Thursday, February 2, 2012

I Don't Believe In Death Penalty - Hafsat Abiola on Al-Mustapha's D

Daughter of the late Kudirat Abiola, wife of the late presidential candidate Moshood Abiola who was killed in 1996, Mrs Hafsat Abiola-Costello said she doesn’t believe in death penalty. Hafsat, who yesterday in Abuja, was reacting to the Lagos High Court death sentences passed on Major Hamza Al-Mustapha, the Chief Security officer of the late Head of State Sani Abacha and personal assistant to Kudirat, Lateef Shofolahan over the murder of Kudirat. Hafsat said even though the judgements
were in favour of the Abiola family, she preferred disciplinary punishment.

 “I do not believe in death penalty. At the same time, I am in a country where the state uses power and in some cases abuses power and nothing ever happened. So, I wanted them to be punished not hanged to death. 

Source: Daily Trust

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