In the 1993, Late Chief MKO Abiola contested the for post of the president of Nigeria under the political party Social Democratic Party (SDP) with his running mate as Baba Gana Kingibe and defeated the presidential candidate for the National Republican Convention (NRC), Alhaji Bashir Tofa hands down as Nigerians trooped out massively to vote for Late Chief MKO Abiola and SDP.

Nigerians were in joyous mood that the after so many years of military leadership, they have finally voted for the “MAN OF THE PEOPLE” The 1993 election was tagged “The most peaceful election ever held in Nigeria since Independence”, “The freest and fairest election in Nigeria since independence”
On June 24 1993, General Ibrahim Babangida annulled the election that should have brought into power Chief MKO and would have shaped the future of Nigeria forever.

20 years after the election and 14 years into our renascent democracy, Nigeria is getting into deeper troubles every day. Militant organizations have been continuously putting knives on things that held us together and the centre cannot hold. But of all these ethnic organizations: OPC, MASSOB, MEND, BOKO HARAM etc
Rate the presidents and Heads of State since 1993.

Ernest Shonekan
Gen. Sanni Abacha
Gen. Abubakar Abdulsalam
Rtd Gen. Olusegun Obasanjo
Umar Musa Yar’ Adua
Goodluck Ebele Jonathan

Should Late Chief MKO Abiola be referred to as “EX-PRESIDENT”??



http://topeorekoya..com/2013/06/june-12-1993-annulment-20years-after.html

Money is still being made and chewed by the same people.

A true democrat and great man of our time.
Moshood Kashimawo Olawale Abiola

R.I.P

Nigeria has moved forward

Op grow up. Nigeria has fared and still faring better. June 12, 93 was unfortunate but its 20 Years man, you need to grow up. The government under the Leadership of GEJ is doing gr8 despite distractions here and there.

Nothing much oh, God bless Nigeria

when Moses was unable to lead the Israelites to their promised land Joshua came up, since we lost MKO, we should look up for the new Joshua of our time and stop crying over spilt milk..

barcanista: Op grow up. Nigeria has fared and still faring better. June 12, 93 was unfortunate but its 20 Years man, you need to grow up. The government under the Leadership of GEJ is doing gr8 despite distractions here and there.

make i hear word joor. Except his recent attempt to curb the menace called boko haram, GEJ has done nothing tangible to swell the head.

We re evolving and emerging !!!

We would have surpassed this stage if Abiola was allowed then in 1992.

Atleast,our democracy and awareness woulda surpassed this level of maturity ..... !!!

@OP

what kinda question is that?
u asking whether the late mko be referred to as ex president.
when u well know he was never sworn in, _{na so dem dey become ex president?}
between does it matter any longer? isnt it high time we move on as a country instead of whining about a past we cant fix?
a lot of events have contributed to how nigeria has fared since then, a chunk of which does not have any particular bearing to june 12 annulment.

yuzedo: Well Banana Island part of Nigeria is ok and i want to thank President Goodluck for bringing Facebook to the country.

are you kidding? how would you say Jonathan brought facebook to Nigeria?Ptseew. even the clamoured GSM AND LINES are outright achievements of Late Abacha. he suggested whole package at N5000 to investors or nothing more. only for the investors to re-in troduce it as N30,000 for lines and N25,000 for the pole -like motorola during Obasanjo` Time!!! PRESENTLY BY VIRTUE OF COM PETITION, WE`VE GONE BACK TO Abacha`s proposal: line= N200, Phone= N1,500- N4000 total is approximately less than N5k!

Is there any nairalander that lends money?

booqee: make i hear word joor. Except his recent attempt to curb the menace called boko haram, GEJ has done nothing tangible to swell the head.

honey GEJ is all Nigeria need at this point in time. Hate his style of leadership or love it, yet WE KNOW the truth. Nigeria haven't had leadership better under her history like we are having under Dr. GEJ-and he's our best ever president with a guaranteed 2nd term mandate. mko isn't/wasn't meant to be for Nigeria, he isn't our Joshua, i must admit his Election played alot in shaping our democracy. But NIGERIA has fared Far-better

I Think So, He should be reffered to as ex-president because he actually won was annulled.

But what is the need of calling him Ex-President when he didn't rule. MKO Abiola was a good man truly but we should just let it be instead of asking if he should be called Ex-President every June 12.

Why all these noise about june 12. Why rememba that criminal (M*K*O) who after milking the country dry with his partner in crime (I*B*B) paid 4 their sins with his life. The monkey who after enjoying their exploitation of the country run to the masses when their relationship got sour. @OP, abeg remove that thing from frontpage

so much celebration for JUNE12 and yet , the attempt made to name UNILAG after the man was not welcomed . hypocrites !!!

hmmm following

yuzedo: Well Banana Island part of Nigeria is ok and i want to thank President Goodluck for bringing Facebook to the country.

what Seun for bringing Nairaland to your...

yuzedo: Well Banana Island part of Nigeria is ok and i want to thank President Goodluck for bringing Facebook to the country.

I hate it when people refer to GEJ as the man who brought FACEBOOK to Nigeria. I started using facebook long before this man got registered as either President or his personal profile.


@op, lemme think.

NIGGERIANS AND THEIR FOLLY
JUNE 12 EVERYONE WANTS 2 REMEMBER MKO
WHEN THEY NAMED A SCHOOL AFTER HIM
Y'ALL WENT UP IN ARMS INSULTING HIS MEMORY
AND THE PERSON WHO SUGGESTED THE NAME CHANGE
SMH

I'm sick of all the fawning over abiola, what was his achievements except winning an election that he is so idolized..yoruba are just exastubating an inrelevance which is quite hypocritical as they are busy declaring frivolous public holidays but when the president named a major western university after their so called "HERO". All hell broke loose! June 12 my ass!!

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Symphony007: I'm sick of all the fawning over abiola, what was his achievements except winning an election that he is so idolized..yoruba are just exastubating an inrelevance which is quite hypocritical as they are busy declaring frivolous public holidays but when the president named a major western university after their so called "HERO". All hell broke loose! June 12 my ass!!

Yoruba knows what they want.GEJ should have named abuja stadium after MKO if he knows that his sacrifice make him Gcfr today than tribalising the honour in first instance by coming to university of lagos;forget the fact of federal school jor!

dwizy:
I hate it when people refer to GEJ as the man who brought FACEBOOK to Nigeria. I started using facebook long before this man got registered as either President or his personal profile.


@op, lemme think.

Don't mind him. He doesn't know that it is actually Seun that brought facebook to Nigeria.

midetinz:
are you kidding? how would you say Jonathan brought facebook to Nigeria?Ptseew. even the clamoured GSM AND LINES are outright achievements of Late Abacha. he suggested whole package at N5000 to investors or nothing more. only for the investors to re-in troduce it as N30,000 for lines and N25,000 for the pole -like motorola during Obasanjo` Time!!! PRESENTLY BY VIRTUE OF COM PETITION, WE`VE GONE BACK TO Abacha`s proposal: line= N200, Phone= N1,500- N4000 total is approximately less than N5k!

you're a learner if you don't know yezudo and his jokes. Lol

alpha conde: Is there any nairalander that lends money?

Over here!!!

Was this man in question sworn in?