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Nigerian army officer (born )

Hamza Al-Mustapha (born 27 July ) is a retired Nigerian Army major, intelligence officer and politician who served as Chief Security Officer to Head of State General Sani Abacha from until his death on 8 June

Early life

Hamza Al-Mustapha was born into an Hausa family and educated in Nguru.

He enrolled at the Nigerian Defence Academy in Kaduna and was commissioned into the Nigerian Army in

Military career

From August to August , Al-Mustapha was Aide-de-camp (ADC) (but recently clarified in an open television interview with Channels Television's Seun Okinbaloye that he wasn't ADC that he was the chief security officer) to Chief of Army Staff, General Sani Abacha.

Both his principal and head of state, General Ibrahim Babangida had absolute confidence in his abilities, and entrusted him with exceptional powers, considerably greater than other officers who were nominally his superior. This further projected him as a strongma