According to a new report from TRENT, the involvement of Col. Hamid Ali (rtd) in the killing of renowned environmentalist and minority rights activist Ken Saro-WiwaCol has been revelaed.
Hamid Ali (rtd), who was handpicked by the Abacha regime as a member of the kangaroo tribunal that sentenced renowned environmentalist and minority rights activist Ken Saro-Wiwa to death by hanging, was on Thursday, August 27, 2015 named by President Muhammadu Buhari as the Comptroller-General of Nigeria Customs Service (NCS).
A statement by presidential spokesperson, Femi Adesina confirmed the appointment alongside the following – Babachir David Lawal (Secretary to the Government of the Federation), Abba Kyari (Chief of Staff to the President), Kure Martin Abeshi (Comptroller-General, Nigerian Immigration Service), Senator Ita Enang (SSA to the President on National Assembly Matters – Senate), and Hon. Suleiman A. Kawu (SSA to the President on National Assembly Matters – House of Representatives)
The new Comptroller-General of Customs, Colonel Ali was military administrator of Kaduna State from 1996 to 1998 under the despotic regime of the late General Sani Abacha.
Reacting to the cold-blooded murder of Ken Saro-Wiwa and 8 other Ogoni indigenes, Col. Ali said he had no regrets over his role in the judicial process that led to Saro Wiwa’s execution.
The Abacha regime setup a special tribunal headed Justice Ibrahim Auta along with the Kaduna-based prosecutor—Joseph Bodunrin Daudu after falsely accusing Saro-Wiwa of orchestrating the death of four Ogoni elders. After prolonged detention, abuse, torture and intimidation of Mr. Wiwa’s counsels by the Abacha regime, the panel sentenced Saro-Wiwa and eight Ogoni activists to death by hanging for a crime they never committed.
A statement by presidential spokesperson, Femi Adesina confirmed the appointment alongside the following – Babachir David Lawal (Secretary to the Government of the Federation), Abba Kyari (Chief of Staff to the President), Kure Martin Abeshi (Comptroller-General, Nigerian Immigration Service), Senator Ita Enang (SSA to the President on National Assembly Matters – Senate), and Hon. Suleiman A. Kawu (SSA to the President on National Assembly Matters – House of Representatives)
The new Comptroller-General of Customs, Colonel Ali was military administrator of Kaduna State from 1996 to 1998 under the despotic regime of the late General Sani Abacha.
Reacting to the cold-blooded murder of Ken Saro-Wiwa and 8 other Ogoni indigenes, Col. Ali said he had no regrets over his role in the judicial process that led to Saro Wiwa’s execution.
The Abacha regime setup a special tribunal headed Justice Ibrahim Auta along with the Kaduna-based prosecutor—Joseph Bodunrin Daudu after falsely accusing Saro-Wiwa of orchestrating the death of four Ogoni elders. After prolonged detention, abuse, torture and intimidation of Mr. Wiwa’s counsels by the Abacha regime, the panel sentenced Saro-Wiwa and eight Ogoni activists to death by hanging for a crime they never committed.
Revealed: Buhari's New Custom Boss 'Hamid Ali' Was on Panel That Sentenced Saro-Wiwa to Death
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Well, these are old stuffs,we need a change for a new Nigeria and not rewounding and re-hurting old healed wounds.
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