Journalist confirms President Tinubu considering to make Hamza Al-Mustapha the DG DSS

Journalist confirms President Tinubu considering to make Hamza Al-Mustapha the new DG DSS.

Fact-Check: Does Borno State Have Abundant “Californium” As Claimed by Al-mustapha?

Claim: There was a claim that Borno, one of the Northeastern States, has a large deposit of a highly radioactive element, Californium-252.

Full-Text: The former Presidential candidate of Action Alliance (AA) and former Chief Security Officer to the Late General Sani Abacha, retired Major-General Hamza Almustapha, claimed that Borno state has a highly radioactive element, Californium -252 in abundance.

The former intelligence officer made this assertion on December 06, 2022, as a Guest at the “Reality Radio and Television Magazine Program” convened by the Brekete Family.

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu any time from now, may announce the appointment of a former Chief Security Officer to ex-president Sani Abacha, Hamza Al-Mustapha as the Director General, Department of State Service (DSS).

Hamza Al-Mustapha is a former Nigerian Army major and intelligence officer who served as Chief Security Officer to General Sani Abacha, who was Nigeria’s military head of state from 1993 until his sudden death on 8 June 1998.

Although this development is yet to be ascertained but the source claims it is near the end of the tunnel.

According to Hamza Al-Mustapha, the said precious stone, Californium-252 is responsible for the Boko Haram insurgency and other security challenges bedeviling the state for more than a decade.  

The 62-year-old retired military officer said Nigerians should visit Google and search for the price of californium-252 element which is worth $27m per gram.

In the viral video of the radio programme, Almustapha further alleged that the environmental degradation in the form of oil spillage and pollution that has been disturbing the oil-rich Niger Delta region is nothing but a ‘game plan’ orchestrated by powerful forces in order to satisfy their self-centered interests. President Tinubu considering to make Hamza Al-Mustapha DG DSS.