Mustapha/Shofolahan Death Sentence - Appeal Court Reserves Judgment

The Court of Appeal in Lagos Monday reserved judgment in the appeal by Major Hamza Al-Mustapha and Lateef Shofolahan, challenging the death sentence handed them by a Lagos State High Court.

Al-Mustapha and Shofolahan are challenging the death sentence passed on them by the lower court on January 30, 2012, by Justice Mojisola Dada, for conspiracy in masterminding the murder of late Kudirat Abiola, wife of late Chief MKO Abiola.

Activists Remember Kudirat Abiola, Make Case for Women in Politics

ACTIVISTS and pro democracy groups have reiterated the imperatives of recognising the roles and the inclusion of Nigerian women in the country’s democratic process.

At an event organised in Lagos Tuesday by Kudirat Initiative for Democracy (KIND), Campaign for Democracy (CD) and Women Arise (WA) to mark the 17th anniversary of the assassination of pro democracy activist, Alhaja Kudirat Abiola, activists demanded that women and other marginalised groups be given their rightful place in the country’s democracy.

Daughter of the slain activist and founder of KIND, Hafsat Abiola-Costello said perhaps more than the other sex, women in Nigeria had borne