ibi+:
@omenziate, I have got 7 words for you too; ur statement came from an empty brain omenziate

fm7070: Pls. I need more details about his bad past dealings

Degis:

All this revisionist attempt at history!. I am sure that many of you were either in the womb or may be in your cradle, when this great on of Africa was parading this continent like a collosus that he was, MKO was MKO of Africa not just of Nigeria. The under listed were some of his achievements

1. Turning ITT into a major Telecommunication outfit in Nigeria in the mode of MTN, ZAIN, ETISALAT
2. Providing world class Newspaper medium in Nigeria eg National Concord, Weekend Concord that made super journalist like Dele Momodu, Dimgba Igwe, Mike Awoyinfa
3. Providing Employment for Thousands of Nigeria
4. Fought for Repatriation of Africa's stolen wealth
5. Provided Scholarship for indigent students
6. Philanthropist par excellence
7. Had the conviction that Nigeria can bid farewell to poverty through Hope '93 campaign
8. Fought the Military Junta of Sani Abacha head on through the Epetedo Declaration
9. A True Democract with impassioned commitment to fair play and Justice
10. A Lover of Entertainment which was evident in grooming and providing platform for Nigerian Musicians like FELA to display their talent to the world

Let all naysayers and hare-brain youths go back and learn their history. MOSHOOD KASHIMAWO OLAWALE UNIVERSITY, LAGOS HAS COME TO STAY.

nsiadi: Most wealthy people have dubious past. This doesnt necessarily mean that all wealthy people are dubious
Fela tried to x-ray Abiola. Abiola may have been a successful business man but he wasnt an astute politician
He chose a moslem as a vice. We didnt mind that. After all Idiagbon & Buhari were both moslems
A coup financier should be regarded as an abbe ration. He derided the Igbos. Nobody does that & gets free from scars
His presidency could have fed back some of things he took from us. It may not have prevented him from taking more any way
But he did not deserve the way he died. His death, however, threw the doors open for non Northerners to have a peep!

HAH: Abiola instigated IBB to cancel the SDP and NRC primaries that produced Shehu musa yaradua and adamu ciroma respectively as candididates so that he can be the president, the candidates were also banned from contesting.

mapet: You guys fly false information so loosely here and it is dangerous. Anybody living back then knew that the primaries that produce the candidature of Y'ardua and the likes were fraught with widespread irregularities, money-4 votes scandals and it was a complicated mess.

....and it is false that it was MKO that told Babangida to cancel the primaries. check your fact. It was Babagana Kingibe (who was Y'aradua's prodigy) that in fact suggested it to Babangida. Babangida taped that conversation and showed it to the late Y'ardua.

yd849ja:

I repeat once again you are a basterd(this error was intentional) child. Omo Ale to fi owo osi ju we ile baba ni e. Because you were born and breed in a Yoruba land does not qualify you to be one. So zip it! And so you may know, I am first a Yoruba before a Nigerian. An American would tell you he is either an Italian, Irish, Indian American etc. Because they understand the essence of origin and not to take it beyond that. Unlike you so called bigot do here in Nigeria. You all hide behind Nationalism to perpetrate your foolish and unreasonable acts. Heritage to me my friend is worth more than all new things the likes of GEJ can ever or would ever achieve in life. Past they say is the key to the future. And that is why we don't need him to destroy them all. Like they have done to UNILAG now. There is nothing wrong about identifying with your ethnic group it only become an issue when you lord it over others. What we don't want is hatred for another. Why are you people so screwed up in your thinking. Its very obvious you have a long way to go in life. So AWO too doesn't deserve it, ZIK too doesn't, our unknown soldiers too do not deserve it. I can see where the future of this country lies. Why am I even wasting my time on you. As far as MKO is concerned, history would have it that he did his best for Nigeria. I won't tell you what those are...I leave that for your education and if you like don't get educated.


Ur I.Q. is too low for objective analysis. Haven't Zik and Awo been immortalized after federal universities. I wonder if u even know where Nnamdi Azikiwe University is located, since u have a limited knowledge of Nigeria. Yam head!

africanb: I think some folks here need to go ask their fore fathers what happened between 1992 and 1993 when the widely judged freest and fairest elections in the country history was annulled. First and foremost, they need to learn that in Yoruba land and it is norm everywhere that we don't speak bad of a dead man. Now to put the record straight, I was just 13 years old when the election was held but I remembered clearly how about 70percent of the nations eligible voters voted for Abiola! Are these foolish nairalanders who are condemning Abiola now more wiser than their parents who voted then? We all have past.... Even if my Daddy G O, go contest for Naija presidency, people will remember something baba has done in the past! Some of you are roaming the streets with second class lower you managed to get from one mushroom universities and you are debating whether someone who was deprived of access to his family for good four years is a martyr or not? Why don't you go and ur fore fathers. Are u saying Abiola was not rich enough to cater for his family rather bn adamant over his mandate. Are these future leaders. Bunch of hypocrites!!! Lobatan.

Mr. Globe:
I dont know why there is even a clamour to immortalize Abiola a renowned corrupt lot. Are the yerobas telling us they value Abiola's 'aborted' presidency to obasanjo's 8 years presidency? Its a confusion. But they can do whatever they like, so long its domiciled in the SW. Just as the clamour and immortalization of Awolowo - a renowned tribalist!

fxtimi: Unilag is a fifty year old brand and naming it after M.K.O was just another one of Ebele's asinine moves.I wont have a problem with naming a sports edifice after him considering his contribution to the development of sports in Nigeria. The people protesting have nothing against Abiola; their protest is simply because of the unconstitutional and brazen way Ebele went about it without giving a damn about the public and their opinions. My two kobo

Kobojunkie:

so you admit that Abiola is not worth giving UNILAG to.

Kobojunkie:

so you admit that Abiola is not worth giving UNILAG to.

thisisayus: this guy must be a big fool! Azzin mad! Whose money is he using T̶̲̥̅Ơ̴͡ D̶̲̥̅̊☺ αℓℓ this? His fathers money? You α̲̅я̩̥̊ε̲̣̣̣̥ still in ђhe stone age, You are the type that politician usually give N200 and ankara with party logo on it to vote for them, how do You even come about the internet when you should be with your pple 'NURTW' giving tickets or driving danfo. Chai! You must be from ђhe stone age. Haba!!!!

emmasege: It's so sad most Nigerians always allow sentiment to prevail over reasoning. am a yoruba man but have never believed that abiola would have made a good president. u need not a prophet to tell you that he died for himself and himself alone. i also think he under-estimated the kano boy in power at the time and expected the western power to come to his aid somehow. For crying out aloud, he can't even be compared with the likes of abraham adesanya, Gani Fawehinmi, Beko and Fela Kuti, not to even talk of Baba awo. Why was there no resistance to UNIFE being re-named OAU, despite the fact that it belongs to the same generation as UNILAG and ABU?. I think the answer is obvious. A great man deserves to be associated with great things.

fxtimi: Please do not misquote me here capische! What do you mean by "not worth giving UNILAG to".I have already said that the whole idea of recognizing him this way was just one of Ebele's asinine moves. There are far more pressing issues in the polity than the whole "naming ceremony" bit. I schooled at Ogun Poly now known as Moshood Abiola Polytechnic at Ojeere,Abeokuta in the 90s and even though it is a state owned school, that man(m.k.o) contributed great resources towards building structures like lecture theaters, the school library and fixing of the roads therein. he extended the same philanthropy to other schools in different parts of Nigeria. My only concern as a brand management practitioner is that the MAUING of UNILAG is just not necessary. Abiola truly deserves better than this and naming structures or institutions after him is not the way to go about this. Kobojunkie lets stick to the premise of my argument.

ayox2003: Thank God this thread is filled with SW'ers who shelved favoritism and spoke the truth.
Moshood Kashimawo Olawale Abiola died as a victim of his own undoing. He was never a martyr.
1) ITT Scam
2) Sponsored coups
3) Religious fanatic- Sank 3million Gideons Bible.
4) Somany shady deals....
5) Uncountable wives and children
And the beat goes on. Fela sang about it.
When you talk about heroes, you mention Jerry Rawlings, Adekunle Ajasin, Nelson Mandela, Kenneth Kaunda, the president of Botswana and so on.

africanb: I think some folks here need to go ask their fore fathers what happened between 1992 and 1993 when the widely judged freest and fairest elections in the country history was annulled. First and foremost, they need to learn that in Yoruba land and it is norm everywhere that we don't speak bad of a dead man. Now to put the record straight, I was just 13 years old when the election was held but I remembered clearly how about 70percent of the nations eligible voters voted for Abiola! Are these foolish nairalanders who are condemning Abiola now more wiser than their parents who voted then? We all have past.... Even if my Daddy G O, go contest for Naija presidency, people will remember something baba has done in the past! Some of you are roaming the streets with second class lower you managed to get from one mushroom universities and you are debating whether someone who was deprived of access to his family for good four years is a martyr or not? Why don't you go and ur fore fathers. Are u saying Abiola was not rich enough to cater for his family rather bn adamant over his mandate. Are these future leaders. Bunch of hypocrites!!! Lobatan.

blink182: He was an unfortunate thief, who bit on more than he could chew.

opata: You can choose to be president for whatever reason you want. But you must get there through a free and fair process. If the people choose to elect a goat or a known thief, they've made their decision and thats it. I think the question here should be what right anyone has to deny him of his fairly won mandate. The robbery didnt stop there sef. They went ahead and murdered him ...

jessMena: Abiola sank 3million bibles in d sea....do I need 2 define boko haram 4 u guys? We all know dey r afta christians n dat was Abiola's intentions...Christians wud've suffered more

omenziate:

Are u one of his illegimate children dat had to go thru d painful ordeals of a DNA test/ paternity test. Hope u have his eyes, ears and mouth.? Puta de mierda