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Special Bodyguard Unit

The Special Bodyguard Unit, headed in 1998 by Abacha's top security aide Maj. Hamza Mustapha, is a force numbering 2,000 to 3,000 men who are based at the presidential villa and who served as Abacha's political enforcers and palace guard.


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