Tag: Abiola
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June 12: Lots of what Abiola stood for yet to manifest in polity — Yoruba Youths
The Yoruba Council of Youths Worldwide (YCYW) on Wednesday in Lagos described President Muhammadu Buhari’s declaration and celebration of June 12 as “Democracy Day” as a new dawn of hope. The youth group, however, said that a lot of what Abiola stood for as a distinct democrat had yet to be manifested in the polity.…
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20 years after MKO Abiola’s death, children still at war over his properties
Abdul Mumuni, the youngest son of the acclaimed winner of the June 12, 1993 presidential election, late Chief MKO Abiola, on Friday accused his elder brothers of leaving their father’s landed properties and businesses to rot away. He accused them, especially Kola, of playing god with the estate and other properties of the late business…
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June 12: Abiola paid supreme price for Nigeria’s democracy – Amosun
Governor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun State said on Monday in Abeokuta, that the acclaimed winner of the June 12, 1993 presidential election, Chief MKO Abiola paid the supreme price for Democracy in Nigeria. Amosun spoke shortly after he led a walk from the June 12 Cultural Centre, Kuto Abeokuta, to the Oke Ido family house…
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Abiola and story of June 12 @ 24
By Ehichioya Ezomon Next June will mark the Silver Jubilee of the annulment of the June 12, 1993, presidential election. Such anniversary serves supposedly as an occasion for revelry rather than as a platform for soul-searching on what went wrong with a well-ordered balloting that received global acclaim. The past 24 years have not been…
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Abiola and story of June 12 @24 – Ehichioya Ezomon
By Ehichioya Ezomon Next June will mark the Silver Jubilee of the annulment of the June 12, 1993, presidential election. Such anniversary serves supposedly as an occasion for revelry rather than as a platform for soul-searching on what went wrong with a well-ordered balloting that received global acclaim. The past 24 years have not been…
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JUNE 12: S-West states honour Abiola, declare public holiday today
Governors Rauf Aregbesola, Abiola Ajimobi, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, Ayodele Fayose, Akinwunmi Ambode and Ibikunle Amosun of Osun, Oyo, Ondo, Ekiti, Lagos and Ogun states, respectively, have all declared today, June 12 as a work-free day in honour of the winner of the June 12, 1993 presidential election, the late Chief Moshood Kashimawo Olawale Abiola. Ekiti State…
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June 12: Fayose declares Monday public holiday
Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, has declared Monday a public holiday in honour of the winner of the June 12, 1993 Presidential Election, the late Chief Moshood Kashimawo Olawale Abiola. Ogun, Ondo and Oyo states had earlier declared Monday a public holiday in commemoration of the 24th anniversary of the day. In a statement issued…
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June 12: We lost golden opportunities not handing Abiola his mandate – Dele Momodu
Publisher of Ovation Magazine, Dele Momodu, has said Nigeria lost golden opportunities not handing over Chief MKO Abiola’s mandate to him after winning the election that was widely adjudged free and fair. TheNewsGuru.com reports that Presidential elections were held in Nigeria on 12 June 1993, the first since the 1983 military coup. TheNewsGuru.com reports that…
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June 12: Abiola’s murderers also responsible for Abacha’s death – Frank Kokori
…says Al-Mustapha must confess, his hands are full of innocent blood Former General Secretary, National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers Union, NUPENG, Chief Frank Kokori, has noted that those that killed General Sani Abacha also killed M.K.O Abiola. Kokori, a former chieftain of National Democratic Coalition, NADECO, also claimed that Al-Mustapha’s hands were…