Nigerian Times

Major Hamza Al-Mustapha going to jail. Monday January 30 was an ill-fated day for Major Hamza Al-Mustapha as he was sentenced to death by Judge Mojisola Dada at the high court in Igbosere on the Lagos Island in Nigeria. The former Chief Security Officer to late General Sani Abacha, the despotic tyrant and ruler of Nigeria from 1993 to 1998, was found guilty of masterminding the assassination of Kudirat Abiola on June 4th 1996. Kudirat was one of the wives of the late Chief M.K.O Abiola, the president-elect of the annulled 1993 presidential election. Al-mustapha was sentenced along with Alhaji Lateef Shofolahan, a protocol officer in the MKO Abiola campaign organization, also found guilty for his complicity in the murder of Kudirat. Al-mustapha has been in detention since he was arrested on Thursday, 22nd day of October 1998. Kudirat Abiola Chief M.K.O Abiola and Gen. Sani Abacha On December 21, 2010, Hamza Al-mustapha was discharged and acquitted for the attempted murder of Mr. Alex ...

Yes. There were horrible and shocking incidents and events in 2007, as highlighted in the following posts below, but the most shocking of them all was the assassination of Bbenazir Bhutto, the Rose of Pakistan.

"The assassination of Pakistani opposition leader Benazir Bhutto is an absolute tragedy for the Pakistani people and for the world." "Benazir Bhutto was a symbol of hope and democracy for Pakistan." ~ U.S. Rep. Mike Michaud, AUGUSTA, Maine—Maine.

Benazir Bhutto Dec. 27 - Pakistani opposition leader Benazir Bhutto has been killed in a bomb attack at an election rally in Rawalpindi, according to party officials. Bhutto was holding the election rally in the Pakistani city of Rawalpindi when the attack occurred. Initial reports from local police said fifteen people had been killed and first reports came in that Bhutto has been injured - possibly seriously - before a party offical said she had died. Bhutto's party has the largest support in the country as it heads into a general election that has been beset by violence.

Puja Bharwani reports Nov. 13 - The detained Pakistani opposition leader Benazir Bhutto has called for military leader Pervez Musharraf to step down as the country's president. Bhutto has long called for Musharraf to step down as army chief but this is the first time she has called for him to quit as president altogether. Military ruler Musharraf set off a storm of criticism when he imposed emergency rule on Nov. 3. He suspended the constitution, sacked most judges, locked up lawyers, rounded up thousands of opposition and rights activists and curbed the media. Musharraf has come under mounting pressure from Western allies to set Pakistan back on the path to democracy. Soundbites: · Lahore Police Chief Aftab Cheema · Benazir Bhutto via telephone Nigerian Times Commentary : Pakistani opposition leader Benazir Bhutto is not an angel and no matter her provocative outbursts, she cannot make President Pervez Musharraf the devil. Mrs. Benazir Bhutto, from her chequered political biogra...