torture and deprivation, convinced me that this man indeed valued national security above personal comfort,” Fasheun said.
On Boko Haram, Fasehun said that all hands must be on deck to stop the shedding of the blood of Nigerians for whatever reason.
``Even when the Niger Delta crisis was at its zenith, governors and leaders of that zone disowned the militancy in the creeks. And that helped to stop the crisis in that zone and facilitated the amnesty programme’’ he said.
The OPC leader said that the timing of the introducing Islamic banking was wrong.
``Non-interest banking is not evil. But Nigeria has a peculiar situation; and the meat that may suit other countries may be poison to us here in Nigeria.
``Christians are being killed, with Muslims killed in retaliation. This rash of religious-spurred hostilities particularly calls for the country to tread with caution on the matter of a religion-based banking’’ Fasheun said.
He urged President Goodluck Jonathan to direct the CBN to maintain status quo for the sake of entrenching social justice, equity, secularism and national cohesion in Nigeria. On the proposed six-year single term tenure for president and governors, Fasehun said Nigerians should convene a Sovereign National Conference to resolve the issue.
He said Nigeria needed a constitution fashioned out by the component units and the ethnic nationalities at a Sovereign National Conference.
On the N18,000 new minimum wage, Fasehun advised governors that could not comply with the law of the land to resign.
Fasehun supported the call by former President Olusegu Obasanjo for the immediate resignation of the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Aminu Tambuwal.
Addressing newsmen in Lagos, Fasehun said Al-Mustapha’s position as a former security chief gave him access to sensitive information which, if mishandled, could jeopadise national security.
The former chief security officer to the late Head of State, Gen. Sani Abacha, gave controversial evidence during his ongoing trial over the murder of Alhaja Kudirat Abiola, wife of the acclaimed winner of the June 12, 1993 presidential election, the late Chief MKO Abiola.
“For one, Maj. Al-Mustapha has been denied justice. The 13 years he has spent in custody amounts to 20 prison years.
His keeping quiet, despite suffering 13 years of torture and deprivation, convinced me that this man indeed valued national security above personal comfort,” Fasheun said.
On Boko Haram, Fasehun said that all hands must be on deck to stop the shedding of the blood of Nigerians for whatever reason.
``Even when the Niger Delta crisis was at its zenith, governors and leaders of that zone disowned the militancy in the creeks. And that helped to stop the crisis in that zone and facilitated the amnesty programme’’ he said.
The OPC leader said that the timing of the introducing Islamic banking was wrong.
``Non-interest banking is not evil. But Nigeria has a peculiar situation; and the meat that may suit other countries may be poison to us here in Nigeria.
``Christians are being killed, with Muslims killed in retaliation. This rash of religious-spurred hostilities particularly calls for the country to tread with caution on the matter of a religion-based banking’’ Fasheun said.
He urged President Goodluck Jonathan to direct the CBN to maintain status quo for the sake of entrenching social justice, equity, secularism and national cohesion in Nigeria. On the proposed six-year single term tenure for president and governors, Fasehun said Nigerians should convene a Sovereign National Conference to resolve the issue.
He said Nigeria needed a constitution fashioned out by the component units and the ethnic nationalities at a Sovereign National Conference.
On the N18,000 new minimum wage, Fasehun advised governors that could not comply with the law of the land to resign.
Fasehun supported the call by former President Olusegu Obasanjo for the immediate resignation of the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Aminu Tambuwal.
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