Abacha Died During Intercourse With Girlfriend’s Sister – Ex-DSS Operative Amachree Alleges

A former Assistant Director of the Department of State Services (DSS), Dennis Amachree, has alleged that former military ruler Sani Abacha died during an intimate encounter with his girlfriend’s sister, according to revelations contained in his newly released memoir.

Abacha, who ruled Nigeria as military head of state from November 1993 until his death in June 1998, has remained the subject of numerous controversies and conspiracy theories surrounding his sudden demise.

According to The Nation, Amachree recounted his version of events in his newly released book, DSS @40: My Journey Behind the Shield.

The retired intelligence officer, who served as Assistant Director of Operations and Intelligence at the Lagos DSS Command at the time, claimed Abacha died around 4:05 a.m. at the Presidential Villa in Abuja while in the company of a woman during an intimate encounter.

He alleged that the woman fled the villa shortly after discovering the military ruler was unresponsive and boarded the first available flight to Lagos.

Amachree further claimed the woman and her older sister, whom he described as Abacha’s girlfriend, had arrived at Aso Rock earlier that night, with the older sister later leaving her younger sibling alone with the late military leader.

“At approximately 2.40 a.m., shortly after Gen. Useni left, Abacha’s girlfriend, an Igbo lady (name withheld), arrived at the Aso Rock Guest House from the Nicon Noga Hilton Hotel,” the book states.

“With her was her younger sister, a pharmacist who was in Abuja for a conference. The Head of State had just bought his girlfriend a new SUV, and they decided to stop by to say hello to ‘Oga’.

“Abacha was taken with the younger sister, and after a short while, the girlfriend returned to the hotel, leaving the pharmacist alone with the Head of State.

“At about 4.05 a.m., as they were getting intimate, the pharmacist realised Abacha had stopped moving. She called out to him, but he was unresponsive and stiff. She checked his pulse; there was none.”

According to Amachree, the woman hurriedly dressed and informed the soldier on duty that Abacha had requested a vehicle to take her back to her hotel.

“The soldier, unaware of the gravity of the situation, promptly arranged for her transportation. She returned to the Hilton, and after telling her sister what had happened, was quickly driven to the Abuja Airport to catch the 7 a.m. Okada Airline flight to Lagos,” the book added.

Amachree claimed that by the time Abacha’s Chief Security Officer, Major Hamza Al-Mustapha, was informed around 5 a.m., the woman had already left Abuja.

He said the DSS was immediately alerted and moved to arrest the older sister at the Hilton Hotel, but the younger sister had already departed for Lagos.

The former DSS officer said he later interrogated the pharmacist in Ogudu, Lagos, on the instructions of the agency’s Director of Operations at the national headquarters.

According to him, the woman’s first words during the interrogation were, “I did not kill him, he died on top of me.”

“My team located and brought her to my office. I interrogated her myself,” Amachree wrote.

“The first thing she said to me was: ‘I did not kill him, he died on top of me.’ After her detailed account, I called the Director in Abuja, and she was immediately flown back.

“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.”

Amachree argued that the woman’s account contradicts long-standing conspiracy theories surrounding Abacha’s death, including claims involving imported Indian women and poisoned apples.

Abacha died on June 8, 1998, barely a month before the death of Moshood Kashimawo Olawale (MKO) Abiola, the presumed winner of the annulled June 12, 1993 presidential election, who died in government custody while detained by the military regime.