Former Chief Security Officer to the late Head of State, Gen Sani Abacha, Maj Hamza Al-Mustapha (retd.), has dismissed claims made by a former operative of the Department of State Services, Dennis Amachree, over the final moments of the late military ruler.
Al-Mustapha described Amachree’s claim that Abacha died from cardiac arrest during an intimate encounter with his girlfriend as false and urged Nigerians not to believe the account.
He spoke with journalists on the sidelines of the 3rd General Hassan Usman Katsina Memorial Conference held at Arewa House, Kaduna.
In his newly released memoir, DSS @40: My Journey Behind the Shield, Amachree, who served as Assistant Director of Operations and Intelligence at the Lagos DSS Command when Abacha died on June 8, 1998, said the late military ruler suffered the fatal episode at about 4:05am at the Presidential Villa in Abuja.
Rejecting the claims, Al-Mustapha alleged that the former security operative’s account was fabricated and did not reflect what transpired.
