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Abacha’s son, three others arraigned

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    The eldest surviving son of the late Nigerian military ruler, Sani Abacha, and three of Abacha’s former aides, were arraigned before the Lagos High Court on Thursday in a trial linked to their involvement in death squads, a media source in Nigeria told IRIN.

    Mohamed Sani Abacha, former major Hamza al-Mustapha, former army sergeant Barnabas Mshelia and Latif Sofala have been charged with murder, the source said. Their pleas were not taken and they were remanded in custody until 19 November.

    News reports said al-Mustapha was General Abacha’s senior enforcer in his security operations and that Mshelia confessed earlier this year to being a hit man for Abacha’s death squads.

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