gratiaeo:
There is nothing special about june 12 honestly

LaudableXX:

No, Shehu Sani was not part of those who betrayed Abiola. In fact, he was one of those who called for Abiola's mandate to be restored. it was folks like Kingibe, Zwingina, IBB etc, that betrayed him. And Sonekan who accepted to head the interim govt, after IBB stepped aside.

Bobby4090:
That they betrayed Abiola nearly 20 years ago does not mean that they are not repentant now nor does it mean that they are not democrats. That they opposed Abiola then means nothing. It's the beauty of democracy. Freedom of opposition is the first rule of democracy.
The fact is that if they support Abiola being honored right now then they should be free to attend.

GavelSlam:
Can't he name those that betrayed Abiola?

Matter of fact, why is he crying more than the bereaved?

He's neither an Abiola nor a Yoruba man.

I've never seen such evil people in my life.


You are in a political party but oppose everything they do and you do so publicly.

Why then are you in the party?

omenka:
That is what irks me the most about such characters as Sani and Melaye. They are the worst kind of humans there is in the world. They are the proverbial maggots inside the corn.

azpekuliar:
There was a kangaroo high court judgment stopping them from announcing the results. While he and his commissioners were in the process of appealing at the Appeal court, the AFRC in a preemptive move dissolved NEC on June 23. The results were submitted to the Appeal court. The question you should be asking is why didn't those who were in possession of the results after NEC was dissolved not announce the winner of the election? Did they too not know the winner?

On 10 June 1993, an Abuja High Court served the NEC an injunction to stop it from conducting the election, pending settlement of a law suit brought against the NEC by the Association for a Better Nigeria (ABN). The NEC , under Decree 13, ignored the injunction and the election took place as scheduled on 12 June 1993 (ARB June 1993, 11041; WA 21 - 27 June 1993, 1033; ibid., 28 June - 4 July 1993, 1078).

On 17 June 1993, following popular demands for the results, two court orders reversed the NEC's decision not to publish the election results and a Lagos High Court judge, Justice Moshood Olugbani, ordered NEC to release the results within 24 hours.

On 17 June 1993, Dr. Beko Ransome-Kuti, the chairman of the CD issued NEC with an ultimatum to release the results within 24 hours or the CD would do so (ARB June 1993, 11041). Although the NEC's chairman was the only one originally authorized to declare the results (WA 7 - 13 June 1993, 946), on 18 June 1993, in defiance of NEC's decision not to publish the results, the CD released the election results and declared Moshood Abiola winner of the election. On the same day, Moshood Abiola reportedly "went on television to claim victory". http://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6ab8b4.html

GavelSlam:
Can't he name those that betrayed Abiola?

Matter of fact, why is he crying more than the bereaved?

He's neither an Abiola nor a Yoruba man.

I've never seen such evil people in my life.

You are in a political party but oppose everything they do and you do so publicly.

Why then are you in the party?

SalamRushdie:
Even Buhari the will make the award was the principal actor in all the events leading to June 12 ..if Buhari didn't plan his 1983 coup will there be June 12 in the first place?

GavelSlam:
Can't he name those that betrayed Abiola?

Matter of fact, why is he crying more than the bereaved?

He's neither an Abiola nor a Yoruba man.

I've never seen such evil people in my life.

You are in a political party but oppose everything they do and you do so publicly.

Why then are you in the party?

LaudableXX:

Again, you are trying to be politically correct. 2008 made it 15 years after the election was annulled. That was the year that Nwosu published his book. Was the kangaroo court still sitting then? So why couldn't Nwosu tell the truth in 2008? Another court declared Shonekan's interim govt as illegal. Wasn't Nwosu alive at that time? What stopped him from speaking out then?

A braver man would even have travelled outside Nigeria, and made the announcement from abroad, if he had to. Yet till today, Nwosu has kept mum about a vital piece of evidence. Posterity will never forgive Nwosu, if he takes the truth to his grave. He remains a lousy coward in my book! A million epistles will not change that fact. Nwosu was NEC Chairman who had the duty & responsibility to announce the final winner of that 1993 presidential election. So stop shifting his assignment to "those who were in possession of the results after NEC was dissolved."

GavelSlam:
Can't he name those that betrayed Abiola?

Matter of fact, why is he crying more than the bereaved?

He's neither an Abiola nor a Yoruba man.

I've never seen such evil people in my life.

You are in a political party but oppose everything they do and you do so publicly.

Why then are you in the party?

Akolawole:
I have read Nwosu 's book . To be honest, what about ;

1) Arthur Nzeribe, the leader of ABN who started the whole problem?
2) Who was our attorney general of the federation who also play a big role at that time?

Both are southerners.

History will judge many people.

LaudableXX:


People like Babagana Kingibe should be removed from that list. And Humphrey Nwosu the former INEC Chairman who refused to announce the winner, should also be excluded. Kingibe betrayed Abiola even though he was Abiola's running mate and went on to serve in Abacha's govt. As for Nwosu, the less said about him, the better. He lacked the balls and forthrightness of Attahiru Jega, and rubbished the whole 1993 election result. .

vertueptime:
. All u said is true but dnt u think abacha wldnt hv killed or jailed nwosu or threaten his family or rather he was put by abacha to do the job he did

GavelSlam:
Can't he name those that betrayed Abiola?

Matter of fact, why is he crying more than the bereaved?

He's neither an Abiola nor a Yoruba man.

I've never seen such evil people in my life.

You are in a political party but oppose everything they do and you do so publicly.

Why then are you in the party?

perfectedmee:


Not everyone can sell his soul for peanut's.

Like u did.

Shehu Nd melaye is a testament that Nigeria Politics is growing beyond mere partisanship.

A development every sane human being should applaud.

Unfortunately, u re not one of those.

Welrez:
If the west fall for this election gimmick, they will live to regret it. This does not sound genuine.

GavelSlam:
Can't he name those that betrayed Abiola?

Matter of fact, why is he crying more than the bereaved?

He's neither an Abiola nor a Yoruba man.

I've never seen such evil people in my life.

You are in a political party but oppose everything they do and you do so publicly.

Why then are you in the party?

GavelSlam:


But he betrayed Abiola and he's eating from government today.

LaudableXX:


People like Babagana Kingibe should be removed from that list. And Humphrey Nwosu the former INEC Chairman who refused to announce the winner, should also be excluded. Kingibe betrayed Abiola even though he was Abiola's running mate and went on to serve in Abacha's govt. As for Nwosu, the less said about him, the better. He lacked the balls and forthrightness of Attahiru Jega, and rubbished the whole 1993 election result. .

Welrez:
If the west fall for this election gimmick, they will live to regret it. This does not sound genuine.

CSTR1003:
The rate this discourse is going, some people will liken MKO to George Washington.

He was a highly corrupt islamophile, nothing more.

If only IBB was a decent head of state, his annulment would have been worth it because abioka was nowhere near good enough .

buhariguy:
abiola was not good enough, but he won the election and the majority of the electorate love him

CSTR1003:

He was a philanthropist appealing to their most basic sentiments.

Being popular does not mean you are good enough especially in this part of the world where illiteracy and stupidity is high and people don't know what they want or need.

Atleast the buhari administration has taught us that, sometimes, the voice of the people is not the voice of God.

WOCKHARDI:
How old are you?
So your parents didn't tell you that even with the annulment pronoucement, Prof Nwosu continued to announce the results only to be arrested by the regime, rough handled, slapped and even tortured for disobedience.
Much later, he published/launched a book where he actually confirmed Abiola as the winner of that election. So get your facts right before ranting.
Between Nwosu and your Jega who do you think supervised over a rigged election?
Answer me before Amadioha will .........

GavelSlam:
Can't he name those that betrayed Abiola?

Matter of fact, why is he crying more than the bereaved?

He's neither an Abiola nor a Yoruba man.

I've never seen such evil people in my life.

You are in a political party but oppose everything they do and you do so publicly.

Why then are you in the party?

GavelSlam:


My post was not for revisionists and gnats.

I said publicly. By the way, if you don't like a party you leave.

Sheu Sani never says anything other than criticise.

By how much has his constituency changed since he became senator?

Is being an antagonist the way to remain relevant?

To this issue, why doesn't he name names rather than send cryptic messages?

To the issue of money, please don't let me disgrace you.

Many of you have tried that line on this forum and I've cleared their doubts..

The moment I earn in a single day only 100k is the day I know I'm broke.