The Nigerian Army has disclosed that the former chief security officer to the late Gen. Sani Abacha, Major Hamza Al-Mustapha, is still in the service of the armed forces.The Army authorities made this known through the chief of staff in the directorate of the Army Public Relations, Col. John Agim, during a press briefing by the Joint Security Services Public Information Committee at the Defence Headquarters in Abuja yesterday.

Al-Mustapha, along others, was accused of the murder of Alhaja Kudirat Abiola on June 4, 1996 and a Lagos High Court sentenced him and his co-accused to death on January 30, 2013.

A superior court had upturned the death sentence last Friday and he regained his freedom after 15-year incarceration.

He was given a tumultuous welcome in Kano on Sunday.

Responding to a question on the fate of Al-Mustapha during the interactive session with journalists, he said Al-Mustapha was still in the Army and his case would be handled by the Army authorities administratively in line with the harmonised terms and conditions of military service.