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Ex-military officials to appear in court on Wednesday

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    The chief security officer of the late General Sani Abacha, Major Hamza al-Mustapha, is to appear before a Lagos high court on Wednesday along with the former president’s son, Mohamed, and other close collaborators, according to Radio Nigeria. The state radio station said the announcement was made on Sunday by Doyin Okupe, special assistant on media and publicity to President Olusegun Obasanjo. He said the charges against them would be made known when they appeared in court.

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