Mohammed Abacha,
son of the late former Head of State, General Sani Abacha, to be tried in Abuja
High Court.
A 123 count
criminal charges have been brought against him by the Federal Government of
Nigeria, wherein he was alleged to be in possession of stolen properties
belonging to the Federal Government.
The theft was
allegedly committed by the late former dictator stole, when he ruled Nigeria.
Mohammed Abacha
had previously unsuccessfully attempted to foil his trial. Then he proceeded to
the Court of Appeal, where he lost. Finally, he approached the Supreme Court.
The son of the
late ruler declared that the immunity enjoyed by his father, while in office,
extended to him and that having forfeited some of the family’s properties
confiscated by the government, he should be exempted from prosecution in line
with the he provisions of Decree number 53 of 1999.
The Court,
however, stated that immunity does not extend beyond the tenure of office and
that even if the late head of state were alive, he could have been prosecuted
for a criminal offence, not to talk of his son, who has never been a State
Leader.
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