Chief Security Officer to former Military Head of State, Late General Sani Abacha, Major Hamza Al Mustapha, has said that the death of the former military dictator is a big loss to Nigeria.
Major Al Mustapha who spoke in Kano on Monday to mark the 22-year commemoration of Gen. Abacha’s death, said his late boss was deliberately being attacked by some disgruntled elements who portrayed his bad side to the public while hiding the good side.
Major Mustapaha said only God would reward General Abacha for his laudable initiatives to transform the country.
He said what Abacha did for Nigeria would not be forgotten forever, adding that it would be appreciated by generations to come.
According to him, the late Head of state came and found only N200m dollars in the foreign reserve but before his demise was able to revamp the economy and stabilise it to the extent that he saved over $9 bn in foreign reserved before his death.
Al-Mustapha also stated that, during Abacha’s regime, the dollar sold at only N85 or thereabout and there was no inflation despite all the problems and challenges confronting the government.
He stated he was aware of a conspiracy by some unpatriotic Nigerians with foreign forces to deprive Nigeria of the oil- rich Peninsula. He also faulted the decision of former President Olusegun Obasanjo to cede Bakassi Peninsula to Cameroon.
He said he is still pained that the former president ceded the Peninsula to Cameroon on a platter of gold.
“I participated in the war for good two years in Bakassi. I am quite aware of the quantum of crude oil deposit laying there especially the amount of crude oil deposit in Bakassi which is by far more than what obtained in the present day Nigeria,” he said.