A former official of the Department of States Service (DSS), Dennis Amarachi, has revealed the confession of the mistress present at the Aso Villa the day Nigeria’s former military leader, Maj. Gen. Sani Abacha, died.
Recall that Abacha passed away on the 8th of June 1998, bringing an end to his iron-fisted military rule.
While his demise had sparked celebration across several parts of Nigeria, the circumstances that surrounded his death was however shrouded with speculations.
Prominent narrative from the speculations was the claim that he died after eating an apple poisoned by his mistress whose identity remains a mystery.
In what he considered an end to the speculations, Amarachee, a retired DSS official, recounin his recently published book.
According to the Nations’ the ex-DSS official had in the 348-paged book titled ‘DSS@40: My Journey Behind the Shield” claimed that the mystery lady who was Abacha, when he suddenly died, said she didn’t kill him.
Amarachee, who was the Assistant Director of Operations and Intelligence at the Lagos State SSS Command, claimed to have interrogated the lady simply identified as an Igbo pharmacist.
The lady, according to him, confessed that Abacha died on top of her during intercourse.
“My team located and brought her to my office. I interrogated her myself. The first thing she said to me was : ‘I did not kill him, he died on top of me.” Amarachee said.
He further disclosed that the former military ruler reportedly passed on around 4.05 am at the Aso Villa, Abuja, in the presence of the lady during the intimate affair.
His death, according to the author, was caused to a coitus-induced cardiac arrest triggered during the intimacy with the mistress.
“The lady pharmacist’s account, on whom Abacha apparently had a coitus-induced cardiac arrest, remains the true position, and puts an end to the conspiracy theories and half-truths that have gone viral,” Amarachee stressed.
The ex-DSS official maintained that the mistress’ account is the true narrative of how Abacha died, stressing that any other narrative is an act of deceit and a disservice to our countrymen and women.
Amarachee said after witnessing Abacha’s death, the lady-pharmacist immediately joined the next flight to Lagos.
“After her detailed account, I called the Director in Abuja, and she was immediately flown back,” the author said.