NPA Case: OSP-listed assets not linked to our client – Mustapha Abdul-Hamid’s lawyers

Lawyers for Dr Mustapha Abdul-Hamid, former Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the National Petroleum Authority (NPA), have responded to the Office of the Special Prosecutor’s (OSP) seizure of assets linked to individuals accused in the NPA case.

This comes after the OSP shared a list of the assets it had seized or frozen in the case, including real estate holdings, fuel stations, and logistics vehicles.

Mustapha Abdul-Hamid does not own any of the assets published - Lawyers takes on OSP

In a statement issued by Harifa Yahaya on behalf of Dr Abdul-Hamid, dated November 6, 2025, it was stated that their client neither owns nor is linked to any of the properties named by the OSP.

The lawyers insisted that the properties listed by the OSP, including buildings, fuel stations, and logistics vehicles, cannot be associated with Dr Abdul-Hamid based on any evidence.

“We wish to state, categorically and without qualification, that Dr Mustapha Abdul-Hamid neither owns, partly owns, controls, nor has any form of interest, connection, or linkage whatsoever to any of the assets published by the OSP. None of the assets listed can, by any stretch of evidence or logic, be traced to or associated with him.

“It is telling that the OSP, despite repeated public pronouncements and social media publications, has not once been able to clearly or directly assert that these assets belong to Dr Abdul-Hamid. This silence speaks volumes and exposes the publication for what it is. A sensational diversion, unmoored from fact or evidence,” portions of the statement read.

They accused the OSP of seeking “merely to create false impressions,” further challenging the office to disclose the actual owners of the properties it listed.

“We challenge the OSP to act with transparency by identifying the true owners of the assets he has published and to desist from the convenient practice of cloaking ambiguity in the name of 'The Republic v. Dr Mustapha Abdul-Hamid & 9 Others' merely to create false impressions.

“We take the pain to remind the Special Prosecutor once again, that his statutory duties demand candour, restraint, and professionalism, not publicity stunts or speculative storytelling. Not to engage in media theatrics or to substitute evidence with innuendos,” the statement added.

It also maintained that they would oppose any attempts by the OSP to subject their client to a public trial or scapegoating.

“To persist in this path is to erode public confidence in an office that was once expected to rise above petty-politicking and perform its statutory mandate with honesty. Our client will not be the scapegoat of such theatrics. Should the OSP remain on this course, we shall not hesitate to respond appropriately, both in the court of law and the court of public opinion.

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"We reiterate, in the clearest terms, that none of the assets or businesses published by the OSP, whether on social media or elsewhere, belong to, are owned by, or are in any way connected to Dr Mustapha Abdul-Hamid,” the statement said.

Read the statement below:

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