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2023: Wike, late Abacha’s aide Al-Mustapha meet

Nyesom Wike, governor of Rivers state, Monday night met with Hamzat Al-Mustapha, the chief security officer to Nigeria’s late maximum ruler General Sani Abacha,

Although, there is no details about the meeting yet, it is believed to be connected to Al-Mustapha’s quest for the presidency in 2023.

The former soldier (Al-Mustapha), who was accused of sundry rights abuses while Abacha was the country’s head of state, is the standard-bearer of the Action Alliance (AA).

Wike, on his part, has continued to be courted by different presidential candidates, among them Asiwaju Bola Tinubu of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).

TheCornet had reported that Rivers governor fell out with his party’s presidential candidate-the Peoples Democratic Party – Alhaji Atiku Abubakar after he defeated him in the battle for the ticket.

 

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