The Action Alliance’s presidential candidate, Hamza Al-Mustapha, says he has never taken or stolen as little as N10 of the country’s riches but has instead preserved them.
Al-Mustapha, who was an aide of former military Head of State, late General Sani Abacha, made this disclosure on Tuesday on a television programme.
In his words, “I don’t have money, I have never stolen N10. I challenged two governments; I challenged Abdulsalam Abubakar’s government, and I challenged (Olusegun) Obasanjo’s government. They searched.
“I was ransacked by bigger international investigative agencies (and the) police. My eyes and thumbprint were taken all around the whole world and they saw nothing. But rather than tell the whole world my clean record, they kept it aside,” he stated.
He added that those who accused him unjustly of murder, a coup attempt, drug trafficking, and money laundering did him a “disservice,” yet he has pardoned them.
Al-Mustapha also said that his opponents sought to kill him using legal and illicit ways because they wanted to inherit Abacha’s wealth after seizing control.
“I faced 14 judges in 15 years and that has been cleared and there is no iota of it.
“Why did they want to kill me? It is simply because of what I know. I found myself in a situation where I refused to compromise Nigeria and that refusal has cost me,” he stated.
