A former Assistant Director of the Department of State Services (DSS), Dennis Amachree, has shared insight into the circumstances surrounding the death of former Head of State, General Sani Abacha.
There are several versions on how Abacha died among which is the speculation that the ex-head of states died of poisoned apple provided by Indian sex workers.
To Amachree, late Abacha died as a result of heart attack, an account he related in his newly released book and maintained in an interview with TVC News.
Drawing his conclusion allegedly from quizzing an unarmed woman who was the only person with the late junta leader when he breathed his last, the ex-secret police chief said: “A lot of people have come up with different stories about what happened, but they were not aware of the facts. They were looking at events from the outside and drawing conclusions.
“Some even claimed certain actions caused his death, but they are not doctors and cannot say with certainty what killed him.”
Continued: “The girl who was with him when he died was later brought to me for questioning. When she entered my office, the first thing she said was, ‘I did not kill him.’ She was very direct about it.
“I had to believe her because she had no reason to lie to me. I did not create an atmosphere that would make her feel threatened.
“Her account remains the only true eyewitness account of what happened because nobody else was in that room with them.”
Recall that Abacha died on June 8, 1998, while serving as Nigeria’s Head of State.
