The Director, Army Public Relations,
Brig.- Gen Ibrahim Attahiru, in a statement on Tuesday, described the
Internet publication as erroneous.
The Court of Appeal on Friday acquitted Al-Mustapha over the killing of the wife of business mogul, MKO Abiola, Kudirat.
Attahiru said, “The attention of the
Nigerian Army has been drawn to an erroneous publication being
circulated on the Internet about the decoration of the former Chief
Security Officer to the late Head of State, Gen. Sani Abacha, Major
Al-Mustapha with the rank of Brigadier-General following his recent
acquittal by the court.
“The Nigerian Army wishes to advise the
media to always cross check facts before going to the press to avoid
misinformation, misrepresentation, and sensationalism in its reportage.”
Meanwhile, a former Information Minister, Chief Edwin Clark, has applauded the acquittal of Al-Mustapha by the court.
Clark, in a statement on Tuesday, said there was a need for the review of the criminal administration law in the country.
Clark, a lawyer, said it amounted to
injustice and gross abuse of natural and human rights to keep
Al-Mustapha as well as other inmates for a longer period than the time
that the sanction for their charge would have been in event of return of
guilty verdict.
Former Provost-Marshal, Nigerian Army,
Brig.-Gen. Idada Ikponmwen (retd.), on Tuesday also said the protracted
trial of Al-Mustapha revealed the serious defect in the country’s
judicial system.
Speaking in Benin, Edo State, Idada described Al-Mustapha’s acquittal as victory for the rule of law.
He, however, said the former CSO got his “legal victory due to failure of the prosecution to proof its allegation.”
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